Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga’s lawyers, Daniel Maanzo.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 09:46AM
Raila Odinga challenges presidential results in Kenyan Supreme Court
China flexes military muscles, then targets Taiwan’s citrus fruits
For the last 18 years, Li Meng-han and his family have grown pomelos in a rural town near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 05:06AM
China’s July Russian coal imports hit 5-year high as West shuns Moscow
China’s coal imports from Russia jumped 14% in July from a year earlier to their highest in at least five years, as China bought discounted coal while Western countries shunned Russian cargoes over its invasion of Ukraine.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 03:55AM
Singapore to repeal colonial era law criminalizing sex between men, says prime minister
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state. Story Published at: August 21, 2022 at 04:02PM
How to end the war on drugs in a country synonymous with drugs
It’s the home of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and the origin of legendary Santa Marta Gold — once the most sought-after varieties of weed in the United States — named after Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.Story Published at: August 21, 2022 at 03:43PM
Mexican court issues 83 arrest warrants related to the disappearance of 43 students
A court in Mexico on Friday ordered the arrest warrants of 83 people allegedly involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 09:35PM
Ukrainian grain deal ‘lays groundwork for permanent peace environment,’ says Turkey
Some 27 ships loaded with grain have left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since August 1 under an export deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, which has laid “the groundwork for a permanent peace environment,” Turkey’s Defense Minister said in a speech on Saturday.Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 04:50PM
Plane that failed to land was cruising at 37,000 feet on autopilot. The pilots were reportedly asleep
Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald.Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 09:21AM
Britain is plunging deeper into crisis by the day, but its government is missing in action
The United Kingdom is enduring a summer of misery as its beloved health service descends into crisis, inflation soars, taps run dry and strikes halt trains. Meanwhile, the government is nowhere to be seen.Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 05:17AM
Featherweight boxer Ramla Ali looks to break barriers in Saudi Arabia’s first ever female fight
After fleeing war in Somalia as a child, featherweight boxer Ramla Ali has had to fight for everything she has. Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 02:02AM