by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated a nuclear power facility built with the assistance of China. The plant at Chashma, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, adds 340 megawatts to the national grid. Beijing has already constructed two other nuclear...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled broad guidelines Wednesday for an eventual peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, warning that a two-state solution to the conflict is in “serious jeopardy.” In an hour-long speech at the State...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
US President-elect Donald Trump stirred a simmering dispute with Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of derailing a smooth transition with “inflammatory” remarks, before appearing to row back. Ever since the November 8 election, Trump and Obama have...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | news
Nine people were killed on Wednesday following an accident involving a 14-seater matatu on Tawa-Kikima road, Makueni county. Mbooni West OCPD James Baraza told the Star that the vehicle veered off at a sharp bend on the road and plunged into a ravine. “The...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | sports
Russia is for the first time conceding that its officials carried out one of the biggest conspiracies in sports history: a far-reaching doping operation that implicated scores of Russian athletes, tainting not just the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but also the entire...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | BUSINESS NEWS
Kenya Power expects to significantly cut down on outages in Nairobi on completion of three substations at a cost of Sh18.47 billion ($180.5 million), managing director Ben Chumo has said. The stations, he said, will provide alternative sources in case of a black-out...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | sports
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba is already the “best midfielder in the world” but expects him to be even better next season. Pogba has been slowly improving after a slow start to the season following his world record £93.25m move from Juventus in...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | news, sports
Kenya girls move ten places up on Fifa rankings Harambee Starlets have moved up ten places to position 122 in the latest Fifa women’s rankings released recently. This is despite not winning any matches during the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations last month in...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | news
A woman has reportedly been beheaded by a group of armed men in Afghanistan after she entered a city without her husband. The horrific act took place in the remote village of Latti in Sar-e-Pul province, which is under Taliban control. Provincial Governor spokesman...
by Hope Media | Dec 28, 2016 | County News, news
A section of MPs from Kakamega county have said that they will not attend a meeting organised by COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli. Atwoli plans to use the December 31 fete at Muliro Gardens to declare the Luhya community’s preferred presidential candidate....
