Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 0818 EAT on Friday 1 August 2025 President Trump Praises Netanyahu as “Competent,” Hopes Israel Can Feed Starving Palestinians While Preventing Hamas Aid Theft President Donald Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “a competent person” in an interview with NBC, expressing hope that Israel will successfully…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 0800 EAT on Friday 1 August 2025 Brazil initially appeared to have escaped major impact from Washington’s latest trade moves, facing only a modest 10% U.S. tariff. But that changed this week when former President Donald Trump raised the tariff on Latin America’s largest economy to 50%. Unlike…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1424 EAT on Thursday 31 July 2025 Ukraine’s Parliament Votes Unanimously to Restore Independence of Anti-Corruption Agencies Ukraine’s parliament has voted to restore the independence of two key anti-corruption agencies, taking a major step to defuse the country’s most serious political crisis since Russia’s full-scale invasion. In a…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 0945 EAT on Thursday 31 July 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September, making it the third G7 country in recent days to signal such a move. Carney said the decision will be contingent on democratic reforms, including…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1800 EAT on Wednesday 30 July 2025 Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has backed manager Ruben Amorim’s tough stance on improving dressing room standards, admitting the atmosphere at the club had become “quite toxic” at times. Amorim, who took charge of a struggling United side in November, has…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1748 EAT on Wednesday 30 July 2025 Vasily Berezhnoy has lived his entire life on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, a region known for its seismic activity and volcanic eruptions — but he says he doesn’t remember tremors as powerful as those that struck today. “People were in the streets…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1413 EAT on Tuesday 29 July 2025 Russian airstrikes on southeastern Ukraine overnight have killed at least 22 people, including 16 prison inmates and a pregnant woman, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and local officials. The deadly attacks came just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump tightened…

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1343 EAT on Tuesday 29 July 2025 China has proposed a global action plan to govern artificial intelligence, just days after the United States laid out its own strategy aimed at cementing American leadership in the fast-evolving technology. AI has increasingly become a strategic lever in trade negotiations…