Hillary Clinton accuses US lawmakers of distracting attention from Trump’s criminal trail in Epstein sex-trafficking probe
The statement came before she was due to deliver a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Chappaqua, New York. Her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, will appear for a similar deposition on Friday, which will be the first time for a former president to testify before Congress since 1983.
Media investigations detail how regimes in US retain ‘digital goons’ to do dirty jobs
Hours after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Trump administration was already working to shape the narrative. Official White House accounts flooded social media with clips of burning flags and clashes between locals and federal immigration agents, casting protesters – not the killing – as...
Mitishamba: Indigenous herbal medicine inches ever closer to mainstream healthcare system in East Africa
Kenya’s minister for health commended partner states for developing policies, legal frameworks and strategic initiatives to guide safe and effective TCIM practice, stressing that regional cooperation through shared experiences and best practices will accelerate progress and address existing regulatory gaps.
African aviation integration gets a fillip as AfDB explores ways of making it competitive, climate-aligned
The two-day event brought together African aviation stakeholders, who included senior government and development financial institutions officials and airline executives.
Covid justice: US civil societies seek to prevent repeat of ‘most awful period of our lives’
Jeffrey Tucker, president and founder of the Brownstone Institute, helped spearhead and draft the Covid Justice Resolution. He told The Defender the idea for the resolution “came from a burning desire for some accountability, some statement, some restitution, some conclusion to the most awful period of our lives.”
Audacity of hope: Barack Obama’s mom’s believed in ‘radical act of choosing hope when the world expects you to give up’
Instead of shrinking under criticism, Stanley Ann Dunham leaned into independence. She worked as a waitress. She stayed in school. She refused to let anyone else define the narrative of her life. The son she was raising – Barack Obama – would later describe her as the most formative influence in his life, not because she was famous, but because she was fearless.
Succession: Why childless Brazilian slave owner and military colonel shared his wife with 7 slaves, destroyed family
For 15 years, they tried to have children. Dona Esperança became pregnant four times but lost all the babies in the first months. The doctors of the time could not explain the successive losses, attributing them to the woman’s delicate constitutio
‘Talking About Revolution’ songs: Black folk music icon Trace Chapman waited 35 years to top music charts in US
Fast Car didn’t immediately explode. It climbed slowly, building through word-of-mouth and college radio. Then Tracy performed at a concert tribute to Nelson Mandela (still imprisoned at the time) at Wembley Stadium, broadcast to millions worldwide.
Why US judge blocked release of report on Trump’s classified documents case
Smith charged Trump in 2023 with 40 counts of illegally retaining classified US national defence information at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and obstructing government efforts to retrieve the materials.
Trash to cash: Tech-driven recycling boosts and monetizes circular economy in China
Operated by the internet recycling firm Lovere, the smart bin is one of 870 units deployed across nearly 400 residential communities in Hangzhou’s Xihu District since its July 2024 pilot launch.
