The government is speeding up completion of County Aggregation and Industrial Parks which are set to be catalysts for the nation’s industrialization, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has affirmed. The CAIPs are coming up in most counties across the country with eight nearing completion and in line for commission by the end of the year. Prof. Kindiki on Wednesday morning at the Official Residence in Karen, Nairobi held a meeting with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment officials led by Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui, respective Governors and officials from relevant agencies to check on the progress of the CAIPs ahead…
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Voters in South Carolina have chosen Darline Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, as the Republican candidate to contest his US Senate seat in November. Graham’s bid received strong backing from President Donald Trump, who travelled to the state to campaign for her. Graham’s victory is being seen as evidence of Trump’s continuing influence over the Republican Party. Graham is currently serving in the Senate as a temporary replacement for her brother, who died suddenly in July. She had never previously run for elected office. Republicans and Democrats also held primaries in several other states on Tuesday, as…
Four missing people have been found dead on South Korean holiday island Jeju, as local police face mounting public criticism for allegedly mishandling missing persons cases. Reports emerged last week that authorities were launching a belated search for a woman reported missing months ago. This sparked criticism of the police for failing to search for her earlier. The scandal has since deepened with the arrest of a police sergeant, surnamed Bu, who is accused of lying to victims’ families and prematurely closing missing persons cases. Four officers in the sergeant’s chain of command have been put on administrative leave and…
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany’s busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials. The remaining five infected individuals are receiving medical treatment, a spokesperson for airport operator Fraport said. Traps have been installed at the airport and mosquitoes captured will be analysed in a laboratory to determine their species and origin. “Sadly, we must confirm that one employee has died as a result of the infection,” the Fraport spokesperson told the…
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing of the American airliner. A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced Fhimah’s death and expressed the company’s condolences to his family. Fhimah worked for the carrier in Malta before the bombing of Pan Am 103. His funeral is set to take…
A French court has for the first time recognised cosmic radiation as a factor in the breast cancer of a long-serving flight attendant. Sophie Lainault, a 59 year-old former stewardess on Air France, sought to have her cancer recognised as an occupational disease, brought on by conditions at work. This has now been confirmed in a landmark court ruling in the southwestern town of Bayonne, which said that cosmic radiation was one of three carcinogenic hazards arising from her profession. The other two were passive smoking and prolonged night work. Smoking was authorised on Air France flights until 2000. The…
The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum. “Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud – which is grounds for visa revocation,” US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. Pigott said the number of revocations “remains dynamic” and would be carried out on a rolling basis. US media reports suggest hundreds of thousands of visas could be affected. Since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has revoked more than 175,000 visas held by foreign nationals on various grounds, according to the…
Canada on Tuesday announced that it is imposing tariffs of up to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. imports, aiming to match the Trump administration’s recently announced import duties on Canadian imports. “Today, I’m announcing Canada will match the U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar, up to 50% on $27.6 billion of imports from the United States of America,” Canadian Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne said in a press conference to announce the measure. “For each product, our tariff would match the U.S. tariff on the same type of good.” The amount of goods impacted by the…
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC’s US news partner CBS has reported. John Ratcliffe arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet. In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare. Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday. It departed later on Tuesday. BBC News has contacted the CIA, the White House and Pentagon for comment. Footage posted…
Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate that new evidence had emerged were “demonstrably meritless.” Maxwell filed a habeas petition last December seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, claiming exonerating information was withheld and false testimony presented at her trial, resulting in a “complete miscarriage of justice.” Judge Paul A. Engelmayer rejected her arguments, saying in his written ruling they “all or almost all are frivolous”…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people during July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from high-profile operations in large American cities that sparked a public outcry to arrests that have garnered less attention but have nonetheless been disruptive. The July arrest tally of 49,571 marks a 15% jump from 43,021 arrests a month earlier and a 70% increase from 29,241 in February, in…
A senior prison officer and his teenage daughter were killed in a road accident along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway at Konza in the early hours of Tuesday. The crash occurred at about 3.30am and involved a Beiben truck, registration number and a Mitsubishi Mirage. According to police, the Beiben, driven by 52-year-old driver, was travelling from Nairobi towards Mombasa when it allegedly failed to keep to its proper lane and collided sideways with the Mitsubishi travelling in the opposite direction. The Mitsubishi was being driven by Senior Superintendent of Prisons Alex Kazungu Mbitha, 45, who was attached to Mombasa Remand Prison…
The construction of Narok Airport is set to be completed in the next two months, President William Ruto has announced. He said it is coming as a major boost for tourism in Narok County and across the country. Ruto said the airport will strengthen air connectivity to the Masai Mara National Reserve, a globally renowned wildlife park in Narok County, and boost tourism numbers in the country. The Sh677 million facility, he pointed out, will serve both domestic and international passengers and support scheduled weekly flights from the Masai Mara through Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. He was speaking on the first…
The State filed extradition proceedings against a 39-year-old Chinese national wanted by the Government of Uganda to face criminal charges arising from an alleged fraud involving UGX 4,533,379,400 (approximately Sh151 million). Chen Guang, alias Alex, is accused of manipulating weighbridge bills and payment vouchers during his employment as a cashier at Diamond Steel Uganda Limited. He allegedly exploited his access to the company’s payment documentation and financial processes to facilitate the offences. The extradition proceedings follow a formal request received by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on June 10, 2026 from Uganda. The request, dated April 18, 2025, was…
Leeds and Rangers co-owner Jed York has been jailed in Ohio after being arrested for soliciting prostitution. The 45-year-old, who is also the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, was convicted of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools after pleading no contest to two charges. In the Ohio legal system, a no contest plea means a defendant accepts a conviction without formally admitting guilt. York was sentenced to one day in jail on each offence, to be served concurrently, and was given credit for time already served. York was fined $150 for disorderly conduct and $1,000 for possessing criminal tools.…