Experts say ‘Kamikaze drones’ in use in Russis vs Ukraine war is a preamble of future battlefields
An attack on a Russian oil refinery this week highlighted the use of loitering munitions by both sides in the Ukraine war to inflict targeted losses using cheap technologies capable of waiting for targets to emerge. When a Russian oil refinery worker pointed his camera phone into the sky earlier...
US Senate to amend Electoral Count Act to clarify vice president’s role in confirming presidential poll winner
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a series of provisions to reform the Electoral Count Act, a move aimed at clarifying the role of the vice president and Congress in confirming the winner of a presidential election in the wake of January 6 chaos at Capitol Hill. The...
DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania populations projected to grow fastest by 2050
More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries, the UN has said, five of which are in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania, the new UN report – World Population Prospects 2022...
World population to hit eight billion mark in November with China and India retaining lead
The United Nation’s latest global population projection predicts there will be eight billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10 billion by 2080. That growth will come with significant economic and environmental implications. The...
Saudi Arabian club offers Cristiano Ronaldo $250 million deal to prize him away from Man United
Cristiano Ronaldo has only received one firm offer – but it’s a doozy. The Portuguese megastar is said to want to leave Manchester United this summer to remain in the European Cup but despite tentative interest from the likes of Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Roma, no club has yet...
Why eccentric presidential candidate’s quest for a ‘happy nation’ is rocking Kenya’s political and religious class
Once a street child in Kenya and a grave-digger in the UK, George Wajackoyah, has become a political sensation by running for Kenya’s presidency on a promise to turn the East African nation into a major exporter of marijuana, snake venom and hyenas’ testicles. However, both his voters and rivals...
East African nations initiate Great Blue Wall campaign to boost Indian Ocean conservation and economic development
Countries on Africa’s east coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action. On the margins of the high-level political forum on sustainable development currently underway at the United Nations headquarters in New York, African coastal and island states...
‘My mother deserted us when I was two; the upsetting part is she tried to contact me when made it in football’
Gabby Agbonlahor has opened up on his relationship with his estranged birth mother who left him and his three siblings when he was two years old. The TalkSport host and Aston Villa hero showed real bravery to discuss his own experiences following Sir Mo Farah’s admission about his past. The...
Arms race: US successfully tests a hypersonic missile against backdrop of rivals Russia and China being ahead
The US military’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Wednesday it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile manufactured by defence giant Lockheed Martin. The news comes amid rising concerns that rivals Russia and China have more advanced hypersonic missile systems. DARPA said the ground-launched test was carried out...
