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

2022 World Cup: Qatar to join European qualifying group

By Agencies,

Fifa World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar have been invited to participate in European Qualifying Group A by Uefa, to help them prepare for the tournament. ...

2022 hosts , European Qualifying Group A , Fifa World Cup , Qatar

Europe’s top sides handed easy route to Qatar 2022

By Reuters,

England were pitted against old rivals Poland in their World Cup qualifying group on Monday after a draw which left Europe’s top sides with apparent...

europe , Nations League , Qatar 2022 , World cup

Kenya slides down to position 113 in world prosperity ranking

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya has fallen one spot in the world’s prosperity ranking to wound up at position 113 in the world out of a survey of 167 countries. This accor...

2020 Prosperity Index , Legatum Institute

Johns Hopkins: 39.7 million global COVID-19 cases

By VOA,

Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that there are nearly 39.7 million COVID-19 infections worldwide and 1.1 million death...

coronavirus

Go or no go? U.S. updates travel advisories amid coronavirus outbreak

By VOA,

The U.S. State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks. This inc...

coronavirus

The safest countries in the world to visit in 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

The holidays are here and for those planning a vacation and wondering which countries are the safest, a risk map published by experts in travel securi...

Ronaldo moves onto 99 as Portugal qualify for Euro 2020

By Reuters,

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 99th international goal as the defending champions edged past Luxembourg 2-0 in difficult conditions awa...

Cristiano Ronaldo , Euro 2020 , Luxembourg , Ronaldo

What is euthanasia?

By Imani Mitchelle,

Euthanasia is the practice of killing or permitting the death of sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way out of an act of mercy. A...

euthanasia

Ronaldo in landmark 700th career goal

By Agencies,

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. The 34-year-old ...

700th career goal , landmark , Ronaldo

Arsenal draw Eintracht Frankfurt in Europa League

By Reuters,

Europa League runners-up Arsenal and semi-finalists Eintracht Frankfurt were grouped together in the draw for this season’s competition, which was h...

Arsenal FC , Eintracht Frankfurt , Manchester United , UEFA Europa League

Spain sends warship to pick up migrants off Italy’s coast

By Reuters,

Spain ordered a naval vessel on Tuesday to the Italian island of Lampedusa to bring migrants stranded there on a rescue boat to Mallorca after some of...

Danilo Toninelli , migrants , Spain

Twin tornadoes whip through northern Europe, hospitalizing at least 14 people

By CNN,

At least 14 people were hospitalized after a tornado tore through southwestern Luxembourg Friday, damaging over 160 houses before progressing into eas...

France , tornado

EU probes Amazon over use of retailer info to gain edge

By VOA,

The European Union is opening a new front in its quest to more closely regulate big tech companies, saying Wednesday it was investigating whether U.S....

Apple Inc , European Union (EU) , Facebook Inc , Google , U.S. Amazon

Migrant rescue ship captain regrets Italian docking scare

By Reuters,

The German captain of a migrant-rescue ship who defied an Italian government ban to dock at the island port of Lampedusa expressed regret on Sunday fo...

Carola Rackete , migrants , Minister Matteo Salvini , Sea-Watch 3

Sarri leaves Chelsea to take over at Juventus

By Reuters,

Serie A champions Juventus appointed Maurizio Sarri as their new coach on Sunday, hoping that his ambitious possession-based game would extend their d...

chelsea , Europa League , Juventus , Maurizio Sarri , Premier League , Seie A

No Schengen visa for Kenyans without e-passports from Saturday

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Embassy of Hugary in Nairobi has announced that from this Saturday, only e-Passport holders will qualify for the Schengen visa. In a circular s...

E-passport , schengen visa

4 EU nations to take in 64 migrants rescued at sea

By VOA,

Malta's prime minister announced on Twitter Saturday that four European Union countries have finally come forward to take in the 64 migrants who were ...

EU

In Mozambique, parents yearn for children torn away by cyclone

By Reuters,

It has been more than a week since Virginia Samuel last saw two of her children. Her family was marooned for four days in the stands of a basketball ...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique

Bitcoin jumps 20 percent, mystery order seen as catalyst

By Reuters,

Bitcoin soared to its highest in almost five months on Tuesday, pulling smaller cryptocurrencies up with it, after a major order by an anonymous buyer...

bitcoin , cryptocurrencies , Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie