Tag: since-committed

  • Olympics- Spain’s Olympic president Blanco calms fears over Zika

    The president of the Spanish Olympic committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, has reassured the country’s athletes and fans travelling to Rio de Janeiro that the Zika virus “is under control”. Spain’s most famous basketball player, NBA’s Pau Gasol, expressed concerns about the mosquito-borne Zika virus several weeks ago but has since committed to playing for the…

  • Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 292: health ministry

    The death toll from a suicide bombing in Baghdad this weekend has reached 292, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Thursday. The attack, claimed by the militant group Islamic State, which government forces are trying to eject from large parts of the north and west of the country, was the deadliest bombing in Iraq since U.S.-led…