A Kenyan Road Project Is Taking Huge Bites Out Of The Kibera Slum

The corpse of Yahya Sinwar was found in the landscape he envisioned—the dusty rubble of an apocalyptic war ignited by the sneak attack he had planned in secret for years, and launched on Oct. 7, 2023. The catch was that the fighting extended only 25 miles east and at most four miles south from the shattered villa in southern Gaza where the Hamas leader died one year and nine days later.

BERLIN— Germany honored U. S. President Joe Biden for his contribution to trans-Atlantic relations on Friday, ahead of his meetings with European allies on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East. But the presidential election cast a long shadow over Biden’s trip, the first bilateral visit to Germany by a U.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send to fight against us,” Zelensky told reporters in Brussels on Thursday.

As cities around the world grapple with congestion and seek to lower emissions, one New Zealand-based startup is looking upward for solutions. Next year, Whoosh will begin construction on a gondola-like ride-hailing network in a 370-acre area of tourism hot spot Queenstown—the first of its kind. Whoosh resembles a ski lift, descending for passenger pickup, but operates differently.

On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who is said to have orchestrated the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, in the Gaza Strip. “Eliminated: Yahya Sinwar,” the IDF posted to their official X account on Thursday afternoon. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] This came hours after the IDF stated that they were “checking the possibility” of Sinwar being among three militants killed during an exchange of fire with the IDF in Gaza on Wednesday. “During IDF operations in Gaza, 3 terrorists were eliminated,” the IDF said in a statement Thursday.

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape. Tensions have been high on college campuses since reports about the alleged rape in the eastern city of Lahore went viral on social media, and protests have broken out in four cities so far. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The latest violence started when hundreds of students demonstrated outside a campus in the city of Rawalpindi in Punjab province.