Arsenal ready to break the bank to sign $108m-valued Inter Milan top striker Lautaro Martinez
Arsenal have made an approach to sign Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez and are reportedly to splash $108 million to bring the top strike to the Emirates this season, reports in Italy say. The Gunners are aiming to sign a new striker before the end of the window but are...
Chelsea target Erling Haaland frowns at $210m Blues plan to splash on him
Erling Haaland says he “hopes” Chelsea are not planning a £150 million (210 million) bid to sign him this summer. Chelsea have made the Borussia Dortmund striker one of their top targets for the summer window with Thomas Tuchel keen for the club to recruit a new forward. It’s also...
Tanzania opposition leader arraigned in court, charged with ‘terror-related’ crimes
A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with “terrorism-related” crimes, police have said, following his arrest while preparing for a meeting to discuss proposals for a new constitution. Freeman Mbowe, head of the Chadema party, and 10 others were arrested in the city of...
Spurs’ valuation of Harry Kane has made Manchester City and Chelsea think of cheaper options
Harry Kane will become one of the Premier League’s top earners if he moves to Manchester City this summer. However, his move from the Tottenham Hotspurs might be stalled by the high sum of money his current team is demanding to release him. Manchester City and Chelsea have been forced...
Unsettled Real Madrid playmaker Martin Odegaard keen on a return to Arsenal
Martin Odegaard is considering a return to Arsenal as he is struggling to settle at Real Madrid, reports in Spain say. The Norway international joined the Gunners on loan from Madrid in January and thrived under Mikel Arteta for the second half of last season. Earlier this summer, Arsenal were...
Granted, Trump ashamed America but it is needless to go on insulting his voters
On Thursday, The Washington Post published an opinion by columnist Gary Abernathy arguing that Americans need to stop insulting Trump voters lest we fail to achieve “what’s necessary for our nation to survive.” Easily the greatest work on the importance of being nice to Trump supporters that the Post has...
Kenya was heaven until thieves broke in, fuzzed our dreams and they are now robbing our lives
A few days ago, I met an agemate who hails from a rich family. They live in Nairobi. His retired father was a senior government official after independence. The family is wealthy even today. Stinking rich! My friend does not understand why some Kenyans live wretched lives. The scum of...
Scientists turn to pottery for clues on what ancient generations ate, cooked food
Unearthed from the graves of children, ceramic baby bottles from thousands of years ago would look perfectly at home in nurseries today. Some have little feet, and one bottle’s spout juts from a ceramic critter’s bottom like a tail. These itty-bitty Bronze and Iron Age vessels smack of whimsy. But...
Survey in United Kingdom finds bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy
Bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy and geophysics in Britain and perhaps other regions, according to the results of a survey conducted last year by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London. Among 661 researchers polled, more than half of whom were in the United Kingdom, 44 per cent...
