Former Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla has signed a one-year contract extension with newly-promoted La Liga side Real Oviedo, the Spanish club announced on Saturday. Cazorla, who turns 41 in December, joined Oviedo in August 2023 and last season guided his boyhood club back to the top flight for the first time in 24 years. During his 81 appearances for Spain he won the European Championship in 2008 and 2012. Cazorla also lifted the FA Cup twice during his time in England. “With this renewal, Santi Cazorla, a symbol and emblem of Oviedo, proves that dreams, when pursued with the heart,…
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A massive fireball erupted at London Southend Airport this Sunday afternoon after a small passenger aircraft crashed just moments after takeoff. The incident occurred shortly before 4:00 PM, involving a Beech B200 Super King Air jet that was reportedly en route to the Netherlands. Dramatic images and videos captured flames and thick black smoke rising above the tarmac as emergency services raced to the scene. Essex Police confirmed the crash and issued a statement: “We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Southend Airport. We were alerted shortly before 4pm to reports of a collision involving one 12-metre…
A team of detectives from the operation support unit (OSU) Sunday arrested Tim Orao Shikalo, a key suspect who has long been on the police radar for his role in a sophisticated gold scam that defrauded a foreign investor of USD265,200 (approximately Sh38 million). His arrest marks a significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation, following the earlier apprehension of Steve Okoth Odek (alias David Bett) on December 7, 2024, who was arraigned and charged in connection with the same fraudulent scheme. The scam involved fake gold purchase contracts totaling over 1,080 kilograms, with false promises of secure delivery, guaranteed collateral,…
It’s the FIFA Club World Cup final on Sunday, and Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea will battle it out at MetLife Stadium for the honor of becoming the first winner of the 32-team tournament. After a monthlong competition in the United States, which has at times been overshadowed by low attendance, weather-enforced delays and extreme heat, as well as the pre-tournament concerns of player burnout, either UEFA Champions League winners PSG or Premier League giants Chelsea will emerge as world champions this weekend. Luis Enrique’s PSG have already won Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Champions League this year, while…
Thousands of South Korean medical students are set to return to classes after a 17-month long boycott, the Korean Medical Association has announced. Students and trainee doctors walked out to oppose government plans to increase medical school admissions, arguing it would lower the quality of the education they received. No timeline for their return has been provided by the association, but the group has urged the government to restore the academic calendar and improve training conditions. Prime Minister Kim Min-Seok welcomed the end of the boycott, describing it as a “big step forward”. “It’s time to take a deeper look…
The US attorney general ordered charges to be dropped against a doctor accused of destroying Covid-19 vaccines worth $28,000 (£20,742), distributing fake vaccination record cards, and giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine at their parents’ request. Pam Bondi said Dr Michael Kirk Moore Jr. “gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so”. He had been indicted by the Justice Department under the Biden administration in 2023. The plastic surgeon was already on trial in Utah, where he had pleaded not guilty to all charges including conspiracy to defraud the US. The acting US…
On the weekend President Donald Trump decided to pick his biggest political fight to date with the MAGA base he created in his own image, thousands of his adherents were gathered together. And all they wanted to talk about here at the Student Action Summit hosted by the conservative activist group Turning Point USA was the “Epstein files.” “I think that these people — and I don’t know, for whatever reason, there could be reasons — but I don’t think they’re telling us the truth about Epstein,” podcaster Brandon Tatum told the assembled crowd at the Tampa Convention Center. “I…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that President Donald Trump wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency “remade” rather than dismantled entirely. “I think the president recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response,” Noem said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” referring to the federal government’s response to the Texas floods. Trump has previously slammed FEMA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, and mused about possibly “getting rid” of the agency,…
President Donald Trump has announced that the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% tariff on imports to the US from 1 August. He warned he would impose even higher import taxes if either of the US trading partners decided to retaliate. The 27-member EU – America’s biggest trading partner – said earlier this week it hoped to agree a deal with Washington before 1 August. Trump has this week also said the US will impose new tariffs on goods from Japan, South Korea, Canada and Brazil, also starting from 1 August. Similar letters were sent this week to…
Russia’s foreign ministeron Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country’s ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov flew to North Korea’s eastern Wonsan city on Friday for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui. Relations between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying troops and ammunitions to support Russia’s war against Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance. That has raised concerns among South Korea,…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo Saturday met seven Members of County Assembly in Nairobi as part of efforts to reconcile with the team that wanted to oust him from office. This follows a failed impeachment at both the County Assembly and at the Senate. Guyo said he was ready to meet all the MCAs for reconciliation for the good of devolution. “We are ready and willing to meet all concerned parties to solve these issues and work for the people of Isiolo. This is the beginning of our reconciliation,” he said. He said they plan more meetings with the leaders in…
The family of Julia Njoki is demanding justice for their daughter as they remain unconvinced about the circumstances surrounding her death after the Saba Saba protests. Police urged for patience as the investigations go on into the incident. A planned autopsy on the body will tell how she died after her arrest on July 7. According to her family, Njoki was heading home on the fateful evening of the protests when she was rounded up with other protesters and taken to Nanyuki Police Station where she spent the night. She was arraigned in Nanyuki Law Courts the following day and…
A backpacker survived nearly two weeks lost in Western Australia’s outback by drinking from puddles and sleeping in a cave, police have said. Carolina Wilga, 26, from Germany, was rescued on Friday. She had suffered from exhaustion, dehydration, “extensive insect bites” and an injured foot, according to police. Officers said she walked 24km (15 miles) away from her van in a “confused and disorientated” state after it became stuck in remote bushland. Ms Wilga had convinced herself she was not going to be found, police said, adding that the backpacker’s family was relieved and thankful. “She spent 11 nights exposed…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen Saturday called on the Chief Justice to take the lead and deal firmly with the perpetrators of recent protests that have seen police stations being burnt, businesses looted, and property destroyed. Speaking when he accompanied President Ruto on a development tour of Elgeyo Marakwet County, the CS said if the Judiciary doesn’t complement the Executive in dealing firmly with violent protesters and their sponsors, the country risks descending into anarchy. “They wanted to test whether we would take legal action. We will arrest all criminals who are attacking people and burning their…
At least seven people were killed on the spot and eleven others injured in a grisly road accident at Kijauri junction along the Kisii–Sotik highway on Friday evening. Those injured include three critical cases with one casualty succumbing on arrival at a local hospital. The crash involved a trailer loaded with logs that reportedly lost control and rammed into matatus that were parked by the roadside picking up passengers. The scene of the accident is usually busy with road users who stop to buy food. According to witnesses, the trailer was speeding and hooting moments before the fatal impact. “I…