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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in the Shiite theocracy, quickly named a little-known vice…

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified to run in next week’s national election by the nation’s highest court on Monday due to a prior criminal conviction. This judgement is sure to provoke political unrest ahead of a crucial vote. According to the Constitutional Court, the 82-year-old Zuma is eligible to run for office…

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Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions for a record fourth season in a row after beating West Ham on the final day. City clinched the victory they needed at the Etihad to pip Arsenal to the title by two points – their sixth Premier League triumph of the Guardiola era. Foden, who was…

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Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua has called on President William Ruto to respect former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking during the Limuru III meeting, Karua says the former President created a culture of respecting retired presidents, which should have set an example for Ruto. “Mwai Kibaki took power from a living president and he fostered…

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Kenya Railways has announced that the Nairobi-Ruiru commuter train service will resume operations on the route from Monday, May 20, 2024. In a statement on Friday, May 17, 2024, Kenya Railways confirmed that the train will resume normal schedule, where the first train leaves the Ruiru station at 6:00 am and arrives at Nairobi Central…

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Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday May 18,cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China,as concerns grow over an outbreak in the United States infecting cattle herds. China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a notice that 275 cases of H5 influenza have been confirmed in two counties in…

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Eight people have been confirmed dead after a 32-seater bus they were travelling in plunged into the Mbagathi River in the Gataka area along the road connecting Karen and Ongata Rongai, near the Cooperative University of Kenya. The accident occured on Saturday morning, as the bus operated by Naboka Sacco, was heading to Nairobi from…

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On Thursday,The Kenya Enhanced Anti-Doping Project Joint Working Group said the country was keen to send a clean team to the Paris Olympics Games, which is set to commence from July 26 and end on August 11. Kenya is a ‘Category A’ country due to her unenviable record for doping cases–athletes will must undergo at…

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A Moroccan asylum-seeker who stabbed a British retiree to death in revenge for Israel’s war against Hamas was sentenced Friday to at least 45 years in prison for what the judge termed a terrorist act. Following his capture, Ahmed Alid admitted to authorities that he had murdered 70-year-old Terence Carney in the town of Hartlepool,…

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On Thursday, May 16, the Constitutional Council of Chad confirmed Mahamat Idriss Déby as the country’s president with 61% of the vote, far ahead of his rivals Succès Masra and Albert Pahimi Padacké. Mahamat Idriss Déby won 61% of the vote on Thursday, May 16, the Constitutional Council of Chad declared him as the nation’s…

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