Malawi, Zambia hit with visa bond requirement in USA
Malawi, Zambia hit with visa bond requirement in US Business travelers and tourists from Malawi and Zambia will face visa bonds as high as $15,000 designed to reduce unauthorised overstays in the US, the State Department announced. Travelers from those countries seeking B-1 business visitor or B-2 tourist visas in the US will have to pay the bonds as a condition...
Former prime minister’s palace In Bangladesh to become revolution museum
Former prime minister's palace In Bangladesh to become revolution museum. Once a heavily guarded palace, the former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being turned into a museum as a lasting reminder of her autocratic rule. Photographs of jubilant flag-waving crowds, clambering onto the rooftop of the Dhaka palace after Hasina fled by helicopter to India, were...
Thousands Of Boeing Employees Reject Contract & Walk Off The Job
Thousands Of Boeing Employees Reject Contract & Walk Off The Job Early on Monday, August 4, more than 3,200 Boeing employees went on strike across three of the company’s major defense manufacturing sites: St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois. The strike followed a Sunday vote by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)...
Rwanda reached deal with US to take in up to 250 migrants, government says
Rwanda reached deal with US to take in up to 250 migrants, government says The United States and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., the spokesperson for the Rwandan government and an official told Reuters, as President Donald Trump’s administration takes a hardline approach toward immigration. The agreement, first reported...
Ivory Coast opposition denounces ‘arbitrary arrest’ of 6 party members
Ivory Coast opposition denounces ‘arbitrary arrest’ of 6 party members Six militants of the African People's Party Ivory Coast (PPA-CI), some senior party members, were arrested over the weekend, an event that has been fiercely denounced by the opposition party, led by ex-president Laurent Gbagbo. These arrests come in the wake of violence in the Yopougon area in the night of...
Mombasa-based TikToker Mosquito arrested over incitement in viral video
Mombasa-based TikToker Mosquito arrested over incitement in viral video The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has apprehended TikToker Shedrack Omondi Okindo, alias Hon. Mosquito, in connection with an inciting video that was widely circulated on TikTok. DCI said that the video published on August 1, 2025, contained threats of violence, triggering public concern and swift action from security agencies. In the video,...
Why could Aug. 5 be shorter than 24 hours?
Why could Aug. 5 be shorter than 24 hours? If you seem not to be able to get through the to-do list on Aug. 5, you'll at least have an excuse. Tuesday is predicted to be one of the shortest days in the year, marking the latest time the Earth could see a day shortened by more than a millisecond. Scientists predict...
Rats in Montreal: the Opposition Asks for Concrete Action to Increase Complaints
Rats in Montreal: The Opposition Asks for Concrete Action to Increase Complaints In twenty years living in Montreal's Snowdon neighborhood, he'd never had a rat problem. But now, when he watches television in his living room, he sees them out of the corner of his eye, bustling around in front of the glass door leading to his terrace. "It's something indescribable,"...
Netanyahu Has Reportedly Decided to Fully Occupy Gaza
Netanyahu Has Reportedly Decided to Fully Occupy Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly made the decision to fully occupy Gaza. Amit Segal, Israel Channel 12’s chief political analyst, posted on X on Monday, “Senior official in Netanyahu’s office: The decision has been made — we’re going to occupy Gaza.” Segal, a right-leaning commentator, is one of Israel’s most influential and well-connected journalists. He also hosts...
More than a million attend closing Mass of Pope Leo XIV’s youth Jubilee
More than a million attend closing Mass of Pope Leo XIV's youth Jubilee Pope Leo XIV presided over a final Mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. "Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less," Pope Leo told the...
