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Jubilee Party has dismissed the reported departure of several of its members in Nairobi, saying those presenting themselves as defectors had already been suspended over alleged misconduct and interference with party affairs. In a statement…
A federal judge in Minnesota will probe this week whether grounds exist to toss the Justice Department’s case against journalist Don Lemon. It’s the latest example of judges’ growing skepticism of whether the department is behaving…
The Open Championship is golf’s oldest major and one of the sport’s most respected events. First played in 1860, it is held on some of the best links courses across Britain and Northern Ireland. The 154th edition returns to Royal Birkdale,…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived back in the UK, BBC News understands. Prince Harry, Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet are believed to have flown into the country privately from California, and landed in Birmingham…
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe has met Russia’s intelligence services during his visit to Moscow, the Kremlin has said. Ratcliffe travelled to the Russian capital on Tuesday in a rare and unannounced…
The government is speeding up completion of County Aggregation and Industrial Parks which are set to be catalysts for the nation’s industrialization, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has affirmed. The CAIPs are coming up in most counties…
Voters in South Carolina have chosen Darline Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, as the Republican candidate to contest his US Senate seat in November. Graham’s bid received strong backing from President Donald Trump, who…
Four missing people have been found dead on South Korean holiday island Jeju, as local police face mounting public criticism for allegedly mishandling missing persons cases. Reports emerged last week that authorities were launching a…
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany’s busiest airport on a plane, according to…
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a…
A French court has for the first time recognised cosmic radiation as a factor in the breast cancer of a long-serving flight attendant. Sophie Lainault, a 59 year-old former stewardess on Air France, sought to have her cancer recognised as…
Julia Görges is a German former professional tennis player born on 2 November 1988 in Bad Oldesloe, Germany. Known for her powerful serve and aggressive baseline game, she preferred hard and grass courts, with the Australian Open among her…
Andrea Pereira Cejudo is a Spanish professional footballer born on 19 September 1993 in Barcelona, Spain. She has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since her teenage years, a condition she has managed while maintaining an elite-level…
Rainer Schüttler is a German former professional tennis player born on 25 April 1976 in Korbach, West Germany. He turned professional in 1995 and competed on the ATP Tour until his retirement in 2012. Known for his baseline game, fighting…
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm was a prominent German tennis player and aristocrat, widely known as the Tennis Baron. Born on 7 July 1909 at Schloss Nettlingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, he belonged to the…
Anke Huber is a retired German professional tennis player born on 4 December 1974 in Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, then part of West Germany. She turned professional in 1989 at a young age and competed on the WTA Tour until her retirement…
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former professional German tennis player born on 11 December 1963 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She turned professional in 1980 and retired in the mid-1990s after a successful career on the WTA Tour. Kohde-Kilsch…
At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire on a hospital ward in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. The fire broke out on the third floor of the mother and child unit of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital, one of the…
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation is considering proposed minimum fares for ride-hailing services, with Uber, Bolt and Faras warning that price controls could increase transport costs…
Members of the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education have raised concerns over stalled infrastructure projects at Kagumo Teachers’ Training College in Nyeri County. The committee questioned why a…
Former Deputy President and Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has raised concerns over the procurement of Kenya’s Integrated Election Management System (IEMS), alleging that the tender process has been designed to…
Former Deputy President and Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has raised concerns over what he described as the targeted harassment, arbitrary arrests and seizure of property belonging to small-scale liquefied…
Kenya’s digital economy is no longer an aspiration but a measurable force, and the numbers behind that claim are worth stating plainly. According to the Communications Authority Q3 2025/26 sector statistics, mobile money penetration now…
Kenya women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers, launched their title defence with a deserved win against Zambia 3-0(25-14,25-9,25-11) as the 2026 CAVB Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship got underway at Kasarani indoor arena in…
