Lions need to be protected to avert extinction, agency warns

By Citizen Reporter,

The world is marking World Lions Day on Monday but World Animal Protection warns that the King of the Jungle may soon be extinct if urgent measures ar...

World Animal Protection , World Lions Day

New Zealand records 100 days without domestic virus case

By Tonny Ndungu,

New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries like Vietnam and...

coronavirus

Makueni County tops list of happiest counties in Kenya

By Tonny Ndungu,

Makueni County has topped the list of the happiest counties in Kenya in a just released poll by Infotrak. According to the poll, Makueni leads in t...

makueni county

Murray, Clijsters receive U.S. Open wildcard entries

By Reuters,

Former U.S. Open champions Andy Murray and Kim Clijsters each received wildcard entries to 2020 edition of the tournament, organisers said on Thursday...

Kim Clijsters , U.S. Open champions

Premier League clubs vote against use of five substitutes next season

By Reuters,

English Premier League clubs voted against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game next season at their annual general meeting (A...

Clubs , Five Substitutes , Premier League , vote

London Marathon: Mass race to be cancelled, elite race set for Oct. 4

By Reuters,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has every reason to shake off the cobwebs and be in good shape after it was reported by British media Thur...

COVID-19 , elite race on , Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon , Mass race cnacelled

Nadal to skip U.S. Open due to Covid-19 concerns

By Reuters,

World number two Rafa Nadal confirmed on Tuesday that he will not defend his U.S. Open crown this year at Flushing Meadows as organisers released the ...

Grand Slam , Rafa Nadal , U.S Open , World Number Two

Anxious WHO implores world to ‘do it all’ in long war on COVID-19

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , who

DIAZ: Finally some light at the end of the tunnel

By Guest Writer,

Just a few months back, we feared the worst for the world economies. As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged through developed economies to hit at the hea...

coronavirus , Kenya economy , safe flights

20,000 more Americans could die from Covid-19 in the next 21 days, CDC ensemble forecast shows

By CNN,

The US has reported more deaths linked to coronavirus than anywhere else in the world and updated models show 20,000 more Americans could die in just ...

coronavirus

U.S. records a coronavirus death every minute as total surpasses 150,000

By Reuters,

One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the wo...

coronavirus

U.S. records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities approach 150K

By Reuters,

U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by 10,000 in 11 days, accordin...

SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi A dark cloud hangs over the future of Kenyan athletics if the fragrant and continued violation of anti-doping rules by the athl...

ADAK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , WADA , Wilson Kipsang

India sees record 49,000 new coronavirus cases, drug shortages in places

By Reuters,

India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases even as offici...

Manangoi suspended for anti-doping rule violation

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Commonwealth Games 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures. ...

1500m , AIU , Commonwealth Champion , Elijah Managoi

A year to go, rearranged Tokyo Games still shrouded in uncertainty

By Reuters,

Tokyo 2020 organisers will host celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Olympics on Thursday but with the postponed Games still shrouded in...

International Olympic Committee , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Time is right to axe De Gea, Shearer says

By Reuters,

Manchester United should replace goalkeeper David de Gea with Dean Henderson next season, former England striker Alan Shearer has said after the Spani...

Alan Shearer , David De Gea , Dean Henderson , Manchester United

Twitter blames ‘coordinated’ attack on systems for hack of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Joe Biden

By CNN,

Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday in what Twitte...

bill gates , Elon Musk , Jack Dorsey , Joe Biden , President Barack Obama , Twitter

Rape scandal erupts at one of world’s oldest universities

By CNN,

One of the world's oldest universities is embroiled in scandal after dozens of women alleged they were sexually assaulted or raped on its campus, with...

Alpha Epsilon Pi , University of St Andrews

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau