Polling stations opened across England early today for a host of crunch local elections likely to ratchet up the pressure on embattled Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The polls — a mix of council, mayoral and other local contests as well as a parliamentary by-election — are the last major ballot box test before a […]
•A girl and a boy carry a piece of furniture after visiting their house that was destroyed by floods The number of people who have lost their lives in floods in Kenya has risen to 188, the interior ministry said today, as the country continues to battle heavy rains. Many parts of the East […]
•Trump and Biden Former US President Donald Trump took advantage of a break in his hush money trial to hold a major campaign rally Wednesday — blaming his legal troubles and America’s ills on his election rival, President Joe Biden. The former Republican president, who is again running for the White House, addressed a crowd […]
•Daniel Anjorin A 14-year-old boy who lost his life on Tuesday after a man wielding a sword stabbed the youth, two police officers and two other people in a street attack in east London has been identified as Daniel Anjorin. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Anjorin attended Bancroft’s, the same […]
African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has estimated that the passengers carried by African airlines reached 85 million representing 89 percent of the pre-covid 2019 level in 2023. The AFRAA Secretary General Adulrahmane Berthe dropped this hint while speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the just concluded African Aviation MRO Conference wit...
•Binance Founder, Changpeng Zhao The founder of cryptocurrency firm, Binance, was sentenced to four months in US prison yesterday after pleading guilty to money laundering charges, in the most high-profile crypto case since Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed. Changpeng Zhao, a Canadian, resigned from his post at the world’s largest cryptocurrency ex...
•Trump The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined the former president yesterday for defying a gag order and warned that further violations could see him thrown in jail. Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment made to porn star […]...
•Police officers at the crime scene today A 14-year-old boy died today after a man wielding a sword stabbed the youth, two police officers, and two other people, in a street attack in east London, police said. The man used what appeared to be a Samurai-type sword in the Hainault district shortly before 7:00 am […]
•Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said today, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme. The figures come days after the plan aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of par...
•Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting today to discuss measures to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people and displaced 185,000 others since March, his office said. Heavier than usual monsoon rains, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern, have devastated the East African country, turning roa...