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6, September 2020
Football: Moment of Mbappe brilliance gives France victory in Sweden 0
Kylian Mbappe scored with France’s only shot on goal on Saturday in Solna to give the world champions a 1-0 victory over Sweden in the opening round of matches in the Nations League. Mbappe picked up the ball wide of the goal in the 41st minute, squeezed past two defenders, waited for goalkeeper Robin Olsen […]
6, September 2020
Tennis: Williams rallies to move into last 16 of US Open 0
Serena Williams overcame an early scare to defeat fellow American Sloane Stephens and move into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday. Williams, the third seed, lost the first set convincingly before rallying to dominate the next two, triumphing 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 inside a near empty Arthur Ashe Stadium. “It was intense, I […]
5, September 2020
Two French soldiers killed in Mali 0
Two French soldiers were killed on Saturday in a military operation in Mali’s northeastern Kidal region, the Élysée Palace announced. The two soldiers died after their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on September 5. A third soldier was wounded in the explosion. French President Emmanuel Macron expresses his “deep respect” for the soldiers’ […]
5, September 2020
French Cameroun: Of Biya the holidaymaker and Swiss repatriation 0
The French Cameroun dictator who was given marching orders to leave Swiss territory in June 2019 after a massive protest by French Camerounians at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva has ever since been shuttling between Yaoundé and his native Mvomeka’a for the past 14 months. To be sure, it is exactly 14 months since the […]
5, September 2020
Yaounde: Ex-Defense Minister on trial in complex money laundering network to cover the trail of millions of euros in bribes 0
After 18 months of investigation, the former French Cameroun Minister of Defense is now ready to face the long arm of the law. Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o, detained for 18 months at the Yaounde-Kondengui Central Prison, will now appear before a grand jury at the Special Criminal Court. According to French Cameroun intelligence files, Mr. […]
5, September 2020
Tennis: Serena headlines day six at the US Open 0
Serena Williams takes on 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens for a place in the last 16 at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. The third-round match is the drawcard event on day six at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Stephens dumped Williams out of the 2013 Australian Open during her sensational […]
5, September 2020
Niger soldiers executed dozens of civilians, probe says 0
Soldiers in Niger executed dozens of civilians during the counterinsurgency campaign against jihadists in the country’s troubled Tillaberi region earlier this year, a probe into the deaths reported. The West African nation has suffered years of conflict with Islamic militants operating in the vast and inhospitable Sahel desert, with thousands of soldiers and civilians killed […]
5, September 2020
US: Charges dropped against black man tried six times for one crime 0
US prosecutors dropped charges Friday against a black man who was tried six times and spent more than 20 years in prison for the same murders. Curtis Flowers served 23 years for a quadruple murder committed in Mississippi in 1996. He has always maintained his innocence. The prosecutor in all six trials was ultimately accused […]
4, September 2020
Southern Cameroons civilians accuse Cameroon government military of brutality 0
Cameroon’s military has detained hundreds of people in the country’s troubled northwest as they search for separatists following the killing of a police officer this week. Locals accuse the military of carrying out revenge attacks, including looting and burning shops, in the English-speaking region — a charge the military denies. Thirty-four-year old fish seller Ernestine […]
6, September 2020
Italian Grand Prix red-flagged after Leclerc crash, Hamilton gets penalty 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
The Italian Grand Prix was red-flagged and brought to a halt on Sunday after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed heavily into the barriers after slewing off the track at the Parabolica. The Monegasque driver was unhurt and walked away from the high-speed crash, but severe damage to the barriers required repairs. Leclerc won last year’s race […]