KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities reported Saturday, while civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. The northern Sumy region, which borders Russia, was plunged into […]
Amid increasing calls from fellow Democrats to end his campaign for re-election, U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday gave no hint that he was considering stepping aside after a pair of defiant public appearances a day earlier. Biden, 81, is facing a slow-boil uprising from congressional Democrats and some influential […]
DUBAI, July 6 (Reuters) – Iran’s president-elect, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival to win election but who will likely be constrained in how much change he can effect, urged Iranians on Saturday to stick with him on “the difficult road ahead”. Masoud Pezeshkian, the sole moderate in the original […]
Summary England win 5-3 on penalties after 1-1 draw Pickford saves from Akanji Alexander-Arnold converts winning penalty DUESSELDORF, Germany, July 6 (Reuters) – England reached their third semi-final in four tournaments when Trent Alexander-Arnold slammed home the decisive kick to give them an emotional shootout victory over Switzerland after the […]
DUBAI/CAIRO, July 6 (Reuters) – Hamas has accepted a U.S. proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source told Reuters on Saturday. The militant Islamist group has dropped a […]
Angry residents lynched three suspected human traffickers on Friday, 6 July, over alleged involvement in child trafficking in Butere sub-county, Kakamega County. The three were part of a group of nine suspects attacked by the mob. At Butere sub-county hospital, six human trafficking suspects are recuperating from serious head injuries […]
President William Ruto has appointed Emmanuel Kombe Nzai as the Chairperson of the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Board, a move seen as a bold attempt to jumpstart the faltering national development blueprint. Nzai’s appointment, effective from July 5, was announced in a gazette notice on Friday, July 6, and marks […]
Investors in State securities have turned their backs on bonds in favour of short-term Treasury bills amid lack of clarity on domestic borrowing target for the new financial year. Investors bid Sh487.5 million on the tap sale of a re-opened two-year paper this week against a target of Sh20 billion […]
President William Ruto on Friday, June 7 announced new measures to tame government expenditure and address concerns raised by the government over opulence among state officers. As part of the austerity measures, Ruto announced the state officers would be barred from participating in Harambees. The Attorney General was directed to […]
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Thursday directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) chairperson Anthony Muchiri to freeze the employment of staff in government jobs. In a notice to the PSC boss, CS Kuria attributed the move to the austerity measures recommended by the National Treasury following the withdrawal […]