NAIROBI, Kenya, July 29 – Health experts are calling for greater public awareness and support for breastfeeding, warning that common myths and misinformation continue to undermine breastfeeding practices among Kenyan mothers. Speaking ahead of World Breastfeeding Week, observed annually from…
Firefighters were deployed to rescue dozens of residents trapped by rising waters at a nursing home in Beijing on Monday, as a powerful flash flood swept through the Chinese capital, claiming at least 30 lives and forcing thousands to evacuate.…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by three former officials of FC Talanta challenging a Sh1 million damages award to Jerome Dufourg, the club’s former Executive Director, who was unlawfully dismissed and subjected…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 28 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has directed National Referral Hospitals to conduct an audit of emergency response systems, security protocols and patients monitoring after the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) incident where two patients were murdered.…
A New York City police officer is among four people killed in a shooting inside a Midtown Manhattan high-rise. Police said the gunman walked into the office building on Monday evening with an MR rifle in clear view before spraying…
Preparations are under way to refit a Qatari jumbo jet that is expected to serve as Air Force One for President Donald Trump, CBS, the BBC’s US news partner, reports. The Boeing aircraft – valued at $400m (£300m) – is…
A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed as gunmen fired into a bar in Ecuador, the latest mass shooting in a country ravaged by drug violence. Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said 14 others were injured in the attack on…
KISII, Kenya, Jul 29 – President Ruto allies have defended their sources of money which they are dishing out across the country during empowerment programmes saying they have a merry-go-round to support the course. Speaking in Bobasi constituency, Uriri Member…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – The Court of Appeal has dismissed a petition challenging the mandatory membership of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) for all practicing advocates, upholding the constitutionality of the requirement as a justified limitation of the…
Álvaro Uribe has become the first former Colombian president to be convicted of a crime. A court in Bogotá found the 73-year-old, who was president from 2002 to 2010, guilty of witness-tampering and a fraud charge. He was convicted of…