Kenyans sweep women’s podium at New York City Marathon as men are outrun by Dutchman
On the women’s side, Shila Chepkirui ran a technical, flawless race, hanging in with the lead pack from the start and denying defending champion Hellen Obiri in a gritty final mile to collect her first major title.
Cooling inflation tempts Federal Reserve to lower interest rates as unemployment also drops
The central bank is lowering rates as part of what Powell has called “a recalibration” to a lower-inflation environment. When inflation spiked to a four-decade high of 9.1 per cent in June 2022, the Fed proceeded to raise rates 11 times – ultimately sending its key rate to about 5.3 per cent, also the highest in four decades.
Unkind governance: Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis is a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system
Out of Nigeria’s roughly 34,000 primary healthcare centres, only 20 per cent are believed to be fully functional. The vast majority of PHC’s are dilapidated, understaffed and lack essential drugs – especially in the north.
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack
The supreme leader did not elaborate on the timing of the threatened attack, nor the scope. The US military operates on bases throughout the Middle East, with some troops now manning a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence or THAAD, battery in Israel.
New poll: Women propel Harris to the top Iowa state Trump won easily in past two elections
Donald Trump campaign released a memo from its chief pollster and its chief data consultant calling the Des Moines Register poll “a clear outlier,” and saying that an Emerson College poll – also released Saturday – more closely reflected the state of the Iowa electorate.
Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia
The opening of a training facility in Mogadishu has increased Turkey’s strategic depth in the Horn of Africa, projecting the country towards both sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. And the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has shown Turkish defence arrangements have become a factor in local dynamics.
How world’s richest man Elon Musk became US’ top security risk, tests role of money in US politics
Over the summer, America PAC struggled to reach its voter contact goals. Musk brought in a new team of political consultants, Generra Peck and Phil Cox, who worked on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ’ losing Republican presidential primary bid.
Trump stirs panic: Washington state activates National Guard in case of election violence
Early voting is available to those in Washington and more than two million have already cast their ballots, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Elon Musk’s US citizenship hangs in balance after 1,300 posts on X about immigration and voter fraud, bribing voters
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell Law School and faculty director of its Immigration Law and Policy Program, says that it’s not clear that if Musk worked in the US without authorisation and attested he hadn’t, that would be considered important enough to denaturalise him.
UK Conservatives elect African woman, Kemi Badenoch, to replace former PM Rishi Sunak
Kemi Badenoch becomes the Conservatives’ fifth leader since mid-2016 after winning 57 per cent of party members’ votes in the final stage of a months-long contest that saw a field of six whittled down to two. She beat a former immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, who won 43 per cent of votes.
