admin‘Kenya needs innovation against genital mutilation’
NAIROBI/RIYADH. — Kenya requires an innovative and community-sensitive strategy to accelerate the abandonment of the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a United Nations official said yesterday.
Egypt salutes team
CAIRO. – The Egyptian president and newspapers applauded the “dignity” of the national football team yesterday, calling them champions despite agonisingly losing the African Cup of Nations final 2-1 to…
‘La La Land’ director Chazelle wins top award
Los Angeles. — Hollywood directors named Damien Chazelle the best film director of 2016 for “La La Land” at a gala ceremony on Saturday, placing the musical in a strong…
Patriots win Super Bowl
HOUSTON. – The New England Patriots pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history with a stunning overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday that saw Tom Brady…
Britain default into quarter-finals
PARIS. – Britain was defaulted into the Davis Cup tennis quarter-finals on Sunday while Spain edged Croatia to advance and defending champion Argentina battled Italy into a decisive fifth match…
The United States is innocent, has never killed anyone!
David Swanson Correspondent It was bound to be the case that if a US president ever admitted that the United States murdered people and did so on a scale at…
From prison to EPL riches
LONDON. – Watford striker Troy Deeney’s “light bulb” moment came when the cell door slammed and he contemplated a 10-month jail term for affray five years ago.
SA rugby legend dies
JOHANNESBURG. – South African rugby legend and World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen, who died yesterday aged 45, will be remembered as one of the greatest scrum-halves of all…
Cuper’s finals curse
LIBREVILLE. – Egypt’s defeat by Cameroon in Sunday’s African Cup of Nations soccer final extended Hector Cuper’s miserable record in finals, with the coach conceding it does not get any…
Unlicensed cop runs amok
Fungai Lupande: Court Reporter A 32-year-old police officer allegedly picked a stone and a metal hoe, threatening to attack his colleagues after they arrested him for driving without a licence.