Four people rescued alive from rubble of collapsed building in Kenya’s capital
Mathare was inundated with floodwater this month when the Mathare River, which runs through it, burst its banks after heavy rains, killing dozens and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.
Trump-inspired violent rhetoric against judges tests legitimacy of American judiciary independence
Even when Trump himself does not single out judges for criticism, supporters often threaten and harass judges who rule against the former president’s interests.
Arsenal vs Man City: How apprentice Arteta became master Guardiola’s rival, then ‘conspired’ against EPL’s ‘Big Six’
When a team is unable to inflict direct damage on their rivals, it severely limits their chances of winning the league. By going unbeaten in the ‘Big Six’ mini-league, taking four points from six against City in the process, Arsenal broadened the margin for error ever so slightly.
Nigeria labour unions turn the heat on Tinubu administration over higher electricity prices
Protesting workers said they are frustrated that Nigeria’s chronically erratic power supply has not improved despite the higher prices.
Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a potentially even larger catastrophe looms in Gaza
All across Gaza, Palestinians in recent days have been loading up cars and donkey carts or setting out on foot to already overcrowded tent camps as Israel expands its offensive. The images from several rounds of mass evacuations throughout the seven-month war are strikingly similar to black-and-white photographs from 1948.
Star witness Michael Cohen testifies that Trump was intimately involved in hush money scheme
The testimony of a witness with such intimate knowledge of Trump’s activities could heighten the legal exposure of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee if jurors deem him sufficiently credible.
Melinda Gates to walk away with $12.5 billion for own charity work as she exits Gates Foundation
With her departure as co-chair, the foundation will change its name to Gates Foundation and Bill Gates will be its sole chairperson, said CEO Mark Suzman.
Somalia’s letter to Security Council calls for termination of UN political mission in Mogadishu
The current mandate of the mission, known as UNSOM, expires October 31 and Fiqi asked for “the swift conclusion of the necessary procedures for the termination of the mission by the end of the mandate.”
Sudan Witness: Fire used as weapon in military and paramilitary war burnt down 72 villages and towns
Sudan Witness, an open-source project run by the nonprofit Centre for Information Resilience, said 72 villages and settlements were either destroyed or damaged by fires last month, bringing the total number of settlements hit by fire in Sudan to 201 since the conflict began in mid-April of last year.
Japan military faces sexual harassment crisis as women give defence forces a wide berth
After ex-soldier Rina Gonoi went public with allegations of sexual assault in 2022, the defence ministry conducted a survey that year that uncovered more than 170 alleged sexual harassment incidents in the SDF. Another alleged victim was an Okinawa-based servicewoman who accused a senior of making lewd remarks toward her in 2013. She was then publicly named in harassment training materials distributed to her colleagues in 2014, she said. The alleged perpetrator was not identified in the materials.
