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Messi ‘Likely’ To Leave PSG At End Of Season

5Apr

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Sports

Messi ‘Likely’ To Leave PSG At End Of Season

Lionel Messi is "much more likely" to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season than sign a new deal, a source close to the club told AFP on Tuesday. "The dynamics have completely changed with PSG less pushing to renew (his contract)," the source said, adding that there was "no deal, no exit yet. But exit is much more likely." World Cup winner Messi, who will turn 36 in June, joined in 2021 on a two-year deal which expires at the end of this campaign. On Sunday, the Argentine's name was jeered by some PSG fans as the teams were announced prior to the 1-0 home defeat against Lyon in Ligue 1. Supporters of the Qatar-owned club are unhappy at the malaise around the team since they were eliminated from the Champions League in the last 16 by Bayern Munich last month. ...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Files For Bankruptcy

5Apr

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Business

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Files For Bankruptcy

Virgin Orbit, the rocket company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States. The California-based company said in a statement Monday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, meaning that it can continue doing business while it restructures its debts. “While we have taken great efforts to address our financial position and secure additional financing, we ultimately must do what is best for the business,” Dan Hart, chief executive of Virgin Orbit, said in the statement posted on its website. Virgin Investments, one of Virgin Orbit’s sister companies, will inject $31.6 million into the satellite launcher to help it stay afloat while the business searches for a new owner. The announcement comes just days after Virgin Orbit...

One killed, dozens injured as school buses collide along Baricho road in Kirinyaga

5Apr

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local news

One killed, dozens injured as school buses collide along Baricho road in Kirinyaga

One person died and several pupils were injured after two school buses they were travelling in were involved in an accident along the Kagio-Baricho road in Kirinyaga. Police said the incident happened Wednesday, April 5, at about 6 am and involved a Trinity Academy Kagio and Kutus Municipality buses which collided head-on. The buses' windows were shattered and the front parts were damaged following the impact. The area residents rushed to the scene and could be seen using welding machines to cut the buses' parts to rescue the trapped victims. The injured learners were rushed to a nearby hospital while the deceased, a school manager, was taken to the morgue. The cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained at the time of publishing this article. Police said they ar...

Dozens Hurt In Netherlands Train Accident

4Apr

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International news

Dozens Hurt In Netherlands Train Accident

A passenger train carrying at least 50 people derailed in the Netherlands early on Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track and several dozen people were injured, many seriously, Dutch emergency services said. Rescue teams were at the scene of the accident at Voorschoten, a village near The Hague, the emergency services said. Some of the injured were being treated on the spot and others were being taken to hospital, the emergency services said. The front carriage of the night train from Leiden city to The Hague derailed and ploughed into a field after the accident, ANP news agency said. The second carriage was on its side and a fire broke out in the rear carriage but was later extinguished, it said. Earlier reports had said the passenger train had collided...

Tokens Purchase Will Be Unavailable for 12 Hrs – Kenya Power

31Mar

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Business

Tokens Purchase Will Be Unavailable for 12 Hrs – Kenya Power

Kenya Power announced temporary system maintenance affecting the purchase of tokens. The utility firm stated that the system maintenance would start on Friday, March 31, from midnight to Saturday, April 1, at 11 am. Besides affecting the purchase of tokens system maintenance would affect the checking of token details. Further, Kenya power stated that the USSD code used by the public and 'my power App', would not be accessible. We wish to inform you that we will carry out system maintenance. As a result, the purchase of prepaid tokens and checking of token details via "977# and myPower App will be unavailable. "We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Stay Connected," Kenya Power announced. Kenya Power encouraged its customers to purchase tokens before midni...

Student nurses severe injuries after 107 strokes of cane from teacher

30Mar

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local news

Student nurses severe injuries after 107 strokes of cane from teacher

An investigation is underway by police in Nyamira following an incident where a primary school teacher allegedly flogged a grade four pupil at Riang’ombe Primary School. According to a report by Nation, social media users under the hashtag Justice for Grade 4 Pupil have demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the teacher for contravening the Ministry of Education's policy on corporal punishment. Reports show that the pupil was assaulted last Sunday. His injuries were so severe that his teachers conspired to cover up the incident by keeping him in the dorm and denying him medical attention. “We took the boy to Nyamira hospital and after we undressed him, we noticed the injuries were very severe to an extent that a huge tissue had been cut o...

30Mar

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local news, Politics

Azimio Protests On Thursday

Azimio la Umoja supporters took to the streets on Thursday for the third round of protests against the government. Early Thursday, police officers in full riot gear were seen patrolling Mathare and Kibra in Nairobi, as well as the lakeside city of Kisumu. Despite a ban on protests and a warning from police that they would do anything to prevent any kind of gathering, Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga has vowed that the protests will continue. third day of Azimio la Umoja's mass demonstrations kicked off on Thursday, March 30, as the opposition side sought to petition the Kenya Kwanza administration over the high cost of living affecting Kenyan citizens. Under instructions by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki, the heavy security detail was deployed at strategic points along the...

Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

29Mar

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Politics

Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed “unfounded” claims that former president and Azimio council chairman Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the opposition’s anti-government protests. Following Monday’s demonstrations – the second in a series of bi-weekly protests lined up in the coming days – Odinga gave an interview to the BBC where he maintained that Kenyatta does not engage in Azimio’s “domestic issues”, despite still being a member of the movement. “There have been unfounded allegations that Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the current protests. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Odinga told the network. “Yes, Uhuru Kenyatta is a member of this movement, he is still the chairman of this movement, but he’s restrained himself and has had ...

Journalists Covering Demos In Kibra Attacked By Knife-Wielding Gang, Robbed

27Mar

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local news

Journalists Covering Demos In Kibra Attacked By Knife-Wielding Gang, Robbed

Journalists from local and international news outlets were attacked by a knife-wielding gang in Kibra on Monday while covering the first day of bi-weekly anti-regime protests. Several others were injured after a rowdy gang pelted their vehicles with stones within Kibra's DO area. According to Jase Ndungu, a journalist covering the protests in Kibra, an armed gang descended on journalists covering the protests, forcing them to flee for their lives. "As we were covering the ongoing demonstrations, protesters had lit bonfires and we were watching the protests unfold when we were attacked," Ndung'u told Citizen Digital. "The gang had pretended to be part of the protesters but it turned out that they were actually armed," According to reports, journalists who wer...

Netanyahu Sacks Defence Minister, Sparking Mass Protests In Israel

27Mar

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International news

Netanyahu Sacks Defence Minister, Sparking Mass Protests In Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. As news of the dismissal spread, tens of thousands of protesters, many waving blue and white Israeli flags, took to the streets late at night across the country. Crowds gathered outside Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem, at one point breaching a security cordon. Some three months since taking office, Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition has been plunged into crisis over the bitter divisions exposed by its flagship judicial overhaul plans. "State security cannot be a card in the political game. Netanyahu crossed a red line tonight," ...