Factbox: Sport-Events affected by coronavirus epidemic

By Reuters,

Here is a list of international sports events whose timing has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,300 people and infe...

coronavirus

Country offers reward for stuck tire to be removed from crocodile’s neck

By CNN,

A province in Indonesia is offering a reward to anyone brave enough to free an enormous wild crocodile from a motorcycle tire. According to Indones...

Crocodile

Cases of coronavirus in China jump by 30% overnight

By CNN,

As of Wednesday, there were 5,974 confirmed cases of the virus in China, including 132 deaths, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). T...

coronavirus

U.K. student who sent text messages boasting about raping men found guilty of 48 counts

By CNN,

A student in the U.K. was found guilty of 48 counts of raping men though the number of victims might have been as high as 190. According to CNN, Re...

Reynhard Sinaga , sodomy

Lawyers in Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes speak after CEO Muilenburg was fired

By Citizen Reporter,

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was on Monday fired following a a heated debate to his response on two deadly crashes of the company's top-selling 737 Ma...

boeing , Ethiopian Airlines , Ribbeck Law Chartered

OPINION: How to boost Africa and South East Asia cooperation

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Considered one of humanity’s great early achievements is the crossing of early man from Asia to Australia. Archeological, geneti...

Remains of Kenyans killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash arrive at JKIA

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The remains of 28 out of 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in March this year arrived in the country on Monday morning; se...

Ethiopian Airlines , jkia

Boeing to pay families of Ethiopian Airlines crash victims Ksh.15M

By Citizen Reporter,

Boeing has announced that families of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash will be paid Ksh. 15million each. The airline company said the d...

Ethiopian Airlines crash

No sex outside marriage: Indonesia to pass new law

By Girlie Kendi,

Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that will criminalize consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same-se...

Indonesia , the 628 article bill

Family of woman, son who died Ethiopian Airlines crash ‘confused by lawyers’

By Imani Mitchelle,

The family of a Kenyan woman and her son who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash have expressed uncertainty over lawyers seeking to sue Boeing on beh...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash

Raila jets out for one-week visit to Indonesia

By Otukho Jackson,

African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development Raila Odinga on Sunday left the country for a one-week visit to Indonesia. Odinga ...

AFRICAN UNION , Indonesia , Infrastructure , raila odinga

Four Kenyans secure spot in prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme

By Citizen Reporter,

Four young Kenyans have emerged winners in the British Council’s prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme 2019. The four were among eight sho...

british , Future Leaders Connect

Strong earthquake kills at least one in Indonesia

By Reuters,

A powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesia has killed at least one person and briefly displaced more ...

indian ocean , Indonesia , Islands of Sumatra and Java , Undersea earthquake

Kenya’s ranking in Geothermal Production Up

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced that it has connected to the national grid, the first unit of the newly built Olkaria V ge...

geothermal , Iceland , kengen , Olkaria V

Woman jailed for recording her boss’s alleged sexual harassment granted amnesty

By CNN,

Indonesian lawmakers have unanimously approved amnesty for a woman who was sentenced to six months in prison for recording her boss's alleged sexual h...

Amnesty , Indonesia , sexual harassment

Applause as Indonesia pardons woman jailed after reporting harassment

By Reuters,

Indonesia parliament approved on Thursday an amnesty for a woman who was jailed after recording lewd phone calls from her boss in a case that has caus...

#MeToo movement , Baiq Nuril Maknun , Indonesia , National Commission on Violence Against Women

Top tourist spots crack down as they become victim of own success

By Reuters,

It is not the sheer number of tourists descending on Venice that bothers Italian food blogger Monica Cesarato so much as the type of visitor. Not s...

tourism , UNESCO

Man who lost family in Ethiopia crash wants Boeing punished or ‘more people will die’

By Ian Omondi,

Paul Njoroge, the man who lost his family when a Boeing 737 Max airplane crashed in Ethiopia, now wants the company probed and action taken, warning t...

737 MAX , boeing , congress , Paul Njoroge

Paul Njoroge whose family died in Ethiopian plane crash to brief Congress

By Reuters,

Before flying to Washington to testify to aviation experts and lawmakers this week, Paul Njoroge spent a desolate weekend packing away toys his childr...

boeing , ethiopian plane crash

American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations for fourth time

By Reuters,

American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) said on Sunday it is extending for a fourth time cancellations of about 115 daily flights into early November due ...

American Airlines Group In , Boeing 737 MAX , Federal Aviation Administration