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A Kenyan nurse has admitted to sending the wrong patient for brain surgery, blaming a heavy workload for the error. Mary Wahome only realised her mistake when surgeons said they could not find the patient’s blood clot. They were meant to operate on a man with a blood clot on the brain. But the man who had surgery only needed ...

Mark Hughes says his “affinity” with Southampton is the reason he agreed to take charge of the Premier League strugglers until the end of the season. The former Stoke boss replaces Mauricio Pellegrino, who was sacked on Monday with the club one point above the relegation zone after one win in 17. “The objective is to make sure we’re a ...

Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane will be out until next month after damaging ankle ligaments in Sunday’s Premier League win over Bournemouth. Spurs said in a statement that “preliminary assessments” confirmed the injury after a scan on Monday. Kane, who has scored 35 goals for Spurs this season, injured his right ankle in a collision with Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir ...

MANCHESTER UNITED board members are mulling over the future of Jose Mourinho in the wake of the club’s Champions League exit to Sevilla, according to reports. Manchester United’s season was dealt a hammer blow with the Red Devils slumping to a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Sevilla at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. The Red Devils remain in contention for the ...

JOSE MOURINHO insists his players are hurting after Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League following a meek performance against Sevilla. Despite being heavy favourites at the start of the tie, United failed to perform across the 90 mins and were stunned by their Spanish opponents. Wissam Ben Yedder came off the bench in the second half and scored ...

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. The Briton was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time. At the age of 22 Prof Hawking ...

UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a “determining role” in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the team probing possible acts of genocide said Facebook had “turned into a beast.” About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s military launched an operation in August against “insurgents” in Rakhine state. Facebook has said there is ...

LIONEL MESSI has reportedly angered the Barcelona board by wanting Neymar back from PSG. Neymar turned his back on Barcelona in August by choosing to pursue a new challenge in France with PSG. But, just seven months into his Parisian adventure, the Brazil international is being tipped to leave for a stunning Nou Camp return. Neymar is also being tracked ...

At least 40 people have been killed in the last 48 hours in Northeastern DR Congo following a new outbreak of ethnic clashes between Hema cattle herders and Lendu farmers, local civil society leader John Bosco Lalu told Reuters on Tuesday. The United Nations-sponsored Radio Okapi reported that heavily armed men armed wielding machetes, arrows and AK-47s attacked villages and ...

or decades, technology has been mainly driven by Westerners and that’s why most applications and features until in recent times have had western themes. But a group of African content creators are determined to change this trend in a big way. Primarily, they are hoping African users can identify and relate to these themes ,thereby owning their personal devices. Afrocomix ...