Indian teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest undisputed world chess champion Thursday after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore. The 18-year-old Gukesh burst into tears, burying his face in both hands, after…

Rasmus Hojlund fired Manchester United to a 2-1 win at Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday, while Chelsea beat Astana 3-1 in the Europa Conference League. Ruben Amorim’s United side came from behind to best the Czech side…

Out of 36 976 people tested for HIV in the Oshikoto region between 1 January and 31 October this year, 449 tested positive. This was revealed by health expert Saara Uushona during the marking of World AIDS Day in Windhoek…

Former minister of justice Sacky Shanghala, who has been detained since 2019, on Thursday labelled the charges against him as laughable, nonsensical, rubbish and devoid of sense in law. Shanghala was responding to a charge put by deputy prosecutor general…

President Hage Geingob started talking to his wife about about football a few hours after he was informed by his doctors that his health had worsened. “We were talking about Liverpool and soccer. And eventually he says to me, ‘What…

Businessman Shapwa Kanyama says he will donate the money awarded to him in a defamation case against a retired nurse to victims of cyberbullying. Kanyama, a key beneficiary of health tenders, won a Windhoek High Court case against retired nurse…

Zambezi regional police are yet to re-arrest 10 of the 13 trial-awaiting inmates that escaped from the Menias Brian Libuto police station. This is after the inmates overpowered the police on Sunday. Three inmates were immediately re-arrested, comprising one Namibian…

The Namibia Meteorological Service forecasts a sharp rise in temperatures, reaching between 38 and 40˚C over the next two days. Rainfall is expected to follow this period of intense heat. The rising temperatures are part of the heat wave that…

A 33-year-old man died after allegedly consuming a chemical substance at a farm near Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region on Saturday. Regional police crime investigations coordinator, deputy commissioner Titus Ekandjo, said on Thursday that the incident occurred on Saturday night.…

Kwaito star David Shikalepo, popularly known as Exit, announced in a press statement on Thursday that his upcoming extended play (EP) record scheduled to be released on 25 December will be delayed due to unforeseen production issues. “We sincerely appreciate…

Plea proceedings in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering trial have resumed after a year-long interruption. The taking of pleas on the 42 charges faced by the 10 individuals accused in the Fishrot case and two companies, 12 close corporations…

“She suffered a horrific death.” Judge Dinnah Usiku made this remark when she sentenced a man who raped his girlfriend and stoned her to death four years ago to an effective period of 41 years’ imprisonment yesterday. “It is no…