Kenyan and Ethiopian fortune hunters perish in collapsed goldmine in northern Kenya
Marsabit County Police Commander Patrick Mwakio said the miners died on the spot after the debris covered them. No other miners have been found and it was not clear if anyone else was missing in the collapse.
Black Lives Matter: Four years after George Floyd murder, US police reforms drag on in Congress
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was initially introduced in 2021 to stop aggressive law enforcement tactics, misconduct and racial bias, has faced repeated roadblocks in Congress and has yet to move forward.
South Dakota bans pronouns, ethnic tags by universities as it grapples with violent history of conflict with tribes
Policies targeting gender pronoun use have focused mainly on K-12 students, although some small religious colleges have also restricted pronoun use. Houghton University in western New York fired two dorm directors last year after they refused to remove gender pronouns from their work email signatures.
Papua New Guinea landslide buries more than 300 and nearly 1,200 houses – media reports
The landslide has blocked highway access, making helicopters the only way to reach the area, the broadcaster reported. Social media footage posted by villager Ninga Role showed people clambering over rocks, uprooted trees and mounds of dirt searching for survivors. Women could be heard weeping in the background.
Trump’s allegations that agents in classified documents probe plotted to assassinate him irks prosecutors
Prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in court papers late on Friday that Trump’s statements falsely suggesting that federal agents “were complicit in a plot to assassinate him” expose law enforcement – some of whom prosecutors noted will be called as witnesses at his trial – “to the risk of threats, violence, and harassment.”
Sudan’s descent into chaos provides fertile ground for al-Qaeda gestation, spread terror
Sudan’s civil strife predates the current fighting by decades. It ignited in 1989 when al-Bashir seized power, aligning the nation with radical Islamist ideologies. He imposed Sharia law and in 1991 sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Under al-Bashir’s regime, bin Laden established training camps and expanded al-Qaeda’s financial network, laying the groundwork for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Uncertainty hangs over ruling ANC party as South Africans get ready to vote next week
The vote occurs in the lower house of Parliament, known as the National Assembly, and it needs at least 201 votes from its 400 lawmakers to elect a president. The ANC has always had a majority in Parliament since 1994 and so the president has always been from the ANC.
How science and religion are finally co-existing as faith and work complement each other
Sociologist Christopher Scheitle surveyed atheism’ more than 1,300 graduate students about their experiences and their attitudes to religion. He found that many religious people studying science struggle to be open about their faith, reporting a culture of ‘assumed that often led them to conceal their religion for fear of being judged or discriminated against.
Palestinians doubt World Court ruling will end their plight in Gaza as Israel intensified attacks
Hamas fighters killed some 1,200 people in Israel in the October 7 attack and abducted around 250 more, according to Israeli tallies. Gaza health authorities say more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli retaliatory offensive which has laid waste to much of the enclave.
