Five members of a single family were killed in a brutal mob attack on the night of Thursday, April 17, in Metembe village, Masimba ward, Kisii county, Kenya. Also, six houses were torched in Kisii over murder claims.The victims—among them the family’s father and mother—were accused by enraged villagers of having a hand in the murder of a middle-aged man whose body was discovered a month ago under mysterious circumstances.…

US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence about reaching a “very good” trade deal with China, even as the US imposed steep tariffs of up to 245 per cent on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s retaliatory actions. “We’re going to make a deal. I think we’re going to make a very good deal with China,” Trump said, as reported by The Hill on Thursday. He also told reporters he…

The United States is preparing to walk away from its diplomatic efforts to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine unless signs of meaningful progress emerge “within days,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned on Friday. Speaking at a press conference in Paris following a round of talks with European and Ukrainian leaders, Rubio delivered the Biden administration’s starkest warning yet: “It is not our war. We didn’t…

A deadly shooting on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee on Thursday has left two people dead and six others injured, authorities confirmed. The suspect, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a student at FSU, was apprehended after being shot by police and remains hospitalized. According to law enforcement officials, Ikner is the stepson of a long-serving Leon County sheriff’s deputy and had previously been involved in several youth advisory…

A scenic cable car ride turned deadly on Thursday when a cable snapped on Monte Faito, sending one of the cabins crashing to the ground and killing at least four people, including two foreign tourists. One person remains in critical condition, according to local authorities. The crash occurred in the coastal town of Castellammare di Stabia, south of Naples, as the cable car—popular for its breathtaking views of Mount Vesuvius…

Donald Trump’s sky-high tariffs are not a ban on trade with China, but they come close. Although it is hard to estimate quite how sharp the decline in business between the two countries will be, since firms will find new routes and Mr Trump keeps changing the scope of the levies, a vertiginous drop is assured. Once turned away, where will China’s exports to America go instead? As supply chains adjust, firms…

Millions of WhatsApp users in Nigeria and across the globe may soon lose access to the messaging platform as Meta, the app’s parent company, prepares to phase out support for older smartphones. Starting May 5, 2025, WhatsApp will no longer function on certain outdated devices that fail to meet the app’s latest security and performance requirements. The update affects both individual users and small businesses that rely on WhatsApp Business…

Berlin, Germany — Germany’s plans to send long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine are in limbo, with political divisions inside the country’s incoming coalition government and the lack of a clear endorsement from Britain threatening to derail the controversial weapons transfer. Senior Christian Democrat MP Roderich Kiesewetter has warned that unless the United Kingdom signals firm support soon, Germany may have to shelve the idea altogether. His remarks underscore the growing…

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Not Legally Women Under Equality Act: A Landmark Decision Reverberates Across Gender Rights Debate. In a landmark decision that’s already rippling across both sides of the gender rights debate, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the term “woman” under the country’s Equality Act of 2010 refers exclusively to biological sex, not gender identity. The ruling delivers a substantial blow to transgender rights…

President Donald Trump has issued an ominous new justification for his tariff hikes, saying more products need to be made in the United States so it is prepared in case of ‘war.’ Trump has sparked fears of a recession with his crackdown on foreign imports which is part of a campaign to ramp up domestic manufacturing and have more goods made in America. In his latest explanation of the tariff…

The UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “reciprocal” tariffs, or risk “serious economic harm”. In a report published on Monday, Unctad identifies 28 nations the US president singled out for a higher tariff rate than the 10% baseline – despite each accounting for less than 0.1% of the US trade deficit. These include Laos, which is…

President Donald Trump has blasted “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him. “Almost every week, 60 Minutes … mentions the name ‘TRUMP’ in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s ‘BROADCAST’ tops them all,” the president said on his Truth Social platform. He called…