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Russia has recorded its highest daily death toll of 174 in the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide total to 3,807. Officials reported 8,915 new infections on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 362,342 across 85 regions. Moscow (2,830), Moscow Region (817) and St Petersburg (363) are the top three regions in terms of new cases. A total of 131,129 patients have fully recovered across the country. Source: BBC

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has been written to by the party’s National Treasurer over his “deliberate failure” to respond to letters inquiring about the transfer of some GH¢100,000 into his personal account. Akane Adams, who also doubles as Chairman of PNC’s Finance Committee, on July 17, 2019 and January 24, 2020 wrote to Mr Mornah separately for him to assist in investigations regarding the transfer of the said funds to his GCB Bank account in Kisseman, Accra. The funds transfer is said to have been at the instance of PNC’s Second Vice Chairman,…

Following TV3’S report on the plight of Asabea Atupiri-Darko, a single mother with a 17-year-old son living with cerebral palsy, Klicks Africa Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has come to their aid. The Foundation has paid an amount of GH¢7,200 for a two-year rent advance for both them. TV3 on Sunday, May 17 aired the plight of the two after our reporter Esi Benewaa Otoo visited them on May 15, 2020 at their residence at Ashongman, a suburb of Accra. One of their biggest worries was where to go because they were served with eviction notice and didn’t have any hope.…

The authorities in Burundi say the ruling party’s candidate has been elected as the new president. The electoral commission said Evariste Ndayishimiye won almost 70% of the vote in last week’s poll. The retired general will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has led Burundi since 2005. The former leader is widely expected to maintain a lot of influence. The main opposition party has expressed doubt about the official results, which suggest its candidate, Agathon Rwasa, only gained a quarter of the votes – mostly in its traditional stronghold in the west. Source: BBC

Spokesperson for the National Chief Imam Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has urged Muslims to refrain from using same plastic kettles, popularly known as ‘booter’, to help curtail spread of the novel coronavirus disease. Sheikh Aremeyaw wants the Muslim communities to practise what he calls ‘One Muslim One Booter’ at various mosques in protecting themselves and family members from the deadly virus. Before prayers Muslims perform ablutions, or ritual washing Wudu, which is to physically clean themselves and by doing so use the water-containing plastic kettles, normally kept at the mosques for the ritual. Speaking to Onua FM on how Muslims are…

Americans have flocked to beaches and lakes for Memorial Day weekend, often flouting restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In Florida, state police dispersed an unauthorised gathering of hundreds of people in Daytona Beach on Saturday. In Missouri, bars at the Lake of the Ozarks were packed with revellers, who violated social-distancing rules. US coronavirus task force chief Dr Deborah Birx said she was “very concerned” after seeing such scenes. “We really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical. And if you can’t social distance and you’re outside, you must wear a mask,”…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has sent invitation letters to members of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) for a meeting on Wednesday, May 27. The sole agenda of the meeting is: ‘Updates on 2020 Registration Exercise’. The meeting has been divided into two groups. According to the letter sighted by 3news.com, the groups were created based on the president’s directive, banning social gatherings, particularly of more than 25 persons. The first meeting, which will come off at 10:00am, will have one representative each from political parties such as the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the People’s…

A trans woman in France has won election in her local commune to become the country’s first openly transgender mayor. The council in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in northeastern France chose Marie Cau as its new mayor on Saturday. The 55-year-old ran on a platform of ecological sustainability and building the local economy. Speaking to the AFP news agency, Ms Cau said she was “not an activist” and wanted to focus on municipal politics. “People did not elect me because I was or was not transgender, they elected a programme,” Ms Cau said. “That’s what’s interesting: when things become normal, you don’t get…

Spokesperson for the National Chief Imam Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has said the Sharia Law is a good law that must be embraced and cherished. He said the law is flexible and moderate and also still being applied in modern democracies in some countries. Sheikh Aremeyaw, however, noted that the law has been given a negative characterization. This situation, he said, is “unfortunate” and blamed some Islamic scholars for this development. Sharia is an Islamic religious law that governs not only religious rituals but also aspects of day-to-day life in Islam. Speaking on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Monday, May…

A total of 2,070 patients have recovered from the coronavirus disease in Ghana, as per the latest update given by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Released on Monday, May 25, the update sees the total case count rise to 6,808. No new deaths were recorded, keeping the number at 32 so far. This leaves the country’s active cases under management at 4,706. Out of these active cases, 15 are said to be severe though none of them is on a ventilator. Four of these critically ill patients are at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), three each are at…