Nigeria’s Dangote Group has offered East African countries a 30% stake in a new oil refinery planned in northern Kenya, Bloomberg reported. Ethiopia and Rwanda have already expressed an interest in investing in the facility in Lamu, according to Kenyan President William Ruto’s top economic advisor. The prospective 700,000 barrels-a-day ...
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How a Network of Volunteers Is Liberating Critical Court Records for EveryoneHow a Network of Volunteers Is Liberating Critical Court Records for Everyone
This article was republished from our friends over at Court Watch. Please consider subscribing to them if you want the early scoop on what’s happening in our court system, from the concerning to the bizarre. Madeleine O’Neill is a freelance reporter in Baltimore. Hundreds of street arrests that court records ...
How the deadly A66 crash unfolded leaving seven deadHow the deadly A66 crash unfolded leaving seven dead
At 03:30 BST on Saturday, two police officers were killed when a Volkswagen Passat collided with their marked car on the A66 motorway. ...
Burnham vows support for Ukraine despite ‘outrageous threats’ from RussiaBurnham vows support for Ukraine despite ‘outrageous threats’ from Russia
It comes after Moscow warned of “consequences” over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine. ...
UK missiles offer may help Ukraine – but they are not what Zelensky needs mostUK missiles offer may help Ukraine – but they are not what Zelensky needs most
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing over blueprints so Kyiv can build its own long-range missiles. ...
Rivals cautiously optimistic as regulator tackles Diageo’s Kenya dominanceRivals cautiously optimistic as regulator tackles Diageo’s Kenya dominance
The News Kenyan brewers see an antitrust decision to impose conditions on Asahi Group’s $2.3 billion acquisition of Diageo’s East African Breweries as a potential opening to reshape market dynamics in their favor. The Competition Authority of Kenya recently set a number of conditions on the deal to assuage longstanding ...
More Americans are smoking pot, poll findsMore Americans are smoking pot, poll finds
Marijuana use in the US is at a record high, while cigarette smoking sits at a record low, according to new polling from Gallup. Seventeen percent of American adults say they smoke marijuana, tied with the high notched in 2023. That’s a big shift from 2013, the year Gallup started ...
Trump’s FDA pick faces MAHA resistanceTrump’s FDA pick faces MAHA resistance
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration spurred pushback from some Make America Healthy Again advocates, setting up a fight between the administration and part of the base that helped propel Trump to his second term. Turning Point USA’s Alex Clark, a leading ...
Norman could add to Trump’s primary losing streakNorman could add to Trump’s primary losing streak
South Carolina Republicans could nominate Rep. Ralph Norman on Tuesday for Senate, denying Sen. Darline Graham six more years in the seat held by her late brother. Graham campaigned with President Donald Trump in Myrtle Beach on Friday, and promised to vote to Lindsey Graham’s right. “On illegal immigration, I’m ...
Maine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide adMaine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide ad
Troy Jackson is taking the positive route as Republicans sink money into negative ads in Maine. In a new ad running statewide and shared first with Semafor, the Democratic Senate nominee appears alongside his mom, who talks about his upbringing by teenage parents. “We struggled a lot. He didn’t use ...