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Waylon Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter and musician who had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time of his death in 2002. He became one of the defining figures of the outlaw country movement, a style that…
Merle Haggard had an estimated net worth of $5 million at the time of his death in 2016. The American country singer, songwriter and musician built his fortune through a career that spanned more than five decades and produced dozens of…
Willie Nelson has an estimated net worth of $20 million. The American country music singer, songwriter, actor, author and activist has built his fortune through a career spanning more than six decades. Nelson is one of the most…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, September 27, 2026, and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to multiple Israeli media reports. The visit was first…
Aleksandar Vučić formally submitted his resignation as President of Serbia on Sunday, September 27, 2026, during a public address. He announced the decision during an interview with Radio Television of Serbia, stating he would submit his…
Expansion of the Mzima Springs water project in Taita-Taveta County will commence this year, President William Ruto has announced. He said the Government will mobilise Sh30 billion for the project to tackle perennial water shortages in the…
Former Justice Minister and People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has announced the death of her father, Mwalimu Jackson Karua. In a statement issued on Sunday, Karua said she had travelled to Kirinyaga earlier in the day to…
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has stepped up his criticism of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta over his recent claim that the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential election. Speaking during a Sunday…
President Donald Trump appeared to intensify his irritation with GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Saturday evening after reposting a series of social media attacks on the congresswoman who made waves last week for breaking with him on his…
Four people have died after a helicopter crashed in a small town 50km (31 miles) from Montreal, Quebec’s provincial police have told the BBC. Emergency services were called to Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville shortly after 14:30 local time…
Formula 1 racing took centre stage at the 54th Africa Concours d’Elegance on Sunday as SportPesa unveiled a full-scale replica of the 2019 Racing Point Formula 1 car at the Concours d’Elegance, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the…
Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US have found themselves in the path of a powerful weekend storm bringing coastal flooding, power cuts, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events. The so-called nor’easter brought…
UK police arrested five men close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses. Army bomb disposal units are at the scene while dozens of houses nearby have been evacuated as…
Two veteran FBI agents overseeing counterterrorism operations in the nation’s capital have been removed from their jobs and reassigned over the handling of an investigation involving Katie Miller, the conservative podcaster and wife of…
Twenty-seven people have been killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, the latest gun violence to hit the country. Seventeen people were killed when eight gunmen stormed a bar close to Johannesburg on Saturday evening,…
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier was found dead with his throat slit at an operation base in Marsabit County in an incident being investigated as a suspected murder or suicide. The deceased was identified as Corporal Kelvin Thuku. The…
Police in Trans Nzoia County are investigating an armed robbery in which a woman and her friend were allegedly robbed of Sh1.7 million shortly after withdrawing the money from two banks in Kitale. The incident occurred on September 25,…
A 41-year-old man died in a suspected electrocution incident at his home in Embakasi, Nairobi, early Sunday morning. The deceased, identified as Jones Muinde Areba, was found lying unconscious on the floor of his house, near an electrical…
A seven-year-old boy drowned while swimming at a hotel swimming pool in Milimani, Kisumu County. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at Milsview Hotel, where the boy had gone swimming with other children. Police said the…
Three men died after they were subjected to mob justice following a robbery incident in Ombeyi, Kisumu County, on Friday. The incident occurred at around 3pm in Wanjare Village, Obumba Sub-Location, within Ombeyi Location, as a group…
Africa’s Fastest Man Ferdinand Omanyala returned to his former school, Friends School Kamusinga, on Friday, 26 September, to launch the Omanyala Sprints Club as he seeks to nurture the next generation of Kenyan sprinting talent. The launch…
Kenyan TikTok personality Patrick Mbacio, popularly known as “The Patrick The Truth,” has died at his home, with news of his death emerging on Saturday evening, September 26, 2026. He died in his house in Nakuru, police said. Mbacio’s body…
A security guard was found murdered at a business premises in Kakamega town early Saturday morning in what police suspect was an attempted robbery. The deceased, identified as Boniface Kweyu, 37, was an employee of Demo Security Company…
A 19-year-old student at Katine Technical Training College was found dead in a dam in Katine Village, Matungulu Sub-County, Machakos County. The deceased, identified as Brian Makau Kyulu, was reported missing after leaving home for school…
