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Vice President Kamala Harris ruled the United States of America for barely one hour 25 minutes on Friday.
About 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland have adopted an outcome document that UN Secretary-General, António Guterres lauded as “reflecting the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today”.
Read more: COP26 closes as countries reach major agreement to protect global climate
A U.S. journalist detained in Myanmar was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on Friday.
Read more: U.S. journalist in Myanmar sentenced to 11 years in prison
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, has said COVID-19 pandemic should not overshadow all the other public health challenges facing the region.
Read more: COVID-19 should not overshadow other health challenges – ECOWAS president
Pope Francis thanked journalists on Saturday for their coverage of the clerical sexual abuse scandal that’s plagued the Catholic Church.
Read more: Pope thanks journalists for helping expose church sex scandals
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of South Africa’s last white president, Mr. Frederik de Klerk, as ”the end of an era, because of his tremendous impact on history and the cause of justice.”
Read more: President Buhari hails late De Klerk as ‘a remarkable moral force for change’