Zverev stuns Djokovic to claim ATP Finals title

Alexander Zverev claimed the biggest title of his career with a 6-4, 6-3 upset on Sunday, becoming the youngest champion of the season-ending event since Djokovic claimed the first of his five titles a decade ago — also at age 21. Alexander Zverev won the biggest title of his career against Novak Djokovic at the

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Records Of Thousands Of Doctors To Be Reviewed After Fake Psychiatrist Practiced For 23 Years

Zholia Alemi, 56, was convicted of fraud and theft offences at Carlisle Crown Court last month.Thousands of NHS doctors are to have their records reviewed after a woman with fake qualifications was found to be working as a consultant psychiatrist for 23 years. Zholia Alemi, 56, was jailed for five years in October after she

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Egypt and Ethiopia to discuss Nile dam dispute: PM

Egypt said on Sunday it would hold talks with Ethiopia in the next two weeks to iron out differences over an Ethiopian dam on the River Nile that Cairo sees as a threat to its water supplies.The two countries and Sudan have held a series of meetings over the $4 billion hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam,

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US president refuses to hear Khashoggi death tape

‘I don’t want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape,’ US president tells Fox News U.S. President Donald Trump has no plans to listen to an audiotape of the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. “I don’t want to hear the tape,

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Djibouti welcomes integration of the Horn of Africa

Addis Ababa-Djiboutian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed praised the significant changes he achieved in Ethiopia and across the region and the integration of the Horn of Africa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh today held a bilateral meeting in Addis-Ababa discussions on issues related to Ethiopia, Djibouti, as well as the region.

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AU leaders applaud Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for reforms

Africa’s leaders applauded Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for making substantial reforms in his country as they met to consider improvements to the continent-wide body at the start of a summit Saturday. Abiy, 42, outlined the reforms that he has made since coming to power in April, including releasing thousands of prisoners, lifting bans on

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Zverev ends Federer’s campaign for 100th title after defeating him to reach ATP Finals showpiece

Roger Federer will end the year tantalisingly short of his 100th career title after the king of men’s tennis was forced to bow to young prince Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals on Saturday. The 37-year-old Federer, whose 99 titles are second only to the 109 of Jimmy Connors, began the day’s first semi-final as

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Kenya central bank upholds fines against lenders for suspect transactions

Kenya’s central bank has upheld the fines it imposed in September against five top commercial lenders for a failure to report suspicious transactions in connection with the theft of funds at a state agency, it said on Friday. Penalties totaling 392.5 million shillings ($3.80 million)were imposed on Standard Chartered Kenya, Equity, Diamond Trust, Co-operative Bank,

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Saudi Crown Prince MbS ordered Khashoggi’s assassination, CIA concludes

CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince M. Bin Salman ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post reported late Friday.”In reaching its conclusions, the CIA examined multiple sources of intelligence, including a phone call that the prince’s brother Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, had with Khashoggi,

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Trump: China wants to make a deal

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that China recently sent a list of compromises to reach a trade agreement. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that further tariffs on Chinese goods may not be needed because “China wants to make a deal. “They sent a list of things that they’re willing to do,

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