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News24.co.ke | Equity bank in Nairobi robbed over what is believed to be millions

A group of suspected thieves robbed the Equity Bank, Kayole Branch in Nairobi on Saturday night getting away with a undisclosed amount of money.




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News24.co.ke | Murder trial of Willy Kimani postponed due to lawyer no-show

The murder trial over human rights lawyers, Willy Kimani death had to be postponed when lawyer, Cliff Ombeta failed to pitch in court.




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Raúl and Prime Minister of Barbados hold official talks

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, held official talks, on Sunday December 7, with the Honorable Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, who is visiting the country as the head of the Barbados delegation to the 5th CARICOM-Cuba Summit.




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Toward the indispensable political, economic and social integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT Toward the indispensable political, economic and social integration of Latin America and the Caribbean Key remarks by President Raúl Castro opening the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Havana, December 8, 2014




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China vows equal treatment for Africans after McDonald's apology

McDonald's said it had closed a restaurant in Guangzhou for diversity and inclusion training after an investigation confirmed social media reports it was barring "black people".




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Antarctic researchers are now isolating within isolation

In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica, Davis station leader David Knoff and other expeditioners are well aware of what it takes to live this way.




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Bill Gates, in rebuke of Trump, calls WHO funding cut 'as dangerous as it sounds'

The Microsoft co-founder said halting funding for the World Health Organisation during a world health crisis was "as dangerous as it sounds".




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Donald Trump wanted his own two-hour radio show during the pandemic

The US President said he envisioned a show running two hours a day, according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh, the conservative host.




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China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for six key days

China's attempt to walk a line between alerting the public and avoiding panic set the stage for a pandemic that has infected more than 2 million people.




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Amid slowing infections, Germany takes first steps to restart public life

New infections in Germany have slowed in recent weeks, but Merkel cautioned that the country has achieved only "a fragile intermediate success".




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'Banana republic': Trump threatens to unilaterally suspend Congress

The President's remarkable threat - which came on the day US recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths - drew immediate criticism from constitutional experts.




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Multiple US protests for people 'sick and tired' of virus lockdown

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in multiple US states to protest against stay-at-home orders meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.




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Four IS suspects arrested over plot to attack US bases in Germany

Prosecutors said the men joined IS in January 2019 and were instructed to form a cell in Germany. They reportedly first planned to carry out an attack in Tajikistan but later shifted their target




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Shop with tongs and lock up your cat: Scientists' suggestions for life after lockdown

Experts looked at how different countries are coping in creating a list of 275 ideas to stop coronavirus spreading.




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After 10 days of hell, take it from me: you don't want to catch this virus

I did not think I was going to die but it absolutely felt like the virus was trying hard to kill me. I've never been so sick, or scared.




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US investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab: Trump

The source of the virus remains a mystery, although the broad scientific consensus holds that SARS-CoV-2, its official name, originated in bats.




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Gangnam smile: North Korean defector wins South Korea's swankiest seat

Thae Yong-ho was Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to the UK where he had managed secret funds for leader Kim Jong-un until he fled to the South in 2016.




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Ivanka Trump, disregarding federal guidelines, travelled to New Jersey for Passover

Donald Trump's eldest daughter left Washington for another one of her family's homes, even as she has publicly thanked people for self-quarantining.




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Anonymous tip 'led to the discovery of more than a dozen bodies' at US nursing home

Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at a nursing home in north-western New Jersey, according to reports.




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‘Eerily quiet’: Qantas pilot flies Australians home in near-empty skies

While the route is familiar, the Qantas pilot of a flight bringing Australians in the UK home said he had never seen the skies so "eerily quiet."




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One in seven US workers jobless as pandemic shock to economy hits

Conservative economist Steven Moore, a Trump ally, said there will be 30 million people out of work in the country if the economy doesn't open back up soon.




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Readers angered by Donald Trump's 'propaganda' briefing

The story about TV networks cutting away from the US President's press briefing generated the most online discussion with our readers this week.




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Donald Trump's three-phase plan to reopen economy to take months

Federal officials have warned that some social distancing measures may need to remain in place through to the end of the year to prevent a new outbreak.




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Drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury released from Colombian prison

The Australian woman has been released from prison in Bogota, Colombia, as the nation responds to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Russia carries out anti-satellite test

Officials say space will increasingly become an important domain for warfare, with the US, Russia and China stepping up their military postures in orbit.




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Bathroom Banksy: Street-artist's lockdown work

Banksy has followed official UK advice to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic, much to his wife's concern.




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Virus epicentre Wuhan raises number of dead by 50 per cent

An official said the new figures were "due to the insufficiency in admission and treatment capability" at the early stages of the outbreak.




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Now is the worst time to cut World Health Organisation funding

After a disaster there is a search for someone to blame but reckless vengeance can be as bad as the original calamity.




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'Everything has shifted': How a pandemic is reshaping the US election

As a rule, if the economy is going well then US presidents get re-elected. If it's going badly, they lose. But will that hold in a global health emergency?




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Europe is emerging from the pandemic with beds and ventilators to spare

All across Europe, the numbers are coming down. There is finally good news to share.




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In a time of coronavirus, Iran parades medical gear, not missiles

It was a far cry from the typical Army Day parades, which normally feature spectacles of infantry, missiles, and armoured vehicles.




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France contradicts US on coronavirus link to Wuhan research lab

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also rejected suggestions the novel coronavirus was man-made.




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WHO defends China's new Wuhan coronavirus death toll

US President Donald Trump seized on the new figures as evidence China has been deliberately concealing its true toll from the rest of the world.




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Coronavirus infection surge threatens to collapse Japan's hospitals

Two Japanese medical associations warn that the country's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.




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Trump's 'LIBERATE MICHIGAN!' tweets incite insurrection. That's illegal in the US

Using the current crisis to encourage a backlash against lawful and expert-recommended public health measures enjoys no protection under the US Constitution.




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Queen cancels birthday celebrations as COVID-19 sweeps through UK

The Queen has cancelled her birthday celebrations, deeming them inappropriate as Britain fights the coronavirus.




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Iran partially reopens capital as coronavirus deaths hit one-month low

Low-risk businesses - including many shops, factories and workshops - have resumed operations in Tehran.




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Coronavirus analysis shows weight elevates risk of complications

An analysis of 15,100 patients across Britain hospitalised with COVID-19 finds carrying excess weight increases the likelihood of severe complications.




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Pandemic gives Arthur Sinodinos 'baptism of fire' as US ambassador

Our man in Washington is making new friends at a safe distance.




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Police say mass shooting Canada's worst in recent history

A man wearing a police uniform has gone on a shooting rampage in Canada.




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Push for universal global ceasefire 'stalled by US and Russia'

Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General, has urged warring countries to declare a temporary truce and focus all their attention on fighting the virus.




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'A stroke of luck': Passenger glad to be on global cruise during pandemic

The virus-free bubble that the Costa Deliziosa cruise ship became on its 15-week odyssey is coming to an end.




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'Armed bandits' kill dozens in north-west Nigeria

Police said some of the gunmen wielded AK 47 guns in the attacks on villagers.




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Prince Harry and wife Meghan blacklist British tabloids

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have written to Britain's biggest tabloids, vowing never to work with them again.




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New Zealand to ease virus lockdown next week

The nation of 5 million introduced its highest, level-four lockdown measures in late March.




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Pakistan eases restrictions on mosques for Ramadan

The country at odds with other Muslim nations as it bows to clerics on the religious festival despite rising infections.




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UNSW graduate, Chinese Vice Minister investigated for 'severe violations of discipline and law'

The move comes a month after Sun Lijung played a key role in the Chinese Communist Party's response to the coronavirus crisis. 




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Coronavirus pandemic: South Koreans return to work, malls and golf courses

As the number of new coronavirus infections drops below 20 a day, big firms start social distancing back at the office.




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Benjamin Netanyahu reaches power-sharing deal with rival

The deal averts what would have been a fourth consecutive election in just over a year as the country fights its coronavirus outbreak.




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WHO chief warns worst of coronavirus pandemic is still ahead

The World Health Organisation chief has revived the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing the spread of the virus.