Former US President Joe Biden expressed his gratitude for the words of support that have poured in after he announced his cancer diagnosis on Sunday. “Cancer touches us all,” Biden wrote on social media on Monday morning. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.” On Sunday, Biden’s office disclosed that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. The news comes as fresh questions are being raised about the former president’s…
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Gospel artist Alex Apoko, widely known as Ringtone, was released on a Sh3 million bond or an alternative of Sh1 million cash bail in a multimillion fraud case. He had spent four days in custody after taking plea pending the ruling. Ringtone was charged with conspiring to defraud a businesswoman, Teresia Adhiambo, of land worth Sh50 million in Karen, Nairobi. Ringtone and his co-accused Alfred Juma Ayora, the artist appeared in Milimani Law Courts on Monday, where they were ordered to provide two contact people for their release and the hearing set for August 6, 2025. According to court documents,…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that President William Ruto will be the one to blame if he is harmed. Addressing a press conference in Karen, Nairobi, Gachagua on Monday alleged that security officers from several State agencies were trailing him on Sunday while he attended a church service in Gatanga, Murang’a County. He claimed the officers intended to throw poison-laced tear gas at him. “I received intelligence reports that President Ruto had ordered that I be dealt with once and for all. A killer squad of 101 officers from the National Police Service, National Intelligence Service, General Service…
Authorities have identified the suspect in a deadly car blast that targeted a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California as Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old man they said “had nihilistic ideations”. The FBI said they believe he is the sole fatality in the incident. They said on Sunday that he detonated explosives outside the clinic and tried to livestream the attack, but investigators are still piecing together his movements before the explosion. The blast happened just before 11:00 local time (19:00 BST) on Saturday, less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, near several businesses including the American Reproductive Centers…
Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his inauguration Mass. Posting on Telegram after the meeting, Zelensky thanked the new Catholic leader for his “support for Ukraine” and “clear voice in defence of a just and lasting peace”. Addressing thousands in St Peter’s Square, the Pope used his inaugural mass to highlight concerns about the war in Ukraine, also warning against marginalisation of the poor and autocracy. Zelensky, US Vice President JD Vance and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio were among dignitaries in attendance. The pontiff was pictured shaking hands with the Ukrainian leader, who…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a dominant victory in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix founded on an audacious overtaking move on the first lap. The four-time champion passed pole-sitter Oscar Piastri’s McLaren around the outside of the first chicane after the start and controlled the race from there. A late safety car closed the field up and put the McLarens of Piastri and Lando Norris on Verstappen’s tail. But a consummate restart from Verstappen allowed him to break free while Norris, on much fresher tyres than Piastri, fought for three laps before finally passing the Australian to take second. The result,…
Arsenal secured Champions League qualification thanks to a 1-0 win over Newcastle on Sunday as Everton said farewell to Goodison Park with an emotional 2-0 victory over Southampton. Declan Rice scored the only goal at the Emirates in the battle between second and third to guarantee the consolation of a top-five finish for Mikel Arteta’s men at the end of another trophyless season. Rice continued his goalscoring form with a stunning strike from outside the box on 55 minutes. “We had a clear dream to deliver a trophy this season. Unfortunately we haven’t done it, understanding the circumstances we’ve been…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua went into hiding on Sunday evening after learning he was a wanted man. He evaded a police dragnet in Muranga and drove to his Wamunyoro home in Nyeri as police pursued him. Police said they wanted to arrest him for questioning. The drama ran into the night on May 18 amid reports more officers had been mobilized to look for him. Police had laid an ambush on major roads in Muranga as Gachagua and his team snaked from a public event in the area. On learning of the plans to arrest them, some of the…
Former Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza said she was injured on Saturday when police abruptly disrupted a gathering she had attended. Her driver also was hit and seriously injured. He was seen bleed from the forehead after being hit by an object. The incident occurred shortly after the former county boss and her entourage arrived at a church-hosted event. Police officers detonated multiple teargas canisters to disperse the crowd, bringing the event to a sudden and chaotic end. One canister was reportedly thrown into Mwangaza’s vehicle while she and her husband were still inside. Mwangaza’s communications team confirmed that both the…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Sunday linked president William Ruto to a posh camping site being constructed at the Sanctuary block in Ngong Road Forest. While attending a church service in Murang’a, Gachagua alleged that the contentious camping facility belongs to Ruto and that he grabbed the land to be a profiteer of the ongoing construction of the Talanta Hela stadium along Ngong Road, upon its completion. “The president is the one who wants to take 5 acres in Ngong Forest so that he can construct a hotel. The construction will be done by the contractor building the Talanta Hela…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen Sunday warned they will take action on political leaders seen to be inciting Kenyans. “We will put you in jail, and there’s nothing you’ll do about it,” he said. Speaking in Nandi County during the thanksgiving ceremony for retired AIC Bishop Patrice Chumba, Murkomen condemned what he termed as a reckless, tribal-driven political agenda threatening national unity. “You better choose peace, because this country must have peace. We won’t allow anyone to burn it down,” he warned. His remarks come days after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a media interview claimed that the country…
A company linked to Kanu Chairman Gideon Moi protested a raid by police and Kenya Railways officers who stalled its operations in Mombasa. Kencont Container Freight Station (CFS) in Mombasa, a subsidiary of the Siginon Group, was raided on Friday. It was later sealed off. By Sunday morning, the premises were still heavily guarded by police officers backed up with private security guards, who the company says gained forceful entry. The CFS’s legal officer, Eva Odongo, said the officers demanded access to the facility on accusations that the land it occupies is held illegally. “They had no proof to support…
Donald Trump says he will be speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying the call would be about “stopping the ‘bloodbath'”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said the call would take place at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) and he would then speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and the leaders of some Nato countries. Russia and Ukraine were unable to reach any breakthrough when they held their first face-to-face talks in three years in Istanbul on Friday, although a prisoner swap was agreed. Trump had offered…
At least 33 people are reported to have died and dozens others injured after tornadoes tore through parts of two US states. Officials in Kentucky said there had been 14 deaths due to severe weather while seven people were killed in Missouri, including five in the city of St Louis. The Kentucky tornado struck in Laurel County, in the south-east of the state, in the early hours of Saturday. Officials said they expected the death toll to rise. Missouri officials said 5,000 buildings were damaged, roofs destroyed and power lines knocked downed as a tornado struck on Friday. About 140,000…
Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze sparked a massive south London party by scoring the only goal to win the FA Cup 1-0 against Manchester City on Saturday and claim the club’s first major trophy in its history. Eze volleyed in after 16 minutes, former Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson performed heroics in the Palace goal and City contrived to waste a sackload of chances, including a penalty, in an enthralling final. After England forward Eze, whose goals in the last eight and semis fired his team into the final for the third time, scored completely against the run of play, Palace…