S/Korea stocks start year at record high on chip, auto boost
South Korean shares touched a record high as it began trading in 2021, driven by major heavyweights, as more investors bet on a swifter economic recovery.
South Korean shares touched a record high as it began trading in 2021, driven by major heavyweights, as more investors bet on a swifter economic recovery.
Botswana announced on Sunday extension of nighttime curfew up to Jan. 31 following the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The 117th U.S. Congress took office on Sunday with Nancy Pelosi securing re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow voting margin.
President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States was exaggerated.
Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday. The train was…
African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have congratulated Africans for starting trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Abiy tweeted: “Congratulations to…
Former Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Keïta, died on Saturday in Morocco where he was receiving medical care, an official source said. He was aged 78. “It is with great sadness…
A middle-aged couple and their three children were found dead on Saturday morning inside their house in Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County, Central Kenya. They were suspected to have died…
Japan will consider issuing a new emergency declaration to tackle a record surge in COVID-19 cases, official says on Saturday.
The Finnish Medicines Agency says it has received the first report of an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus.