The government has moved to tighten controls and enhance operational efficiency at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), with a range of measures being implemented to improve passenger processing and overall airport operations. Among themeasures underway is the deployment of the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), which is expected to streamline airport operations through enhanced identification and management of departing and arriving flights, whether domestic or international. Under the optimisation plan, terminals will accommodate a centralised system for airline check-in and passenger screening, as well as clear designations primarily for arrivals and departures. According to the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA),…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump had an “extremely frank” phone call on Tuesday, after US negotiators visited Moscow over the weekend, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, including AFP. Steve Witkoff, who is Trump’s business ally, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, visited the Russian and Ukrainian capitals at the weekend for talks with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In a one-hour call on Tuesday, Putin and Trump “exchanged views on the outcome of the visits”, Ushakov said. The talks brought no immediate breakthrough in the four-and-a-half-year war that is Europe’s bloodiest conflict since…
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An education expo featuring 32 universities from across the Globe will be held next week to carter fro mainly over 50,000 KCSE students who missed local public university applications this year. According to the Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Services (KUCCPS) recently disclosed that a total of 212,510 out of 268,714 students who attained a mean grade of C+ and above in the 2025 KCSE examinations have so far applied for various courses. It means nearly a quarter of those who qualified did not have the desire to study locally or were time barred and could not meet the deadline…
X finally shut down its older Revenue Sharing program this week and shifted eligible creators over to the new Original Content Rewards system. If you’re still catching up on what changed and what it means for your payouts, here’s the straightforward breakdown without the corporate fluff. The old Revenue Sharing program stopped accepting new signups back on August 7 and officially wrapped up on September 7. If you were enrolled in it, you received your final scheduled checks on August 14 and August 28. The very last payout — for any earnings you accrued through September 7 — is set…
The National Construction Authority (NCA) has appointed Susan C. Rutto as Acting Executive Director and Registrar of Contractors, following a leadership transition at the regulator. Rutto, who will also serve as Secretary to the NCA Board, took up the acting position on September 4, 2026, according to a statement from the authority. She is substantively the NCA’s General Manager in charge of Registration and Accreditation, a position she has held since June 2020. She previously served as Manager of Registration and Compliance from December 2013. Rutto is among the authority’s founding staff and played a key role in establishing its…
Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho has ordered the formation of a high-level technical committee to address outstanding compliance issues that led to the suspension of operations at Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited. The committee will be jointly led by the Principal Secretary for Mining, representing the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of Tata Chemicals Magadi on behalf of the company. The decision followed a meeting between Joho and executives of Tata Chemicals Magadi to discuss concerns raised by the government following the suspension of the company’s operations. According to Joho, the committee will…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán says 10 Russian diplomats have been ordered to leave Budapest for taking part in “unacceptable” activities. “This decision protects Hungary’s security and sovereignty,” she wrote on social media, without giving details. Hungary was viewed as Russia’s closest ally in the European Union under Viktor Orbán for years, but since his election defeat in April the new government has pivoted away from his pro-Kremlin stance. The Hungarian foreign minister said the decision to expel the diplomats “does not imply breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia”, but the foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow said “the response to…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has attacked energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia with dozens of drones and missiles, injuring 73 people, Saudi authorities say. Tuesday’s attacks hit four south-western cities, causing fires at oil facilities and installations that led to a temporary halt in operations, according to Saudi Arabia’s military and energy ministry. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that its forces would respond to the “dangerous escalation”. The Houthis said the attacks were retaliation for dozens of recent Saudi strikes on areas of north-western Yemen that they control. On Monday, they accused Saudi Arabia of bombing…
The late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro will be laid to rest on Saturday, September 12, 2026, exactly 31 years to the day since his coronation. The King passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at the age of 34, in Dallas, Texas, United States, where he had traveled for medical treatment. He had been battling aggressive brain cancer and died following complications from the illness. King Oyo ascended the Tooro throne on September 12, 1995, at just three years old, following the death of his father, King Patrick Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III. At the time…
Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, that Russia is confident of victory in the conflict with Ukraine and believes that victory is “very near.” “We are sure that the victory is very near. We are very confident in our military potential, in our military. Our military actions are going on very successfully,” Peskov told a press briefing for Indian journalists ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Peskov emphasized Russia’s confidence in its military potential and described combat operations as proceeding “very successfully.” The Kremlin spokesperson stated that Russia remains open to resolving…
When an evacuation is triggered, getting everyone out of a building is only half the challenge. Once people reach safety, there is another critical question to answer: can you account for everyone who should be there? As you can imagine, post employees will be familiar with evacuation procedures, escape routes and assembly points. Visitors, contractors, delivery drivers and temporary workers may not. They may not know where to go, who to report to or even whether they need to remain at the assembly point – this is where the challenges come into play. A robust evacuation plan therefore needs to…
Nagoya, Japan, experienced unprecedented rainfall on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, when 104.5 mm of rain fell in a single hour – the highest hourly rainfall total ever recorded in the city since official record-keeping began in 1890. The previous record of 97.0 mm, set during the “Tokai Heavy Rain” disaster in September 2000, was shattered as torrential downpours overwhelmed the city’s infrastructure and forced authorities to issue the highest-level emergency warnings. Record-Breaking Downpour The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) recorded the historic rainfall in the hour ending at approximately 4:53 p.m. local time. The intensity of the downpour caught many residents…
The Argentine government has said that it will file criminal charges against oil company Navitas Petroleum for operating in seas off the Falkland Islands. The move came just days after Argentine President Javier Milei said he would sanction oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. Reacting to the news, Foreign Office Minister Kirsty McNeill insisted that there could be “no doubt” about the British government’s commitment to the Falkland Islanders. Sovereignty of the archipelago remains disputed between the UK and Argentina more than 40 years after a British military task force ejected Argentine forces…
New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release at a news conference Tuesday. “As the years pass and the human toll grows, we reckon with the cost of September 11th whenever another New Yorker is stolen from us too soon,” Mamdani said. “Now, close to 25 years later, more people have died from 9/11-related illnesses than were killed on…