Yearly Archives: 2015
Best ever Biles has Rio spring in her step
New World Champion Simone Biles, 18, (left) and 19-year-old Olympic Champion Gabby Douglas are likely to be the main rivals for the latter’s individual...
Court orders Cosby deposition
Bill Cosby and his former lawyer have been ordered to give a sworn out-of-court testimony in a defamation case brought by Janice Dickinson.
Janice Dickinson...
Yaya lays into lazy Africans
Four-time African Player of the Year Yaya Touré has slammed fellow African players for what he describes as their absence of focus and lack...
Ditch visa curbs, warn experts
May told restrictions are wrong way around
The Home Secretary’s advisers have recommended an overhaul of the visa system for entrepreneurs.
Martha Baroness Lane-Fox, co-founder of...
Rapist Uber cabby handed life term
A court in India has handed a life sentence to a taxi driver found guilty of raping a female passenger in Delhi eleven months...
Korea reverts to state-published school texts
South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has announced that the government will publish history textbooks for use in schools from 2017; a step seen...
Police foil suspected terror plot
Police in Spain have arrested three Moroccans believed to have been plotting to carry out acts of terror.
Spanish police broke up a prominent jihadist...
Executioner cops face up to justice
Four police officers linked to the cold-blooded killing of a suspected criminal are set to spend the night behind bars at the same police...
Kidnapped UN workers set free
Rebels in South Sudan have reportedly released 13 UN contractors taken hostage last week while escorting a barge carrying fuel on the Nile.
A Special...
‘Unconstitutional’ president sets gun deadline
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has set a November 7 deadline for citizens to hand over illegal firearms in a bid to put an end...
