adminAzarenka hails Serena
TOKYO. — Serena Williams may pack a knockout punch and be the greatest player ever to grace women’s tennis, according to Victoria Azarenka, but the world number two insists she…
England eye Ashes record
LONDON. — England know the bulk of a squad due to be announced today for a tour of Australia that will see them try to win a fourth straight Ashes…
New iPhone prices dampen global rollout
TOKYO. – Apple fans clamouring for the two new iPhones formed a kilometre-long queue in Tokyo last Friday, but high prices in Asia and the lack of a new tie-up…
Bolt to compete until 2017 World Champs
LONDON. — Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, may continue competing until the 2017 World Championships in London, the Jamaican told the BBC on Thursday.
Bo Xilai sentenced to life imprisonment
JINAN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee…
Pakistan church blast kills dozens
A bomb blast outside a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 60 people and injured more than 100 others, officials say.
Kenya standoff: At least 59 dead
At least 59 people were killed and 175 injured in Saturday’s attack on a Nairobi shopping centre, the Kenyan interior minister has said.
Gunmen storm Nairobi Mall, at least 25 killed
Militant gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 25 people, including children, and sending scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets in…
SADC elects new Executive Secretary: Tanzanian woman Dr Tax
SADC has appointed a Tanzanian woman Dr. Stergomena L. Tax, who was Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of East African Cooperation as the new SADC Executive Secretary.
President skips first UN meeting over crisis
President Kenyatta will not attend a key United Nations meeting in New York to avoid a power vacuum in the country.