insert_link Sport Andreeva fights back to remain in the Australian Open Teenage giant-killer Mirra Andreeva kept her dream Australian Open run going Friday with a stunning come-from-behind win to sweep into the fourth round and match her best Grand Slam performance. The 16-year-old underlined her huge potential by crushing sixth seed Ons Jabeur in under an hour in round two and showed off her gritty fighting spirit to overcome France's Diane Parry 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10/5). Down 5-1 in the […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 5
insert_link Press Releases Israel among top jailers of journalists worldwide, as imprisonments globally continue unabated, CPJ finds Israeli army vehicles are pictured outside the Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank on November 29. (Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna) Amidst a months-long war, Israel emerged for the first time as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, with 17 recorded behind bars as of December 1, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) annual prison census. This is the highest number of Palestinian journalists in detention […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 6
insert_link Uncategorized Atletico defeat Real Madrid, Barca scrape past third-tier rivals in Copa Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme's extra-time strikes earned Atletico Madrid a 4-2 win over rivals Real Madrid and passage to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Thursday. Earlier Barcelona secured an unconvincing 3-1 win at third-tier Unionistas de Salamanca to scrape through their last 16 tie. Atletico edged an entertaining battle at the Rojiblancos' Metropolitano stadium, the second of three Madrid derbies in under a month, to inflict Los […] todayJanuary 19, 2024
insert_link Africa Yango supports football fans and local talents during Africa’s biggest Football Festival Yango, an international tech company and one of the leading ride-hailing services in Africa, is not standing on the sidelines of this African football celebration ongoing in Côte d'Ivoire. Football unites different nations and people. This championship is not only a celebration of football in Africa, but also a competition of national teams. To show its support and enhance the journey of the fans, Yango has produced an […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 20
insert_link World Alabama execution method deemed unethical for animals Veterinarians from across the United States and Europe have deemed unacceptable the use of nitrogen gas as a form of euthanasia. But despite this Alabama is preparing to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas later this month. Kenneth Smith was sentenced to death for the murder of a pastor's wife back in 1988. Jody Jacobs reports from New York. todayJanuary 19, 2024 20
Namibia City of Windhoek Management Committee Faces Vacancies as Council Fails to Nominate Office Bearers The completion of the City of Windhoek's management committee is in limbo as the council falls short in nominating office bearers for the two remaining positions. Despite District Magistrate Celma Amadhila's call for nominations during the council session, the chambers echoed in silence. Notably, in December 2023, Queen Kamati, a SWAPO party member, and former city mayor Joseph Uapingene, a member of NUDO, secured the positions of mayor and deputy […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 12
insert_link South Africa The GOOD Party in SA is encouraged by the matric pass rate but calls for an overhaul of education The GOOD Party in SA says the improved matric pass rate is encouraging, as is the fact that all provinces showed an increase. The matric class of 2023 achieved a pass rate of 82.9-percent, up by 2.8-percentage points from 80.1-percent in 2022. The GOOD Party’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says the greatest threat to human and economic progress, is an education system that fails to prepare young people for the future […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 13
insert_link Namibia Develop your plots: Ndeutepo Omuthiya Mayor, Johannes Ndeutepo, has encouraged individuals to develop plots in Omuthiya that have remained inactive for an extended period. Ndeutepo conveyed said this in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday, addressing the issue of 316 allocated plots lying idle with no development. He expressed concern about the increasing number of inactive properties in the town, emphasising that some owners are notably silent and show no indication of developing […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 18
insert_link Namibia MTC increases netball sponsorship by 36 per cent Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has increased its sponsorship budget for the Namibia Netball Premier League (NNPL) by 36 per cent, from N. dollars 1.9 million to N. dollars 2.5 million. The renewal of the sponsorship was announced by the company's Chief Human Capital, Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer, Tim Ekandjo and Netball Namibia President, Rebekka /Goagoses, on Thursday. According to Ekandjo, they chose to increase the amount of the […] todayJanuary 19, 2024 29