Trump needs an 'intervention from a friend' over his pro-vaccine stance, says right-wing radio host

A right-wing radio host appearing on Alex Jones's InfoWars said former US President Donald Trump needs an "intervention from a friend" over his stance on the Covid-19 vaccines.
#donaldtrump #covidvaccines

Coalitions have brought us closer to Tutu's ideal of a rainbow nation, says Joburg mayor

Newly elected City of Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse says the existence of coalition governments has brought the country closer to late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's ideal of a rainbow nation.
#mphophalatse #desmondtutu

Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attack town near capital, kill 7 - police, residents

Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attacked a town north of the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least seven people as they fought government security forces, a police officer and residents said.
#somalia #alshabaab #mogadishu

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of sex trafficking

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York on Wednesday of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
#ghislainemaxwell #jeffreyepstein

Bollywood's Salman Khan survives double snake bite

Bollywood "bad boy" Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in hospital.
#bollywood #salmankhan #snakebite

Somalia's allies alarmed as political crisis festers

Somalia's allies expressed alarm over the intensifying row between the country's president and prime minister as heavily armed factions patrolled parts of Mogadishu on Tuesday, raising fears that the political crisis could erupt into violence.
#somalia #mogadishu

Dozens killed in gold mine collapse in Sudan

Dozens of people have been killed in the collapse of a defunct gold mine in Sudan’s West Kordofan province, according to the country’s state-run mining company.
#sudan #gold #kordofanprovince

China complains about near-crashes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites

Beijing says it complained to the United Nations about near misses its space station allegedly had with SpaceX satellites, a sign that tensions are rising in the space race between China and the US.
#china #spacex #elonmusk

France closes mosque after 'unacceptable' preaching

France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the north of the country because of the radical nature of its imam's preaching. The mosque in Beauvais, a town of 50 000 people some 100 kilometres north of Paris, will remain shut for six months, according to the prefecture of the Oise region where Beauvais is located.
#france #mosque #beauvais

Brazil's Bolsonaro says daughter, 11, will not get Covid-19 jab

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter against Covid-19, he said on Monday, maintaining the firm anti-vaccine stance that has drawn criticism from public health experts and hit his poll numbers.
#brazil #bolsonaro #covid19