William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.

It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...

Condoms owner buys US baby formula firm

Household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to buy US baby formula maker Mead Johnson for $16.6bn (£13.2bn)The UK-based maker of Durex and Dettol said the purchase would help it gr...

China birth rate rockets after one-child rule change

Beijing - China last year saw its highest number of births this century, officials said, a baby bump that came after the country relaxed its family planning policies in 2015 to allow more families...

60-yr-old woman gives birth to twins

Beijing - A Chinese woman had twin girls at the age of 60 following IVF treatment after her only child died, making her possibly the oldest person in the country to give birth, state media reported on...

Is Zimbabwe's dependence on China a ticking time bomb?

That China has emerged as a global economic powerhouse especially in the aftermaths of the global financial crisis cannot be disputed. In fact, it is credited as having been the key driver of glo...

China, one-child policy row - baby (1) crushed by govt vehicle

A one-year-old boy has died after being crushed by a Chinese government vehicle during a row over the country's one-child policy.Two government workers have been arrested following the inciden...

Video of Chinese boy (4) crying in snow sparks uproar

Beijing - A home-filmed video showing a 4-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and sparked an online uproar....