The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is pictured as it enters the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo By Se Young Lee Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday, days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed waters, as China denounced

Photo: Credit Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has raised questions about whether or not existing vaccines will work, calling it “concerning news” that the vaccines developed so far may be less effective against the variant first detected in South Africa.

FILE – In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin. Tesla says it has invested more than $1 billion in Bitcoin and will accept the digital currency as payment for its electric vehicles. In a regulatory

Photo/Somali Times The international community partners in Somalia has pressure, the country’s leadership to revisit the stalled electoral talks ‘urgently’ as the country further plunged into uncertain Monday. The term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo ends until Somalis elect new leader but Farmajo will still be president according to the Somali constitution. In separate statements,

China-Africa By Sebastiane Ebatamehi. China is building a COVID-19 vaccine distribution pipeline in Africa, Over the years, the relationship between Africa and China has been the basis for many debates, with critics divided on whether the partnership has done more harm than good to the African continent. Those who support Africa’s ties with the Asian

Photo/Somali Times There is political uncertainty facing the country today, February 8, ended the term of Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who was elected to office in 2017. But still President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is in charge until the 2021 election that all Somali government and federal, state leaders agree according to the Somali constitution.

Police move detained demonstrators in the bed of a pick-up truck to a police station during a protest to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) By EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse announced Sunday that police have

The spy network included former US intelligence workers The United Arab Emirates (UAE) established an electronic spy network that included “former members of the US National Security Agency, with the aim of spying on Qatar”, The New York Times reported. The US daily said the aim of the hacking network was to prove Qatar’s terrorism

File Photo/Somali Times Reports from the Dhusamareb district in Galmudug said that a landmine blast killed the district’s security commander Abdirashid Abdi Nur Shiqdon after his vehicle was targeted. Reports say that the commander and his bodyguards were targeted as they passed near the Eldhere village, 30 km from Dhusamareb. The blast also killed at

Andrew Bailey suggested people might ‘go for it’ on spending after the crisis. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/PA By Larry Elliott Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says economy should make a strong recovery from the pandemic The Bank of England is braced for the possibility that a mood of national depression that engulfed Britain as it