Corner-kick masters Arsenal have new trick that worked for them against hapless Man United ‘keeper in season opener

Avram Glazer was in attendance at Old Trafford and saw the team he co-owns line up without fit-again goalkeeper Andre Onana and striker Rasmus Hojlund, who The Athletic revealed has been told he faces a challenge to get minutes under Amorim. For Arsenal, 15-year-old midfielder Max Dowman travelled with the...

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Deadly silence: Rex Masai’s killing lays bare militarisation of protests in Kenya, attendant injustice

Deadly silence: Rex Masai’s killing lays bare militarisation of protests in Kenya, attendant injustice

Rex’s killing is a symbol of a nation’s fragile democracy, marred by systemic police brutality that continues to claim innocent lives.

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US president says Iran’s key nuclear sites ‘obliterated’ by American bombers, Tehran refutes claim

US president says Iran’s key nuclear sites ‘obliterated’ by American bombers, Tehran refutes claim

Donald Trump said US forces struck Iran’s three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. He told Fox News’ Sean Hannity show that six bunker-buster bombs were dropped on Fordow, while 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired against other nuclear sites.

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US strikes Iranian nuclear sites as Trump ignites debate on presidential authority, wins Republican praise

US strikes Iranian nuclear sites as Trump ignites debate on presidential authority, wins Republican praise

Democrats, and a few Republicans, said the strikes were unconstitutional, and demanded more information in a classified setting. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said that he received only a “perfunctory notification” without any details, according to a spokesperson.

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World Bank: 75 per cent of Kenyans under 35 years face limited access to meaningful jobs

World Bank: 75 per cent of Kenyans under 35 years face limited access to meaningful jobs

Some youths regret that bad politics makes it difficult to get jobs. In many cases, people are given jobs because they support certain politicians, not because they have the right skills.

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Chinese envoy to Kenya tours Kisumu City to assess investment opportunities in its port

Chinese envoy to Kenya tours Kisumu City to assess investment opportunities in its port

The visit by the Chinese envoy comes a month after President William Ruto’s state visit to China where he sealed major infrastructure deals including a new funding model for the new SGR railway line, which will connect Naivasha to Malaba, passing through several counties including Narok, Bomet, Kericho and Kisumu.

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Trump says Putin has ‘gone absolutely CRAZY’ as Ukraine dismisses Kremlin as not keen on ending war

Trump says Putin has ‘gone absolutely CRAZY’ as Ukraine dismisses Kremlin as not keen on ending war

US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing a massive aerial attack on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions on Moscow, although he also scolded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump posted the remark on social media as sleeping Ukrainians woke to a third...

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No skill, no style: Rhapsodic Generation Z is losing handwriting art that’s been in use for 5,500 years

No skill, no style: Rhapsodic Generation Z is losing handwriting art that’s been in use for 5,500 years

Digital technology has gradually transformed the way we communicate, making handwriting less and less common. From instant messaging platforms to social networks, young people prefer quick exchanges and abbreviations.

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Kenyans condemn ‘unelected’ Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan for choking democracy

Tension flared outside the Tanzanian consulate in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa on Monday as human rights activists staged a protest to demand the immediate and unconditional release of three detained Kenyan nationals, including former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. The activists were dismayed that Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan had become...

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Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians

Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians

Army representation in parliament continues to this day. Uganda is the only country on the globe with a parliamentary system where serving soldiers are in parliament. Army representation in Uganda’s parliament began in 1994. As things stand now, 10 seats are set aside for ‘serving officers’ of the Uganda People’s Defence Force. The 10 are chosen by the Army Council, chaired by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, and they tend to vote with the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM),

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