First two cases of South African COVID-19 variant found in US

By VOA,

Health officials in South Carolina said Thursday that they had detected two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant, the first cases in the United...

coronavirus

UK to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus variant

By CNN,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday, as governments around the world step up efforts ...

Britain , coronavirus , UK

Air force captain killed as jet crashes during salute to coronavirus responders

By CNN,

At least one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, a...

Canadian Forces Snowbirds , Capt. Jennifer Casey , COVID-19

Gunman kills 16 in shooting rampage

By Tonny Ndungu,

A gunman killed at least 16 people, including one Mountie, during a weekend shooting rampage in small-town Nova Scotia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Pol...

nova scotia

Kagwe: Any person visiting an open area must wear a mask

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Kagwe has directed that anyone visiting an open area including supermarkets must wear a mask. Speaking on Saturday when he revealed 4 mor...

coronavirus , mask

Lewis Hamilton allays coronavirus fears

By Reuters,

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has undergone a period of isolation after recently being pictured with actor Idris Elba, who has teste...

Corona Virus , coronavirus , Formula 1 champion , Idris Elba , Lewis Hamilton

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s wife Sophie tests positive for coronavirus

By Reuters,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, and the...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , coronavirus

Canada to pay nearly Ksh.100B over claims of sexual misconduct in the armed forces

By CNN,

The Canadian government has agreed to pay nearly Ksh. 100billion as settlement to members of the Armed Forces and Department of National Defense who a...

Canadian military , sexual misconduct

Women leaders are as capable as men: President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said women should be given equal opportunities of authority as men as they are able to deliver in equal measure. Speak...

gender balance , President Kenyata , Women Deliver 2019 Conference

Revealed: Labour Ministry plans to export 1M jobs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cognizant of the domestic pressures to create employment under a burgeoning youthful population the government has changed tact to look elsewhere as t...

Immigration , Labour CS Ukur Yatani , National Employment Authority (NEA) , unemployment in Kenya

Philippines’ Duterte hits Canada on exported garbage

By Reuters,

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berated Canada on Tuesday in a longrunning dispute over waste exported to the Southeast Asia nation, threatening...

Suspect to appear in court after allegedly stabbing a priest during televised Mass in Canada

By CNN,

A man who allegedly stabbed the elderly rector of a church in Canada during a televised Mass as shocked parishioners watched will appear in court Satu...

Canada , Montreal , Quebec

Left-leaning Canada opposition leader wins parliamentary seat

By Reuters,

The struggling leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democrats, an opposition party that competes with the Liberals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ...

Canada

Donations pour in for Syrian refugees who lost all 7 children in Canada fire

By Reuters,

A fundraising effort for a Syrian-refugee couple who lost all seven of their children in a house fire on Tuesday in the eastern Canadian city of Halif...

Canada , donations , GoFundMe , syrian refugees

Canadian gets life sentence for killing six in Quebec mosque shooting

By Reuters,

A Canadian man who gunned down six members of a Quebec City mosque in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, with the judge saying he would b...

Canada , Quebec

China says Canadian ambassador sacking an internal affair

By Reuters,

China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sacking of his ambassador to China was an internal Canadian ...

Ambassador , china , John McCallum , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian PM fires envoy to China after remarks on Huawei case

By Reuters,

In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor...

Huawei , John McCallum , Meng Wanzhou , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian PM fires envoy to China after remarks on Huawei case

By Reuters,

In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor...

Canadian PM , china , envoy , fires , Huawei

Canadian’s death sentence leaves Beijing and Ottawa trapped in a crisis

By CNN,

There's no easy way out in the darkening diplomatic feud between China and Canada over the detention of a Huawei executive -- even as a man's life now...

Beijing , Canada , death sentence

Chinese court sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling

By Reuters,

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling, a ruling sure to aggravate already sour relations between Beijing and ...

china , drug smuggling , Huawei Technologies , Meng Wanzhou