The government moved to resolve a growing crisis in the delivery of healthcare services to civil servants, announcing a raft of measures aimed at restoring confidence and eliminating disruptions under the Public Officers Medical Scheme Fund (POMSF). In a joint communiqué issued after a high-level consultative meeting, officials from the Ministry of Health, the Social Health Authority (SHA), and the Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS) acknowledged serious operational challenges that have recently affected service delivery across the country. The meeting comes in the wake of widespread complaints from civil servants, including reports of patients being detained in hospitals over…
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Just hours after the Zambian government said it had taken possession of ex-President Edgar Lungu’s body, a court in South Africa – where Lungu died – has ordered the body to be returned. It is the latest twist in a 10-month saga over what should happen to his remains following a long-standing feud between Lungu and his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema. The government has long maintained that, as a former head of state, Lungu should be honoured in the country and buried alongside his predecessors in the special presidential burial ground in the capital, Lusaka. But Lungu’s family wanted a…
MrBeast’s media company has been sued by a former employee over claims of sexual harassment and workplace gender bias. The 27-year-old, real name Jimmy Donaldson, is the world’s most-followed YouTuber and employs more than 500 people. Lorrayne Mavromatis, a former executive who worked for his company Beast Industries between 2022 and 2025, alleged harassment of women employees was “condoned” and complaints were not taken seriously at the business. A representative for Beast Industries described the allegations as “categorically false” in a response to BBC Newsbeat. Mavromatis first joined the company as its head of Instagram before being promoted. In court…
Riot-trained police will be sent to beaches in France as part of a new £662m deal with the UK to stop illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed the three-year agreement with France on Thursday, which will see at least 50 police officers, trained in “riot and crowd control tactics”, drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”. The deal will involve France deploying millions of pounds worth of drones, two helicopters, and a camera system to intercept people smugglers and illegal migrants. For the first time, ministers have said around £100m of UK funding…
Three suspects were Thursday arraigned before the Kericho Law Courts, where they pleaded not guilty to 38 counts arising from alleged unlawful burials carried out at the NCCK Makaburini Cemetery in Kericho County. The three David Araka Makori (Public Health Officer at Nyamira Teaching and Referral Hospital), Richard Towet, alias Ezekiel (Caretaker at NCCK Makaburini Cemetery) and Jason Machora Nyarbi appeared before magistrate Thomas Obutu. The charges included the burial of deceased persons without a burial permit, making a document without authority, stealing by servant, giving false information to a person employed in the public service, and conspiracy to commit…
The US Department of Justice has officially reclassified how it views cannabis, a step marking a historic shift in the country’s drug policy. The move changes cannabis, also known as marijuana, from a Schedule I narcotic to a Schedule III drug – placing it in the same category as Tylenol with codeine. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year directing his administration to begin the reclassification process, in order to increase access and research of the drug. Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Despite the federal ban, most US states have legalised the medical or recreational use…
The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture is being sued by one of its billionaire backers over allegations of extortion. Justin Sun has accused World Liberty of an “illegal scheme” to seize his WLFI tokens, a cryptocurrency issued by the company. Sun alleges the firm, co-founded by US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump, has “frozen” all of his tokens and stripped him of his right to vote on governance issues. World Liberty has denied wrongdoing and accused Sun of “playing the victim while making baseless allegations to cover up his own misconduct”. Sun is an ardent…
Courtesy of last night’s Truth Social post from US President Donald Trump, the ceasefire between Iran, the US and Israel which was due to expire on Wednesday does at least persist. Instead of fighting, we have a “war of blockades” over the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides using force to intercept and seize commercial vessels. The mood out in one of the world’s most important waterways is combustible. It would be unwise to bet against events spiralling out of control. In the meantime, Islamabad still waits for Iranian and American representatives to arrive for peace talks. Parts of the…
A parliamentary hopeful in Nyaribari Masaba Constituency has called on residents to uphold peace and unity ahead of the next General Election, urging a shift from divisive politics to issue-based campaigns. James Mwambi, who is seeking the seat on a Jubilee Party ticket, cautioned against what he termed as rising cases of political intolerance, including personal attacks and misinformation. “Politics is about the distribution of resources for the common good. We should not abuse the space meant to harness wisdom,” he told supporters at his Riabigutu residence on Tuesday. During the gathering, a group of elders endorsed and blessed his…
The authorities in Mexico are still piecing together how a typical morning at the ancient pyramid complex of Teotihuacán, one of the country’s foremost tourist destinations, descended into terrifying gun violence on Monday. The video footage is disturbing. A gunman stands atop the imposing Pyramid of the Moon and opens fire on the tourists around him, who cower for cover among the pre-Hispanic stone structures. After the ordeal, a 32-year-old Canadian woman had been killed and the gunman had died from a self-inflicted gun wound. Tourists from several nations, including Russia, Colombia and Brazil, were treated for their injuries in…
Ukraine says it has resumed pumping Russian oil through a pipeline into Hungary and Slovakia, bringing to an end months of deadlock over a €90bn (£78bn) loan seen as vital European Union support for Kyiv. Soon afterwards, EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels gave preliminary approval to the loan, as well as a 20th package of sanctions on Russia, officials said. It is now expected to be signed off on Thursday. Although the funding was agreed last December, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán slapped a veto on the payment in February after Ukraine said damage caused by a Russian attack had brought supplies…
Southern Italy is the kind of place that greets you with warmth long before you understand why. Maybe it’s the way the sunlight settles on stone buildings, or the scent of citrus that drifts across coastal roads. Perhaps it’s the easy laughter in village squares. Whatever the reason, this corner of Italy has a way of slowing your steps and widening your gaze, inviting you into days filled with simple pleasures and deep-rooted traditions. There’s a softness to this place that you feel before you see. It lingers in the quiet of early mornings, in the glow of whitewashed towns,…
Italy isn’t the kind of place you simply visit; it’s a place that changes the pace of your thoughts. From the hush of ancient cathedrals to the soft glow of evening piazzas, the country has a way of slowing everything down, inviting you to look a little closer. The details — a curl of steam from a coffee cup, a line of washing fluttering between windows, the echo of footsteps on stone — become part of the story. Travelling through Italy feels less like ticking off landmarks and more like stepping into a rhythm that has existed for centuries. To…
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On Solana, milliseconds determine outcomes. Arbitrage bots, liquidation engines, and MEV searchers operate in an environment where a single slot is 400 milliseconds long and competition is intense. The teams that consistently capture value are rarely those with the cleverest strategies alone. In most cases, the edge comes from infrastructure. Latency to the validator, speed of transaction submission, and reliability of market data all feed into whether a bot gets in front of a trade or behind it. Using a fast, well-connected Solana API provider is one of the most direct ways to reduce the infrastructure gap. The Solana MEV…