Chelsea devise new plot to oust Liverpool to the signature of Bayern Munich’s winger Coman
Chelsea are hoping to tempt Bayern Munich into a swap deal that would see Kingsley Coman arrive at Stamford Bridge at the expense of a Blues academy graduate, Callum Hudson-Odoi, according to reports. Coman has an extraordinary record of winning the league title in every year of his career, between...
New studies pour cold water on existence of potentially livable lakes under Mars
Maybe hold off on that Martian ice fishing trip. Two new studies splash cold water on the idea that potentially habitable lakes of liquid water exist deep under the Red Planet’s southern polar ice cap. The possibility of a lake roughly 20 kilometres across was first raised in 2018, when...
Arsenal hope to complete signing of Lokonga, Ben White, others this week
Mikel Arteta is expecting “some new faces” to join Arsenal when they take part in the Florida Cup, with the Gunners closing in on top transfer targets such as Brighton defender Ben White and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga already in London awaiting a medical. It is confirmed that a £50...
Chelsea expected to make decision on strikers Erling Haaland and Harry Kane
Two reputable sources have confirmed Chelsea have agreed a deal for an impressive striker rated highly by Blues boss Thomas Tuchel. Th sources did not give a hint to of the said top striker, but since Chelsea won the Champion League, Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland and Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane...
Arsenal, Leicester tough it out as Barcelona confirm lethal striker Coutihno exit
A mad scramble among a series of Premier League teams could be about to begin after Barcelona confirmed an in-demand star Philippe Coutinho will be leaving the club. Barcelona have been one of the most intriguing clubs to follow this summer owing to their financial strife. Gone are the days...
Accept or reject Covid vaccine? That’s the question as Africans give the vaxxers a wide berth
Misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines often starts life in Europe or the United States but has found fertile ground in Africa, which poses a challenge for local health leaders. Shade is a 58-year-old Nigerian frontline health-worker living with osteoarthritis. She is also overweight, diabetic and hypertensive, all of which made her...
Covid deaths among children incredibly rare; Black kids are more likely to require intensive care
A comprehensive analysis of hospital admissions and reported deaths across England suggests that Covid-19 carries a lower risk of dying or requiring intensive care among children and young people than was previously thought. In a series of preprints published on medRxiv1-3, a team of researchers picked through all hospital admissions...
Pro-democracy violence deepens economic crisis in Africa’s absolute monarchy
The pro-democracy demonstrations and deadly violence that erupted in Eswatini last month and continued into July have deepened the southern African nation’s economic and humanitarian crisis, but without forcing any reform of the royal establishment. The people of Eswatini have never lived under a democratic system of government. King Mswati...
Historians making permanent digital copies of every document of United Nations predecessor
Rising populism, fake news, and the ending of a global pandemic – the international challenges of almost 100 years ago uncannily echo the present, a unique archival project in Geneva reveals. Archivists and historians are making a permanent digital copy of almost every document, letter, memo, photo and map from...
China: Farming having become more mechanised, ecotourism inspires people to live in villages
Terry Townshend, a wildlife conservationist and biodiversity adviser to Beijing’s government, has since 2017 been training yak herders in Qinghai in the kinds of skills that ecologists hope could be a model for sustainable development. In 2016, he met the official responsible for Zaduo, a county in Qinghai Province where...
