Coincidence of cousins named Kylian Mbappe: One plays for France, the other supports England
England were tipped to beat France by Kylian Mbappe – a teenage student from Leicester. Kylian, 16, is a second cousin of the PSG superstar, 23, who aims to break Three Lions hearts in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final. Left-footed Kylian plays too and said, “I’m the real Kylian Mbappe and...
Ambitious Arsenal in hunt for Lazio’s Serbian anchorman Savic who dazzled at Qatar World Cup
Premier League club Arsenal will go ‘all-in’ to sign Lazio and Serbia midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to reports in Italy. Milinkovic-Savic has played over 300 times for the Italian club, but has been linked with a move to England for several years now. He joined Lazio from Genk in August...
UN findings detail how Russian troops executed Ukrainian civilians in early days of invasion
At least 441 civilians were killed by Russian forces in the early days of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations humans rights office said on Wednesday evening, documenting summary executions and attacks in dozens of towns across three regions. The actual number of victims in the Kyiv, Chernihiv and...
Tanzania’s president reallocates independence festivities budget to special school infrastructure
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools...
US gun violence: Former President Obama revisits ‘single darkest day of my presidency’
At an event marking the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, former President Barack Obama reflected on what he still considers the worst day he spent in office. “I consider December 14, 2012, the single darkest day of my presidency,” Obama said Tuesday...
‘Floating’ Cristiano Ronaldo denies 530,000,000 two-year petrodollars offer from Saudi club
Cristiano Ronaldo has rejected advances from the Australian A-League as the former Man United star edges closer to deciding his next destination. Ronaldo is without a club heading into the January transfer window. He was let go by Manchester United last month after his full interview with Piers Morgan aired....
President Kiir endorsed by South Sudan ruling SPLM party to vie for the top seat in 2024 polls
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, who has been in office for over a decade, will run for president in elections due to be held in about two years, his party said on Tuesday. Oil-rich South Sudan secured independence from its northern neighbour Sudan in 2011 but plunged into civil war...
US navy intercepts fishing trawler trafficking 50 tonnes of weapons in Gulf of Oman
US naval forces in the Middle East have intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tonnes of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets in the Gulf of Oman along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen. Navy personnel operating from expeditionary sea-base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3)...
M23 militias want direct contact with EAC facilitator Uhuru Kenyatta and DRC President Tshisekedi
M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reiterated their call for a meeting with former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and have vowed to continue to respect a two-week-old ceasefire. Kenyatta is the East African Community (EAC) facilitator in the Nairobi-led peace talks that are aimed at...
Missing $80 trillion reported by Switzerland-based BIS triggers fears of steep global economic meltdown
The world faces a staggering financial meltdown with potential losses exceeding the total number of US dollars in circulation. This warning does not come from some headline-grabbing doomsayer but arguably the most respectable financial body of all, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). This is a body of central bankers...
