EABL parent firm Diageo lines up Ksh.10.6 billion recovery fund for bars

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) parent firm Diageo has launched a worldwide Ksh.10.6 billion ($100 million) fund to support the recovery of ...

Diageo Plc , East Africa Breweries Ltd(EABL)

Nairobi to host Continental Tour on September 26

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Nairobi meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold will be held in September 26, over four months later than it was originally planned a...

Continental Tour , COVID-19

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

china , Lockdowns , Quarantine , The Great Manchurian Plague , who

China restricts research into origins of coronavirus

By CNN,

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government dire...

china , coronavirus

Chinese students fleeing virus-hit U.S. paying Ksh.2M for seats on private jets

By Reuters,

As the coronavirus spreads across the United States, Chinese students from wealthy families are persuading their parents to pay tens of thousands of d...

china , coronavirus

Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic

By Reuters,

Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak: ITALY * All sports events have been cancelled until April 3. OLYMPIC...

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Bahrain F1 race to be held without fans due to coronavirus

By Reuters,

The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix will go ahead on March 22 without fans due to the coronavirus crisis, a blow to the Gulf Arab state’s important t...

Bahrain Formula One , coronavirus crisis , Grand Prix

Hamilton has Schumacher’s biggest records in sight

By Reuters,

Formula One starts a new season in Australia next week with Lewis Hamilton chasing records that some once thought would last a lifetime. The 91 win...

Formula One , Lewis Hamilton , Michael Schumacher

Coronavirus outbreak ‘getting bigger’ after Nigeria case: WHO

By Reuters,

Coronavirus outbreak is “getting bigger”, the World Helath Organization (WHO) said on Friday after Nigeria confirmed sub-Saharan Africa’s first ...

coronavirus

Vietnam completes F1 track amid coronavirus concern

By Reuters,

The track for Vietnam's first Formula One Grand Prix in Hanoi on April 5 has been completed, organisers said on Wednesday amid continuing concern abou...

F1 , Vietnam

Ighalo in Manchester United squad to face Chelsea

By Agencies,

Manchester United's Deadline Day signing Odion Ighalo will go straight into the squad for the Monday Night Football clash at Chelsea, despite missing ...

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American dies in China as Coronavirus reaches France

By Reuters,

A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chin...

coronavirus

Ighalo took pay cut to secure United move

By Reuters,

Nigerian striker and boyhood Manchester United fan Odion Ighalo has said he agreed to take a pay cut to ensure his move to the Premier League club wen...

Manchester United , Odion Ighalo , Transfers

Solskjaer backs Martial to regain scoring touch

By Reuters,

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Anthony Martial to rediscover his scoring touch and says the French forward is giving the cl...

Anthony Martial , Manchester United , Marcus Rashford , Ole Gunnar Solskajer

Chinese markets plunge as Coronavirus death toll rises to 361

By Reuters,

Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated ...

china , coronavirus

United Airlines suspends some flights to China as coronavirus spreads

By CNN,

United Airlines is temporarily reducing its schedule between the United States and three cities in China in light of the Wuhan virus. The airline s...

coronavirus

British Airways suspends flights to China as coronavirus spreads

By CNN,

British Airways has suspended all direct flights between the United Kingdom and China in light of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. "We have suspende...

Chinese state media escalate row with NBA

By Reuters,

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” ...

Chinese State Media , NBA

Korir chasing back to back DL titles in Zurich

By Agencies,

The IAAF Diamond League middle-distance action will begin with the men's 800m in Zurich on Thursday, with Emmanuel Korir on the brink a second success...

Emmanuel Korir , IAAF Diamond League , Nijel Amos

Class dismissed: Surge in arrests of foreign teachers in China

By Reuters,

Arrests and deportations of foreign teachers in China have soared this year, lawyers, schools and teachers say, amid a broad crackdown defined by new ...

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