About 130 Heads of State and government from across the world will gather in New York, USA, from September 22 to 28 to discuss major global issues and set out their positions on matters ranging from peace and security to climate, health and development. ALSO READ: UNGA: Rwanda calls for rules-based order, inclusive multilateralism The…
Nairobi Senator and Linda Mwananchi leader Edwin Sifuna speaking at Jacaranda grounds. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO There are moments in the life of a nation when politics ceases to be merely a contest for power and becomes a referendum on its future. Kenya is approaching such a moment. As the country inches towards the 2027…
The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores, asked a federal judge late Wednesday to release her from jail pending trial, citing a “serious” heart condition. In the filing, Flores’ attorney Mark Donnelly said she “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” in order to recover from a recommended…
Military personnel accidentally triggered an inflatable slide attached to President Donald Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One plane Wednesday, a person briefed on the matter told NBC News. The slide inflated just before Trump was set to board the plane and head to Dallas for the GOP midterm convention. Instead of immediately exiting Marine One to…
As Israelis prepare to vote next month in a tightly contested legislative race that will determine the country’s next government, they’re still debating how their country was caught by surprise on Oct. 7, 2023, when the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas stormed across the border and killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped hundreds more. The…
President Donald Trump speaks with the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, after a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, May 22, 2026. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Ten days ahead of a meeting in which the Federal Reserve will likely consider raising interest rates, the Trump…
Veiled pro-government supporters carrying flags take part in a ceremony commemorating the memory of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against…
Amazon Leo has told communications regulator Icasa that it may not be able to provide affordable satellite broadband in South Africa if the authority does not adopt a proposed “frequency factor” that would lower spectrum fees for higher-frequency bands. The warning came during Icasa’s public hearings on Thursday into draft amendments to the radio frequency…
Xiaomi announced that the heaviest pressures on its smartphone business have likely passed, even as second-quarter earnings missed analyst projections due to elevated component prices. High memory costs severely squeezed margins across its mobile division, but management expects cost inflation to temper throughout the second half of the year as its fast-growing electric vehicle (EV)…
The potential investment in OPay followed Standard Bank Group’s disclosure that it plans to increase its investments in companies across Africa in June. Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group is in negotiations with Nigerian fintech company OPay ahead of the latter’s planned initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. OPay is working…
