Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has been added to the European Union’s Air Safety List, effectively barring the airline from operating within the EU. This is even though the national carrier does not operate any flights to the European Union Zone. The EU Air Safety List is a roster of airlines that do not meet […]
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was injured on a trip to Luxembourg and has been admitted to a hospital for evaluation, her office said in a statement on Friday. Pelosi, 84, was the first woman to serve as speaker of the House and had also been a longtime leader of the House […]
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation(DCI) was Friday granted five days to detain five suspects linked to the kidnapping and defilement of a juvenile. This is after DCI detective corporal Irene Karegi sought 14 days to allow her complete the investigation. Karegi told senior Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe that they need more time to conduct an […]
The UK government has handed over a significant collection of digitized archives detailing British colonial rule in Kenya. The archives were officially delivered by British High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan, to President William Ruto during the unveiling of the Gedi National Monument as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nairobi on Friday. The collection […]
A Russian shipping company has launched a container route between Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and Kenya’s largest port, Mombasa. On Wednesday, FESCO – owned by Russian state nuclear power firm Rosatom – announced that the first consignment of Kenyan tea bound for Russia was being loaded in Mombasa. The projected transit time is 43 days. […]
The High Court ordered National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi to make public details of all debt agreements made on behalf of Kenya, information regarding the country’s sovereign bonds, and issue a comprehensive breakdown of the expenditure of all borrowed funds within 45 days. The High Court declared that failure to provide the treaties, agreements, […]
The returning Diogo Jota scored a late equaliser as Premier League leaders Liverpool twice fought back with 10 men to deny Fulham following Andy Robertson’s red card at Anfield. Jota, sidelined with injury since October, slotted in an 86th-minute leveller after Rodrigo Muniz looked to have ended the Reds’ second-half resistance. Cody Gakpo’s header from […]
Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had hip replacement surgery after injuring herself while on an official trip to Luxembourg, her office says. “Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend,” her spokesman Ian Kreger said in a statement. Pelosi, 84, was airlifted […]
A lawyer for rapper Jay-Z has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him, along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, after inconsistencies emerged in her allegation. An Alabama woman, named in the legal action by the pseudonym Jane Doe, has accused the musicians of drugging and attacking her […]
Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of high street fashion chain Mango, died in an accident on Saturday, according to the company. Spanish media reported the 71-year-old fell down a ravine to his death while hiking in a mountain range outside Barcelona. Andic was with his son and other family members when he fell, according to […]
US President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to participate in his presidential inauguration next month. Sources revealed that Trump extended the invitation to Xi in early November, shortly after the election, but it remains unclear whether the Chinese president has accepted, CBS News reported late Wednesday. The report said that […]
Nancy Macharia, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), has announced that she will be retiring early next year, marking the end of her decade-long tenure. Macharia, who took office in June 2015 and was reappointed in 2020, shared the news during her address at the annual general meeting of the […]
