Ruto Orders a US$23 Monthly Stipend for Kenya’s Village Elders
President William Ruto has ordered a KSh 3,000 monthly stipend for over 106,000 village elders starting in mid-2026, a KSh...
August 4, 2026Topic
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Itaú raises Brazil’s GDP projection; does not see Fed and Covid Delta variant impacting recovery
Itaú raised its projection for Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2021 from 5.5% to 5.8%. For 2022, the...
July 9, 2021
Sars-CoV-2 finds new path to infect human cells – University of Washington study
The new variant is capable of invading cells without the ACE2 receptors currently the virus' gateway; the finding is surprising...
June 30, 2021
Analysis: Why the Lambda coronavirus variant, detected in South America, is now “of interest”
It was first detected in Peru, and then in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. It is currently present in Covid-19 patients...
June 17, 2021