Day: June 24, 2022

G20 ambitious on plan to roll out pandemic fund this year

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Finance Ministers and Health Ministers of the world’s 20 largest economies agree to establish a ground-breaking pandemic fund to help the world better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics. Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati co-chaired the 1st G20 Joint […]

29 Kidnapped Wedding Guests Freed in Nigeria

KANO, NIGERIA — Twenty-nine people kidnapped by gunmen two weeks ago as they returned from a wedding in northwest Nigeria have been freed, relatives told AFP on Friday.The victims, all mobile phone traders, were returning to the Zamfara state capital, …

South Africa records first case of monkeypox

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa on Thursday reported its first case of monkeypox, joining some 40 other countries that have identified patients with the disease.“The patient is a 30-year-old male from Johannesburg who has no travel history, meaning that thi…