NASA SPACECRAFT LINING UP TO SMASH INTO AN ASTEROID
(BBC) In the coming hours, the American space agency will crash a probe into an asteroid. Nasa’s Dart mission wants to see how difficult it would be to stop a…
97 die – including 24 children – after a boat full of asylum seekers capsized in the Mediterranean
(ALJAZEERA) Ninety-seven people have died – including 24 children – after a boat full of asylum seekers heading from Lebanon to Europe capsized in the Mediterranean. Speaking from a hospital…
PUTIN FIRES DEPUTY DEFENCE CHIEF AMID SUPPLY FAILURES
(BBC) Vladimir Putin has fired the general charged with managing the Russian military’s faltering logistics operations in Ukraine. Gen Dmitry Bulgakov, a deputy defence minister, was removed from his role…
KENYA BANS FILM ABOUT ITS LGBT COMMUNITY
(ALJAZEERA) A new Kenyan film exploring life in the country’s LGBT community earned the ire of the national film board last week, with the regulatory body banning the film from…
HIV CURE POSSIBLE – Prof. NGUNG’U
(ZNBC) A Scientist at the HIV and AIDS Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa says sub Saharan Africa scientists should team up in order to find the cure…