Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, says it was right but sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent

By CNN,

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has defended his company's decision to ban President Donald Trump, while acknowledging that the move stems from its failure to...

Citizen TV , Twitter

Pope Francis to miss New Year’s Eve masses due to sciatic pain

By CNN,

Pope Francis will not lead the Vatican's New Year's Eve and New Year's Day celebrations due to sciatic pain, the Vatican said in a statement on Thursd...

New Year

Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay

By CNN,

President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a govern...

coronavirus

Olympics-Domestic sponsors extend contracts for delayed Tokyo games

By Reuters,

Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics have agreed in principle to extend their contracts for th...

2020 , 2021 , JAPAN , olympics , sponsors , Tokyo

2020 in Review: Kenya’s women footballers thrive in year of uncertainty

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

@bekimwamburi The year 2020 has been a forgettable year for the sports industry and indeed the world following the COVID-19 pandemic that halted virt...

French President Emmanuel Macron tests positive for COVID-19

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday, although it was not clear at this stage whe...

coronavirus , Macron

Australia halts local COVID-19 vaccine development due to false HIV positives

By Reuters,

Australia cancelled the production of a locally made vaccine against COVID-19 after trials showed it could interfere with HIV diagnosis, with the gove...

Australia , coronavirus , COVID-19 , HIV , vaccine

Rachier says won’t fight ‘powerful’ FKF boss Mwendwa

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia FC chairman Ambrose Rachier has said they will not protest Football Kenya Federation's decision to cancel the club's friendly match against ...

Ambrose Rachier , Gor Mahia FC , Nick Mwendwa

Perez determined to stay in F1 after maiden win

By Agencies,

Racing Point's Sergio Perez pledged to find a way to prolong his Formula 1 career after taking his maiden victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix. The Mex...

Formula 1 , Racing Point , Sakhir Grand Prix , Sergio Perez

‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps

By CNN,

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves

Gor wrap up transfer business, to axe four on Friday as team resume training

By Citizen Team,

Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier says the club have wrapped up their transfer business as the new season looms large, with four players set for the ...

Ambrose Rachier , Drop four , GOR MAHIA , Resume training

Kisumu All Starlets in transfer row with Simba Queens

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

Kisumu All Starlets have refused release forward Bertha Omita who joined Tanzanian Simba Queens on Thursday last week, with the Kenyan club insisting ...

Kisumu All Starlets

KEMSA wants permission to sell COVID-19 commodities worth Ksh.6B

By Edwin Obuya,

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) says it has COVID-19 commodities worth Ksh.6 billion in its warehouses and is now appealing to Parliament...

COVID-19 , KEMSA

World number one Djokovic to play at U.S Open

By Reuters,

World number one Novak Djokovic will compete at the Aug 31-Sept 13 U.S. Open and the Western & Southern Open curtain-raiser, the winner of 17 Gran...

17 Grand Slam , Novak Djokovic , U.S Open , World Number One

South Africa probes medical suppliers over Ksh.6.3B COVID-19 tenders scam

By Reuters,

South African investigators are probing 102 suppliers of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country’s most populous province after news repo...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , PPE , south africa

Why COVID-19 is killing diabetes patients at alarming rates

By Reuters,

Darrell Cager Sr., 64, had diabetes. So his youngest daughter urged him to seek care. The next day, he collapsed and died in his New Orleans home. ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Diabetes

India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit

By CNN,

India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

Hospital owner allegedly scammed patients out of Ksh.37M using fake COVID-19 tests

By CNN,

A hospital owner in Bangladesh was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud, after allegedly issuing thousands of fake Covid-19 test results to deceive...

Bangladesh , COVID-19 , Rapid Action Battalion

Ex-Kenya Pipeline boss Charles Tanui freed on Ksh.700K cash bail in Ksh.30M fraud case

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Charles Kiprotich Tanui and two other senior managers have been freed on a Ksh.700,000 cash bai...

Charles Kiprotich Tanui , EACC , Kenya Pipeline Company , Magistrate Douglas Ogoti

Starlets and Coaching: Ouma speaks of his successes and aspirations

By Agencies,

Football may have been suspended owing to the global Covid-19 pandemic but work has not stopped for Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma. Starle...

COVID-19 , David Ouma , Harambee Starlets