Elections: Polling centres in Kenya close, early results expected from around midnight
Polling centres in Kenya have closed and counting is expected to start shortly after, election officials say. The polling stations, according to rules, will automatically convert into tallying centres. Early results are expected to start streaming in from 9pm East African time. Unconfirmed reports, quoting Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission...
Former Man United captain Ryan Giggs, serial cheat, in court for assault and sending his ex bawdy messages
Ryan Giggs bombarded his ex-girlfriend with sexually offensive messages and threatened to publicly share X-rated videos of the pair if she didn’t reply, a Manchester Crown Court heard today. The former Manchester United star is accused of hounding and blackmailing Kate Greville, 38, over a three-year period of abuse. Kate...
As Bitcoin industry goes wild, questions emerge about legality of the unregulated crypto-currency economy
If you have paid casual attention to crypto news over the past few years, you probably have a sense that the crypto market is unregulated – a tech-driven Wild West in which the rules of traditional finance do not apply. If you were Ishan Wahi, however, you would probably not...
Scientists successfully challenge belief that brain death is final after Yale researchers revived pigs’ hearts
The pigs had been dead for an hour. The cause: cardiac arrest. But six hours after researchers at Yale University connected their bodies to a machine pumping a nutrient-rich fluid, their organs began to show signs of life again. Although the organs didn’t suddenly start working normally, some of the...
Scientists warn Russian shelling of Ukraine is a ‘very real risk of nuclear disaster’- like Chernobyl
Russian shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) risks creating “another Chernobyl” warns a nuclear scientist working in the country, while the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said fighting at the site presents a “very real risk of a nuclear disaster”. Russian troops are currently occupying...
Man United owners turned Red Devils into the living dead, now ten Hag can’t save the zombified team
You had to feel for Erik ten Hag in his post-game interview on Sunday. He’d strode out onto the Old Trafford pitch chest out, shoulders back, cutting an impressive and determined figure as he accepted the applause from fans. This was a man ready to get to work. A new...
Angry Man United supporters protest against controversial stingy club owners: Woodward brothers
Manchester United’s game against Brighton on Sunday marks the beginning of a new era at Old Trafford under new boss Erik ten Hag. But it seems nothing has changed when it comes to Man United supporters’ feelings towards the Red Devils hierarchy, as fans staged a protest prior to the...
Funding of Kenya’s standard gauge railway still shrouded in mystery as president Kenyatta exits power
When Kenya decided to build the standard gauge railway (SGR), it turned to China, which was then prompting its state-owned firms to find investment opportunities in Africa and other parts of the world. Even though it was financed by taxpayers, there was no competitive bidding for the project, a move...
Kenya’s China-built railway is a hot-button issue new government must address to halt economic drain
Fireworks popped and confetti rained down in the seaside city of Mombasa when Kenya’s president inaugurated the country’s new railway — designed, funded and built by China. President Uhuru Kenyatta proclaimed that the new train would connect the port in Mombasa to the neighbouring country of Uganda, create jobs and...
Conflict and criminality: Illegal artisanal gold mining, worth $8m, becomes security threat to South Africa
Illegal and unregulated artisanal gold mining on the Witwatersrand Basin in Gauteng is an increasing threat to community, industrial and state security. Reports on turf wars between rival gangs, or shootouts between illegal miners and security officers are commonplace. But recent incidents point to a spike in the scale of...
