After staggering high on Saturday, numbers fall by nearly half at end of weekend France saw a sharp drop in coronavirus infections Sunday, a welcome respite after three days of watching numbers careen out of control. A staggering 86,852 cases were recorded Saturday — an all-time high for the country — but they fell by

President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden’s team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January. The General Services Administration is tasked with

Photo/Somali Times Currently Kenya receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia annually. Some half a million Somalians also reside in the Kenyan refugee camps with about 1.5 million integrated over time. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has said there are great unexploited trade opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains greatly

Photo/Somali Times A high level Kenyan delegation has arrived in Mogadishu in the last few hours. The delegation is led by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya Amb. Macharia Kamau, with their visit taking one day. According to reports, the Kenyan delegation met with officials from the Somali Ministry of

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. On Sunday, Rouhani called on President-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return the U.S. to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (Iranian

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia, which may have more to lose from Joe Biden’s U.S. election victory than other Arab states, has taken its time to comment after the defeat of Donald Trump whose Middle East policies and staunch opposition to Iran had Riyadh’s backing. As other Arab

Benard Cheruiyot Sang finishes men’s race first, Diana Chemtai Kipyogei wins women’s title Kenyan athletes clinched crowns in the 42nd Istanbul Marathon, the world’s only intercontinental footrace, on Sunday. Benard Cheruiyot Sang finished the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 49 seconds to come first in men’s category. In women’s race, Diana Chemtai Kipyogei

Some Somali presidential candidates, including former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, have opposed the commissions in charge of electing members of Somalia’s lower house of parliament. Candidates said President Farmajo and Prime Minister Roble of filling the list of individuals from the presidency, NISA and presidential supporters. They said the process of selecting these

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Speaker of the Upper House, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi said in a statement that the commissions appointed by the government for the election could never be trusted. Abdi Hashi said the commissions submitted to the government had been sidelined and instead appointed members from the office of the president, the prime minister and