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Kenya’s Parliament Burns as Protesters Object to New Taxes
Read More NAIROBI, Kenya — Part of Kenya’s parliament building was burned Tuesday as thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades. Journalists saw at least three bodies outside the complex where police had opened fire, and medical workers reported five…
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Kenya’s Parliament Burns as Protesters Object to New Taxes
Read More NAIROBI, Kenya — Part of Kenya’s parliament building was burned Tuesday as thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades. Journalists saw at least three bodies outside the complex where police had opened fire, and medical workers reported five…
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Sabrina Elba Is Harnessing The Ancestors’ Greatest Tools To Upgrade Our Skin Care
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NYPD searching for man who sexually assaulted a woman sunbathing in Central Park
Read More The 21-year-old woman has been taken to a hospital The 21-year-old woman has been taken to a hospital
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Police in Kenya open fire on protesters as crowd seek to storm parliament
Read More A number of people have been killed and dozens more injured, according to witnesses, in deadly demonstrations over a controversial new tax bill A number of people have been killed and dozens more injured, according to witnesses, in deadly demonstrations over a controversial new tax bill
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EU centrist groups pave way for von der Leyen to return as commission president
Read More Deal between three pro-European blocks would make Estonian PM top diplomat and former Portuguese PM council president Ursula von der Leyen looks likely to clinch the nomination for a second term as European Commission president under a deal by EU leaders from the three pro-European political groups that sews up the bloc’s top…
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NJ boy dies after being found ‘unresponsive’ in shallow pool at summer day camp
Read More Liberty Lake Day Camp has been attended by more than 1,000 campers each summer since 2006 Liberty Lake Day Camp has been attended by more than 1,000 campers each summer since 2006
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Kenya’s tax proposals that have triggered protests
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The Age of Holy War & Poetics of Solidarity – (Part 2)
Read More NEW YORK, Jun 25 (IPS) – In Part 1, I outlined how our shared existence is challenged not only by simultaneous crisis, but also by the notions – and realities – of perceived ‘holy wars’. I point out that ‘holy wars’ are not only perceptions within, or of, monotheistic faith traditions, but actually…
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A teen was found dead on a rural road in 1994. Now, cops plan to exhume her body in hunt for possible serial killer
Read More ‘If this person did this 30 years ago and can still sleep at night, they can do it again,’ an investigator in Kathryn “Kathy” Menendez’s killing said ‘If this person did this 30 years ago and can still sleep at night, they can do it again,’ an investigator in Kathryn “Kathy” Menendez’s killing…
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Russia retaliates against EU’s latest media ban
Read More Access to more than 80 news outlets will be restricted in the country, the foreign ministry has said Russia is restricting access to more than 80 EU media outlets on its territory that have been involved in spreading disinformation about the Ukraine conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to a…
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Germanys Climate Envoy Talks Partnerships with SIDS; Urges G20 Nations to Step Up Emissions Reductions
Read More ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, Jun 25 (IPS) – Germany’s State Secretary and Special Envoy on International Climate Action, Jennifer Morgan, has emphasized the need for urgent climate action and called on G20 nations to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full story, “Germanys Climate Envoy Talks Partnerships with SIDS; Urges G20…
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“World is not watching” as famine risk looms in Sudan, agency says
Read MoreAn aid agency issued a “crisis alert” over war-torn Sudan, calling out the international community for its failure to address the civil war.An aid agency issued a “crisis alert” over war-torn Sudan, calling out the international community for its failure to address the civil war.
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Tesla recalls majority of Cybertrucks for fourth time
Read More Windshield wiper and trunk bed trim problems cause more delays in the truck’s promised mass launch Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Tesla has now issued four recalls for its…
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US Surgeon General declares gun crime in US a national emergency
Read More Just this weekend, mass shootings left dozens dead or wounded at a party in Alabama, an entertainment district in Ohio and a grocery store in Arkansas Just this weekend, mass shootings left dozens dead or wounded at a party in Alabama, an entertainment district in Ohio and a grocery store in Arkansas
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Reactions to Julian Assange plea deal differ across the US political divide
Read More Leftist film-maker Michael Moore applauds deal while Mike Pence says it ‘dishonors’ US military members Reaction to the news that Julian Assange had agreed to plead guilty to a single charge under the Espionage Act in order to go free came from various sides of the US political aisle on Tuesday. James Clapper,…
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Julian Assange freed: What we know so far
Read More The WikiLeaks publisher has been released from Belmarsh prison in London as part of a plea deal with the US WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been freed from Belmarsh maximum security prison in the UK after spending the last five years fighting extradition to the US. On Monday, the 52-year-old publisher reportedly agreed…
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Karen Read’s murder trial nears end as jury is set to determine if she killed he police officer boyfriend
Read More Karen Read, 44, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the January 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, 46 Karen Read, 44, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the January 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, 46
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Louisiana families sue over Ten Commandments law
Read MoreGroup including rabbis and pastors argue Ten Commandments law is a violation of the US constitution.Group including rabbis and pastors argue Ten Commandments law is a violation of the US constitution.
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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians at ‘risk of famine’
Read More Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face the most severe level of food insecurity, a global hunger monitor has warned Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face the most severe level of food insecurity, a global hunger monitor has warned
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Before There Was Caitlin Clark, There Was Jimmer Fredette
Read More If you missed out on, or have since forgotten about, what was known as “Jimmermania,” or “Jim-Sanity”—that period of time in 2011 when Brigham Young University (BYU) guard Jimmer Fredette took over college basketball, much like Catilin Clark did this season—let’s revisit that era for a moment. Even in a pre-Instagram and pre-TikTok…
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Prosecutors release new photos of ‘highly guarded secrets’ in messy boxes at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Read More ‘Classified’ documents were shoved in boxes with old shirts and next to crates of Diet Coke, special counsel says ‘Classified’ documents were shoved in boxes with old shirts and next to crates of Diet Coke, special counsel says
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Israel’s Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted after prior exemption
Read MoreIsrael’s Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into the military. Most Jewish Israeli men and women are required to serve in the armed forces starting at the age of 18 for two to three years, but the ultra-Orthodox community was previously exempt from the rule.Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox men…
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Ultra-Orthodox students must be drafted, Israel court rules
Read MoreUntil now there had been exemptions for men registered in full-time Jewish religious study.Until now there had been exemptions for men registered in full-time Jewish religious study.
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Enraged gamer flew from New Jersey to Florida to attack rival with hammer after online argument, cops say
Read More After meeting over a fantasy-based online game, the pair got into an online dispute that escalated into a real-life hammer attack After meeting over a fantasy-based online game, the pair got into an online dispute that escalated into a real-life hammer attack
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Driver arrested as police at scene of car crash find dead body in the back of her car
Read More The 35-year-old woman was found in the back seat – but police don’t think her death was caused by the accident The 35-year-old woman was found in the back seat – but police don’t think her death was caused by the accident
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I Am: Celine Dion Is the Opposite of a Vanity Project
Read More In one of I Am: Celine Dion’s many philosophizing monologues, the eponymous global singing icon compares herself to an apple tree. In the past, Dion explains, she gave people apples—“the best, and I shine them”—a metaphor for the talents she has shared with her massive global audience. But now, “my branches are starting…
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Deadly clashes in Nairobi as Kenyans vent rage over proposed tax hikes
Read MoreA paramedic in Kenya’s capital told the Reuters news agency that at least 10 people were fatally shot as police opened fire on protesters furious over proposed tax increases.A paramedic in Kenya’s capital told the Reuters news agency that at least 10 people were fatally shot as police opened fire on protesters furious over…
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New York, Colorado and Utah hold closely watched primaries with Jamaal Bowman’s seat at risk – live
Read More Races could determine ideological bent of next Congress as voters decide fates of far-right and progressive lawmakers Good morning, US politics blog readers. Today is primary day in New York, Colorado and Utah, where voters will cast ballots in races that could help determine the ideological bent of the next Congress. The outcomes…
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Trump advisers prepared a Ukraine ‘peace plan’ – Reuters
Read More Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that any proposals should take into account the “real state of affairs on the ground” Two key advisers to Donald Trump have drawn up a peace plan for Ukraine, should the former president be reelected this November, Reuters reports, citing an aide to the Republican frontrunner. The…
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Hezbollah’s threat caught Cyprus off guard, what are the issues at stake?
Read MoreHezbollah has several concerns about Cyprus, analysts say, and can ‘attack’ it in more ways than one.Hezbollah has several concerns about Cyprus, analysts say, and can ‘attack’ it in more ways than one.
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Top European court finds Russia guilty of rights violations in Crimea
Read MoreUkraine wins its first interstate case against Russia over systematic violations of rights on its occupied peninsula.Ukraine wins its first interstate case against Russia over systematic violations of rights on its occupied peninsula.
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Footage shows moment deadly factory S Korea fire breaks out
Read MoreTwenty-three people died after lithium batteries exploded in a South Korea factory.Twenty-three people died after lithium batteries exploded in a South Korea factory.
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Reports of live fire as Kenyan police crack down on tax bill protests
Read MoreRallies and strikes have been held across the country as government plans to raise taxes.Rallies and strikes have been held across the country as government plans to raise taxes.
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Assange ‘will always be in danger’ – ex-UK envoy to RT
Read More Even as a free man, the WikiLeaks co-founder should be wary of the CIA after exposing US secrets, Craig Murray has said WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is likely to carry a target on his back for many years to come, Craig Murray, a human rights activist and former British ambassador to Uzbekistan has…