Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv as Blinken arrives
Sunday’s explosion in Tel Aviv came about an hour after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv to push for a ceasefire in Gaza to end the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas.
Kenya Airways makes first half-year profit in 10 years as optimistic CEO predicts strong rebound
Chief Executive Allan Kilavuka told a briefing the company was seeking to finalise negotiations with a strategic equity investor, without giving details. One of Africa’s three biggest airlines, Kenya Airways slid into insolvency in 2018 after an expansion drive left it with hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.
Arsenal poised to be declared EPL champions as Man City braces hefty fines and life in lower league
If Man City are found guilty, it adds, potential punishments include a huge fine, points deduction, transfer ban and expulsion from the Premier League. This case has dragged on longer than most would have anticipated, but it is a complicated situation and a further spanner was thrown into the works earlier this year. This came as they launched an unprecedented legal battle against the Premier League as they are pushing for the removal of Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules.
Local media report Kenya plans to reintroduce some tax measures to raise $1.2 billion
The tax proposals to be brought back include an eco-levy on most goods, Finance Minister John Mbadi told the private TV station, adding that sensitive products like sanitary pads would be exempted from the levy.
No longer at ease: For Black Britons, UK riots leave lasting scars in psyches of targets
“Please do not go out until this blows over,” Sarah Akinterinwa, messaged a friend on August 7. “I’m going into town tomorrow. Should be okay,” came the response. “Alone?” she asked. The messages from Akinterinwa, an illustrator and writer from London, are typical of the concern that spread among Black...
Scramble for numbers in Europe’s hospitality industry ushers in new concerns of ‘overtourism’
Anyone paying attention during this summer of “overtourism” is familiar with the escalating consequences around the world: traffic jams in paradise. Reports of hospitality workers living in tents. And “anti-tourism” protests intended to shame visitors as they dine – or, as in Barcelona in July, douse them with water pistols.
Dazed Trump plans to barnstorm battleground states to steal focus from National Democratic Convention
The outbursts have alarmed allies, who worry Trump is damaging his chance in what they believe is an eminently winnable race. Privately and publicly, they have urged him to focus on policy instead of personality, and to do more to broaden his appeal with swing voters as they grow more nervous about Harris’ competitiveness.
Confident VP Harris implies Trump a ‘coward’ during campaign in battlegrounds states
VP Kamala Harris, who is Black and has Asian heritage, will be the first woman president if she wins in November. She said that she was nearly done writing the speech she will deliver when she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.
