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Ecuador’s health minister Juan Carlos Zevallos stepped down Friday, after his department allowed a university official receive a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of other priority groups. President Lenin Moreno announced Zevallos’s resignation on Twitter, after the move prompted a major backlash. He posted the minister’s resignation letter, which explained that his…

President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke with his United States of America counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday evening during which the two leaders discussed a number of bilateral and multilateral subjects of mutual interest to Kenya and the US. In the telephone conversation, the two leaders spoke about the strengthening Kenya-US bilateral…

US President Joe Biden on Thursday directed US military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq. The strikes, appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation.…

Two Georgia counties are seeking nearly $20,000 in attorney fees from former President Trump and the head of the Georgia GOP as compensation for a fruitless lawsuit seeking to overturn President Biden’s victory in the state. In court filings, DeKalb County called for $6,105 in compensation, while Cobb County asked…

Tiger Woods was involved in a “high-speed” single-car accident outside Los Angeles at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday morning, per the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, and was in “serious condition” after undergoing surgery for multiple injuries to his legs. Woods was the sole occupant of a 2021 Genesis GV80 SUV when…

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Monday in the United States. She is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested at…

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, bringing to an end one of the world’s most recognisable duos in entertainment with a social media following in the hundreds of millions and a number of political and big-business ventures.…

As Britain prepares to host the G7 club of wealthy nations on Friday under the chairmanship of Boris Johnson, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has proposed that 5% of its vaccines are sent to poorer countries, especially in Africa, as part of a “war of influence” with Russia and China…

Millions of people remained without power on Tuesday and were anticipating another cold, dark night in the wake of a deadly winter storm that bulldozed its way across the southern and central parts of the United States this week, in places where such perilously frigid conditions tend to arrive just…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay-Z want to make Bitcoin the “internet’s currency.” The two are putting their digital money where their mouths are by forming a blind trust to work on the mission. Dorsey tweeted that he and Jay-Z gave 500 bitcoins, roughly worth $24 million as of…