American artist Kanye West has been diagnosed with bipolar, which explains his anti-Semitism
Appearing on Alex Jones’s Infowars show on Thursday, musician Kanye West, who now goes by the name Ye, did something remarkable: He made Alex Jones seem comparatively reasonable. Jones, you will recall, is the unhinged conspiracy theorist infamous for insisting that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax fabricated...
World loves Messi, hates Ronaldo: Are football lovers really sick of relentless fan-girling Messi?
Are people actually that impressed with Lionel Messi or do they just hate Cristiano Ronaldo? The GOAT rivalry has us questioning whether the reverence is genuine. Lionel Messi marked his 1000th professional appearance with his 789th career goal on Saturday as he led Argentina into the World Cup quarter-finals. He’s...
England fans ready to guzzle 35 million pints of beer, but tears await them in tie against Senegal
Three Lions skipper Harry Kane last night declared himself fit – and raring to go for his first goals of the World Cup. Harry was top scorer at the 2018 tournament in Russia but is yet to hit the target in Qatar. The hitman, who turned provider as England battled...
Why Uruguay is bereft of fans: Nobody wants to befriend a team that trades in football’s dark arts
The fiery encounter between Ghana and Uruguay in World Cup group match had all the ingredients the tale of the Kilkenny cats. It was a brutal slugfest for a slot in the round of 16 at the ongoing Qatar World Cup that neither secured despite the South Americans wining by...
Why pillars of democracy and tranquility of Soa Tome and Principe are threatened by coups
São Tomé and Príncipe, the archipelagic island state just off the coast of Gabon, is regarded as a beacon of democracy in Africa. It consistently ranks among the handful of countries on the continent that Freedom House rates as “free” because of its strong democratic institutions and civil liberties. Yet...
Sabotage suspected as Germany’s Qatar World Cup dream is shattered by minnows Costa Rica
Germany stars suffered humiliation again failing to make it out of the group stages at a second successive World Cup. Hansi Flick’s side were highly-fancied to progress from a group that included Spain, Costa Rica and Japan – but found themselves packing their bags on a night of controversy in...
World Cup: Grudge tie on the cards as Ghana and Uruguay tough it out for spot in group of 16
It’s a grudge match that has been 12 years in the making. And just like at the 2010 World Cup, one of these nations will be going home. That year in South Africa, Luis Suarez’s outrageous, blatant, 120th-minute handball denied Ghana a last-gasp winner with a spot in the semi-final...
Limited resources and rising security threats are forcing Africa to adopt drone technology for maritime surveillance
The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa’s shortage of maritime security resources. On October 29, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet, Admiral...
Against backdrop of mistrust, Sharm el Sheikh climate meet made some progress on carbon emissions
Things didn’t look particularly good at the start of COP27. The word on everyone’s lips was “trust” – specifically, the lack of it. Since the last UN climate meeting, many rich nations hadn’t made good on their emissions pledges. Meanwhile, poor nations arrived angry at past failures to put their...
US politics: If you want an election issue, prioritise how an overheated planet will affect our children
Here’s the news on climate emergency in a nutshell: it’s only going to get precipitously (as in going off the edge of a cliff) worse, especially if humanity doesn’t take collective action in the coming years to bring the burning of fossil fuels under far greater control, while increasing the...
