Chelsea’s unsung hero Kurt Zouma leaves Stamford Bridge to West Ham in a $35 million transfer
Chelsea have agreed a £25.6 million ($35 million) deal to sell Kurt Zouma to West Ham, according to reports in France. The deal is expected to be finalised in the coming hours. The Champions League holders have been looking to sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla but need to offload Zouma...
Inventor teams with women claim 16 per cent of patents in US, yet females hold half of life-science PhDs
When Rembrand Koning’s wife was giving birth to their first child in 2017, the couple was dismayed by the lack of technology for new mothers who were recovering from pregnancy complications. Baby scales were hard to use one-handed, breast pumps were frustrating and there were few resources to help Koning’s...
Do genes predispose people to gayism or it’s social deviancy that becomes habitual?
To evolutionary biologists, the genetics of homosexuality seems like a paradox. In theory, humans and other animals who are exclusively attracted to others of the same sex should be unlikely to produce many biological children, so any genes that predispose people to homosexuality would rarely be passed on to future...
Undercover journalist exposes Swazi army commander plot to kill newspaper editor
Eswatini’s army commander, General Jeffrey Shabalala, abruptly resigned on Monday after a police sergeant friend of his released secret audio recordings of him allegedly plotting to kill a newspaper editor. In the recordings, Shabalala can also be heard revealing that King Mswati III had put pressure on security forces to...
Arsenal manager Arteta given 5-match notice to save job or be put to the sword
Mikel Arteta has reportedly been given five games to save his job after Arsenal’s woeful start to the new Premier League season. The Gunners suffered a humbling 2-0 defeat at top-flight new boys Brentford before losing by the same scoreline to a dominant Chelsea over the weekend. That has led...
Two journalists arrested and held in Myanmar’s infamous Yangon torture centre
Sithy Aung Myint, a political analyst for Voice of America and Frontier Myanmar, and BBC Media Action senior producer Htet Htet Khaing, were arrested by police and taken to a Yangon interrogation centre on August 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called upon the State Administrative Council to...
Guys, pause for a moment and listen to what our sisters want: ‘Give me a place to stand, to speak…’
One can forgive our parents for this monumental ignorance and its devastating consequences. I hear voices among some of my male colleagues now saying ‘I could never do that!’ But guys, let’s just pause and consider how we treat our sisters today. I will not even speak of those men...
Man City cools interest in striker as Spurs stick to an arm-and-a-leg valuation of Harry Kane
Tottenham are growing in confidence that Harry Kane will remain with the club this summer, with Daniel Levy refusing to drop even a penny below his £150 million ($222 million) valuation of the England captain. Tottenham have begun the season in style after notching successive 1-0 victories to claim maximum...
Ethiopia ready to annihilate Tigray and Oromia after acquiring Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles
In the latest effort to halt the advancing Tigray Defence Force (TDF) and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Ethiopia is said to have purchased several Iranian-made Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Plant SkySat satellite images analysed by Bellingcat.com identified two Mohajer-6 UAVs and a Ground Control Station (GCS) at Semara airport...
Remaking a republic: The political and religious challenges young leaders face in refreshing Kenya
Should men and women be treated equally, or should they be treated as equals? What is the difference, and does it matter? To commemorate International Women’s Day on March8, 2009, one man shares his perspective. This memoir of personal reflection is dedicated to my dear wife, Katindi, my sisters and...
