Section: Kenya
Trump vows ‘America first’ foreign policy
Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump/AFPWASHINGTON, Apr 28 – Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump promised a top-to-bottom overhaul of US foreign policy Wednesday to put “America first” and make its allies pay up. In a major foreign policy speech short on specifics that left Washington experts scratching their heads, Trump...
Thirty years on, Ukraine remembers Chernobyl catastrophe
Candles set in the shape of a radiation hazard symbol are seen on a square next to the monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutych on the 30th anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster which has killed thousands and permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe – AFP/GettyCHERNOBYL, Ukraine, Apr 26 – Ukrainians held candlelit vigils Tuesday...
Obama to stress partnership with Europe in Germany speech
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the Hanover Industry Fair,April 24, 2016/AFPHANOVER, GERMANY, Apr 23 – Barack Obama will set out his vision of relations with Europe with a speech in the northern German city of Hanover on Monday, trying to frame a relationship that has been less than easy throughout his...
This is how they deal with corrupt politicians in Ukraine – Kenyans should do the same.
Sunday, April 24, 2016 – Despite corruption in Kenya reaching alarming levels and the powers that be seemingly reluctant to fight this cancer, citizens have not become angry enough and confronted these greedy pigs. Until we (the citizens) say enough is enough and unite to stop these plundering politicians, they will continue having a field...
US Air Force plane intercepted by Russian jet in ‘unsafe’ manner: Pentagon
A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a very-low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook operating in the Baltic Sea/AFPWASHINGTON, United States, Apr 17 – A US Air Force reconnaissance plane was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 jet in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner while in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon said....
City to face Real, Atletico up against Bayern in Champions League semi-finals
Pep Guardiola avoided his future employers as Manchester City were on Friday drawn to play Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League while Atletico Madrid will face the Spaniard’s Bayern Munich. Guardiola takes over as City boss next season after three years at Bayern in which he has steered the Bavarian giants to the last four...
Liverpool-Villarreal, Shakhtar-Sevilla in Europa League semis
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool earned a Europa League semi-final against Villarreal from their heroic comeback against his former side Borussia Dortmund. Defending champions Sevilla face Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk in the second semi-final drawn Friday. Liverpool, who hit back from 2-0 and 3-1 down to beat Borussia 4-3 and progress into the...
Rich nations probe Panama Papers tax revelations
Police stand guard outside the Mossack Fonseca law firm offices in Panama City during a raid on April 12, 2016/AFPPARIS, France, Apr 13 – Tax authorities from the world’s richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the...
Dutch voters spurn pact with Kiev
Result hailed across the continent, especially by Russia. …read more Source: Daily...
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
G7 foreign ministers lay wreaths in front of the Cenotaph for 1945 atomic bombing victims in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016© Foreign Ministry of Japan/AFPHIROSHIMA, Japan, Apr 11 – US Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on Monday called for a “world without nuclear weapons”, citing North Korea’s...
