Nurse suspended over selfie in labour ward

By Reuters,

A nurse in Malawi has been suspended after her selfie in a labour ward showing a naked pregnant woman in the background surfaced online. Patricia M...

Blantyre city , Malango , Ndirande Health Center , Patricia Malichi

‘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

Is nail polish toxin-free? New study reveals otherwise

By Reuters,

Although nail polish manufacturers have begun removing some toxic ingredients, their labels are not always accurate and the reformulated products aren...

Nail polish

Rome issues new laws to tackle unruly tourism

By CNN,

If you were planning to spend your next trip to Rome, Italy, drinking on the street while dressed as a centurion, think again. New laws have been...

Alcohol crackdown , italy , Rome , tourism

Young Marxists are going missing in China after protesting for workers

By CNN,

Fear is sweeping through the campuses of China  following a nationwide government crackdown aimed at silencing left-wing student activists, who had b...

china , China's Renmin University , Chinese President Xi Jingping , Communist Party

CNN sues President Trump, top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta

By CNN,

CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent ...

CNN sues Trump , Jim Acosta , President Donald Trump , U.S. District Court , White House pass

France to ’embed’ regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech

By Reuters,

Facebook will allow French regulators to “embed” inside the company to examine how it combats online hate speech, the first time the wary tech gia...

Facebook privacy , France 'embed' regulators

Health of Gabon’s hospitalied president has greatly improved: presidency

By Reuters,

The health of Gabon’s President Ali Ben Bongo has greatly improved and he is recovering his physical abilities, his office said on Sunday, after sou...

gabon

Gov’t orders crackdown on shisha sale and public smoking

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has directed all public health officers across the country to ensure the ban on shisha smoking imposed last year is effectively enforce...

Shisha ban

As Delhi smog hits ‘severe’ level, city chief under fire after reports he is abroad

By Reuters,

As pollution in India’s capital hit “severe” on the air quality scale on Saturday, the New Delhi chief minister came under fire following report...

Arvind Kejriwal , Delhi

China’s Sichuan province bans live hog, hog product imports to prevent African swine fever

By CNN,

China’s Sichuan province has banned the import of all live hogs and hog products from other regions to prevent African swine fever, the provincial g...

African swine fever , china

Everton fined and banned from signing academy players

By Reuters,

Everton have been fined KSh67 million by the Premier League and banned from registering some academy players for two years after breaching young playe...

English Premier League , Everton FC

Hong Kong bars British editor from entering city following visa ban

By Reuters,

Hong Kong barred the Asia news editor of the Financial Times from entering the city as a visitor, the newspaper said, after authorities refused to ren...

Financial Times , hong kong , Victor Mallet

Al Ahly face hot reception at Esperance in African final

By Reuters,

Egypt’s Al Ahly are clear favourites to extend their record streak of African club competition titles when they take a 3-1 lead over Esperance into ...

Al Ahly , CAF Champions League , Esperance , Esperance Tunis

UEFA President Ceferin unopposed for re-election

By Reuters,

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will run unopposed for re-election as head of European soccer’s governing body in February’s vote. UEFA annou...

Aleksander Ceferin , UEFA , UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin

AC Milan’s Conti, Maldini banned after ref row

By Reuters,

AC Milan defender Andrea Conti’s comeback from a year-long injury layoff ended with a three-match ban after he punched the referee’s door and insu...

Andrea Conti , italian serie A , Paolo Maldini , Serie A

Facebook, Google tools reveal new political ad tactics

By Reuters,

Public databases that shine a light on online political ads - launched by Facebook and Google before Tuesday’s U.S. elections - offer the public the...

facebook , Google

Pope Francis condemns anti-Semitism amid increase in attacks on Jews

By Reuters,

Pope Francis called on Monday for the eradication of anti-Semitism following an increase in attacks and hate crimes against Jews in several countries ...

Pope condemns anti-semitism , Pope Francis

Janmohammed bails out team ahead of Oman ICC contest

By Jeremiah Lechipai,

National cricket team on Monday received a major boost ahead of their the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cricket League Division III, set ...

Cricket , ICC , Jackie Janmohammed , Oman , team

Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop online hate stoking conflict

By Reuters,

A video link posted on Facebook on June 20 showed a man cooking human body parts in a pot over a wood fire. In Cameroon, the footage went viral. So...