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The government of Kenya has released Sh37 billion (about $357,790,000) to all public schools towards the implementation of free education, a day after they reopened for the 2018 first term. Sh29.5 billion (about $280,430,000) has been paid to all the public secondary schools for Free Secondary Education (FSE) that has been rolled out as part of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2017 ...

A tourist was killed and 12 other people were injured in a hot air balloon crash near Luxor in Egypt on Friday, state-run news agency MENA reported. The balloon, with tourists from different nationalities and Egyptians onboard, crashed to the west of the city of Luxor, MENA said. The health ministry said a woman was killed and 12 people injured but gave no other ...

President Trump has hinted at the possibility of military action against North Korea, but any U.S. strike is likely to rapidly escalate into an all-out war. A full-scale conflict with North Korea would cause mass casualties, even in the best-case scenario. A U.S.-North Korean war could lead to millions of deaths, a refugee crisis and long-term instability. President Donald Trump’s ...

Barcelona appear to have made their first January signing in Yerry Mina from Palmeiras. The Colombia international was welcomed to the Blaugrana by former Newcastle star Faustino Asprilla. One of the stars in the Brazilian Serie A with Palmeiras, Barcelona look set to sign the 23-year-old centre-back as cover with Javier Mascherano on the way out. “Benvingut [welcome] Yerry Mina ...

Apple is cutting the price of its out-of-warranty battery replacement program for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later down to £25. The decision follows claims the company deliberately slowed down older models’ performance with a software update – something it flatly denies. However, Apple did issue an apology to customers for the way it communicated the issues surrounding older ...

A pair of new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in computer processors made by Intel, AMD and ARM by security researchers at Google. The bugs affect the hardware of the CPUs themselves – so all computer users are affected, whether they run Windows or macOS on a Dell or an Apple Macbook. Potentially, they could let hackers access personal information ...

A trio of new robots from tech giant LG are set to be shown off at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The little ‘droids are designed to carry out tasks at airports, hotels and supermarkets – such as carrying suitcases or giving directions. And to make sure they’re up to the task of replacing human workers, the ...

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said his personal challenge for 2018 is to “fix” the social site and how it handles hate, abuse and fake news. The social network platform’s founder said the firm was making “too many errors” when enforcing its policies and stopping misuse of the site. The platform has been repeatedly criticised in the last year for ...

In case you missed it, Manchester United won on Monday. They started 2018 with a bang, overcoming a difficult run of results by beating Everton 2-0 at Goodison Park. But given the way Jose Mourinho ranted his way into the headlines straight after the game by calling out Paul Scholes you would be forgiven for having forgotten of United’s win. ...

Do not worry Manchester United fans, laziness is the reason for Jose Mourinho’s hotel living as the manager reaffirmed his commitment to the Premier League giants. Mourinho has called the Lowry Hotel in Manchester home since replacing Louis van Gaal in 2016, while his wife still lives in London. The 54-year-old’s decision not to buy a house has come into ...