‘Betrayed’ Kenyan youth turn on President Ruto, who they enthusiastially voted for, burn parliament as police kill 10
At least five people were shot dead while treating the wounded, the Kenya Medical Association and other groups said in a joint statement. It said more than 30 people were wounded, at least 13 with live bullets. One person shot dead was wrapped in a Kenyan flag and carried away. Another lay on the sidewalk, their head in the gutter.
National Assembly set on fire, police shoot dead five protesters inside Kenyan parliament as security is beefed up at president’s residence
The rising civil disobedience in the East African nation has already elicited panic at home and abroad as President William Ruto’s two year old government is tested. Throughout the protests in major towns – even villages – and heated debate in parliament, the publicity savvy president remained unusually with his communication team not giving much away on his whereabouts.
Millions of young Kenyans defy government warning and hold protests against punitive taxes
Organisers have also called for a general strike against the finance bill, which aims to raise an additional $2.7 billion in taxes as part of an effort to tame public debt that ballooned over the past decade.
Amazon Files: Emails show Amazon caved in to pressure from White House to suppress books critical of vaccines
As pressures from the White House reverberated up Amazon’s corporate ladder, the head of the books team approved the adoption of a new policy to apply a “Do Not Promote” label to so-called anti-vaccination books.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in plea bargain with US government that sets him free from prison
The guilty plea, which must be approved by a judge, brings an abrupt conclusion to a criminal case of international intrigue and to the US government’s years-long pursuit of a publisher whose hugely popular secret-sharing website made him a cause célèbre among many press freedom advocates who said he acted as a journalist to expose US military wrongdoing. Investigators, by contrast, have repeatedly asserted that his actions broke laws meant to protect sensitive information and put the country’s national security at risk.
WikiLeaks founder, press freedom campaigner Julian Assange freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison in the UK on Monday before being bailed by the UK High Court and boarding a flight that afternoon, Wikileaks said in a statement posted on social media platform X.
Kenyan police off to Haiti on UN public order restoration mission as President Ruto faces withering criticism
A court case seeking to block the deployment is pending, but an initial ruling had called the deployment unconstitutional, citing the lack of a reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti.
