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Accra, Jan. 17 (UNI) Ghana on Tuesday launched a national malaria elimination strategic plan, aiming to eradicate the deadly disease in the country. The 2024-2028 malaria elimination strategic plan contains a comprehensive roadmap towards a malaria-free Ghana, said Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Ghana’s minister of health. “Malaria-related deaths are unacceptable in Ghana. Indeed, nobody should be…
Beijing, Jan 17 (UNI) The population of China by the end of 2023 has decreased by 2.08 million people year-on-year to 1.409 billion people, data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. “By the end of 2023, the national population was 1,409.67 million (including the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and…
Moscow, (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held meetings with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui after their talks in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “Russian President Vladimir Putin received North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin,” Peskov said, adding that the top diplomats…
Washington, Jan 17 (UNI) Former US President Donald Trump said his former Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy will be working with is team for a long time. Ramaswamy suspended his campaign after only garnering close to 8% of votes in the Iowa Republican Caucus while Trump won the state’s support for the Republican nomination with 51%…
United Nations, Jan 17 (UNI) The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the convening of a high-level meeting on addressing the existential threats posed by sea-level rise. The resolution decides that the meeting is to be held on Sept. 25, 2024, on the sidelines of the General Debate of the General Assembly….
Gaza, Jan 16 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, has reached 24,285 while the number of injured is 61,154, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Tuesday. “Since October 7, the death toll from Israeli aggression has grew to 24,285…
Washington, Jan 16 (UNI) The 2024 U.S. presidential primary kicked off on Monday night as Iowans prepared to caucus for their Republican presidential candidate in extreme cold weather. Republican voters are caucusing in school gyms, churches, and community centers across Iowa, a Midwestern state, as record-low temperatures are gripping the Hawkeye State and have caused…
Baghdad, Jan 16 (UNI) Four people were killed and six injured in a missile attack carried out by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, regional security authorities said Tuesday. At 11:30 p.m. on Monday (2030 GMT), the IRGC fired ballistic missiles on…
Lusaka, (UNI) Zambia on Monday received the first batch of 1.4 million doses of oral cholera vaccine to be administered to people in cholera hotspots in the country. The vaccines will be administered to eligible people aged one and above in selected high-risk areas in Lusaka, the country’s capital, which was the epicenter of the…
Gaza, Jan 15 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, has exceeded 24,100, the enclave’s health ministry said on Monday. “Since October 7, the death toll from Israeli aggression has exceeded 24,100 and 60,834 others have been injured,” the ministry said.
