Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender Differences, Says action violates Code of Conduct
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting the web company’s diversity policies, creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley. James Damore, the Google engineer who…
Kenyatta, Odinga confident of victory as huge voter turnout mark Kenya polls
Huge voter turnout heralded the polls as some Kenyans were still queuing to vote shortly before close of voting. But the electoral commission says that people still in the queue…
Trump signs Russia sanctions into law, heightens tension
President Trump signed legislation on Wednesday imposing sanctions on Russia and limiting his own authority to lift them, a measure that has already escalated tension with the Russian government and…
Trump suffers deadly blow as Senate fails to repeal Obamacare again
United States Senators early Friday narrowly rejected a dramatically slimmed-down Obamacare repeal bill, even after being promised by GOP leaders that the measure would never actually become law. The strategy…
Indonesia ombudsman alleges rights violations in execution of Nigerian drug convict
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict last year, an official said on Friday. Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke…
Pakistan PM Sharif resigns after Supreme Court says he’s unfit to hold public office
Pakistan’s Supreme court on Friday sacked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after a damning corruption probe into his family wealth, saying he is unfit to hold public office. The…
EU set to block Nigerians, others from laundering money via Europe
Brussels has rebuked national governments in the EU for failing to apply rules aimed at making it harder for terror organisations and criminal gangs to hide their money by shifting…
Hopes for HIV cure revived by African child in remission
A South African child born with HIV has surprised experts by appearing to be effectively cured of the AIDS virus after just a year of treatment followed by eight and…
From class to crash: How Tennis legend, Becker, lost £100m in dubious Nigerian oil investment
Wimbledon legend Boris Becker lost a huge part of his £100 million fortune in dubious investments in Nigerian oil firms, it has been claimed. Becker struck the deal in 2013,…
ISIS asked Christians to renounce Jesus in Egypt bus slaughter but the women refused: Survivor
One of the survivors of the massacre of 29 Egyptian Christians in Minya in May said that the Islamic State extremists forced the women off the bus and ordered them…