[ad_1] (LR) Clement Lenget from FC Barcelona, Lautaro Martinez from FC Internazionale and Jean-Clair Todibo from FC Barcelona. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca / Getty Images) Inter Milan looking to sign Barcelona defender in January by Nishant Narayanan 5 Barcelona players transferred on the list to raise funds by Nishant …
Read More »WHO chief praises Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine news as ‘encouraging’
[ad_1] By mid-October, the WHO had identified 42 “candidate vaccines” in the clinical trial stage, up from 11 in mid-June. GENEVA – The director of the World Health Organization hailed as “encouraging” Monday’s announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech that their vaccine has been shown to be 90% effective in trials …
Read More »Biden begins transition when Trump refuses to budge
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday to enter the White House in 73 days as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to cast doubt on the election results. . With congratulations from world leaders and hangover supporters after an evening of …
Read More »Biden receives good wishes from African leaders
[ad_1] Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari also sent messages to Biden via Twitter. The United States and Zimbabwe have had thorny relations since the days of former President Robert Mugabe and his then-US counterpart George Bush. “On behalf of all Zimbabweans, congratulations to President-elect @Joe Biden …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Found to be 90% Effective
[ad_1] The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, the most encouraging scientific advance yet in the battle against the coronavirus. Eight months after the worst pandemic in a century, preliminary results …
Read More »Heatwaves, floods and droughts lie in the future of Africa, study finds
[ad_1] The continent could warm by an average of 2 to 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. Africa faces a future of heat waves, droughts and floods and could lose many of its endemic species as a result of climate change, a Greenpeace study showed. The continent …
Read More »Why Patrice Motsepe may have to resign as head of Mamelodi Sundowns
[ad_1] South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan says Mamelodi Sundowns owner Patrice Motsepe may have to resign as club owner if elected president of the African Football Confederation (Caf) in next year’s elections. Jordaan said that Caf’s constitution does not provide for a club owner to conflict as …
Read More »Take a look | Sandton to get an ‘affordable’ apartment building with soccer field and outdoor cinema
[ad_1] Artist’s impression of the new Wedgewood development in Sandton. An apartment building with more than 1,300 homes is planned for Sandton. Aimed at first-time buyers, prices start from R799,000 each. The building will have its own indoor soccer field and outdoor cinema. For more articles, go to www.businessinsider.co.za. A …
Read More »Vaccine news gives ‘hope’, but a long battle ahead
[ad_1] Pfizer and BioNTech said that based on preliminary findings, patient protection was achieved seven days after the second of two doses and 28 days after the first. FILE: President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. Image: AFP WILMINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden praised news that a COVID-19 vaccine …
Read More »Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective in phase 3 trial
[ad_1] FRANCE – A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 infections in ongoing phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday. Protection in patients was achieved seven days after the second of two doses and 28 days after the first, according to preliminary …
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