Zambia’s 2012 hero Stoppila Sunzu recalled to Copper Bullets for Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast
Sunzu’s kick handed Zambia an 8-7 win on spot kicks over the heavily fancied Ivory Coast in the 2012 final in Libreville. He is one of only two players named on Saturday by coach Avram Grant who has previous finals experience.
Revellers prepare to pack into Times Square for annual New Year’s Eve ball drop
The confetti has been tested for airiness. The giant numerals – 2 0 2 4 – are in place. And the luminous ball, bedazzled with 2,688 crystal triangles, is fixed to the pole from which it makes its 60-second descent at 11:59 p.m. With throngs of revellers set to usher...
Prosecutors want appeals court to throw out Trump’s immunity claims in insurrection case
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan earlier rejected the immunity arguments, asserting that the office of the presidency does not confer a “‘get-out-of-jail free card.” Trump’s lawyers then appealed that decision, prompting Smith to seek to bypass the court and request an expedited decision from the Supreme Court.
Russia and Ukraine pound each on the last hours of 2023 with Belgorod, Kharkiv bearing the brunt
Ukraine’s Airforce said the military had shot down 21 out of 49 drones launched overnight by Russia. Most were aimed at the frontline and parts of the Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, it said.
Trouble with Uganda: It’s riddled with unprincipled politics, mind poverty, stupidity and foolish leadership
You cannot expect a healthy population if you are not investing adequately in health services and health human resources. You cannot expect peace and security in the long-term if you have invested in military hardware and violence at the expense of social development. Social security and peace should be paramount.
Military-led Sahel states announce Alliance of Sahel States formation, rally thousands for support
The juntas have all severed long-standing military ties with former colonial ruler France, dealing a blow to France’s influence in the region and complicating international efforts to curb a decade-old Islamist insurgency that has destabilised the Sahel region.
Israeli PM Netanyahu unveils plans for control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, vows war to last months
Such a move by Israel would be a de facto reversal of its 2005 withdrawal from Gaza, placing the enclave under exclusive Israeli control after years of being run by Hamas. Netanyahu’s comments about the buffer zone came as Israeli military forces pressed ahead with an offensive that the prime minister reiterated will last “for many more months.”
Burundi’s president tells citizens to stone gay people to cleanse the country of a ‘curse’
The United States has imposed a range of sanctions including travel restrictions and removing Uganda from a tariff-free trade deal. The World Bank also suspended all future loans to the East African country in protest.
Reintegrating knowledge and truth: Science, religion and politics are not diametrically opposed
All these ideas and practices penetrate each other, are interdependent and interconnected with God at their centre. We are acting the ignorant when we deliberately, persistently, consistently, continually and perennially extricate God from them.
How Brazil remembered soccer wizard Pelé one year after his death, Christ the redeemer wore his No.10
“Pelé, as Mr Edson Arantes do Nascimento became globally known, was undoubtedly an athlete who showed in his life all positive traits of a sportsman. The memory of ‘the King of Soccer’ remains indelible in the minds of many, and it stimulates new generations to seek in sport a means to strengthen the bonds of unity among us,” the pontiff said in a letter as a local orchestra played.
