GENEVA, Around 500 people marched in Geneva Saturday slamming free trade’s role in a global food security crisis, as the WTO prepared to host global trade ministers in the city. “Our food is not merchandise,” and “Speculation: the beginning of h…
Day: June 12, 2022
Spain swelters in hottest pre-summer heatwave for 20 years
Seville, Fan-sellers were doing good business in the southern city of Seville on Saturday as Spain sizzled in the hottest pre-summer heatwave for at least 20 years.Carriage drivers dampened down horses who take tourists around the historic sights of Se…
Covid-19: Ethiopia launches new vaccination campaign to boost inoculation
ADDIS ABABA, The Ethiopian government has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign to boost inoculations and control the spread of the pandemic.State-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate, citing Dereje Duguma, Ethiopia’s State Minister of Health,…
Belgian King Ends DR Congo Tour on Visit to Volatile East
Belgium’s King Philippe ended his historic tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday in the eastern city of Bukavu, as the Congolese army repulsed a rebel attack further north.The king visited Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege on the outskirts of t…