All pets of people in Hong Kong infected with the coronavirus will be quarantined, with one dog already in isolation, the city’s authorities said Friday. The move is the first reported case anywhere in the world of a government quarantining pets over the outbreak and was prompted by a positive test in the pet of […]

Turkey will no longer close its border gates to refugees who want to go to Europe, a senior official told AFP on Friday, shortly after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northern Syria. “We will no longer keep the doors closed for refugees who want to go to Europe,” the official […]

Facebook on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against oneAudience data intelligence firm over a tactic it used to gather information about users of social media platforms. New Jersey-based oneAudience paid software makers to install “malicious” software in their apps in order to “improperly” collect data about people at Facebook and other social media sites, Facebook […]

A pet dog was quarantined at an animal centre in Hong Kong after it tested positive to low levels of the new coronavirus, officials said Friday, in the first of such case in the city. The canine, which belongs to a 60-year-old woman infected with the virus, has no “relevant symptoms”, the Agriculture, Fisheries and […]

Russia on Friday announced new restrictions on travel to Russia from Iran and South Korea, two countries hit hardest by the outbreak of the new coronavirus. In a statement, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced a temporary suspension of visas for Iranians travelling to Russia for education, employment, tourism and transit. A separate decree imposed restrictions […]

Greece on Friday boosted border patrols after Turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe, officials said. “Greece has tightened the guarding of its borders to the maximum level possible,” a government source said. A police source told AFP border patrols had been doubled and a general call for heightened readiness […]

Apparently worried with the present problems in marriages and relationships, wife of former CAN president and co-pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, Mama Helen Oritsejafor, is set to hit the city of Lagos,  with her global book signing tour for her recently released book “Joyfully Together: Keys to Enjoying Your Relationship”, which is also presently on Amazon.

Pope Francis postponed his official appointments Friday and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of “a mild ailment”. Francis, 83, had appeared earlier in the week to be suffering from a cold. He was seen blowing his nose and coughing during the Ash Wednesday […]

Around 1,000 people were in quarantine in Germany’s most populous state Friday, as the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Europe’s biggest economy rose above 50. The district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia said it had to take the step of keeping around 1,000 home as an infected couple had participated in carnival […]

Today, Patricia launched its exclusive and eagerly awaited PATRICIA BITCOIN  ATM CARD, and as some users will call it, Africa’s First Bitcoin card; a global initiative that simplifies the way that its current and new users interact with bitcoin, giving them access to do everyday financial transactions at the swipe of a card.