Yearly Archives: 2016
News agency reports foiled plot to smuggle explosives into Turkey
Turkish authorities have seized luggage containing four suicide vests and up to 15 kilograms of explosives at its border with Syria, according to the...
Third Aussie Zika victim is expectant mother
A pregnant woman in Australia has been confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus after having returned from a family vacation.
The Queensland woman is...
Super Bowl 50 – Panthers come out on top
Beyoncé didn’t only upstage headline act Coldplay, fronted by Chris Martin, in Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time show; she frankly consigned the game itself to...
Anti-riot gear bolstered ahead of Uganda election
Police in Uganda have purchased extra anti-riot gear ahead of next week’s General Election in a move critics claim is designed to intimidate opponents...
Wife freed as husband’s hostage hell continues
Islamic extremists in northern Burkina Faso have freed an elderly Australian missionary who was kidnapped last month, although the woman’s husband remains in captivity...
‘Zumaville’ violates SA constitution – EFF Senior Counsel
President Jacob Zuma violated the Constitution and his oath of office over his treatment of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations that he pay back...
UK steps up fight to end discrimination
Business Secretary Sajid Javid while speaking at UpRising UK event, confirmed he has asked Baroness McGregor-Smith to lead a review looking at the issues...
SUB-LIME
Bench-warmers get up for the Cup
The weekend’s FA Cup games were notable for bit-part African strikers who seized rare opportunities to hit the net.
The...
Get us out to slash immigration
Independent think-tank says EU exit will trim 100,000
Migration Watch, an immigration research organisation and think-tank that describes itself as independent but is viewed by...
Are Government Policies Destroying the UK Property Market?
The plethora of government policies
will hurt the UK property market,
says Godwin Okri
The free-market economist, Friedrich Heyek once opined that the free market is not...