Romania

Newly-appointed Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Technical Director, Marian Mario Marinica, who is also head of Malawi national football team, says Flames previous poor performance is a result of lack of proper football transition structure of players in junior teams. The Romanian made the remarks on Tuesday during a press conference held at Mpira Village […]

Procurement officials at the federal government have floundered in their efforts to buy hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wheat due to uncertainties over lack of interested bidders and technical issues.

The import of wheat is considered crucial to stabilise the market and provide welfare to low-income groups. The Ethiopian Trading Business Corporation (ETBC), a state-owned enterprise established with a capital of 3.8 billion Br in 2015, has been given the mandate to buy wheat this year, unlike in the past when the Public Procurement & Disposal Service carried out the task.

EVEN though Legend was first released 37 years ago, the hits collection set by Bob Marley and the Wailers, it continues to outsell current albums.

Legend has been on the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 685 weeks, rising as far as number five. This week the multi-platinum selling set backtracks from 46 to 52.

On the Billboard R&B Albums chart, Legend slips from five to six, while falling five places from 24 to 29 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

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Paris, France, Feb 21 – The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered worldwide passed 200 million Saturday, an AFP count showed, as wealthy G7 countries pledged to more than double aid to support access for the less well-off.

With 45 percent of injections so far among the rich club — which accounts for just 10 percent of the global population — the G7 on Friday said its aid to projects like the World Health Organization’s Covax now amount to $7.5 billion.

Bahamian volleyball player Eugene Stuart, a four-year starter for the University of Charleston Golden Eagles, is the latest Bahamian to be recognized during Black History Month.

MELBOURNE – The brute force of Naomi Osaka crushed the artistry of Hsieh Su-wei as the Japanese former champion charged into the Australian Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-2 win on Tuesday.

On a warm and muggy day at Rod Laver Arena, Osaka attacked Hsieh’s weak serve with gusto and the Taiwanese giantkiller quickly wilted under the pressure of her Grand Slam quarter-final debut.

Osaka had a torrid time in her last Australian Open clash against Hsieh in 2019, needing to come back from a set and a break down on the way to claiming the championship.

Desmond Ovbiagele’s ‘The Milkmaid’ has lost out in the Oscar run.

15 foreign films have advanced in the Oscar race and Nigeria’s official entry failed to make the first shortlist in the International Feature Film category announced Tuesday.

“The Milkmaid” is a Hausa language-based thriller on insurgency, especially as it affects women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Geneva, Switzerland, Feb 8 – The World Health Organization insisted Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was still a vital tool in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, after South Africa delayed the start of its inoculation program over concerns about the drug’s efficacy against a virus variant.

As concerns rose over the AstraZeneca shot, the United States said it had lost its first sitting member of Congress to the virus, 67-year-old Texas Republic Ron Wright, who had also been battling cancer.