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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Gz6dLz2g4 OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Friday, seeking to reassure Canadians it is safe despite very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases among millions vaccinated. The Canadian leader arrived at an Ottawa pharmacy with his wife Sophie, took off his shirt in front of cameras, and told the masked woman giving out jabs that he was eager to […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA / Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s new prime minister on Wednesday, with the former chief cabinet secretary expected to stick closely to policies championed by Shinzo Abe during his record-breaking tenure. Suga, 71, won an easy victory in a parliamentary vote, where his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a commanding majority. He bowed deeply as lawmakers applauded his win, but made no immediate comment. He is […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his personal battle with the coronavirus “could have gone either way” and said there was “no question” doctors saved his life, speaking in a candid video message after leaving hospital Sunday. The UK leader checked into hospital a week ago and spent three days in intensive care after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the end of March, the most high-profile leader […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson was making “very good progress” on Saturday in his recovery in hospital from coronavirus, officials said, as the country’s deaths toll from the disease approached the grim milestone of 10,000. The 55-year-old leader was spending his second full day out of intensive care at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital, where he has been able to take short walks between periods of rest, according to Downing […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, an ardent conservative who worked to forge a stronger military alliance with the United States, has died at the age of 101, local media said Friday. In-office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987, Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era. He poured his […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices. “I submitted my resignation to the president of the republic,” who has “accepted my resignation,” Lafontant said in the lower house of Haiti’s legislature. Lafontant had faced a potential vote of no confidence had he not resigned — something he had previously insisted he would not […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it is monitoring the situation in Ethiopia after an explosion at a political rally in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday that has reportedly left one dead and at least 154 injured. “The Philippine Embassy in Cairo is checking whether any of the 800 members of the Filipino Community were among those injured in the explosion,” said a DFA release. Ambassador to Cairo Leslie Baja, […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand will have at least a two-way race to decide their next prime minister following the bombshell resignation of the popular John Key. Current deputy Bill English and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman both confirmed Tuesday, following a government caucus meeting, that they would contest the leadership. A third MP, Police Minister Judith Collins, said she was still considering her options. When three-term leader Key announced Monday he was stepping […]
