Beyond falling bombs and lives gone silent: Hidden toll of war in Middle East as US, Israel and Iran trade fire
For 35-year-old Turkish sports coach Cem Demirok, the numbers on the scale have lost their significance. These days, it’s the explosive weight of the missiles Israel and Iran keep unveiling that occupy his thoughts. The deadly clash between the United States, Israel and Iran, which erupted at the end of...
Judiciary commemorates fallen Supreme Court of Kenya judge Mohammed Ibrahim in symbolic ‘Closing of File Proceedings’
Chief Justice Martha Koome described Justice Ibrahim as a legal giant whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of justice and truth. She said the fallen judge’s work helped shape Kenya’s constitutional culture and safeguard the freedoms enjoyed today.
Kenya’s Ministry of Environment recognises garbage pickers as ‘unsung heroes in waste management value chain’
The forum brought together stakeholders in the waste management sector including representatives from the Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs, Nairobi County, Waste Pickers Associations, and Producer Responsibility Organizations.
Understanding Iran’s new Ayatollah Mojtaba: ‘It’s humiliation for US to kill an 86-year-old man only to have him replaced by his hard-line son’
Mojtaba Khamenei has spent years building influence within Iran’s political and security apparatus. Palestinian political analyst Abdul Qader Hammad of Al-Aqsa University in Gaza noted his close ties to the IRGC, which bolster his credibility and make it possible to secure support from hard-line factions.
United Nations, National Treasury step up efforts to improve Kenya’s sovereign credit rating
Africatalyst Bureau Chief for East and Southern Africa Pratik Patel noted that negative credit ratings significantly affect a country’s ability to access affordable financing in international markets.
China reconfigures its technology around exports, investment and consumption as pistons of its economic engine
The country is now poised to place big bets on technology. In late February, Beijing’s Haidian District – known as China’s Silicon Valley – pledged over 9 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) for industrial innovation this year. Leading AI model firm Zhipu AI and chip designer Moore Threads have been early bets for the district government – prime examples of China’s strategy to back up hard tech for the long haul.
How one club is killing football in Kenya through match-fixing for unearned plaudits of ‘record this, record that…’
According to sources, the real reason there is quagmire in the Nairobi United vs Gor Mahia forfeited match ruling is the referee’s report that said the match did not end because of violence of any sort but rather “it was too dark to play.”
How can we infect humans with a bat coronavirus? New evidence suggests Covid was a pre-conceived ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Researchers proposed modifying viral spike proteins – the part that latches onto host cells – to test whether bat viruses could bind more tightly to human receptors. They also explored changes to the viruses’ cleavage sites, molecular switches that allow them to unlock and enter cells more efficiently.
US gives nod to sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel as war with Iran sucks in more Middle East states
The United States and Israel launched massive attacks on Iran on February 28, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, multiple senior military commanders and hundreds of civilians. Iran has responded with multiple waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and US assets across the region.