Africa coronavirus cases cross 2.5 million – Reuters tally

By Reuters,

Africa coronavirus cases crossed 2.5 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as a second wave of infections hits the continent. Countrie...

coronavirus , vaccine

American investors hope to buy Burnley before transfer window

By Reuters,

American investors ALK Capital are aiming to complete their purchase of Premier League club Burnley in time to strengthen the Lancashire club’s squa...

Burnley

Gov’t urged to distribute sanitary pads for free in schools

By Citizen Reporter,

It was Christmas come early for about 200 street children after they received an assortment of goods from a Nairobi businesswoman as part of her birth...

Boris Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases...

Boris Johnson , coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , United Kingdom

Premier League plans for return of fans face government review

By Reuters,

The Premier League's hopes of bringing fans back into stadiums in early October could be hampered after the UK government said it will review the plan...

Covid-19 pandemic , Premier League

Family thought they were baking pizza only to find snake inside oven

By CNN,

A family in North Carolina thought they were just making themselves some dinner, but there was something else in the oven with the frozen pizza. Am...

snake

JKIA Christmas tree replaced hours after Kenyans online made fun

By Citizen Reporter,

The hideous JKIA Christmas tree that was the butt of jokes for Kenyans online has been replaced hours after it set social media abuzz. Airport work...

jkia christmas tree

‘Mti ya sikukuu vs JKIA Christmas tree’: Kenyans online make fun

By Girlie Kendi,

If you have been to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) recently, you might have noticed a 'unique' tree at the centre of the parking lot. ...

Christmas tree , jkia

Monday is not a public holiday, Interior Ministry says

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The government has rubbished claims that Monday, October 14 is a public holiday. Also Read: Eliud Kipchoge to have street named after him in Eldore...

holiday , Kipchoge

Furi Furi dance, Ice Bucket Challenge: The other side of Bob Collymore

By Raquel Muigai,

The Furi Furi dance challenge, a popular style that hit the Kenyan music scene almost seven years ago, was one that Bob Collymore found to good to ign...

collymore , furi furi , Ice bucket challenge , Safaricom

Sudanese-American politician who organized protests goes missing

By VOA,

A Sudanese-American politician who organized recent anti-government protests in Sudan remained missing Friday, two days after disappearing on the stre...

america , Khartoum , Sudan

Sudan unions call for 2nd march on President Omar Bashir palace

By VOA,

An umbrella of independent professional unions is calling on people to march on the presidential palace in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, to demand that a...

President Omar Bashir

Still believe in Santa at your age? Trump ignites Twitter storm

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump set off a Christmas social media storm when he asked whether a 7-year-old was too old to believe in Santa Claus, capping a week...

Dan Amira , President Donald Trump , Santa Claus , Senator Chris Murphy , Trevor Noah

Asian stocks retreat as U.S. political tumult adds to growth worry

By Reuters,

Asian stock markets retreated again on Wednesday, extending a rout that began last week as U.S. political uncertainty exacerbated worries over slowing...

Asia , Britain , France , germany , Jerome Powell , Masahiro Ichikawa , Morgan Stanley Securities , President Donald Trump , Steven Mnuchin , U.S

Indonesian rescuers struggle against heavy rain to reach tsunami-hit villages

By Reuters,

Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an “extreme weather” rain warning after a t...

Anak Krakatau , Indonesia , Java and Sumatra islands

Dollar slips to four-month low vs. yen amid turmoil in Washington

By Reuters,

The dollar fell against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Tuesday as investors cut their exposure to riskier assets amid the partial U.S. governme...

dollar , Jerome Powell , President Donald Trump , Steven Mnuchin , Swiss franc , Yen

Indonesia searches for survivors after volcano triggers tsunami, kills 281

By Reuters,

The death toll from a tsunami triggered by a massive underwater landslide on an Indonesian volcano rose to 281 on Monday, as rescuers using heavy mach...

Anak Krakatau , Indonesia , President Joko Widodo , Sutopo Purwo

Tsunami from erupting Krakatau kills at least 222 in Indonesia

By Reuters,

A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed cau...

Rahmat Triyono , Tsunami , Øystein Lund Andersen

Skulls, salt and snow: 200 years of ‘Silent Night’

By CNN,

"Silent Night" might be one of the sweetest Christmas carols there is, but following the trail of the man who wrote it exactly 200 years ago involves ...

Austrian town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg , christmas , Franz Xaver Gruber , Josef Mohr , Silent Night

‘All I want for Christmas is democracy,’ say Hungary protesters

By Reuters,

Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the increasing...

Hungary