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Read briefingJordan Henderson gave Xabi Alonso's team the perfect start when the veteran midfielder curled home after just 68 seconds to claim his first goal for Chelsea. Chelsea's blistering start paved the way for a 5-1 rout of Bournemouth as the Blues won for the first time in four league matches.Jordan Henderson gave Xabi Alonso's team the perfect start when the veteran midfielder curled home after just 68 seconds to claim his first goal for Chelsea.The Blues struck again in the third minute as Morgan Rogers's drive deflected into the net off Bournemouth defender Antonio Silva.Chelsea were on target just one minute after the interval through Joao Pedro's clinical finish from Pedro Neto's pass.Evanilson got one back for Bournemouth in the 51st minute, deflecting in Moises Caicedo's miscued clearance as Chelsea's run without a league clean sheet extended to 22 matches.But Joao Pedro put the result beyond doubt, poking in from close-range in the 67th minute for his fifth goal this season.England midfielder Henderson, 36, bagged his second in the 70th minute with a fierce free-kick, taking free-scoring Chelsea to 23 goals in just eight games in all competitions this term."We signed him for everything and if he is able to score two beauties like today we are more than happy for him," Alonso said. ©Citizen Digital, Kenya
Read briefingA view of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Russia, where a laboratory worker who reportedly died from the disease worked.GENEVA - The World Health Organisation said on Oct 10 that it still does not know what caused the pneumonia that killed a Russian laboratory worker at an anti-plague research centre in Siberia this month, and that no case of plague had been registered.The WHO said the Russian state regulator reported that tests of the laboratory worker and those who came in contact with her were negative for the high-threat pathogens tested, that her contacts still showed no symptoms, and that no further linked cases of severe pneumonia had been identified.“Based on the information provided... (the) WHO has not identified evidence of ongoing transmission associated with this event. A key uncertainty remains the absence of a confirmed diagnosis in the deceased laboratory worker,” it said in a statement.The lab worker fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on Oct 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public health fears on social media.Global health officials have been extra alert to fatal pneumonia cases of undetermined cause since the Covid-19 pandemic, which began with a cluster of fast-spreading fatal respiratory illness in China.Russian authorities have said the lab worker was appropriately vaccinated and that they found no microorganisms linked to her work in her body.On Oct 8, Russia said it had completed health checks on all the worker’s contacts.It says it provided full information to the WHO according to established procedures. REUTERS
Read briefingIn a clash dubbed 'El Sackicko' given the scrutiny on both managers, Bryan Mbeumo put United ahead in the 73rd minute at Old Trafford. Tottenham salvaged a 1-1 against fellow strugglers Manchester United thanks to Dominic Solanke's last-gasp leveller, while Arsenal got back on track as the champions survived a scare to beat Leeds 2-1 on Saturday.In a clash dubbed 'El Sackicko' given the scrutiny on both managers, Bryan Mbeumo put United ahead in the 73rd minute at Old Trafford.Mbeumo punished sloppy Tottenham marking to fire home from an acute angle after Matheus Cunha's pass picked him out in the penalty area.Tottenham looked doomed when Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off for headbutting United defender Luke Shaw in a brawl five minutes after United's opener.But Solanke came to Tottenham's rescue in the final moments when he evaded United defender Lisandro Martinez to head in Sandro Tonali's cross.It was a dramatic finale to a scrappy encounter in keeping with the problems gripping two underachieving teams.Tottenham sit third bottom of the table and remain winless after losing three of their first six league games.United are languishing in 12th place with only one league so far this season.Roberto De Zerbi saved Tottenham from relegation on the final day of last term after taking charge late in the campaign.But despite spending over £300 million ($429 million) o...
Read briefingAs investigations intensify into the circumstances under which four children were assaulted at St. Abraham Israel Assemblies of God Church in Ogago village, Siaya County, it has emerged that the church only recently joined the Israel Assemblies of God umbrella body.One of the four people arrested in connection with the assault of four children during an alleged exorcism at a church in Bondo has been released as police intensify investigations into the incident.85-year-old Gaudensia Juma was released on a free police bond due to her advanced age but will be arraigned on Monday alongside three other suspects.As investigations intensify into the circumstances under which four children were assaulted at St. Abraham Israel Assemblies of God Church in Ogago village, Siaya County, it has emerged that the church only recently joined the Israel Assemblies of God umbrella body.A statement signed by James Okwach, identified as the archbishop and chairman of Israel Assemblies of God, states that the church was admitted to the denomination in June and that Clinton Obudho was not authorised to conduct any ceremonial activity.The statement further states that the denomination does not condone the misuse of religious practices and will cooperate with the authorities.Maranda Assistant County Commissioner Stephen Osoi says two children aged three and five years have been moved to Kisumu for furt...
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Read briefingThe US embassy says it is "aware of attacks on King Khalid International Airport", which come days after Yemen's Houthis said they had struck it.
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Read briefingDozens reported injured in Yemeni Houthi attack at Riyadh airport The GuardianIran war live: Trump says US may strike Houthis, Iran after Riyadh attack Al JazeeraSeveral injured in fresh attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport BBCSaudi capital airport hit again, sparking evacuations, reports say The Star, KenyaSaudi authorities say 3 killed in Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport AP News
Read briefingAdam Barron is an independent Middle East political analyst and consultant, specialising primarily in Yemen, where he has reported from the capital, Sanaa, for The Economist. He writes for Foreign Policy and The Atlantic.
Read briefingFILE PHOTO: A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File PhotoOct 10 - Death row inmate Christa Pike was released from a US hospital on Saturday and sent back to prison where she will continue receiving medical care following her botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said.Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, where she has been housed for more than 30 years, said attorneys Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, and Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the Tennessee Office of the Post Conviction Defender in a joint release.Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke "angry and confused" in the hospital this week with a long recuperation ahead after surviving the attempted execution on September 30, her lawyers said on Wednesday. They previously believed she could be brain-dead.Pike, 50, had been taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious, critically ill and with severe arm injuries after two injections failed to kill her at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.A Tennessee judge this week ordered state officials to preserve all evidence related to their failed attempt to execute her, a development one of her lawyers called the "first of many steps to preserve and enforce her constitutional rights."Tennessee Governor Bill Lee suspended all executions for the rest of the year while investigators look in to the botched execution of Pike and a similar failure involving Tony Carruthers in May, when prison officials were unable to set up intravenous lines. REUTERS
Read briefingThe Morans will now meet SportPesa Forward Legends, who secured their quarter-final place after recording victories over Uganda and Scotland following their opening draw against Shujaa.
Read briefingRuto inspects Sh1.1 billion Endebess-Salama road project in Trans Nzoia The Star, Kenya
Read briefingOPINION: Will Kenya ever play in the FIFA World Cup? Citizen Digital
Read briefingCartels, weak leadership the cause of water scarcity in Mombasa, says lobby The Star, Kenya
Read briefingMahama hails Ruto’s housing programme, says Ghana wants to replicate Kenya’s model The Star, Kenya
Read briefingAt least two people were killed in an attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, including an Egyptian flight attendant, according to a medical source at a local hospital. Earlier this week, another attack on the airport by the Houthis killed three people and damaged a plane, though the Iran-backed group did not announce any new attacks on Saturday.
Read briefingKenya’s publishing industry needs more women at the helm, not just in editorial offices Education News
Read briefing'I’m telling you, it has been the most humbling thing... when I saw these mamas bringing me those Sh50 bobs.'
Read briefingKenya News Agency - KNA. . Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi on the upgrading of Chavakali-Eldoret Road Facebook
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