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Ancelotti’s tax trial wraps up in Spain with prosecutors seeking jail
"Mr. Ancelotti did not fully understand what he was signing," he added, asking the court to acquit the Real coach. The case could have been settled without going to trial but Spanish tax authorities wanted to submit Ancelotti to a "public humiliation...
Trump approval falls to 43%, lowest since returning to office, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
The three-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed approval of Trump's performance as president down 2 percentage points from a poll conducted March 21-23 and 4 points below the 47% approval he had shortly after taking office on January 20....
Lesotho hardest hit as new US tariffs rattle Africa
Other African countries hit with Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" above the new baseline rate of 10 percent include Madagascar (47 percent), Mauritius (40 percent), Botswana (37 percent), Equatorial Guinea (30 percent) and South Africa (30 percent)....
Gaza rescuers say 25 killed in Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter
Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the death toll had risen to 25, with more than 100 others wounded in the strike on Dar al-Arqam School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City.
YVONNE’S TAKE: Development by Executive goodies
it would seem that the successive administrations that were charged with implementing the Constitution are still stuck in the past. From the Uhuru Kenyatta administration to the present, we are witnessing what appears to be a hangover or an attempt t...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Jobs for loyalty
Murang’a Woman Representative Betty Njeri Maina made headlines after speaking in her county following a visit to State House.She implied that those who were not part of that delegation did not receive employment letters from the Teachers Service Comm...
BONYO'S BONE: Lead, not for awards or recognition
In recent months, elected leaders—MPs, Governors, and even MCAs—have been parading through swanky hotels in Nairobi, all in the name of being "recognized or receiving awards."The recognition? A flood of opinion polls, many of them with questionable s...
SAM’S SENSE: Garissa attack - Ten years on
I was there on the 2nd of April 2015 when terror reigned on over 600 students who had left their homes to the oasis of innovation as the motto of the university was and still is.On that night, the late General Joseph Nkaissery, the then Interior Cabi...
'Bad idea' for 2030 World Cup to have 64 teams, says UEFA
"It's maybe even more surprising for me than for you. I think it's a bad idea," Ceferin said."I think it's not a good idea for the World Cup itself and it's not a good idea for our qualifiers as well, as you know.
Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; heat and rains fuel disease risk
Last Friday's 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar's strongest in a century, jolted a region home to 28 million, toppling buildings such as hospitals, flattening communities and leaving many without food, water and shelter....
Uganda's Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis
Museveni was met at the airport by South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, whose administration has accused First Vice President Riek Machar of stoking rebellion and put him under house arrest.
