Canada announces cap on international student admissions
New visas for international students will be slashed by more than one-third this year as the federal government tries to slow a rapid increase in temporary residents that has [...]
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Canada rolls out new 988 suicide crisis helpline
A nationwide suicide prevention hotline is now available to Canadians struggling with mental health challenges, with the launch of a new three-digit helpline across the [...]
ICC halts 2007/08 Kenya poll investigation
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office announced Monday it is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that broke out in Kenya after the [...]
Parents sue KNEC, CS Machogu over 2023 KCPE results
Parents and guardians of Kitengela International School and Set Greenhill Academy Mixed and Boarding Junior School of Kisii 2023 KCPE candidates have sued KNEC over the 2023 [...]
Kenyan resident of Toronto sentenced to life in prison for poisoning toddler
Francis Ngugi, a 47-year-old sanitation worker who put a poisonous chemical in a cereal container, killing a Scarborough toddler in March 2021, has been sentenced to life in [...]
House of Commons elects Liberal MP Greg Fergus as next speaker
Liberal member of Parliament Greg Fergus has been elected the House of Commons Speaker in a historic mid-session vote, becoming the first Black person to hold the position in [...]
Njeri Rionge, techpreneur co-founder of Wananchi Online dies
Renowned Kenyan-Canadian entrepreneur and tech icon Njeri Rionge, co-founder of Wananchi Online, a pioneer Internet Service Provider (ISP), is dead. Rionge began her business [...]
Kenya to phase out private children’s homes
Kenya’s government will abolish all privately owned orphanages and children’s homes within the next eight years, a government minister has said. Minister of [...]
Kenya’s stock market becomes world’s worst performer
Kenyan stocks are extending a selloff that’s taken the country’s benchmark index to the steepest losses in the world. The NSE’s all-share index posted the fourth [...]
UN approves Kenyan-led multinational force to combat gang violence in Haiti
The United Nations Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The [...]