[ad_1] President Biden greets Kenya’s President William Ruto at the South Portico of the White House on May 22. The two leaders met with a group of tech CEOs the day before the official state visit. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP President Biden is welcoming Kenya’s […]
[ad_1] 15 minutes ago Gloria Aradi,BBC News, Nairobi JAMES MUHIA Cheruiyot Kirui is the fourth person to die on Everest this week A Kenyan mountaineer who went missing near the summit of Mount Everest has been found dead. Forty-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday during Mr Kirui’s […]
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had mandated the city of Albuquerque stop throwing away the possessions of homeless […]
[ad_1] The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront Newspaper (Online), Madu Onuorah, has been abducted by the police from his house in the Lugbe area of Abuja. The management of the online news platform, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Onuorah was whisked away at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the presence of […]
[ad_1] The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has urged Nigerians to increase investment in afforestation, describing it as critical towards building a healthy environment for a healthy life. Mahmoud made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, at an event organised to commemorate the 2024 World Family Doctors’ Day. The minister, […]
[ad_1] By planning ahead, the World Food Programme and its partners are cushioning the fallout of extreme weather in countries grappling with hunger In Burundi’s southern Rumonge province, Amina Hakizimana escaped the worst of heavy flooding that battered her village late last year, thanks to early warning messages and World Food Programme (WFP) cash allowing […]
[ad_1] The 8th annual African Property Investment Awards (API Awards) (www.APIEvents.com) are now open for entries. This prestigious platform recognises excellence in the African real estate industry. This year, for the first time, the #APIawards will be open to entries from South Africa. The awards, which will be presented at the API Summit on 19 and 20 […]
[ad_1] Corruption. Wealth. Authoritarianism. Torture. These are the words many people associate with Ferdinand Marcos, the former dictator of the Philippines, and his wife, Imelda. But in 1965, on the day of his presidential inauguration, clad in bright white traditional Filipino clothing, Ferdinand and Imelda were the picture of hope and progress: the Camelot of […]
[ad_1] The families of the Israeli women taken hostage on Oct. 7 released disturbing video Wednesday of five female soldiers being captured by Hamas militants who call them “dogs” and threaten to shoot them. The young women are seen in the opening frames with their hands bound behind them and some of their faces bloodied […]
[ad_1] There are over 2 million incarcerated people in the United States of America alone, the highest number of prisoners in the world per country. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Oswald Newbold II (west palm beach, florida, us) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Inter Press Service WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, US, May 22 (IPS) – This month, non-governmental […]