Facebook removes celebrity chef’s page for COVID-19 conspiracies

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , facebook , Pete Evans

2020 in Review: Kenya’s women footballers thrive in year of uncertainty

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

@bekimwamburi The year 2020 has been a forgettable year for the sports industry and indeed the world following the COVID-19 pandemic that halted virt...

Starlets ace ‘Dogo’ joins Israeli side Maccabi Holon

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

Harambee Starlets and Thika Queens lethal striker Mwanahalima “Dogo” Adam is in Israel to seal a 6 months’ loan deal with Maccabi Holon club whi...

Harambee Starlets , Israel , Maccabi Holon , Mwanahalima 'Dogo' Adam , Thika Queens

Kaikai’s Kicker: Only clean, credible elections can take Kenyans to ‘The Promised Land’

By Linus Kaikai,

On my kicker this week, I reluctantly make reference to the increasingly tired analogy of Kenyans as the chosen people freed from bondage in Egypt and...

BBI

‘Like Moses in the Bible, I can see the future,’ President Kenyatta says BBI to get Kenya to the ‘promised land’

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report provides long-term solutions to pressing challenges that co...

president kenyatta

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

Trump to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after Ksh.36B pay to U.S. victims

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets ...

Bashir , U.S. Embassy bombing

Israel to lock down nationwide amid second-wave COVID-19 surge

By Reuters,

Israel will enter a three-week nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to contain the spread of the coronavirus after a second-wave surge of new cases,...

COVID-19 , Israel

Watford appoint Serbian Ivic as new head coach on one-year deal

By Reuters,

Watford have appointed Serbia’s Vladimir Ivic as their new head coach on a one-year deal with an option for a second year, the relegated club announ...

Serbia , Vladimir Ivic , Watford

Turkey says history will not forgive UAE for Israel deal

By Reuters,

Turkey said on Friday that history will not forget and never forgive the “hypocritical behaviour” of the United Arab Emirates in agreeing a deal w...

Israel , Turkey , UAE

Israel and UAE reach historic deal

By Robert Maina,

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that res...

Israel , UAE

Jeweler makes Ksh.162M gold coronavirus mask for Chinese business mogul in the U.S.

By VOA,

An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering w...

coronavirus , gold coronavirus mask

At least 78 killed, 4000 injured in Beirut blast, many more feared dead

By Reuters,

Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 78 peopl...

Beirut , Lebanon

WHO Official: Coronavirus probably can’t be eliminated under current conditions

By VOA,

The World Health Organization’s emergencies program chief said Friday that the new coronavirus probably could not be eliminated if current global co...

coronavirus , Mike Ryan , world health organization

Kenyan-born Froome to leave Team INEOS at the end of the season

By Reuters,

Kenyan-born Britain’s most decorated road cyclist Chris Froome will leave Team INEOS at the end of the season, ending a long association with the Br...

Britain cyclist , Chris Froome , Kenyan-Born , Leave Team INEOS

Israeli PM Netanyahu arrives in court for start of trial on corruption charges

By CNN,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Jerusalem's District Court on Sunday, denouncing the charges against him as his trial on corrupti...

Benjamin Netanyahu

China’s ambassador to Israel found dead in his home

By Reuters,

China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. He did not comment on t...

Ramadan prayers banned at Jerusalem mosque due to coronavirus

By Reuters,

Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus epidemi...

Ramadan

Israel’s health minister diagnosed with coronavirus

By Reuters,

Israel’s health minister and his wife were diagnosed with coronavirus and are in isolation following guidelines, the health ministry said on Thursda...

coronavirus , Israel , Yaakov Litzman

WHO: Time Is running out to stop spread of coronavirus

By VOA,

The World Health Organization said time is running out to stop the spread of coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases outside of China grows. �...

coronavirus