Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 3% at $111,529.78, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $111,886.41. Unlike the fast rallies to new records long-time bitcoin observers are used to, it’s been a slow climb for bitcoin in recent weeks driven by increasing institutional ownership of the digital asset and corporate adoption of it. Easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt, which has highlighted alternative stores of value like bitcoin,…
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Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early on Thursday morning, uniting a deeply divided House GOP to pass a bill that many of them were still pushing fiercely to change. House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package, marking a stunning victory for both Johnson and Trump after the bill appeared doomed just days earlier. “Sometimes it’s good to be underestimated, isn’t it?” a sleep-deprived Johnson said on the House floor early Thursday, after multiple all-night negotiating sessions with all corners of his conference. Trump himself played a major role in…
A Catholic priest was shot and killed on Thursday afternoon in an ambush by gunmen in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County. The area of the attack, Tot Town is seen as relatively safe. Fr Alois Cheruiyot Bett, who had just concluded a Jumuiya (small Christian community) mass in Kakbiken village, was heading back to his base in Tot when he and a catechist were attacked. Witnesses said the attackers sprayed bullets at the duo, killing the priest instantly. The catechist is still missing and is believed to have escaped from the scene for his safety. Police said the attackers were…
vA business jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes fire and evacuating homes along several blocks, authorities said. “We have jet fuel all over the place,” Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said during a news conference. “Our main goal is to search all these homes and get everybody out right now.” He said “there is a direct hit to multiple homes” in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood. It was not known if there were any injuries. A spokesman for San Diego Fire told CNN that a Cessna 550 airplane, often called…
The suspect accused of shooting and killing two Israeli embassy staff members at a Wednesday night event in Washington DC was mistaken for a witness by security, eyewitnesses told the BBC. Jojo Kalin, who organised the American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum, said she saw the attacker inside the building, looking “very distraught” after the shooting. “The security let this person in thinking they were a bystander or witness,” she said, adding that she did not see a weapon on him. After she gave him water, she said the suspect pulled out a keffiyeh and yelled “free…
Two terror suspects were Thursday found guilty for two terror related charges over the 2019 Dusit D2 terrorist attack. At least 21 people were killed in the attack on January 15 2015. Mohamed Abdi Ali and Hussein Abdille Mohamed were found guilty and convicted of two charges. The charges were Conspiracy to commit a terrorist act contrary to section 23(2) as read with section 23 (4) of Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and Facilitation of a terrorist act contrary to section 9A of POTA. Justice Diana Kavedza of Kahawa Law Courts set June 19, 2025 as the date for sentence…
Activist Boniface Mwangi was Thursday deported from Tanzania to Kenya. He was abandoned at the Kenya-Tanzania border in Lungalunga before he was taken to a hospital in Ukunda for review. Prime Cabinet Secretary who is also the foreign affairs cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi confirmed that Mwangi had been released by authorities in Tanzania. His family said they were informed he was injured and looked frail. He was rushed to a hospital in Diani for review. His wife Njeri was seen with him. He looked weak and injured. Mwangi’s release follows mounting public pressure and diplomatic engagement, with Kenyan citizens threatening…
The US has accepted a plane intended for the Air Force One fleet from Qatar, a gift that has sparked criticism including from some of President Trump’s biggest supporters. “The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations,” Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on Wednesday. The plane will need to be modified before it can be used as part of Air Force One – the president’s official mode of air transport. The White House insists that the gift is legal, but the announcement of the transfer…
War-divided Ivory Coast’s armed forces said on Tuesday they had evidence a group of soldiers and civilians were plotting to assassinate the West African state’s president and several top military officials. They said the planned coup, scheduled to take place between December 12 and 17, was masterminded by a militant for an unnamed political party, which was currently protecting the individual. “For several weeks, officers, sub-officers and soldiers from the ranks of the Defense and Security Forces have been approached by civilians and soldiers, with a view to their participation in a coup d’etat,” army spokesman Babri Gohourou said in…
The US justice department has launched an investigation into former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his testimony to Congress during the Covid-19 pandemic, US media reports. Congressional Republicans have accused Cuomo – who is running for New York City mayor – of lying in an investigation surrounding his response to the crisis. It marks the latest in a string of investigations launched by the Trump administration into Democrats or opponents since the president returned to the White House. Cuomo’s spokesperson has said the former governor is not aware of a Justice Department investigation into his actions. House Republicans reportedly…
The Trump administration said it will roll back Biden-era police reform efforts in cities where there has been controversy over high-profile police killings and brutality. The US justice department said on Wednesday it will be dismissing oversight agreements reached with the police departments in Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will also be scrapping investigations into police constitutional violations in six other cities, including Phoenix and Memphis. The announcement comes just days before the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in 2020 after being arrested in Minneapolis, sparking protests and a national reckoning…
Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high on Wednesday, breaking its January record. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 2% at $108,955.10, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $109,500. “Bitcoin’s new high has been concocted by an array of favorable ingredients in the macro cauldron, namely softer U.S. inflation numbers, a de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt, which has put the spotlight on alternative stores of value like bitcoin,” said Antoni Trenchev, cofounder of crypto exchange Nexo. “We’ve entered an alternate universe very different…
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers continued with their protests, demanding permanent and pensionable terms before their payrolls are transferred to counties. More than 8,000 healthcare workers from various cadres held a night vigil at Nairobi Green Park Terminus on Tuesday night, before staging protests along Nairobi’s streets on Wednesday. The workers, hired under the UHC program launched by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2020, accuse the government of reneging on its promise to offer permanent employment and salary harmonization as per SRC guidelines. “They were actually not employed fpr Covid-19, it’s only that it was coincidental that when we were…
Seven directors and former directors at Invesco Assurance Company Limited and Compliant Insurance Agency who have been under investigation for suspected insurance fraud were Wednesday arraigned at the Chief Magistrate’s court, Milimani. The seven are Albert Karakacha Muhavani – Former Director Invesco Assurance Company Limited, Daniel Wekesa Nyalyanya – Former Chief Finance Officer Invesco Assurance Company Limited, Michael Ngángá Kibara – Former Accountant Invesco Assurance Company Limited, Ruth Wangari Mwasalu – Director Compliant Insurance Agency, Antony Githinji Ngerere – Director Compliant Insurance Agency, Hildah Wambui Karanja – Director Compliant Insurance Agency and Lameck Gisore Ongere – Director Compliant Insurance Agency.…
Getting big on YouTube is a dream of many people, but it’s not so easy to achieve. One needs to be talented, hardworking, and a little bit lucky to become successful on YouTube. However, there is also one more thing that many YouTube creators are neglecting to do – promoting their channels. No matter how good your content is, your YouTube channel won’t grow big unless you promote it. Now, you probably wonder how to promote your YouTube channel. There are several different approaches you should try: buying views, starting cold email campaigns, etc. But how can these campaigns help…