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After the long wait by Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally lifted the the lockdown in his speech today at Harambee house in Nairobi. The president announced that the cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera counties has shall lapse tomorrow, Tuesday, 7th from 4am. The dusk to dawn curfew that […]
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Comedy legend Carl Reiner has died aged 98. Carl Reiner was one of the earliest stars of television who made a name on the small screen, Broadway and film industry. Reiner was inducted into the Emmy Hall of Fame in 1999, and before that had taken home multiple Emmys, primarily for his work on ‘The […]
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Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study in the US science journal PNAS. Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009. It possesses “all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to […]
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Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US president Donald Trump and dozens of others velieved to have been ivolved in the drone strikethat killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. While Trump faces no danger of arrest, the charges underscore the heightened tensions between Iran and the United States since Trump unilaterally withdrew America […]
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The BET awards, which is an annual show that celebrates Black Excellence in entertainment and sports was aired Sunday night, with different artists highlighting the Black Lives Matter movement and equal rights. In response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the show was moved from the traditional stage to online live-streaming with a mix of pre-recorded […]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that the government will lift the Nairobi-Mombasa lockdown. Speaking at a virtual leaders forum on US-Africa trade convened by the Corporate Council on Africa, President Uhuru said that once the lockdown is lifted, domestic flights will be allowed. This is to set pace for opening up the skies in readiness […]
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New is a relative term. Anything that was formed a couple of years ago could still be new. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has discovered ‘new’ coronavirus symptoms. The symptoms are considered new as compared to those in April. Various media houses have reported on these three ‘added’ or ‘new’ symptoms including […]
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Amazon is planning to stream live Premier League match fixtures for free on Twitch in the UK as the English Premier League resumes after 100 days of suspension due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The most memorable moment of action in both games-Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday got things rolling earlier in the day, before the […]
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Katherine Williams-Dunning, daughter of country music star Hank Williams Jr. and granddaughter of country legend Hank Williams, died this weekend at the age of 27. Williams-Dunning an her husband Tyler Dunning were in a single-vehicle accident Saturday night, resulting in her 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe rolling over on a higway in Henry County, Tennessee. Tennessee Highway […]
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Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who suffocated George Floyd to death after kneeling on his neck for almost minutes is facing charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. Three other officers who were with him at the scene are also being charged with aiding and abetting murder. See also: George Floyd: 4 police officers fired […]
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