The killing of an unarmed African-American man by police in the US city of Columbus, Ohio sparked a fresh wave of outrage this week against racial injustice and police brutality in the country. Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a… Continue reading Fresh Outrage Erupts in US as Police Kill Unarmed Blackman_Ada Nkong

A massive outage knocked Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe Monday. WIthin minutes, social media sites were awash with hashtags including #googledown and YouTubeDOWN as hundreds of millions of internet users tried vainly to connect to the US search engine. Google indicated the outage had affected… Continue reading Google Services Experience Outage Globally_Ada Nkong

Germany is to go into a hard lockdown over the Christmas period as the number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus reaches record levels. Non-essential shops will close across the country from Wednesday, as will schools, with children to be cared for at home wherever possible. Chancellor Angela Merkel blamed Christmas shopping for a… Continue reading Corona virus: Germany to Go Into Lockdown Over Christmas_Ada Nkong

He allegedly took bribes of four million rand ($220,000 / 200,000 euros) over a $3.4-billion arms deal with French aerospace and defence giant Thales in 1999, when he was deputy president. Judge Nompulelo Radebe of the Pietermaritzburg high court said, “the matter is postponed provisionally to 23 February 2021 for the resolution of… outstanding pre-trial… Continue reading Zuma’s Trial Over Arms Deal Postponed to February 2021_Ada Nkong

Guest in line for Desserts at 2019 Nobel Banquet Adjusting to a world where travel is hampered by the pandemic, this year’s Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at home this week following the cancellation of the traditional Stockholm and Oslo ceremonies. The awards in the six categories were announced in nearly typical fashion in… Continue reading 2020 Nobel Laureates to Receive Prizes at Home_Ada Nkong