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Markus Persson, widely known as Notch, is a Swedish video game developer and entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion. He built his fortune by creating Minecraft, a sandbox video game that became one of the most successful…
A civil servant attached to the Office of the Deputy President’s Communication Department was robbed of equipment valued at approximately Sh3.7 million in Nyayo Highrise Estate, Nairobi. The victim reported that two young men confronted…
A man lost Sh1,377,277 in cash after an unknown suspect allegedly stole a briefcase from his vehicle at a petrol station in Karen, Nairobi. The victim, an employee of Karen Ocean Wide Ltd, reported the incident on Wednesday, October 28,…
A police officer died while nine others sustained injuries after a police vehicle rolled several times along the Meru-Nanyuki Road in Kalalu area, Buuri West, Meru County. The accident occurred at around 4:20pm on October 28, 2026,…
Two men were shot dead in a suspected cross-border attack by armed men believed to be from Ethiopia’s Nyangatom community in Kibish, Turkana County. This was the second such attack in the area in two days. The incident occurred at Kalata…
Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two unidentified men whose bodies were discovered at Makara area along the Isibania-Migori Road, Migori County. The two men were found dead on October 27, 2026, with visible head injuries…
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who landed in Miami after losing the presidential election on Sunday, has said it was never his intention to “leave my homeland”. “I did not flee Brazil; I left for the sake of Brazil,” he said in his…
Technology giant Microsoft said its profits for the three months to the end of September jumped to more than $36.6bn (£27.5bn), just days after announcing plans to cut its workforce by more than a quarter. On Monday, the Windows developer…
A 16-year-old boy has been found dead inside an abandoned gold mine shaft in the Emureko gold mining area of Butere Sub-County, Kakamega County. The deceased was discovered at around 10am on Tuesday, before police visited the scene after…
A National Police Reservist (NPR) officer was shot dead by unknown assailants in Loiyangalani, Marsabit County, in an attack that also involved another passenger whose whereabouts remain unknown. The deceased, identified as 38-year-old…
Two conservative activists who filmed a stunt undercover at a Minnesota polling site have been charged with unlawful voting and identity theft, prosecutors said. James Edward O’Keefe and Cam Higby are accused of trying to sow doubt in the…
Elon Musk is a “real genius”, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday after revealing the two are in “close” contact about satellite technology. The remarks came during the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, during which Putin…
US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta has died at the age of 96, her family has announced. Huerta campaigned alongside fellow labour leader Cesar Chavez for farm workers’ rights in the 1960s and 1970s, founding the United Farm Workers…
The Environment and Land Court in Thika has halted the planned construction of an affordable housing project on a 58-acre parcel of land in Githunguri, Kiambu County, pending the hearing and determination of a petition challenging the…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says the government is honouring the dreams and hopes of Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki through implementation of an all-inclusive transformational agenda without retrogressive politics. The DP said…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has challenged the opposition to spend more time developing sellable agenda instead of competing with each other on who can come up with nicknames and insults for him and President William Ruto. Prof.…
The government and university lecturers have reached a verbal agreement worth Sh20 billion to end a four-week strike that has disrupted learning in public universities across the country. University Academic Staff Union (UASU)…
President William Ruto has announced that the Raila Odinga International Stadium at Talanta Sports City will be officially inaugurated on January 5, 2027, with a landmark football match between German giants Bayern Munich and Dutch…
Two trains have collided in Spain just south of the capital Madrid on Wednesday morning. Rail operator Adif says the incident occurred between a Renfe train and another of the Iryo company, which covers the Madrid to Seville route. So far…
All 24 matches in the Spanish Copa del Rey due to take place on Wednesday have been suspended as a mark of respect after more than 30 people were killed in a train crash near Madrid. More than 500 passengers were travelling on the trains…
The Judiciary has begun preparations for the 2027 General Election, with Chief Justice Martha Koome announcing plans to train more than 400 judges and judicial officers to strengthen the resolution of electoral disputes. The training…
Tanzania has announced a significant discovery of natural gas in the Mnazi Bay area in the south of the country – the first such find in a decade. Energy Minister Juma Homera attended a ceremony at the Kasa-1X ST2 well, which is jointly…
A human rights organisation has moved to the High Court in Nairobi seeking orders compelling security agencies to produce Tanzanian opposition activist Twaha Mwaipaya, who was allegedly abducted by armed men in Kamulu, Machakos County.…
A petition has been filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court seeking to suspend the ongoing recruitment process at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), accusing the institution of violating constitutional and statutory…
