Trump marks 100 days of chaos in office during which he rode roughshod on trading partners, White House warns more coming
Trump has enacted sweeping changes on a wide range of US domestic and foreign policy priorities since taking office on January 20. He has upended the world economic order with tariffs, slashed the federal government with job cuts and done away with diversity programs in the public and private sector.
Barcelona dig deep into energy reserves to see off determined Real Madrid to clinch record-extending 32nd Copa Del Rey title
The loss to its fierce rival was another blow to Madrid after it was knocked out of the Champions League quarterfinals by Arsenal. This could have been its last title decider with Carlo Ancelotti in charge. The Italian coach said he will decide his future this summer amid speculation he is bound to take over Brazil.
Nearly 250,000 mourners at People’s Pope’ funeral mass as world bids Pope Francis farewell
Applause rang out as Francis’ coffin, inlaid with a large cross, was brought out of the basilica and into the sun-filled square by 14 white-gloved pallbearers at the start of the Mass. The Vatican estimated more than 250,000 people attended the ceremony, cramming the square and the roads around.
Reports: Cybercriminals fleeced record-breaking Americans and businesses, Trump’s defence minister was a statistic
Pete Hegseth got a second internet line installed that connected directly to the public internet rather than through the Pentagon’s secured connection, according to sources.
Trump revisits ‘genocidal’ foreign policy, engages Congo and Rwanda to ease US access to critical minerals
Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, helped broker the US role in promoting security in east Congo, part of an opening that Boulos has said could involve multibillion-dollar investments.
Resetting humanitarian journalism: There’s need to shift from extraction mindset to revering humanity
Further, there is a real cost to being offered up as part of the news buffet prepared by an industry that rewards speed and spectacle. Spectacle flattens complexity. It replaces solidarity with voyeurism. And while journalists may move on to the next assignment, the people whose stories were mined are left with the consequences of being exposed, misunderstood or reduced to symbols.
Kenya invests $10 million in aquaculture centre in Kisumu to rejig region’s floundering blue economy
Once completed, the aquaculture centre, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said, is expected to significantly support thousands of small-scale fish farmers, complementing other government-driven blue economy initiatives aimed at enhancing food security and boosting income for fishing communities around the lake.
Study in Sweden reveals sexual harassment is still a taboo subject even in gender-equality hotspots
The Lund findings echo those of a 2022 study2 of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in European research settings, which found that the prevalence of gender-based violence was fairly uniform across 15 nations.
Top scientists flee US following Trump’s research funding cuts; the academics prefer to work in Europe, Asia – even Africa!
More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS were abruptly terminated last month. Cuts to grants from the US National Institutes of Health for Covid-19 research were revealed, and the government began a $400-million reduction in research grants at Columbia University in New York City, because of campus protests supporting Palestinians in the conflict with Israel.
‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan
The Shirika Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.
