Viktor Maigurov was unanimously supported by all 45 delegates to the conference of the organization

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Thousands of grade 8 students are sitting for their final exams today in Somalia in the midst of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has seen schools countrywide closed.

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Passport issuance in Somalia will resume July 12, the Department of Immigration has said noting it has sliced off 50% of the application cost.

For many Serbs, it was the last straw: when the president announced the resumption of a weekend curfew to fight the coronavirus pandemic, thousands took to the streets in anger.

Jack Charlton who has died aged 85, enjoyed World Cup success in 1966 with England and went on to record further exploits in the unlikely role as Ireland coach earning himself the sobriquet 'Saint Jack'.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Li Auto Inc, backed by food delivery giant Meituan Dianping , has filed for a U.S. initial public offering.

The total number of people who recovered from the infection in the city increased to 164,095

The total number of infected in the country reached 720,547

The explosion of an air-gas mixture happened in an apartment on the sixth floor of a nine-story panel apartment building

More than 22.7 mln tests for coronavirus have been performed

Experts said that the numbers of vacancies and CVs are now growing

Russian gold and foreign currency holdings hit almost $569 billion as of July 1, according to the latest data released by the country’s central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

The American “maximum pressure” policy will not prevent Iran from boosting its fuel production capacities, a senior government official maintained, as he inaugurated a massive oil extraction project in the country’s southwest. Read Full Article at RT.com

The World Health Organization has urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as some nations clamp fresh restrictions on citizens. With case numbers worldwide more than doubling in the past six weeks, Uzbekistan on Friday returned to lockdown and Hong Kong said schools would close from Monday after the city recorded «exponential growth» in locally transmitted infections. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to adopt an aggressive approach, highlighting Italy, Spain, South Korea and India's biggest slum to show it was possible to stop the spread, no matter how bad the outbreak. The health agency's comments came as US President Donald Trump was forced to cancel an election rally in New Hampshire, citing an approaching storm. Trump has pushed to hold large gatherings against health advice as epidemiologists warn of the dangers posed by the virus moving through the air in crowded and confined spaces. - Lashing out at China - On a visit to Florida on Friday, Trump hit out at Beijing over the pandemic. «(The) relationship with China has been severely damaged. They could have stopped the plague.... They didn't stop it,» he told reporters. The virus has killed at least 556,140 people worldwide since it emerged in China last December. More than 12.3 million cases have been registered in 196 countries and territories, triggering massive economic damage. The United States, the country worst hit by the illness, reported almost 64,000 new cases Friday and the death toll now stands at just under 134,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil, the second-hardest hit, surpassed 70,000 deaths and reported 45,000 new infections, the health ministry said. In Uzbekistan, citizens were from Friday facing lockdown restrictions again that were originally imposed in March but lifted gradually over the past two months. The Central Asian country's return to confinement followed a decision by Australia to lock down its second-biggest city Melbourne from Thursday. A police officer manning a checkpoint on the outskirts of the former Soviet republic's capital said only drivers with «a good reason» to enter Tashkent -- such as delivering food or other vital supplies -- could pass. Restaurants, gyms, swimming pools and non-food markets have all shut their doors until at least August 1. Private transport within cities will be limited to morning and early evening journeys and essential purposes such as travelling to work and purchasing food or medicine. In Hong Kong, the spike marks a setback for the city after daily life had largely returned to normal with restaurants and bars resuming regular business and cultural attractions reopening. Despite being right next to mainland China where the virus first emerged, the city had managed to quash local transmission in recent months. But new clusters have started to emerge since Tuesday, including at an elderly care home that reported at least 32 cases and a housing estate with 11. - 'Turn this pandemic around' - «Across all walks of life, we are all being tested to the limit,» the WHO's Tedros told a virtual news conference in Geneva. «From countries where there is exponential growth, to places that are loosening restrictions and now starting to see cases rise. »Only aggressive action combined with national unity and global solidarity can turn this pandemic around,« he said. Elsewhere, French officials warned of rising cases in metropolitan France as the death toll topped 30,000. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted a decision to allow businesses, including bars and event spaces, to reopen may have been made »too soon". The Middle Eastern country recorded its highest number of infections over a 24-hour period, at nearly 1,500. In Australia, meanwhile, authorities said they would slash by half the number of people allowed to return from overseas. From Monday, only 4,000 Australian citizens or permanent residents will be permitted to enter each day. © Agence France-Presse

Indian farmers have planted 12 million hectares with summer-sown rice, preliminary farm ministry data for this year showed, up 25per cent from last year as robust monsoon rains encouraged the expansion of acreage.

Президент США заявил, что в 2018 году санкционировал кибератаку, основываясь на данных разведки о вмешательстве России в выборы. По его словам, это была лишь часть реакции США на действия РФ. "Никто не проявляет к России больше жесткости, чем я", - объявил Трамп.

"У нас есть ракета, которая в 17 раз быстрее, чем любая другая... Она настолько быстро летит, что ее крайне тяжело заметить", - сообщил президент Трамп, напомнив, что США за последнее время потратили $2,5 трлн на свои ВС. "У нас лучшая военная техника", - сказал американский лидер.

Even before a single vote was cast and before he had any notion of whether he would be returning to Parliament, Progress Singapore Party (PSP) chief Tan Cheng Bock was already talking about succession in the party leadership. At his last press conference of the campaign, he had made clear that his party - just a year old and on its first electoral outing - would not «run away» regardless of what happened. Dr Tan stressed that the party must have an internal succession plan, though he added that it must not be rushed. With the results this morning, which saw the PSP not winning a single seat in the next Parliament, the succession question has become more urgent. The PSP's A team barely lost the much anticipated West Coast GRC contest with 48.31 per cent of the votes, and the party put up a positive showing in the other three group representation constituencies and five single-member constituencies it contested, averaging almost 40 per cent.

The Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) strategy of focusing its firepower on single seats failed to bear fruit last night, as the party lost in all five constituencies it contested - even as a nationwide swing towards opposition parties helped raise vote shares. The party's top two leaders - secretary-general Chee Soon Juan and chairman Paul Tambyah - both improved on their party's performances in Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang, but neither did well enough to secure a Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) seat as one of the best-performing losers. Professor Tambyah was the party's best performer with 46.26 per cent of the votes in Bukit Panjang. The party's candidates in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC and Yuhua SMC all received less than 40 per cent of the votes. The results mean the SDP has been usurped by the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) in the opposition party pecking order. While the Workers' Party will have 10 MPs, the year-old PSP, led by Dr Tan Cheng Bock, looks set to take two NCMP seats for its narrow loss in West Coast GRC.

Png Eng Huat from the Workers' Party (WP) has successfully passed the torch to Dennis Tan, as the latter was announced MP-elect for Hougang SMC early this morning (July 11). Tan won against the People's Action Party's (PAP) Lee Hong Chuang, garnering 61.19 per cent of the votes. Shortly after learning of the win, Png took to Facebook to congratulate Tan on «fighting a good fight». The 58-year-old said he had tidied up the office he had been using for the past eight years and left a note for Tan, writing: «I wish to share with him what Mr Low Thia Khiang told me eight years ago when I first became the MP for Hougang.» Png also thanked Hougang residents for their courage and support, writing: «Your love for democracy has touched the hearts of many Singaporeans.»

Followers of Mandaeism are performing baptism in Karun River, southwestern Khuzestan province. According to Encyclopedia Iranica, the Mandaeans must have arrived into Iran from the west (i.e., Jordan, Palestine) as early as the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.

RICHARD EDEN: When the Queen banned Prince Harry and Meghan from using the term 'royal' after they quit official duties, the couple posted on their website insisting they still had the right to the word.

Perhaps to the relief to his transatlantic allies, Donald Trump has said he doesn't want to lead the US out of NATO but he does want them to pay their «fair share» – a price that could be more than two percent of members' GDP. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nancy Pelosi has been accused of harboring misinformed and constitutionally dubious opinions, after arguing that Donald Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone is proof that presidential pardon powers need to be reined in. Read Full Article at RT.com

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo said a decision about whether Adama Traore will need surgery for a shoulder injury is unlikely to be taken until the end of the campaign as the striker can play through the pain barrier.

Thousands of beds for coronavirus patients in Bangladesh are lying empty despite the country struggling with a rising caseload as people are too scared to enter hospitals, officials and sufferers say.

Turkey's parliament passed a law on Saturday on changing the structure of bar associations, a move that lawyers argue will further undermine judicial independence in a country where they say the judiciary is already in disarray.

aiwan and Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, will establish diplomatic missions in each other’s “capitals”. This was recently reported by the news agency Reuters, citing a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan Joseph Wu.

WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. on seven felony crimes on Friday, using the power of his office to spare a former campaign adviser days before Mr. Stone was to report to a federal prison to serve a 40-month term.

Dhusamareb (HOL) - The Presidents of Somalia's Federal Member States (FMS) will begin their consultative meeting in Dhusamareb on Saturday to discuss cooperation between the regions and the looming elections.