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Verdicts expected for nearly 500 on trial for failed coup in Turkey
(dpa) - A massive trial, one of many, concerning the failed 2016 coup in Turkey nears conclusion on Wednesday when an Ankara court is...
Death toll in Myanmar’s anti-coup protests top 500 – monitors
dpa/GNA - The number of pro-democracy protesters killed since Myanmar's February 1 military coup has passed 500, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
The...
Ghana government completes over 500 SHSs projects
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says the government has completed 539 out of 1,119 Senior High School(SHS) infrastructural projects to accommodate...
11,500 doses of Ebola vaccines donated by WHO arrive in Guinea
A total of 11,500 doses of Ebola vaccines donated by the World Health Organization arrived in Guinea on Monday evening, according to a statement...
Over 60,500 Ethiopians flee into Sudan
More than 60,500 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into Sudan following the recent conflict in Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray regional state, the United Nations High Commissioner...
Some 500 detained at Brussels protests against coronavirus measures
dpa/GNA - Police in Brussels detained 488 people at unauthorized protests against Belgium's coronavirus containment measures on Sunday that were smaller than had...
Mozambique issues ID documents to over 500,000 displaced people in northern region
Mozambique authorities have begun to issue identification cards to more than 500,000 internally displaced people in the northern region of the country, national radio...
US police: Hospital worker arrested for destroying 500 vaccine doses
tca/dpa/GNA - A since-fired Wisconsin hospital worker was arrested for removing more than 500 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from refrigeration, causing them to...
CePTOM engages 2,500 officials for 2020 elections
Mr Ato Bonful, Programmes Director, Centre for Performance Tracking and Outcomes Mapping (CePTOM), on Thursday said the Centre has engaged 2,500 accredited officials to...
Cameroon targets creation of 500,000 jobs next year
Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said Wednesday the government plans to create 500,000 jobs in 2021.
Cameroon will adopt new pro-employment measures and enhance...
Nigerian police arrest over 1,500 in nationwide crackdown on crime amid protests
Nigerian police said here Tuesday they have arrested over 1,500 people in a major nationwide operation against those suspected of looting government warehouses storing...
Egypt COVID-19 cases hit 101,500 with 160 new infections
Egypt reported 160 new COVID-19 infections late on Wednesday, bringing the total cases registered in the country to 101,500.
Meanwhile, 17 patients...
Over 6,500 runners compete at international marathon in Lithuanian capital amid COVID-19
The two-day Vilnius Marathon 2020 ended on Sunday, gathering over 6,500 runners around the world.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. local time, the...
Ghana begins monthly stipends payment to 500 women premier league players
The Ghanaian government, through the youth employment agency (YEA), has commenced the payment of monthly stipends to 500 players in the country's women's premier...
Ghana FA receives US$500,000 FIFA relief fund
The Ghana Football Association has received the sum of $500,000 from football world governing body FIFA as part of efforts to combat the economic...
190 dead, over 6,500 injured in Beirut port’s explosions
The Lebanese cabinet announced on Sunday that the death toll from Beirut port's explosions reached 190 while the number of injuries exceeded 6,500 with...
Dominican Republic’s COVID-19 deaths top 1,500
The Dominican Republic on Wednesday reported an accumulated 88,127 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 1,501 deaths from the disease.
In the...
Volta Region registers more than 500,000 voters in 18 days
A total of 506,698 applicants in the Volta region were issued with the new voter card after 18 days of a registration exercise by...
Businessman allegedly swindles three over Bulgarian visas
Seth Alowin Attoh, a businessman accused of defrauding three persons of GHC22, 500 under the pretext of securing them Bulgarian visas but failed has...
COVID-19 cases in Guinea-Bissau surpass 500, with 89 new cases
Guinea-Bissau reported 89 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 564, Tumane Balde, spokesperson of the...
Senegal reports 59 more COVID-19 cases, tally surpasses 1,500
Senegal's Ministry of Health and Social Action on Friday reported 59 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the confirmed total to 1,551 in the country.
...
Over 2,500 pigs die of African swine flu in India
More than 2,500 pigs have died of African swine flu in India's north-eastern state of Assam over the past few days, confirmed a state...
Kenya lauds World Athletics global fund to bail out athletes
Kenya's athletes will benefit from a 500,000 U.S. dollar global fund, which World Athletics launched on Tuesday to help athletes with their financial needs...
500,000 jobs listed online for Texas – Greg Abbott
U.S. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that nearly 500,000 job openings are currently listed online to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 500,000, vaccine at least 12-18 months away
Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed half a million with more than 20,000 deaths, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday,...
Global confirmed COVID-19 cases top 500,000
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 500,000 as of 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday (1800 GMT), according to the Center for...
UK’s confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 9,500
A total of 9,529 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the UK as of Wednesday morning, an increase of 1,452 over Tuesday's official...
Death toll from coronavirus in Iran passes 500, as most Mideastern countries report rise...
The death toll from COVID-19 passed 500 in Iran on Friday, while most countries in the Middle East reported rise in the number of...
Japan supports UNICEF activities in W. Libya with US$500
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said that Japan had supported UNICEF emergency activities for vulnerable children in western Libya with 500,000...
Southeast Asia needs 4,500 new aircraft in next 20 years – Boeing
Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecast Tuesday that Southeast Asia will need 4,500 new planes in the next two decades, with single-aisle jets expected...