All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has charged that the approval by Cabinet to re-establish the national airline goes to show government’s misplaced priorities. Mr Msoni says the project is a potential white elephant. He says the joint venture model with an established airline is tantamount to handing Ethiopian airlines the monopoly, thereby suffocating other airlines. He claims cabinet ...

A private funeral service is being held for Korean superstar Jonghyun, who took his own life last week aged 27. Jonghyun, whose real name was Kim Jong-hyun, was the lead singer of one of the biggest K-pop groups, Shinee. His death has sparked waves of grief among the global K-pop community – thousands of fans have paid tribute at the ...

Swansea City sacked manager Paul Clement on Wednesday after less than a year at the helm as the Premier League’s bottom club desperately search for a way out of the relegation mire. As the season approaches its halfway point, the Welsh side are already four points adrift of safety following Monday’s 3-1 defeat at Everton, with just three wins in ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,” he told reporters at ...

Celtic extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to five points as they got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Partick Thistle on Wednesday. Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring with a stunning strike in the 35th minute before Kieran Tierney settled any nerves as he fired home a second in the 67th minute. It ...

South Korea’s military has fired warning shots at North Korean guards searching for a soldier who defected early morning. The North Korean soldier had walked across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) shortly after 08:00 (23:00 Wednesday). He had emerged from thick fog at a checkpoint, said the South’s military. He is the fourth North Korean soldier to defect this year. The ...