Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi AFP/Getty Images Kenya’s crackdown on protesters over the last year has sullied its image as a beacon of democracy Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of repression, tarnishing its reputation as a beacon of democracy in East Africa. Critics fear that it is sliding down the path of...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. At the NATO summit in the Hague, almost all European nations reached an agreement to raise military spending to 5% of each county’s GDP. This comes as President Trump said the U.S. would not...
Nottingham Forest have asked Uefa for clarity after expressing their concerns over Crystal Palace’s Europa League place. The Eagles won the FA Cup to qualify for Europe for the first time in their history, but Uefa must decide if they have breached its multi-club ownership rules. Uefa’s final ruling will centre on American businessman John...
A Football Association report into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack found several players “did not feel supported and felt unable to raise concerns” at the club. The FA commissioned the report in early 2024, following the midfielder’s death, aged 27, in September 2023, and it has not yet...
Senior police and security leaders have raised concerns about the government’s proposals to release some prisoners early. In a letter to the Ministry of Justice, first reported by the Times, that was sent before the announcement on sentencing changes last week, they said that based on their understanding the plans “could be of net detriment...
Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will rise to 68 in 2030 and to...
Nike is set to raise prices on some trainers and clothing from 1 June, weeks after rival Adidas warned it would have to hike the cost of products due to US tariffs. The BBC understands Nike’s decision was taken due to a number of internal and external factors and the sportswear giant said it regularly...
All three English Football League play-off finals will kick off one minute later than scheduled this weekend to raise awareness of the Every Minute Matters campaign. Saturday’s Championship final between Sunderland and Sheffield United and Monday’s League Two showpiece between AFC Wimbledon and Walsall will both kick off at 15:01 BST. Sunday’s League One decider...
Barbara Plett Usher BBC News Reuters Port Sudan, which was once considered a relatively safe city, has been hit by a series of drone attacks targeting key infrastructure Paramilitary fighters appear to have opened a new phase in Sudan’s civil war after being driven from the capital, in a move which some experts have described...
Well, maybe not entirely on Capitol Hill Republicans. A couple of weeks ago, the GOP began discussing a hike in the top tax rate to balance out predicted revenue reductions by expanding the state and local tax deduction (SALT) from its current cap at $10,000. The plan would be to get the new reconciliation bill...
Scheffler – who pipped Dechambeau to finish fourth behind McIlroy at the Masters – was utterly dominant in his hometown tournament last week, posting rounds of 61, 63, 66 and 63. His aggregate of 253 at TPC Craig Ranch equalled the PGA Tour record. In claiming his 14th tour victory, the 28-year-old Texan was top...
AFP The spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community condemned the violence as an “unjustifiable genocidal campaign” Deadly clashes between Islamist armed factions, security forces and fighters from the Druze religious minority near Damascus are another sign of the continuing fragility of the security situation in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Outside players have...
The Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children to Honduras: a 4-year-old who was actively receiving treatment for a rare form of stage 4 cancer, his 7-year-old sister, and a 2-year-old girl who was separated from her father and expelled with her undocumented pregnant mother. The mothers were coerced into taking their U.S. citizen...
Campaigners fighting plans to bring an electricity cable from a floating wind farm onshore at a beach in Devon say they have crowdfunded £10,000 to pay for a legal challenge. Developers White Cross are planning to build the wind farm about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and bring the electricity cable onshore...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Duncan and Alaska Rudall The pair had no previous marathon running experience before taking on the challenge A man and his daughter have raised more than £16,000 for a chemotherapy unit in Devon after his wife received “exceptional care” during her cancer treatment. Duncan Rudall fundraised alongside his daughter...