Russia jails man for eight years for handing over secrets to China

By Reuters,

A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to C...

russia , Siberian Zabaykalsky

Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect

By Reuters,

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass d...

facebook , Myanmar military

Tiger Woods undergoes surgery after ‘multiple injuries’ in car crash

By Agencies,

  Tiger Woods has been undergoing surgery after suffering "multiple leg injuries" in a car crash in Los Angeles. The LA County Sheriff's De...

car crash , Golf , Los Angeles , Multiple Inuries , surgery , tiger woods

Why businesses must account for the Digital Services Tax

By Kepha Muiruri,

By 2017, about a quarter of the world’s population or about 1.3 billion people at the time had purchased goods online. This is according to data ...

Digital Services Tax , KRA

Italian ambassador to DRC, policeman killed in attack on U.N. convoy

By Reuters,

Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern C...

Italian ambassador , Luca Attanasio

OPINION: FGM is a serious cultural, health problem that must be stopped

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Girls and women should be protected from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a horrific practice that results in mental and physical p...

coronavirus , FGM

Machakos senatorial race: 9 candidates, one show, one platform, two moderators

By Michael Mutinda,

The Machakos Senatorial by-elections race candidates met during the first ever senatorial debate held by Musyi FM of Royal media services on Friday. ...

kavindu , machakos senatorial by-election , Maendeleo Chap Chap , mutua katuku , WIPER

OPINION: Ability to store insulin without refrigeration a game-changer in refugee camps

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Management of diabetes, a condition requiring daily injection of insulin, is much easier with development of drugs that can be sto...

Diabetes , insulin , MSF

5 Reasons why Bitcoin is better than Fiat Money

By Agencies,

Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, the preferences of the investors and traders are slowly moving towards the cryptocurrency market. There are...

Africa COVID-19 deaths cross 100K after second wave – Reuters tally

By Reuters,

Africa COVID-19 deaths surpassed 100,000 on Friday, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave of infections ov...

coronavirus

Fans return to Australian Open after lockdown ends

By Reuters,

Fans wearing masks returned to the Australian Open on Thursday to take in the Grand Slam’s semi-finals after the completion of Melbourne’s five-da...

Australian Open , fans

Kenya to complete grid connection to Ethiopia by June

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya is expected to complete the connection of its national grid with Ethiopia’s by June this year. Speaking during a tour to inspect various de...

Energy CS Charles Keter , Ethiopia-Kenya Inter-connector , KETRACO

Health CS Kagwe urges counties to be on high alert over new COVID-19 variant

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called on border counties to heighten surveillance to prevent new COVID-19 strains from entering the country...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe

Ten years on, Libyan revolutionaries live with wounds and unfulfilled dreams

By Reuters,

As revolution swept their region in 2011, three young Libyans joined mass protests against Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule. They now live divided...

libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Revolution

500 vehicles in flames after fuel tanker explodes on Afghanistan-Iran border

By CNN,

More than 500 vehicles burst into flames at the Afghanistan-Iranian border Saturday afternoon after a fuel truck there exploded, provincial officials ...

Afghanistan-Iran border

Kusow Ali, driver charged with smuggling sugar, milk worth Ksh.5M in taxes

By Citizen Reporter,

A businessman, Abdihakim Kusow Ali, and his driver were charged with smuggling over 60 tonnes of sugar and 3 tonnes of milk powder from Uganda amounti...

Latto milk , Mayuge Brown sugar

CA, telcos set up interactive portal for safer internet for children

By Citizen Reporter,

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has launched an interactive portal aimed at creating a safer internet for children. The project is in pa...

safer internet day

This woman used Gorilla Glue instead of hair spray. She ended up in hospital

By CNN,

A Louisiana woman has sought medical treatment after mistakenly using Gorilla Glue spray adhesive in place of actual hair spray. Tessica Brown's pl...

gorilla glue , Tessica Brown

IGAD and EU hand over of PPEs, lab test kits to Kenyan Gov’t

By Citizen Reporter,

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the delegation of the European Union to Kenya and the United Nations Office for Project Service...

coronavirus , IGAD , PPE

India glacier avalanche leaves 12 dead, 170 missing

By Reuters,

Rescuers were looking for an estimated 170 people missing in the Himalayas on Monday, including some trapped in a tunnel, after a part of an India gla...

India glacier