Section: Capital News (Kenya)
170,000 sign petition demanding Russia PM’s resignation
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) was asked by a university lecturer from the impoverished Dagestan region why teachers receive only around 15,000 rubles ($230) per month, while police are significantly better paid © AFP/File / Alexander NemenovMoscow, Russian Federation, Aug 5 – More than 170,000 Russians have signed an online...
Obama says Trump ‘unfit’ to be president
US President Barack Obama speaks about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a press conference in Washington, DC on August 2, 2016 © AFP / Saul LoebWashington, United States, Aug 2 – In a blunt and virtually unprecedented presidential rebuke, Barack Obama on Tuesday described Donald Trump as “unfit” to be president and called on...
Trump’s Russia praise raises ‘security issues’: Clinton
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at Fort Hayes Vocational School on July 31, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio/AFPWASHINGTON, United States, Aug 1 – Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his “absolute allegiance” to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both “national security issues”...
Russian snowplough driver admits guilt over Total boss jet crash
Former Vnukovo airport snowplough driver Vladimir Martynenko (front, R), head airport services engineer Vladimir Ledenev (front L) and airport dispatcher Aleksandr Kruglov (C back) attend a hearing in Moscow on July 28, 2016 © AFP / Alexander NemenovMoscow, Russian Federation, Jul 28 – A Russian snowplough driver on Thursday pleaded guilty to...
Italy, Netherlands offer to share UN council seat
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (L) speaks with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni after voting for the five non-permanent members of the Security Council at the United Nations/AFPUNITED NATIONS, United States, Jun 29 – Italy and the Netherlands agreed Tuesday to split their term on the UN Security Council after a tie in voting forced...
Beer, broken glass and beatings; Euro 2016 fans revive old habits
Bottles and other objects were hurled at French police in Marseille who responded with tear gas/AFPMARSEILLE, Jun 11 – Two nights of tear gas, broken bottles and beer-bloated football fans on Marseille’s Vieux Port came as a stark reminder to European Championship organisers that old habits die hard. France has been on the lookout for...
Obama to make last trip to Europe
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After Ebola, World Bank creates pandemic insurance plan
A mother nurses her newborn at the maternity ward of the Kailahun Government hospital in Sierra Leone, hard hit by spread of the Ebola virus/AFPJAPAN, May 21 – The World Bank announced Saturday a new program to mobilize funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was caught unprepared in the 2014 Ebola disaster in West...
NATO says all should avoid new arms race
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Wars displace record 40.8m people in the world: study
Latest report shows that the number of people internally displaced by conflicts around the world rose last year to a record of 40.8 million/AFPLONDON, United Kingdom, May 11 – The number of people internally displaced by conflicts around the world rose last year to a record 40.8 million people, a report out on Wednesday showed. “This is the...
