Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

Jack Ma was almost bigger than China, that’s what got him into trouble

By CNN,

Billionaire Jack Ma is a rare figure in China: a charismatic entrepreneur who speaks his mind and pushes boundaries. That free-wheeling attitude ...

Alibaba , Ant Group , Chinese Communist Party , Jack Ma , President Xi Jinping

Legendary talk show host Larry King hospitalized with Covid-19

By CNN,

Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been hospital...

coronavirus , larry king

Neymar to hold New Year party for 150 people

By Reuters,

A New Year party for 150 people thrown by Brazilian footballer Neymar will be subject to strict health rules to try to prevent the spread of the COVID...

New Year , neymar , PSG

Mayweather to return for exhibition bout with YouTuber Paul

By Reuters,

Floyd Mayweather will return to the boxing ring in February for an exhibition bout against YouTube personality Logan Paul, the undefeated former world...

Boxing ring , exhibition bout , Floyd Mayweather , YouTube personality Logan Paul

Women left out as news sources, newsroom leadership still ‘reserved’ for men: study

By VOA,

A new study into the representation of women in media says news organizations should do more to include female perspectives. The first step to achi...

Female Journalists , MCK , Women in news

COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan

By CNN,

Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...

coronavirus , suicide

Alibaba Singles Day sales rake in Ksh8 trillion as Chinese shake off COVID-19

By CNN,

China's annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza regularly hauls in tens of billions of dollars for Alibaba and other e-commerce and retail companie...

Alibaba , singles day

British charity Comic Relief stops sending celebs to Africa after ‘white saviour’ furore

By Reuters,

British charity Comic Relief said on Wednesday that it will stop sending celebrities to Africa to raise funds following criticism that figures like si...

Sheeran , slum tourism , white saviour

Infinix partners with fashion icon on Zero 8 launch in Kenya

By Agencies,

Infinix, a global leader in consumer electronics market, has launched the ZERO 8 in the Kenyan market. ZERO 8 is the company’s flagship series for 2...

Football star Victor Wanyama to sue after socialite claims they had sexual relations

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenyan footballer Victor Wanyama has issued a strongly-worded statement after a Kenyan woman went on live video, claiming she had sexual relations wit...

Victor Wanyama

Kenyan comic Elsa Majimbo keeping Africans entertained on social media

By CNN,

Elsa Majimbo is taking over social media by providing comic relief on Instagram and Twitter amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kenyan comic, whose rel...

Comedian , Elsa Majimbo

Stranded Japanese honeymooners end up as Cape Verde’s team ambassadors

By Reuters,

Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape ...

COVID-19 , JAPAN

Kenya’s famed wildebeest migration begins without foreign tourist crowds

By Reuters,

Normally, the magnificent plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annu...

coronavirus , Eliud Kipchoge , Maasai Mara , Magical Kenya , Wildebeest Migration

Feds used Instagram posts of private jets and luxury cars to track $41M ‘cyber criminal’ Ray Hushpuppi

By CNN,

Ramon Abbas openly flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. To his 2.5 million Instagram followers, he went b...

cybercrime , Ramon Abbas , Ray Hushpuppi

Five-year-old boy with prosthetic legs raises Ksh.100M for hospital that saved his life

By CNN,

A 5-year-old boy with two prosthetic legs has raised more than £1 million ($1.2 million, slightly over Ksh.100 million) for the hospital that saved h...

Evelina London Children's Hospital , National Health Service , Tony Hudgell

Can prostitution, the world’s oldest profession, survive the age of social distancing?

By CNN,

Don't kiss. Tell clients to wash their hands before they touch you. Wear a mask. Avoid face-to-face positions. And even: Put on a nurse costume and pu...

COVID-19 , lockdown , prostitution , sex workers , UNAIDS

Kipchoge, Bekele fight to stay fit as London Marathon remains in limbo

By Reuters,

Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele should have spent this week finalising their preparations for the London Marathon but the two best distance runners...

coronavirus pandemic , Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon

Actress who fronted ‘Stay Home’ campaign arrested after hosting a party during lockdown

By CNN,

Nigerian actress Funke Akindele-Bello has been arrested after hosting a birthday party for her husband during a lockdown in the country -- despite fro...

coronavirus , Funke Akindele-Bello , lockdown , Nigeria

‘Master’ Italian shoe designer dies of coronavirus complications at 84

By CNN,

Revered women's shoe designer Sergio Rossi has died of coronavirus complications at the age of 84, according to the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital in Ce...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Sergio Rossi