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It’s time we rethought our idea of monogamy

Some people are just built differently. Some people are poor at compromising.




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Don’t take your woman shopping now

We have to run a very tight ship. Sacrifices have been made




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A mother to the needy beings with four legs

She got a job as an office assistant but still kept to her passion for rescuing animals.




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Dumbing down during lockdown? Six ways to boost your memory

Little mental challenges can also be both beneficial and fun.




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MCAs warn Sonko as he fails to file case on Nairobi takeover deal

He claims bank accounts were opened unprocedurally with signatories not known




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Residents feel the pinch of Eastleigh lockdown

Amoth warns those plotting to sneak out of the region, saying they will worsen the situation.




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More pain for Kenyans as Treasury proposes tax increase

Revenue projections have suffered a serious hit as a result of virus pandemic.




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Sierra Leone president accuses opposition of 'terrorizing' state

A series of deadly unrests in the last two weeks that have claimed nearly two dozen lives.




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Kipchoge-led Nike leave rivals playing catch-up in marathon shoe wars

The Covid-19 outbreak could favour Nike, Metzler argues.




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Mike Pence spokeswoman tests positive for Covid-19

News boosted fears that the White House is at risk of becoming a viral hot spot.




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Ronaldo Souza's positive coronavirus test hangs over UFC return

Two of Souza's cornermen also tested positive.




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Silver gives NBA players road map for the future

The NBA has been in shutdown since the global pandemic brought sport to a standstill.




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Kiir criticised for lifting Covid-19 restrictions 

South Sudan Doctors’ Union say this may hurt millions of South Sudanese.




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US women's national team files appeal after legal setback

The US women clinched back-to-back World Cup wins with victory at last year's finals in France.




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Google Classroom preferred eLearning platform for schools

Currently, platform has attracted over 100 million users.




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Spreading the cheer with tasty Bastard Baker treats

Madame Connoissuese engages her family sweet tooth and is more than happy with the results.




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Pact between KNTC and OCP Kenya heralds new era in fertiliser supply

The partnership will ensure farmers get the input not only at the correct price but also at the right time.




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Famous travelling couple now stuck in Nicaragua amid Covid-19

They had visited more than 20 countries before coronavirus struck.




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A case for legal certainty in a time of Covid-19

There is an urgent need for comprehensive legal proposals of transition and continuity despite Covid-19.




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Eliud Kipchoge continues Covid-19 relief mission

Sixty eight needy sports men and women are set to benefit by the end of the exercise.




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Does gene editing hold key to better healthcare?

Doctors believe this will revolutionalise medicine, but there are ethical and safety concerns




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Drones disinfect Indian pandemic hotspot city after clashes

Ahmedabad, a city of 5.5 million, has become a major concern for authorities.




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Tuberculosis BCG vaccine gets into global Covid-19 trial

South Africa vaccinates health workers in response to the pandemic.




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Virat Kohli: Cricket's 'magic' up in smoke without live audience

The International Cricket Council has said it is "exploring all options" for the tournament.




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Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 649 as 28 more test positive - VIDEO

Kenya reports a total of 649 cases, 207 recoveries and 30 deaths.




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Thwake Dam project continues as Covid-19 pandemic bites

Contractor expresses confidence about project but notes effects of the pandemic.




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France star suffers calf knock in second Barca training session

The 26-year-old joined Barca from Lyon in 2016.




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Covid-19: Court halts maize import plan after Omtatah sues

The is until a case by activist Okiya Omtatah is heard and determined.




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Covid-19: Trans Nzoia police get masks, gloves and sanitiser

Kenya Police Sacco distributes face masks, gloves and sanitisers in Trans Nzoia.




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Why are my pimples out of control despite trying everything?

Doc, I have tried some creams like Betasone and Clozole b




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When you're sick and facing discrimination

Studies show black people are less likely to get adequate pain drugs compared to whites




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Road filled with challenges for mental health team

Chronic shortage of psychiatrists, inadequate funding and societal ignorance among challenges




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Coronavirus: Cathay Pacific eyes ‘structural change’ to see the Hong Kong carrier through pandemic crisis and its aftermath

Cathay Pacific is looking at “structural change” as it investigates how to downscale its business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Post has learned.Hong Kong’s flag carrier is mulling scenarios that could reduce staff headcount, routes served and planes flown, as well as the possible consolidation of its airline brands, in drastic steps that would mirror those taken by rivals in recent weeks.“We are currently working with colleagues from across the airline to model varying degrees…




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Hong Kong doctors first in Asia to perform heart transplant using new preservation technology

Hong Kong doctors have performed Asia’s first heart transplant using a new technology invented in the United States that keeps the organ warm, beating and supplied with blood during the transfer, in a medical breakthrough that will enable more life-saving operations across borders.Dr Timmy Au Wing-kuk – chief of Queen Mary Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery department, which carried out the medical procedure – hailed the Organ Care System as a success story that could not only allow up to five…




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Boosted by US$6 million Alibaba cash injection, Hong Kong compostable food packaging start-up takes on single-use plastics

Alarmed by the amount of rubbish they were generating by just drinking coffee and eating cup noodles, two former garments entrepreneurs decided it was time to find an eco-friendly alternative to all the plastic packaging that ends up in landfills globally.George Chen Dah-ren and Vivian Chang first approached material scientists in Hong Kong and mainland China, and were in 2013 pointed in the direction of Alexander Bismarck, then a Materials Science professor at Imperial College London. The…




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Charles Li moves on in surprise announcement to step down in 18 months as chief executive of Hong Kong’s stock exchange

Charles Li, one of the longest-serving chief executives of a global financial marketplace, has thrown in the towel after more than a decade as head of the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEX), in a surprise announcement to let his contract lapse in October 2021.The former oilfield worker, journalist and banker, also known as Li Xiaojia, will not seek reappointment when his current term expires at the end of October next year, according to a statement. He will continue to lead Asia’s third-largest…




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Coronavirus: Uniqlo and H&M manufacturer making reusable masks for Hong Kong government in Vietnam

The production of reusable masks for all Hongkongers was not for profit, a government official said as she revealed the manufacturer’s identity and defended the lack of a public tender for the project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.Annie Choi Suk-han, permanent secretary of the Innovation and Technology Bureau, said most of the masks were being made by Crystal International Group at a facility in Vietnam.The rest were assembled, disinfected and packed using three local facilities offered…




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Two Hong Kong police officers arrested for possessing HK$12 million in drugs, which the force believes were stolen from record crystal meth haul a week earlier

Two police officers have been arrested for possessing more than HK$12 million (US$1.9 million) worth of drugs, which the force believes were stolen from the record haul of crystal meth seized last week.One of the two policemen detained, a 41-year-old station sergeant, who is attached to the Kowloon West anti-triad squad, was caught with 2kg of Ice in the Royal Garden Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui East on Thursday, police said, just days after being part of a team that seized 296kg of the drug in a…




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Coronavirus: four new infections in Hong Kong, all involving residents returning from Pakistan

Hong Kong recorded four new coronavirus infections on Thursday, all involving returnees from Pakistan the previous night, as the city prepared to bring back more residents stranded in South Asia.The diagnoses ended a two-day streak without any new cases, and takes the city’s total number of confirmed infections to 1,044.Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable diseases branch of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), said the patients in question, aged between 11 and 47, all returned to…




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Muhammad Ali moots Iran fight and Macau ferry raised from the sea: headlines from 40 years ago

Muhammad Ali offering to help free Iran hostages, a contest pitting an abacus against a calculator and an Indian hospital using patients as guinea pigs made the headlines 40 years ago this week.May 4, 1980● The Macau ferry Fatshan, which capsized during Typhoon Rose in August 1971, was brought to the surface by a Chinese salvage team. Three skeletons, believed to be the remains of three of the victims trapped in the vessel when it sank near northeastern Lantau Island, were discovered inside the…




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Hong Kong man gets four months in jail over Lennon Wall attack during protests last year

A Hong Kong decorator who suffered a loss of income during anti-government protests was sentenced to four months’ jail for attacking a man following a row over posting messages on a so-called Lennon Wall last year.Kwun Tong Court heard that around 10pm on August 26, Hui Ching-ngai engaged in a heated argument with Ho Chin-leng, who saw Hui tearing down posters from a Lennon Wall inside a pedestrian tunnel in Tseung Kwan O.Hui, 39, who was drunk, picked up a broom and an umbrella from the ground…




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Coronavirus: Hong Kong bars to reopen after weeks of Covid-19 shutdown with Lan Kwai Fong venues lining up cheap deals to attract customers

Bars will reopen across Hong Kong on Friday after a month-long coronavirus shutdown, as Lan Kwai Fong venues prepare to slash prices and the nightlife hub’s founder predicts takings as low as half normal levels.More than 100 frontline workers have been tested for the virus as part of the Central party zone’s relaunch, which comes as the government eases social-distancing restrictions in response to the improving Covid-19 situation in the city.Pubs and bars will only be allowed to operate half…




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Disqualified Hong Kong lawmaker Lau Siu-lai was denied chance to respond to allegations of not upholding Basic Law, judge says

Disqualified lawmaker Lau Siu-lai was denied the opportunity to respond to allegations of not genuinely upholding Hong Kong’s mini-constitution before she was barred from trying to win back her seat in the Legislative Council, a judge has observed.Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming made the remark on Thursday while hearing an election petition from Lau, who has asked the High Court to determine whether pro-establishment lawmaker Chan Hoi-yan had been duly elected to the office of Kowloon West…




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Hong Kong’s ‘king of judicial reviews’ faces bankruptcy proceedings but the serial litigant remains unrepentant

A serial litigant known for taking the Hong Kong government to court faces being declared bankrupt after the justice department filed a petition against him.Retired civil servant Kwok Cheuk-kin, dubbed the “king of judicial reviews” by the media, has been filing applications with the High Court since 2006, often challenging the legality of government policies and decisions.But many of his attempts ended in failure, and despite being ordered to bear the government’s legal costs in such…




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Masks, tests, quarantine centres: What can Canada learn from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 successes?

Professor Samuel Yeung-shan Wong says he loves Canada, and wants it to learn from Hong Kong’s successes in the battle with Covid-19.Wong, director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s school of public health, earned his medical degree at the University of Toronto in the 1990s and did his residency in Halifax, Nova Scotia.When he chats with his Canadian cousins they tell him that “they aren’t going out”, he said. Hong Kong, meanwhile, has avoided a Canadian-style lockdown, and on Friday…




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University of Hong Kong study finds eyes are ‘important route’ for coronavirus, up to 100 times more infectious than Sars

The eyes are an important route for the coronavirus into the human body, according to University of Hong Kong research which found the strain was up to 100 times more infectious than severe acute respiratory syndrome and bird flu in two facial orifices tested by the public health experts.Laboratory tests revealed the “virus level” of SARS-Cov-2 – the strain of coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease – was far greater than for Sars in the upper respiratory airways and conjunctiva, the cells…




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Hong Kong lawmakers set for chaotic showdown over control of key Legco committee, with scuffles not ruled out

Hong Kong lawmakers from opposing camps are gearing up for a showdown over control of a key committee in the legislature, with both sides bracing for physical clashes.The opposition camp is expected on Friday to filibuster at the Legislative Council House Committee meetings, using legal opinion obtained from two constitutional law experts. They will accuse pro-Beijing heavyweight Starry Lee Wai-king of conflict of interest in handling council affairs while standing for re-election, slamming her…




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Coronavirus: Hong Kong exams body to develop alternative student grading system for crises, education chief reveals

Exam authorities will carry out citywide research to develop an alternative student grading system in the event university entrance tests are cancelled because of future pandemics, Hong Kong’s education minister told the Post on Thursday.In an exclusive interview, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung also said his bureau would review with schools how to better prepare for class suspensions, including teacher training and resources for non-traditional instruction methods.Hong Kong…




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Beijing is moving steadily to bring Hong Kong closer into the fold

Three years ago, when visiting Washington as she neared completion of her term as Hong Kong’s second-ranking official, career civil servant Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she planned to leave government and do something different at year end – “perhaps social work”. Would that she had. Instead, she became Hong Kong’s fourth consecutive chief executive to become wildly unpopular since China regained sovereignty in 1997, yet another Beijing-backed leader required (or quite willing) to enforce…




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Most of Hong Kong’s teachers were professional during protests, despite misconduct complaints: education chief

Most of Hong Kong’s 70,000 teachers remained professional during the anti-government protests, despite complaints being made against more than 170 of them for misconduct, the city’s education chief said in a Thursday interview with the Post.Reflecting on the movement that started almost a year ago, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said there would be more emphasis on teaching proper values and knowledge about mainland China.However, he said there were no plans for schools to…