by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | sports
Using video replays to review decisions at the Club World Cup has produced “extremely positive results”, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The system was first used on Wednesday to award a penalty in Kashima Antlers’ 3-0 win over Atletico...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
The number of tourists to Kenya grew by 16.1 percent in 2016 with tourists from the United States for the first time surpassing visitors from the UK. The American market grew by 16.4 percent compared to a 4 percent decline in tourists from the UK. In total,...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Regional retail solutions provider Nakumatt Holdings has opened its 64th branch in Kigali, Rwanda. The new Nakumatt Kagugu Supermarket covering a shop floor space of more than 5,000square feet and located at Merez Centre Kagugu now pushes the retailer’s branch...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
A church in Nigeria that collapsed last Saturday killing dozens of people had multiple structural faults and no building permit, regulators say. The authorities ordered construction to stop on several occasions but were ignored, they say. Engineers involved in the...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
Several people have been killed and more wounded by an explosion near a bus in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, security services say. The bus was carrying off-duty soldiers, according to reports, and was opposite a university campus when the explosion occurred....
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hinted that he may shortly run for the presidency of his native South Korea. Mr Ban’s term as the world’s top diplomat expires at the end of December. In his final press conference as UN chief, Mr Ban said that after...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
The FBI is supporting the CIA’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the presidential election with the goal of supporting Republican candidate Donald Trump. In a message sent to employees, CIA Director John Brennan said he had spoken with FBI Director James...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
President-elect Donald Trump, in the latest stop of his victory lap, told a military veteran-laden crowd in Florida on Friday that while he would build up the country’s armed forces, he would use them sparingly as commander-in-chief. “For too long,...
by Hope Media | Dec 17, 2016 | news
President Barack Obama has said that he ordered Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” in a conversation about email hacking ahead of the US election. Implying that the Russian president knew about the hacks, Mr Obama said: “Not much happens...
by Hope Media | Dec 16, 2016 | news
Her husband repeatedly used messages of hope in his presidential campaigns and during his time in office. But US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less upbeat tone in her last TV interview before the family leaves the White House. Speaking to talk show host...
