adminManchester United prepare third offer for Fabregas
MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes has confirmed that the club have not given up in their attempt to sign Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona, saying: “It is ongoing.” United are set…
I am a clean athlete: Bolt
SIX-TIME Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt insisted he was “clean” in the wake of recent failed drugs tests by fellow Jamaican athletes. Compatriots Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson recently tested…
Scores dead in Spanish rail disaster
At least 77 people were killed and 130 injured when a train derailed near the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, in one of Europe’s worst rail disasters. Bodies…
Pope warns against legalising drugs
Rio de Janeiro – Pope Francis has warned Latin America against legalising drugs, arguing in sharply-worded and highly political remarks that liberal policies under consideration in his home region will…
Madagascar presidential hopeful hits out
Antananarivo – A recently arrested Madagascar presidential candidate hit out at leader Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday, accusing him of wilfully extending the country’s four-year political crisis. “I am attacking Rajoelina…
Tension as Egypt braces for rival rallies
Cairo – Egypt was on edge yesterday ahead of rival protests by the military and Islamists, as the government declared a “war on terrorism” to end violence convulsing the country…
Long-delayed elections open in Togo
The west African nation of Togo has launched parliamentary elections, which were delayed by months of protests, with the opposition seeking to weaken the ruling family’s decades-long grip on power.…
Iraqi Shias executed at fake roadblock
Armed men shot dead 14 Shia men after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock, police said. The killings took place on the main road on Wednesday near Sulaiman…
New genetic clues from China’s ancient man
Beijing – Genetic evidence linking early people in China with Native Americans has been unearthed in a cave with important implications for our understanding of how humanity spread across the…
Editorial Comment: Plot to discredit elections doomed
Western countries’ machinations to discredit next Wednesday’s elections were to be expected given that their preferred political party, the MDC-T, is facing defeat. Efforts to bring the harmonised elections into…