PARIS – The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600 000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally showed yesterday. A total of 600 523 deaths were recorded globally out of 14 233 355 cases, a count based on official data showed, including 205 065 deaths in Europe — the worst affected continent. The virus is...
Bamako – Mali’s opposition alliance has rejected a plan proposed by international mediators to defuse tensions, sticking to its demand that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita must resign. The rejection was the latest setback in efforts to end Mali’s political standoff that has spiralled into violent clashes which have left 11 people dead. In a statement...
Washington – John Lewis, the civil rights warrior who died Friday aged 80, excelled at what he liked to call “good trouble” – standing up against racial injustice to forge a better United States. The African-American icon marched with Martin Luther King Jr., was nearly beaten to death by police, and later as a sitting...
LONDON – Arteta hailed Arsenal’s “great chemistry” as the secret to their shock 2-0 win over Manchester City as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired his club to a record 21st FA Cup final. Gunners boss Arteta outwitted City manager Pep Guardiola with an astute counter-attacking scheme and Aubameyang struck in each half as Arsenal executed the plan...
WELLINGTON – A dramatic 82nd-minute try by Sio Tomkinson capped a thrilling second-half Otago Highlanders fightback as they snatched a 33-31 Super Rugby victory over the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton on Sunday. A dejected Chiefs captain Sam Cane said it was like “trying to hold back a wave” as the Highlanders, down 31-7 early in...
LONDON – Russia’s ambassador to London has denied accusations by Britain and its allies of helping hackers target labs conducting coronavirus vaccine research, in a UK television interview. Andrei Kelin said the allegations Thursday by Britain, the United States and Canada that a hacking group called APT29 was behind the online attacks, and “almost certainly”...
Mpiletso Motumi South Africa has lost yet another music icon, Patricia Majalisa, dubbed the ’80s disco music queen. Majalisa died this week at Helen Joseph Hospital, Joburg, after a short illness. The singer, who hails from the Eastern Cape, rose to fame singing with popular ’80s group Splash, which together with Dalom Kids, produced many...
Abortion may be a sensitive and complex matter. The current conversation engulfing our nation on abortion is pivotal and necessary as it widens our perspectives and requires us to question our beliefs, ideologies and values we operate from. Nevertheless, we explore the role of a therapist in the conversation of abortion. As mental health professionals,...
Last week I shared to social media – WhatsApp and Facebook, a video of me dancing, and a male friend felt the need to reply to my WhatsApp status “Hold on, is she not married?” Insinuating that because I am married I should not be dancing. Am I supposed to act a certain way? I...
Shashamene Zuria – Girma had no choice but to watch from afar as a crowd chanting “This is our place!” set fire to the school he founded more than a decade ago. Though he has lived his whole life in Shashamene, a fast-growing town in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, Girma’s parents are not members of the...