Cicely Tyson, iconic and influential actress, dies at 96

By CNN,

Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtim...

Cicely Tyson

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...

Biden begins sweeping away travel ban on African, Muslim-majority countries

By Reuters,

U.S. President Joe Biden signed half a dozen executive orders on Wednesday including immediately lifting a travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and...

Biden , DACA

Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ public schedule on Inauguration Day

By CNN,

Below is the public schedule released by the Biden transition team for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day: On Wednesday, January 20, P...

Biden , Inauguration , kamala harris

PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

US approaches 400,000 coronavirus deaths

By CNN,

As the US approaches 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, new cases have been trending down but multiple states are reporting cases of new va...

coronavirus

U.S. to require negative COVID-19 tests for arriving international air passengers

By Reuters,

Under the rules taking effect Jan. 26, nearly all travelers including U.S. citizens must show a negative test within three days of departure or docume...

coronavirus

Trump faces potential fast-track impeachment next week

By CNN,

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday Democrats are prepared to move forward with impeachment next week if President Donald Trump doesn't resign, as ...

Biden , pelosi , Trump

Iran seizes tanker as tensions rise with the US

By CNN,

Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely t...

Iran , tanker

Trump attacks leadership in his own party, turns on allies

By CNN,

President Donald Trump is spending his final days in office attacking leadership within his own party, this time the second-highest ranking Republican...

Biden , Thune , Trump

Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay

By CNN,

President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a govern...

coronavirus

Donald Trump threatens 30-day reign of destruction on the way out of office

By CNN,

Joe Biden will be president in 30 days. Until then, the question is how much damage can be done by a vengeful, delusional soon-to-be ex-President swil...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

US House approves Ksh.99 trillion COVID-19 rescue package

By CNN,

Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion (99 trillion Kenya shillings) Covid relief package that promises to accelerate va...

coronavirus , COVID-19

‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

By Reuters,

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after wi...

Joe Biden

Banks put on the spot for mimicking ‘rogue’ digital lenders

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have been put on the spot for resembling digital lenders by saddling Kenyans with exorbitant mobile loans. This is as the traditio...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , fuliza , Kenya Bankers Association (KBA)

COVID-19 killing Americans at staggering rate

By CNN,

As millions of Americans head home after Thanksgiving, the coronavirus could be hitching a ride -- threatening to plant seeds of infection across the ...

coronavirus

Trump says he’ll go if Electoral College votes for Biden

By CNN,

President Donald Trump said for the first time Thursday he will leave office if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden but made cle...

coronavirus

Trump ignores deepening COVID-19 crisis while Biden demands action

By CNN,

Joe Biden has spent these early days as President-elect pleading with Americans to pay attention to the relentless surge of Covid-19 -- with deaths ...

Donald Trump

National security experts called to brief U.S. President-elect Joe Biden

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week, Biden transition official Jen Psaki said on Friday, amid concer...

Joe Biden , National Security , President Donald Trump , U.S President elect