CAIRO (Reuters) – Ethiopia told Sudan that news reports that it had begun to fill the reservoir of Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile were incorrect, Sudan’s foreign ministry said Thursday in a release. FILE PHOTO: A sample satellite image shows a close-up view of the Ethiopian Renaissance …
Read More »Georgia mayors speak out against governor’s ban on mask mandates
Governor Brian Kemp said the measure violates his emergency orders that prohibit local leaders from increasing the state’s requirements to protect against the coronavirus. The lawsuit intensifies a dispute between Kemp and Bottoms after she introduced an order that failing to wear a mask within city limits is punishable by …
Read More »Hong Kong requires Taiwan officials to sign ‘one China’ document for visa renewal: source
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong have been told that their visas will not be renewed if they do not sign a document supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan under its “one China” policy, one person told Reuters. with direct knowledge of the matter. . FILE PHOTO: Supporters of …
Read More »Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh died of multiple stab wounds, according to a coroner.
Saleh, 33, was found dead in his Lower East Side apartment in Manhattan earlier this week with his body dismembered, a police source told CNN. An autopsy conducted by the city’s Office of the Medical Examiner ruled Thursday that Saleh died as a result of stab wounds to the neck …
Read More »End of jumbo jet: British Airways withdraws 747 fleets early on coronavirus problems
LONDON / BENGALURU (Reuters) – British Airways, the world’s largest Boeing 747 operator, will withdraw its entire fleet of jumbo jets with immediate effect after the new coronavirus pandemic sent air travel into freefall. FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Boeing 747-400 taxi at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, …
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