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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. vaccine near, but deaths rising by 9/11 proportions each day

U.S. vaccine near, but deaths rising by 9/11 proportions each day

WORLD
SUSAN HEAVEY  A mounting U.S. death toll has tempered enthusiasm about a coming COVID-19 vaccine with 9/11-like fatalities projected every day for the months ahead, even with a rapid rollout of inoculations, which could start as soon as Monday. Another 2,902 U.S. deaths were reported on Thursday, a day after a record 3,253 people died, a pace projected to continue for the next two to three months until the vaccine can be widely distributed. Those daily tolls are roughly equivalent to the 2,996 killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and greater than the 2,403 killed in the 1941…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Iceland elects Europe’s first women-majority parliament

Iceland elects Europe’s first women-majority parliament

WORLD
STINE JACOBSEN and JACOB GRENHOLD-PEDERSEN ICELAND has voted more women than men into its parliament, a first in Europe, in a national election that saw the ruling left-right coalition strengthen its majority, final results showed on Sunday. Thirty-three women were voted into the 63-seat parliament in Saturday's election, up from 24 in the last election. Iceland, a North Atlantic island of 371,000 people, was ranked the most gender-equal country in the world for the 12th year running in a World Economic Forum (WEF) report released in March. "In a historical and international light, the most significant news is that women…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Amid attention on Petito case, Native mother seeks justice

Amid attention on Petito case, Native mother seeks justice

WORLD
ANDREW HAY  PEPITA Redhair, a 27-year-old Navajo woman who dreamt of becoming an engineer and loved skateboarding, was last seen in March 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Redhair's disappearance was not reported in local media. Detectives said they had no leads, according to her mother Anita King. Now King, 62, is organizing an October 3 rally in Albuquerque to seek justice for her daughter after the disappearance of another young American woman, Gabby Petito, gained global attention. "I felt like my voice wasn't important, my daughter wasn't important because she was Native American," King said on Friday from her home…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls’ education

Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls’ education

WORLD
DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS NOBEL Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, pleaded with the world on Friday not to compromise on the protection of Afghan women's rights following the Taliban takeover. As countries and organizations take the first steps to engage with the hardline Islamist group, the 24-year-old Yousafzai said she worried the Taliban would act as they did when they were in power 20 years ago despite a sharp increase in work and education opportunities for Afghan women since then. "We cannot make compromises on the protection…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race

Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race

WORLD
ABHIRUP ROY, EUAN ROCHA and KRISHNA N. DAS INDIA, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and partners freeing up capacity and accelerating investments even without firm purchase orders. India manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe, and while its $40 billion pharmaceutical sector is not yet involved in the production of the expensive Pfizer Inc and Moderna shots, the nation will play a pivotal role in immunizing much of the world. Indian companies are set to produce eight, more affordable…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
EU unveils plans to avoid Brexit chaos as ‘no deal’ looms larger

EU unveils plans to avoid Brexit chaos as ‘no deal’ looms larger

WORLD
JOHN CHALMERS and ELIZABETH PIPER THE European Union's executive has laid out contingency plans for a 'no-deal' Brexit at the end of the year to minimise disruption to air traffic and road and rail travel after talks between British and EU leaders failed to break an impasse. The European Commission also proposed that Britain and the EU continue to offer reciprocal access to their fishing waters for up to a year, but London quickly rebuffed the idea. Agreement on fishing rights has been one of the most emotive sticking points in negotiations for a trade deal that has eluded the…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Biden taps Susan Rice as top domestic policy adviser amid new Cabinet picks

Biden taps Susan Rice as top domestic policy adviser amid new Cabinet picks

WORLD
SIMON LEWIS  U.S. President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice, who was national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, on Thursday to lead the White House's domestic policy council in a flurry of appointments to his developing administration. Due to take office on January 20, Biden also selected former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to serve a second tenure as agriculture secretary, Obama White House aide Denis McDonough as secretary of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Representative Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative, his transition team said in a statement. Biden…
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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

WORLD
CHINESE state media has welcomed telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the "motherland, after more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada, on what they called unfounded charges of bank fraud. But they have kept silent about Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians released from Chinese custody in an apparent act of reciprocation by Beijing. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV carried a statement by the Huawei executive, written as her plane flew over the North Pole to avoid U.S. airspace. Her eyes were "blurring with tears" as she approached "the embrace of the great…
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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Get up, stand up: Barbados leader invokes Marley to goad U.N.

Get up, stand up: Barbados leader invokes Marley to goad U.N.

WORLD
AM impassioned Barbados prime minister has sought to spur meaningful action from the 193-member United Nations on crises from climate and COVID-19 vaccines to poverty and education, invoking singer Bob Marley: "Who will get up and stand up?" "If we can find the will to send people to the moon and solve male baldness ... we can solve simple problems like letting our people eat at affordable prices," Mia Amor Mottley told the annual gathering of world leaders in New York. Mottley - who has led the Caribbean island nation since 2018 - called out the 76-year-old world body for…
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