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Three Secret Service officials, including the agency’s director of communications, have been placed on leave as an investigation into potential misconduct unfolds, a source familiar with the decision told CNN. The nature of the alleged…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala, an activist and philanthropist who has been detained in prison for almost a decade. Kavala was sentenced to life behind bars in 2022 for…
The national carrier Kenya Airways has announced wider half year net loss of Sh16.08 billion for the first six months of the current financial year. This meant that the carrier had seen its net loss increase by Sh3.9 billion from the net…
Dolly Parton, one of the music prolific and revered country singers of all time, has died aged 80. The singer’s nephew Brian Seaver announced the news on behalf of the…
In the heat of Kenya’s emerging 2027 political contest, combative language can easily be mistaken for political courage. But for some voters, particularly older residents, insults and personal attacks are less a sign of political strength…
The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum. “Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud – which is grounds for visa revocation,” US…
Swvl Holdings Corp. has agreed to raise $13 million from investors led by Coefficient LP, a U.S. investment firm backed by Egypt’s Sawiris family, as the mobility technology company expands into the U.S. market. Coefficient will invest $10…
Canada on Tuesday announced that it is imposing tariffs of up to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. imports, aiming to match the Trump administration’s recently announced import duties on Canadian imports. “Today, I’m announcing Canada will…
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC’s US news partner CBS has reported. John Ratcliffe arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday. Neither Washington or Moscow have…
Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate that new evidence had…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people during July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the…
A senior prison officer and his teenage daughter were killed in a road accident along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway at Konza in the early hours of Tuesday. The crash occurred at about 3.30am and involved a Beiben truck, registration number…
The construction of Narok Airport is set to be completed in the next two months, President William Ruto has announced. He said it is coming as a major boost for tourism in Narok County and across the country. Ruto said the airport will…
Nigerian agritech company ThriveAgric has raised 5.3 billion naira ($3.93 million) through its first commercial paper issuance, the company said on Tuesday. The Series 1 issuance was oversubscribed after investors placed orders above…
The State filed extradition proceedings against a 39-year-old Chinese national wanted by the Government of Uganda to face criminal charges arising from an alleged fraud involving UGX 4,533,379,400 (approximately Sh151 million). Chen Guang,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 26 – The 3rd edition of the Bad Shot Good Shot Golf Tournament delivered another unforgettable day at Royal Nairobi Golf Club, bringing together more than 150…
Moniepoint Inc. is reportedly shutting down MonieWorld, its UK remittance business, less than 18 months after launching the service, as the Nigerian fintech redirects resources toward its operations in Africa. The company said the decision…
Apple unveiled a new Mac mini powered by its M6 chip, positioning the compact desktop as a machine for running artificial-intelligence workloads locally as the company pushes more computing away from the cloud and onto consumer devices.…
Dolly Parton’s family has announced plans for a private service following the death of the country music icon at the age of 80. Parton died in Nashville on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Her representatives said the singer had requested that…
SUN Mobility, a global leader in battery swapping technology, in partnership with Vivo Energy, today launched its open-architecture battery swapping ecosystem in Kenya, establishing the country as the launchpad for its Africa-wide rollout.…
US President Donald Trump has mourned country music legend Dolly Parton following her death at the age of 80, describing her as one of the greatest country singers and a figure who transcended music. Parton died on Tuesday, August 25,…
Dolly Parton and her husband, Carl Dean, shared a marriage that lasted nearly six decades, but the couple never had children. Parton, the legendary country singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist, died at the age of 80 on August 25,…
Valentine Cake House has marked 25 years of baking, innovation and creating memories, celebrating a remarkable journey that has seen the Kenyan homegrown brand become part of millions of birthdays, graduations, baby showers, weddings and…
Dolly Parton was an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist who had an estimated net worth of $650 million at the time of her death. Parton died on August 25, 2026, at the age of 80, ending a career…
