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Jack Ma was almost bigger than China, that’s what got him into trouble
By CNN,
938, January 7, 2021 (EAT)
Billionaire Jack Ma is a rare figure in China: a charismatic entrepreneur who speaks his mind and pushes boundaries. That free-wheeling attitude ...
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One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty
By Reuters,
1056, December 11, 2020 (EAT)
For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, ju...
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Singapore will pay citizens to have a baby during the pandemic
By CNN,
1055, October 7, 2020 (EAT)
Singapore will offer a one-time payment to aspiring parents during the coronavirus pandemic. The country's deputy prime minister said the incentive...
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Why you shouldn’t be worried about getting the coronavirus from food
By CNN,
1102, August 14, 2020 (EAT)
Health experts say there's no evidence the coronavirus can be transmitted through food. You might have seen reports this week that Chinese authorit...
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WHO Official: Coronavirus probably can’t be eliminated under current conditions
By VOA,
1757, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization’s emergencies program chief said Friday that the new coronavirus probably could not be eliminated if current global co...
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RMS mourns Allan Makaka after he was killed in road accident
By Matthews Mutai,
1729, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Allan Makaka, an employee at Royal Media Services, died in a road accident on Mombasa Road on Friday. RMS Human Resources Director Rose Wanjohi con...
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JKUAT students Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira win Ksh.854K Microsoft digital award
By Citizen Reporter,
1647, May 21, 2020 (EAT)
Two students, Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira, from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology are the regional winners of the 18t...
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Princeton University names first black valedictorian in its 274-year history
By CNN,
1536, May 11, 2020 (EAT)
Princeton University has named its first black valedictorian in the school's 274-year history. Nicholas Johnson, a Canadian student majoring in ope...
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We’re headed for a faceless future as masks become the norm
By CNN,
1232, May 10, 2020 (EAT)
Of all the Covid-prevention measures, the mass covering of faces is, at least visibly, among the most dramatic. Masks are not mandatory in most Wes...
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Rats are infecting humans with hepatitis, and nobody knows how
By CNN,
1128, May 9, 2020 (EAT)
In 2018, infectious disease experts at the University of Hong Kong came across an unusual patient. The 56-year-old man, who had undergone a liver t...
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China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes
By CNN,
1056, April 28, 2020 (EAT)
The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...
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The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic
By CNN,
1015, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
Before entering the cave, the small team of scientists pull on hazmat suits, face masks and thick gloves to cover every inch of their skin. Contact wi...
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Covid-19 vaccine trial on humans starts as UK warns restrictions could stay in place until next year
By CNN,
1556, April 23, 2020 (EAT)
Scientists in the UK will begin trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine on humans Thursday, as the government warns it could have to rely on social dis...
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In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together
By CNN,
1051, April 19, 2020 (EAT)
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, ...
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Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them?
By CNN,
925, April 15, 2020 (EAT)
In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions of face masks to h...
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China restricts research into origins of coronavirus
By CNN,
1049, April 13, 2020 (EAT)
China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government dire...
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5,000 Americans sue Chinese gov’t for coronavirus damages
By VOA,
1636, April 10, 2020 (EAT)
In less than a month, more than 5,000 Americans have joined a class-action lawsuit in Florida seeking reparations from the Chinese government for COVI...
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Kenya plans to produce additional 60M face masks
By Tonny Ndungu,
1903, April 3, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has so far managed to produce 1 million face masks to help in the fight against the new coronavirus, Trade and industrialization Cabinet Secreta...
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Matatu, tuktuk users ordered to wear face masks
By Tonny Ndungu,
957, April 3, 2020 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has ordered Matatu users to use face masks to prevent infections while on transit. The same o...
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Asia may have been right about coronavirus and face masks
By CNN,
1818, April 1, 2020 (EAT)
In the coming weeks, if they have not already, your government is likely to begin advising you to wear a face mask to protect against coronavirus. ...
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