Leach takes four as England close in on series victory

By Reuters,

England’s left-arm spinner Jack Leach led a strong spin bowling display that put the tourists within three wickets of a series-clinching victory aga...

Angelo Mathews , bowling display , England , Jack Leach , Pallekele track , Sri Lanka

Zetech draw even to force Game Three with Strathmore

By Moses Ngige,

Zetech University outscored Strathmore University 52-45 to put their quarter-final basketball series back on the balance after they had gown down 52...

basketball playoff , Strathmore University , Zetech University

Ghana brims with confidence as AWCON gets underway in Accra

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

  Geoffrey Mwamburi in Accra, Ghana The head coach of Ghanaian's national women football team, Bashir Hayford , is exuding confidence ahead...

Accra , Accra Sports Stadium , AWCON , Black Quuens , coach Bashir , El Wak Stadium , Ghana , Harambee Starlets , kenya

Salah scores late winner for Egypt, Morocco sink Cameroon

By Reuters,

Mohamed Salah scored a last-minute winner as Egypt came from behind to end Tunisia’s 100 percent record in African Nations Cup qualifying with a 3-2...

African Nations Cup , Alexandria , Cameroon , Egypt , Mohamed Salah , Morocco , tunisia

U.S. prepares charges against Wikileaks’ Assange, document shows

By Reuters,

American prosecutors have obtained a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website published thousands of classified U.S. ...

WikiLeaks , Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Fake Drugs Kill Tens of Thousands in Africa Each Year

By VOA,

When Moustapha Dieng came down with stomach pains one day last month he did the sensible thing and went to a doctor in his hometown of Ouagadougou, Bu...

Abderrahmane Chakibi , E.U.-funded report , World Health Organization (WHO).

UK PM May defends Brexit deal as talk of no-confidence vote grows

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of two senior ministers on Friday as she battled to defend her much-criticized draft divorce deal w...

brexit , Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) , Rolls Royce , UK PM Theresa May

U.S. eyes ways to remove Erdogan foe to appease Turkey

By Reuters,

The Trump administration is exploring possible ways to remove U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a foe of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, to ...

Alp Aslandogan , Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Fethullah Gulen , Khashoggi

‘Death knell’ of press freedom in Hong Kong has been a long time coming

By CNN,

On a morning in February 2014, Lau a senior editor at the popular, upmarket daily Ming Pao had parked his car on a street near the restaurant when two...

Apple Daily , Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) , Jason Y. Ng , Jimmy Lai , Ming Pao , Tai Kwun , Timothy Calnin , Wong Chi-wah , Yip Kim-wah

Pressure mounts on Spain’s De Gea as Kepa lurks

By Reuters,

Pressure is mounting on Spain goalkeeper David de Gea with fans and media calling for him to be dropped following a surprise 3-2 loss to Croatia in Th...

David De Gea , Kepa Arrizabalaga , Manchester United , Spain

Gor captain Shakava caught cold by Kerr exit  

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia FC captain Harun Shakava says he had no idea that Dylan Kerr was on the move following the Englishman's bombshell resignation as the club's ...

Dylan Kerr , Gor Mahia FC , Harun Shakava

CAS rejects Kenya’s AWCON appeal for Starlets

By Matthews Mutai,

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Kenya's appeal to have Harambee Starlets readmitted to the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations...

CAS , Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) , Equatorial Guinea , Harambee Starlets

May fights for survival after Brexit divorce deal triggers crisis

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting for survival on Friday after a draft divorce deal with the European Union provoked the resignations of...

Lawsuit: ‘Predatory’ Dartmouth College professors plied students with alcohol and raped them

By CNN,

Three former Dartmouth College professors turned the school's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences into a "21st Century Animal House," where...

Dartmouth College , New Hampshire institution , Paul Whalen , Title IX , Todd Heatherton , William Kelley

Tally of missing in California deadliest blaze surpasses 600

By Reuters,

A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 ...

CALIFORNIA FIRE , Donald Trump , San Francisco

Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for Yemen ceasefire

By Reuters,

The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, three sourc...

ex-president Robert Mugabe , Zimbabawe , Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa

Scientists confirm massive impact crater beneath ice in Greenland

By CNN,

A team of international researchers has verified the discovery of the first meteorite impact crater ever found deep beneath the Greenland ice sheet. ...

GeoGenetics , Greenland , Hiawatha Glacier , NASA , Natural History Museum of Denmark

Saudi public prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi murder case

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a ...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Jamal Khashoggi , Saud al-Qahtani , Saudi Arabia , Washington Post

Zimbabwe’s Chamisa says he’ll testify to inquiry only if president does

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday that he would only testify before an inquiry into post-election violence that killed six ...

Kgalema Motlante , Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) , Nelson Chamisa , Police chief Godwin Matanga , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , tendai biti

British PM May battles to save Brexit deal as ministers quit

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Thursday to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit secretary and other ministers qui...

brexit , British PM Theresa May , European union