Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Somebody’s getting fired… Beyoncé was forced to stop her show in Houston on Saturday night when the car she was sitting in started to tilt mid-air. The elaborate stage prop – a red Cadillac – is suspended on cables and carries the superstar high over her fans near the end of her Cowboy Carter stadium show. But during Saturday’s performance, the car started to slowly tilt to one side, leaving the 43-year-old performer clinging to a flag pole for support. “Stop! Stop, stop, stop stop,” Beyoncé said, bringing an abrupt end to her country ballad, 16 Carriages. Gasps could be…

A car bomb attack in Pakistan has killed at least 13 soldiers and injured civilians. Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday. Pakistan alleged that the militants behind the attack were backed by India, but Delhi quickly denied this. Dismissing Pakistan’s accusation, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, posted on X: “We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves.” The attack has been claimed by a suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz…

Lando Norris fought off a race-long challenge from McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to win the Austrian Grand Prix. Norris’ third victory of the year, leading home a McLaren one-two, reduced his deficit in the championship to the Australian to 15 points heading into the British Grand Prix next weekend. The McLarens utterly dominated the race – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the final podium place 17 seconds behind, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton fourth a further nine behind. Mercedes’ George Russell was fifth, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was taken out by the other Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli on the first lap…

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is exercising his $52.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Sunday. James, the NBA’s career scoring leader, wants to compete for a championship next season and potentially beyond and will be closely monitoring the Lakers’ moves and whether the team is positioning itself this offseason to field a title-contending roster, Paul said. “LeBron wants to compete for a championship,” Paul told ESPN. “He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all. We…

Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated”. “Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,” Grossi said on Saturday. Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close…

A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, gathering information from the city’s camera system that allowed the cartel to kill potential FBI informants, the Justice Department inspector general said in a new report. The hacker also was able to “see calls made and received” by the FBI official and their geolocation data in a major breach of operational security that occurred as the FBI was working on the case of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, the inspector general said. The…

A senior traffic officer was one of two people killed in a tragic road accident on Saturday evening along the Narok-Mai Mahiu highway. Police said the incident June 28, 2025 at about 10:00 p.m. near Duka Moja and involved three vehicles a Scania trailer, a Toyota Prado TX  and a Toyota G-Touring. He is among nine people who were killed in separate accidents reported on Saturday alone. According to police, the Scania trailer was travelling from Narok to Mai Mahiu when the driver—whose identity is unknown—failed to stay in the correct lane and veered into oncoming traffic. The trailer collided…

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni confirmed he intends to contest in next year’s presidential election, potentially extending his rule in the east African country to nearly half a century. In a post on the X platform late on Saturday Museveni said he had “expressed my interest in running for… the position of presidential flag bearer,” for his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. The 80-year-old has been ruler of Uganda since 1986 when he seized power after leading a five-year guerrilla war. The ruling party has changed the constitution twice in the past to allow Museveni to extend his rule, and…

President William Ruto Sunday June 29 left for official visits to Spain and the United Kingdom, where he will sign a renewed Kenya-UK Strategic Partnership set to unlock major investments, create jobs, and boost Kenya’s global competitiveness in trade, climate, technology, and security. In London, according to State House, Ruto will join UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to sign the renewed Kenya-UK Strategic Partnership 2025-2030. Anchored on four pillars trade, climate, technology, and security, the partnership aims to double trade by 2030, equip Kenyans with digital skills, and strengthen cooperation on regional stability, terrorism, cyber threats, and climate action.…

The family of Boniface Kariuki, the hawker who was shot in the head by a rogue officer during anti-police brutality protests in Nairobi confirmed that he is brain dead. Speaking to the press on Sunday, family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said that medics at the Kenyatta National Hospital confirmed that Mwangi’s organs are still functioning but his brain is dead. “Mwangi is confirmed brain dead. We know what it means. We are just waiting for the doctor to tell us he is no more,” she said. Kariuki has undergone three surgeries at Kenyatta National Hospital to remove the bullet lodged in…

A two and half year old boy drowned in a swimming pool after he ventured there alone at an apartment in Diani, Kwale County. The mother and son were on holiday in the area and had taken an apartment for the weekend when the incident happened on Saturday June 28. The mother told police they were at the Diani Cottage when the incident happened at about 1 pm. The boy ventured into the water and drowned. The mother walked out while looking for him, minutes later only to stumble on the body floating on the water at the pool. He…

Two police officers died in a dramatic shooting incident at Ng’iya Police Post in Alego Usonga, Siaya County. The incident happened Sunday June 29 in the morning in the village. Police said a constable of police first confronted his senior in his house and shot him at close range using his G3 rifle. He then died by suicide in the drama using the same weapon. The assailant identified as constable Martin Mwendwa went to his senior colleague’s house at about 6 am while armed with a G3 rifle. This is after he broke the door to gain entry and opened…

Police are investigating an incident where a man was trailed and robbed of Sh999,000 moments after he had left a bank in the Parklands area, Nairobi. The man had left the I&M bank on First Avenue in Parklands and drove out with the cash on Saturday June 28, before he was intercepted at a junction by men who wore police uniforms. The incident happened at about 2 pm as the man drove home. The victim told police he had kept the money in an envelope and placed the same under the co-driver’s seat before starting his car which was at…

At least seven people were Saturday killed in separate road accidents in the country. The victims include two pedestrians, two riders, two passengers and a driver. At least 17 people were injured in the accidents, police said. They include nine passengers, five drivers, two riders and a pillion passenger. This increased to 20 the number of people killed in accidents in two days, which are Friday and Saturday. At least 13 people were Friday killed in separate road accidents reported in the country. Police said 30 other were seriously injured in the accidents. The victims who died included five riders,…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a night guard was found murdered and his body abandoned outside a garage where he worked in Ruai area, Nairobi. The man identified as Yamurenge Rarisoni was a Burundi national. His body had deep cuts on the head with blood caked around it off Kangundo Road. His hands were tied from behind with a shoelace. Police said they are yet to know the motive of the attack. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations. In the same area, a motorcyclist was lynched by a mob on claim he was a…