Fate: Three brothers killed by different trains, on different days in one week
Two brothers were killed after being hit by a train as they mourned their other brother, who died in the same spot. Pablo Tiquiram Us, 29, and Jose Chilambalam Tiquiram Us, 20, died in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the light rail train struck them on Tuesday. In a sad irony,...
Rohingya refugees dread ‘government of the night’ run by rival criminal gangs
Before she fled Myanmar as a refugee, Rozina had worked for an NGO for seven years. Now, fear has gradually taken hold of her every evening, when the sun sets and the last aid worker jeep has rumbled out of the vast refugee camps. The refugees’ security, especially, is considered...
Rohingya crisis: Outspoken women are abused, intimidated for being educated
A climate of fear has spread across Bangladesh’s sprawling Rohingya camps as militant groups and criminal gangs compete for control, refugees and humanitarians warn. Community leaders and female Rohingya in particular are threatened and intimidated for being educated or outspoken about women’s rights, stretching conservative norms to a level of...
Kenya’s Jepchirchir destroys a strong field of women marathoners to bag gold in Tokyo
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympic women’s marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, claiming the country’s second consecutive gold medal in the event. The gold, the third for the East African nation on the penultimate day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, came as a relief to a country that has watched...
Arsenal interest in Inter Milan’s Martinez possible if the Gunners cough up $70m
Arsenal lodged an offer including two first-teamers-plus-cash for Inter Milan hitman Lautaro Martinez that prompted a counter-proposal, according to a report. Amid financial strife caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Inter have been seeking to balance the books this summer. Achraf Hakimi left for PSG to generate an initial €60 million...
Gold rush: Why even Usain Bolt, the fastest sprinter in human history, cannot outpace a house cat
In the past three weeks or so, the fastest sprinters on the planet came together at the Tokyo Olympics to compete for the gold in the 100-metre dash. Lamont Marcell Jacobs crossed the finish line in 9.80 seconds to bring Italy its first gold in the event. In the women’s...
Relief as daily Covid infection rate slows to less than one per cent in England
England’s R rate has fallen significantly to 0.8 to 1.1, as data shows cases are falling across 87 per cent of the country. The current R number means that every 10 people infected with Covid will go on to infect 8 to 11 others. Any rate above 1 means the...
Director of Africa CDC tells of how Covid ‘mistreated’ him despite vaccination
Head of the African Union’s health watchdog John Nkengasong revealed Thursday that while he is leading the war against coronavirus on the continent, he had survived the worst thanks to his jabs, as he urged the continent to fight vaccine hesitancy. Experts worry that reluctance to take the vaccine, stemming...
Arrest of Tanzania opposition supporters persists as leader Freeman Mbowe case postponed
Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party held a street protest Thursday with its supporters calling for the government to release their leader, Freeman Mbowe. Police arrested Mbowe in July ahead of a meeting on constitutional reforms, and they are holding him on terrorism-related charges. Critics said the arrest and charges show that President Samia...
Ransomware hacker spills beans about Russian cybercriminal’s plan as row over proceeds rages
Someone claiming to work with one of the most notorious ransomware gangs says they’re fed up with how extortion money is divvied up and has leaked a host of the gang’s files on a hacker forum. The files, posted to a forum frequented by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and reviewed by NBC...
