Lesotho’s Kick4Life FC to be ‘world’s first’ top-flight club with pay equality
Kick4Life FC describes itself as “the world’s first football club exclusively dedicated to social change.” It began its journey 15 years ago, when British brothers Steve and Pete Fleming attempted a 250-mile football dribble fundraiser in Malawi. After the conclusion and success of the campaign, they decided to settle in the Southern African country. Their […]
Can Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ carbon goal succeed?
Getty Images Tech giant Microsoft has announced two bold ambitions: firstly, to become carbon negative by the year 2030 – meaning it will be removing more carbon from the air than it emits – and secondly, to have removed more carbon by 2050 than it has emitted, in total, in its entire history. In an […]
Boy, 10, meets Robbie Williams after starring as singer in new biopic
PA Media The young actor met the former Take That singer at the film’s European premiere A 10-year-old boy who has made his screen debut as a young version of Robbie Williams has said meeting the singer on the red carpet was “amazing”. Carter-J Murphy from Failsworth in Oldham, plays the former Take That star […]
India’s brilliant Bombay duck
dashu83/Getty Images Bombay duck is actually a fish, and the root of its curious name is a great mystery (Credit: dashu83/Getty Images) Fiendishly ugly and pungently smelly, Bombay duck can be quite off-putting. So why is it so beloved throughout Mumbai? (This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us fall in […]
Osian Roberts has ‘fallen in love’ with Morocco
The 55-year-old is satisfied with what he has achieved so far despite all the challenges caused by the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. “We have used this time to put processes and planning in place which will help us produce success for the next few years,” he explained. “I had the opportunity before Covid-19 to travel […]
Facebook ‘ugly truth’ growth memo haunts firm
Getty Images Andrew Bosworth says his memo was intended to be provocative A Facebook executive’s memo that claimed the “ugly truth” was that anything it did to grow was justified has been made public, embarrassing the company. The 2016 post said that this applied even if it meant people might die as a result of […]
A world isolated from life by 1,400km
Shafik Meghji South Georgia is now home to large populations of fur and elephant seals and around 400,000 king penguins (Credit: Shafik Meghji) A rugged land of glaciers, mountains and fjords, South Georgia is one of the remotest places on Earth. “Stay at least 200m away from the whaling station – it’s filled with asbestos […]
Christine Mboma: Namibian looking at sprint double this season
This week she ran a new personal best and the joint second fastest time of the year as she won the 100m at the Athletics South Africa Grand Prix series in Bloemfontein in 11.15 seconds. “It was a great race. I didn’t expect to run this time, so I’m happy with it,” Mboma said after […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un pledges ‘new history’ with South Korea
The moment Kim Jong-un crossed into South Korea In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Mr Kim shook hands at the border. Mr Kim said it was the “starting point” for peace, after crossing the military line that divides the peninsula. It comes just months after warlike rhetoric […]
A very special bottle. Or two. Or three.
David Campbell views a whisky in Dalwhinnie, Scotland. (Jeff Mitchell/Getty) A Special Bottle Finding whiskies that hold their value For investors, “special occasion” whiskies are worth seeking out, such as The Macallan’s “Royal Marriage” released in 2011 to mark the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton. However, “nas” Scotch (sold with no age statement) […]