Monthly Archives: February 2022

Zuma in fresh bid to drop graft trial prosecutor

PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (AFP) - South African ex-president Jacob Zuma was back in court yesterday in a fresh bid to replace the chief prosecutor...

Sweet, chewy peanut and sesame seed candies

Hetty Lui McKinnon & Lisa Lin THE WASHINGTON POST - Keo me xung is a Vietnamese candy made with peanuts and sesame seeds usually eaten...

Laos hopes to vaccinate 80pc of population by year end

VIENTIANE (XINHUA) - The Lao Ministry of Health hopes to vaccinate 80 per cent of the population in every district and province by the...

Eriksen set for playing return after signing for Brentford

AP - With a thumbs up to the camera, Christian Eriksen (AP; pic below) revealed his new team and planned return to playing -...

Snowless snow sport

Howard Fendrich & Pat Graham BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO (AP) - Ski racers settling into the start gate for Alpine World Cup events in the Rocky...

Politeknik Brunei marks a decade with Doa Kesyukuran

Politeknik Brunei held a recitation of Ratib Al-Attas and Doa Kesyukuran ceremony via online yesterday to commemorate its 10th year anniversary at the Politeknik...

Five family flubs to throw out this Lunar New Year

Jared Wee THE STAR - As we visit family, friends, and loved ones this Chinese New Year we get blessed with the opportunity to strengthen...

On a quiet weekend in theatres, ‘Spider-Man’ is number one again

NEW YORK (AP) - On a chillingly quiet weekend at movie theatres, Spider-Man: No Way Home again topped the box office in its seventh...

Roadside bomb kills six in northeastern Kenya

NAIROBI (AFP) - Six people died yesterday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern...

Lydia Ko holds off Danielle Kang to win at Boca Rio on LPGA

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA (AP) - A terrific up-and-down for a scrambling par from a short-side bunker on the 72nd hole lifted Lydia Ko (AP;...