Under-fire Horner set to appear at Red Bull’s car launch

Under-fire Horner set to appear at Red Bull’s car launch

Christian Horner will appear at Red Bull's 2024 car launch on Thursday amid an investigation into allegations of "inappropriate behaviour" by the team principal.Horner is set to attend the Formula One champions' launch event at their Milton Keynes base despite the accusation by a female colleague which surfaced at the beginning of last week.The 50-year-old, married to former Spice Girls pop star Geri Halliwell, categorically denies the claim that […]

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Sport

Nadal admits doubt over planned return at Qatar Open

Rafael Nadal said Wednesday he is unsure if he will be ready to return to action in Doha next week after he withdrew from the Australian Open with a muscle tear.The Spaniard missed most of last year with a hip injury sustained in Melbourne but made his comeback at the Brisbane International in the lead-up to this year's Australian Open.However, a small muscle tear forced the 37-year-old to pull […]

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Sport

McLaren ‘realistic’ about 2024 F1 season as they launch new car

McLaren chief executive Zak Brown said the team were "realistic" about the celebrated team's prospects for the 2024 Formula One season as they unveiled their new car on Wednesday.McLaren's Lando Norris was the second-highest points scorer behind Red Bull's runaway champion Max Verstappen in the final 12 races of last year's campaign following a major car upgrade. That though was still only good enough for a sixth-placed finish and […]

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Sport

Sri Lanka celebrate 3-0 sweep against Afghanistan

Sri Lanka completed a sweep of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, confidently beating the tourists in the final game by seven wickets Wednesday at Pallekele.Set a target of 267, Sri Lanka won with 88 balls remaining, as their domination of the opponents continued.Opening batsman Pathum Nissanka smashed his fifth one-day international hundred and the second in the series for the hosts.Nissanka finished the series with 346 runs, the […]

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Entertainment

2024 Superbowl breaks viewership records

Not sure if you’ve watched Usher's performance...rollerskate dancing, Alicia Keys, and Lil John...But this year's Superbowl was the most watched television broadcast since the 1969 Moon landing. According to preliminary television ratings between 125 to 150 million people tuned into the annual spectacular. But who or what did they come to watch? Football, Usher, or Taylor Swift? Jody Jacobs reports.

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World

Indonesia election updates: Prabowo claims presidential race win

The world’s biggest single-day polls taking place over six-hours have officially begun in Indonesia. Indonesian journalist, Karishma Vaswani who has lived through the transition from dictatorship to democracy in the country, explained to Bloomberg News what matters the most right now. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reports that Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential race, citing unofficial tallies that showed him winning with more than 55 percent of the vote. […]

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Africa

South Africa to deploy troops to DRC

South Africa will deploy 2,900 troops to help fight armed groups east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a Southern African Development Community initiative. Reuters reports that the one-year deployment will cover the period between 15 December 2023 and 15 December 2024, and will cost around 2 billion rand. The SADC force has an offensive mandate to support Congo's army fight armed groups. It will include troops […]

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Namibia

Construction industry reacts to a collective agreement

The Construction Industries Federation of Namibia and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union have signed a Collective Agreement on minimum wage and employment conditions. Submitted to the Labour Minister's office on 4 October 2023, the agreement seeks to extend its binding nature to all construction sector employers and employees. A 14-day grace period was provided for any late objections. Here is Bärbel Kirchner, the executive director of the CIF.

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Health / Medical

Namibia records over 5,000 cancer cases annually

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, via the Global Cancer Observatory, has published new global cancer statistics to aid in cancer control and research efforts. Worldwide, the data reveals a peak of 3,453 life-threatening cancers in 2022, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer. Namibia, in particular, is witnessing an increase, reporting over 5,000 cases annually. CEO of the Cancer Association, Rolf Hansen says cancer treatment is not readily available to the […]

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