Fallen American music icon R Kelly to serve 30 years in jail for sexual abuse and racketeering offences
Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades. Through tears and anger, several of Kelly’s accusers told a court, and...
Prophet Mohammed: Filmed retaliatory murder of tailor by Muslim men sparks a religious row in India
The victim, a tailor named Kanhaiya Lal, was killed in Udaipur district on Tuesday by two Muslim men, who filmed the act and posted it online. They claimed the act was in retaliation for the victim’s support for controversial remarks made by a politician on the Prophet Muhammad. The police...
Thai team confirms cats just as hamsters, are spreaders of Covid, prescribes masks for pets
First there were sneezing hamsters, now sneezing cats. A team in Thailand reports the first solid evidence of a pet cat infecting a person with SARS-CoV-2, adding felines to the list of animals that can transmit the virus to people. Researchers say the results are convincing. They are surprised that...
Devil in Gunners’ magazine: Filibustering Arsenal may be gazumped by bullish Man United – again!
Arsenal are in danger of being gazumped for a second transfer target after Manchester United made a rival offer to sign Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez, according to reports. The Gunners moved into the driving seat to sign the Argentine after submitting an improved £34.5 million bid earlier this week, although...
Broken promises: Cameroon’s plan to lure separatist fighters stutters as ex-guerrillas feel cheated
John Ngah* is a keen amateur footballer, but at the end of each game, when his team mates head off to their families, he heads back to the Buea Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Centre (DDRC) – his home for the past two years. The 22-year-old is a former combatant in...
Ukraine war: How Western aeroplanes ae falling apart in Russia as sanctions against Moscow bite
An Airbus A320-232 with the tail number YU-APH made its first flight on December 13, 2005. Since then, the aircraft has clocked millions of miles, flying routes for Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, Bingo Airways, and Syphax Airlines before being taken over by Air Serbia, the Eastern European country’s national flag...
English Premier Leagues top 10 teams that splashed big bucks to acquire mediocrity
Manchester United spent £140 million to go from fourth to fifth and crash out of the Champions League at the group stage while playing the most turgid football imaginable under Louis van Gaal. If the previous summer’s acquisition of Angel Di Maria for £67 million marked the start of United’s...
The rich also cry: Moneyed Man United summer transfer spurges ranks it top of 10 EPL wasteful spenders
t’s a good one this, because it’s both an absurd summer of spaffing that in textbook fashion contributed to a manager failing to see out the year but also produced a season where one of those overpriced signings scored the winning goal in the Champions League final. Classic slice of...
Witness recalls how ex-US president Trump tried to force his bodyguards to take him to Capitol Hill to join rioters
Former US President Donald Trump wanted to join the January 6 rioters at the Capitol, but was restrained by his security detail, a former aide testified on Tuesday. Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump’s then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Trump tried to grab the steering wheel...
South African president calls for ‘urgent reforms’ at UN Security Council to meet it mandate
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wants the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) “urgently reformed” so it can credibly and effectively meet its mandate. Ramaphosa is quoted by government news agency SAnews as saying Africa, with a population of 1.3 billion, does not have permanent representation on the UN Security Council....
