How Indian Ocean Dipole weather swings set off torrential rainfall in Kenya that’s killed over 200 people
In the most tragic single event, at least 70 people were killed on Monday after water blew through a blocked river tunnel under a railway bridge in southwestern Kenya, causing a flash flood. The rain has displaced more than 100,000 people, swept away 30,000 homes and damaged roads and other infrastructure.
How Arsenal boss created untouchables ever ‘ready to drive, foot to the floor, every three days’
The perfectionist streak in Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta perhaps explains why he has become so attached to his crop of key performers. He believes the best players have to want to be ready to drive, foot to the floor, every three days. It’s a challenge he laid some years ago to a young Saka, using Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the ultimate example, the best who set the highest bars for consistent performance.
PM Netanyahu on edge as International Criminal Court turns searchlight on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Without a police force, the ICC relies on member states to arrest suspects, which has proven to be a major obstacle to prosecutions. Netanyahu said on Friday on the social platform X that Israel “will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defence.”
Gunned! How Arsenal uses ball pace and Saka as routine missiles to blow Tottenham Hotspurs cold
When the opponents are Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal have a clear plan. They figured out how to hurt their neighbours and biggest rivals a while back, and Bukayo Saka tends to be their weapon of choice. The 22-year-old scored his 15th league goal of the season, his best tally for a single campaign, to make it 2-0 on Sunday but that was not the only significant aspect of his finish. It was the latest in a string of very similar moves he has been involved in to hurt Spurs over the past three seasons, dating back to September 2021.
Proposed international mission to Haiti in limbo even after installation transitional government
Haiti, long the poorest country in the Western hemisphere with a legacy of slavery, foreign occupation and dictatorships, has experienced an escalation in gang violence since 2021, when its last president, Jovenel Moise, was assassinated.
FTC report lays bare how corporate greed puts huge bite on working families who spend most of their income on food
Time and again, big companies tell us that if they could only get bigger, they would pass savings on to consumers. This is almost never true. Instead, they give money back to their investors and reward executives – like Walmart’s Doug McMillon, who takes home over $25 million a year, and Kroger’s Rodney McMullen, who makes more than $19 million. That’s 671 times more than the amount an average Kroger worker makes.
World War III is on, but it’s not some conquering army sweeping its way across the continent
South of Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to simmer. Last year, Azerbaijan attacked the breakaway republic of Artsakh. With the backing of Turkey and Israeli weapons, Azerbaijan attempted to permanently squash the ethnic Armenian enclave, successfully driving tens of thousands of civilians into neighbouring countries.
Shift in character and tenor of modern conflicts gives Israel attack on Iran tone of World War III
As the media and the world awaits full-scale war between Iran and Israel and even frets about nuclear escalation, a huge reality of modern warfare is being overlooked: We are already fighting World War III. No, it is not empires marching armies through countries, conquering continents. And no, it isn’t millions of young men (and now women) pressed in uniform on scales of nearly 100 years ago. And no, in most societies where war is a constant, the public doesn’t even have to feel the pain of war, except in that the military dominates everything and robs everything else of resources: programmes to fight poverty, food, housing, health care, transportation, climate change.
Questions raised about African navies conspicuous absence in fight against piracy
Western navies and the Indian Navy have stepped in to contain the emerging threat landscape through multinational naval responses – including Prosperity Guardian, Operation Aspides (EUNAVFOR) and Operation ATALANTA (anti-piracy). These efforts are vested in maintaining the integrity of the maritime component underpinning the global economy.
Africa’s threadbare maritime security in Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean exposes weak links
The Houthis have also demonstrated a robust capacity for ballistic missile, drone, and subsea technological disruption. These deployments flag the proliferation of modern materiel to nonstate armed groups. The increased maritime militarisation of nonstate actors and criminal groups poses a direct threat to African assets, infrastructure and national interests elsewhere on the continent.
