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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s minister of foreign affairs and international trade, Sibusiso Busi Moyo, has died, the office of the president said on Wednesday. The cause was complications related to Covid-19. Mr. Moyo became the fourth high-ranking official in Zimbabwe to succumb to the virus since the start of the pandemic.“The late minister succumbed to Covid-19 at a local hospital,” read a short statement from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, giving no further detail.Mr. Moyo, 58, became famous as the face of the military coup that ended former President Robert Mugabe’s nearly-four decade rule in 2017. He was at the time a major general in the Zimbabwean armed forces.Zimbabwe’s minister of foreign affairs and international trade, Sibusiso Busi Moyo, in 2019. Credit...Philimon B...

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Trump and Boulos, pictured here at the Taoray Wang fashion show in September 2018, hit it off as “friends, almost instantly,” before things turned romantic.-Town&CountryWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany announced engagement to Michael Boulos on the last day of her father’s presidency at the White House.Soon after the official announcement by Tiffany, 27, the netizens were eager to know who is Michael Boulos and why did the First Family chose the last day in The White House to celebrate the occasion. The couple was first caught dating by paparazzi in January 2018 in London’s upscale Knightsbridge neighbourhood.Since then they were spotted together at multiple events with the first family, from holidays at Mar-a-Lago to the State of the Union address.Mic...

The electric carmaker announced the news on Twitter on Monday, releasing photos of the SUV being purchased from a company showroom.The Model Y is the second vehicle Tesla (TSLA) has made and sold in China, after deliveries of the Model 3 kicked off last year. Both lines are being produced at the company's sprawling Gigafactory in Shanghai, where manufacturing started in 2019.The Model Y starts at 339,900 yuan ($52,400) for the "long range" version, and 369,900 yuan ($57,000) for the "performance" version.Deliveries began Monday in cities including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Wuhan, the company said in a Chinese social media post. To help customers feel more comfortable, staff also packed a "virus prevention" kit in the new vehicles, which included bottles of hand sanitizer, it added.Going bi...

The Russian government is considering issuing coronavirus health certificates that could ease travel and commerce for people who have been vaccinated or who have antibodies from surviving the disease, while sharply limiting the liberties of others — an idea that has also been floated in the European Union and by private companies.Proponents say that such documents, often called Covid passports, could ease airline travel and hasten the reopening of theaters, cruise lines and other settings where people congregate.Opponents fear a dystopic system that would limit the rights of people who have been careful to avoid infection and are unable or unwilling to be vaccinated. Russia has a grim history rooted in the Soviet era of controlling citizens’ movements, through a residency permit system ...

Just minutes later, Mr Biden's spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said on Twitter: "On the advice of our medical team, the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26. In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of Covid-19." Source link

Melania Trumps asks Americans to be passionate in everything they doFirst lady says last four years have been unforgettable Melania Trump in speech pays tribute to military families, pandemic health workers and those helping victims of opioid abuse WASHINGTON:  In her farewell message Melania Trump on Monday told Americans that "violence is never the answer" , as her husband's supporters stormed the US capitol.In a formal, six-minute speech recorded on video, she made only a fleeting reference to her husband as she paid tribute to military families, pandemic health workers and those helping victims of opioid abuse."The past four years have been unforgettable," the First Lady said. "As Donald and I conclude our time in the White House, I think of all of the people I have taken h...

Laying bare a yearlong cascade of failures, a World Health Organization panel recounts in a damning report how governments and public health organizations worldwide responded slowly and ineffectively to the coronavirus, despite years of warnings.The interim report, an early blueprint for reform, describes the faulty assumptions, ineffective planning and sluggish responses — including missteps by the W.H.O., itself — that helped fuel a pandemic that has killed more than two million people.“We have failed in our collective capacity to come together in solidarity to create a protective web of human security,” the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response writes.Many of the failings, such as the inability of governments to obtain protective equipment or do widespread contact ...

The European Union and the US did not deploy observer teams, but the US State Department has called for "independent, credible, impartial, and thorough investigations" into "many credible reports" of irregularities in Uganda's general election last week. Source link