The world is mourning the loss of celebrated Kenyan author, playwright, and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who passed away on Wednesday morning, 28th May 2025, at the age of 87. The news was confirmed by his family in a heartfelt statement released by his daughter, Wanjiku wa Ngugi. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o,” the statement read. “He lived…

Tesla CEO and the main driver of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill.

Abortion services in Missouri have come to an abrupt halt once again after the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a lower court used the wrong legal standard in allowing the procedure to resume. The two-page ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court directed Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders, which had temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s sweeping abortion restrictions. The justices said Zhang’s rationale, that abortion…

The U.S. Department of State has reissued its starkest warning yet about travel to Venezuela, urging all American citizens to avoid the country entirely and for those currently there to leave immediately. Citing “severe risks,” the advisory highlights threats including wrongful detention, kidnapping, and even torture. In a press release issued Tuesday, the department emphasised that it does not maintain an operational embassy or consulate in Venezuela and is therefore…

Canada’s main stock index is set to largely consolidate its recent gains through the rest of 2025 and could be at risk of another correction as the domestic economy shows signs of a slowdown due to U.S. tariffs. The S&P/TSX composite index has rebounded nearly 16% from its lowest closing level in April to post a record closing high on Monday at 26,073.13. Since the start of the year, the…

Colombian authorities have seized more than six tons of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel, commonly referred to as a “narco sub,” and two hidden underground caches in the country’s Pacific region. The Colombian Navy announced the bust earlier this week, releasing dramatic video footage of the narco sub’s interception off the Pacific coast in Nariño, a region bordering Ecuador long known as a key corridor for drug trafficking. Additional footage…

A British toddler has made history by becoming the youngest person ever accepted into Mensa, the high-IQ society, according to Guinness World Records. Joseph Harris-Birtill, born on November 23, 2021, was inducted into the exclusive club at just two years and 182 days old, breaking previous records and stunning experts with his extraordinary intellect. Joseph, whose parents both work at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, began displaying signs…

Authorities in Mexico have uncovered a mass grave containing 17 bodies in an abandoned house in Irapuato, Guanajuato, a central Mexican state gripped by an unrelenting wave of cartel violence. The discovery, announced by the state prosecutor’s office on Monday, marks one of the most chilling finds in recent months in a region overwhelmed by gang warfare. The bodies were located using ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs during a targeted…

Yaqeen Hammad, an 11-year-old girl who became Gaza’s youngest influencer and a beloved figure of hope, was killed on Friday night when Israeli airstrikes targeted her family’s home in Al-Baraka, Deir al-Balah. Her torn body was recovered from the rubble, ending a life that had, against all odds, become a symbol of resilience for Palestinians living under siege. Yaqeen’s death has sent shockwaves across the world, with activists, journalists, and…

A 74 year old former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec has bagged 20 years in prison on Wednesday for the rape and sexual abuse of hundreds of patients, most of them children under the age of 15. Le Scouarnec, a former digestive surgeon who operated in both public and private hospitals across Brittany and western France, faced charges of 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults committed between 1989 and 2014. His…

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has issued a blistering condemnation of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, declaring in a Haaretz opinion piece that the state is committing war crimes and engaging in “indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians.” Olmert, who served as Israel’s 12th Prime Minister from 2006 to 2009 and was once a senior figure in the Likud party, the same political bloc currently led by…

At least one Palestinian civilian has been killed and 48 others wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd at a food distribution site in Gaza on Tuesday, according to local health officials.