Sigh of relief as preliminary indications show Omicron may not be a pneumonic and severe disease
While researchers are warning that it might be too early to tell, doctors are seeing a significantly different clinical profile in their patients admitted for Covid in Tshwane hospitals – giving preliminary and early indications of less Covid pneumonia and less severe disease. Tshwane is significant as it is the...
President Museveni’s government hacks Ugandan journalists’ phones with Pegasus spyware
Apple has warned two Ugandan journalists and an opposition figure that their iPhones may have been hacked by a state-sponsored surveillance entity, the targeted people said on Saturday. Apple told the targeted journalists last week that at least one attack appeared to have employed spyware from an Israeli company blacklisted...
Barrow re-elected Gambia president with comfortable margin as opposition cries foul
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote that set the bar for a new chapter in the small West African nation’s democracy. Barrow won about 53 perc cent of the vote in Saturday’s election, according to results from the...
Furious Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton rails at rival Max Verstappen’s unsporting act in Saudi Arabian GP
Lewis Hamilton has doubled down on his claim that Max Verstappen tried to “brake test” him during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying the Red Bull racer does not abide by the rules the rest of the drivers adhere to. The F1 title rivals were involved in a dramatic tussle...
Man United’s new manager Rangnick heaps praise on Ronaldo for off the ball work
Ralf Rangnick has praised Manchester United’s performance in Sunday’s 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace and singled out Cristiano Ronaldo for his work off the ball. The German coach took charge of the Red Devils for the first time and recorded a maiden win thanks to Fred’s brilliant second-half strike, with...
Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli gradually rising again after injury setbacks that slowed him down last season
Gabriel Martinelli is now seemingly in manager Mikel Arteta ‘s good books, recent performances suggesting the Brazilian has heeded advice given to him by his boss earlier this year. The 20-year-old’s relatively short Arsenal career has already been somewhat of a rollercoaster, instant success followed by a lengthy spell on...
Arsenal sweating over the fitness of high-riding playmaker Smith Rowe and keeper Bernd Leno
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta could be without Emile Smith Rowe and a trio of other players for Monday night’s Premier League clash with Everton. Smith Rowe has evolved into one of the Gunners’ most important players over the past 12 months and has started this season in red-hot form with...
Investigations lay bare how dangerous mining conditions plague Congo – world’s largest supplier of cobalt
A man in a pinstripe suit with a red pocket square walked around the edge of a giant pit one April afternoon where hundreds of workers often toil in flip-flops, burrowing deep into the ground with shovels and pickaxes. His polished leather shoes crunched on dust the miners had spilled...
The Impossible Burger: Inside the strange science of the synthetic meat that ‘bleeds’
The cook, complete with hair net, lays the red patty down on the grill and gives it a press with a spatula. And there, that unmistakable sizzle and smell. She flips the patty and gives it another press, lets it sit, presses it, and pulls it off the grill and...
How HIV activists transformed response to the global coronavirus pandemic; lessons we have yet to learn
It’s over a year since the World Health Organization declared a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020, and only a few months since Pfizer and BioNTech released data showing their vaccine was highly effective at preventing Covid-19, with other companies following soon after. Merely weeks after the initial announcements, shots...
