Aaron Ramsey has raised the reward for finding his missing beagle, Halo, to $20,000. The dog vanished on October 9 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico's Guanajuato region, where Ramsey currently plays for Pumas UNAM. The Welsh footballer initially offered $10,000 but doubled the amount after one week without results. Ramsey shared the dog's last known location via Google Maps and urged the public to contact him with information.
Ramsey's wife, Colleen, expressed doubt they would recover Halo, suggesting the disappearance involved suspicious circumstances. The 10-year-old beagle wore a tracking collar when she went missing. The couple requested answers about what happened to their beloved pet. Ramsey, who previously played for Arsenal and...
Prunella Scales, who portrayed Sybil Fawlty on the beloved British sitcom Fawlty Towers, died at age 93 at her London home. Her sons, Samuel and Joseph, confirmed her peaceful passing. Scales had battled vascular dementia since 2013, but remained living at home throughout her illness. She was watching the classic comedy the day before her death.
The accomplished performer earned recognition for her nearly 70-year acting career, including a Bafta nomination for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in a 1991 television production. John Cleese, her Fawlty Towers co-star, remembered her as a truly wonderful comic actress whose performances were absolutely perfect. Her husband, fellow actor Timothy West, passed away last November. Scales is...
Amazon will eliminate about 14,000 corporate positions worldwide as the company restructures to focus on artificial intelligence development. Senior Vice President Beth Galetti told workers on Tuesday that the reduction allows Amazon to concentrate resources on priorities that serve customer needs while moving faster in AI competition.
The announcement follows a strong second-quarter performance showing sales of $167.7 billion, up 13 percent from the previous year. Galetti defended the decision, calling AI the most significant technological shift since the emergence of the internet. Amazon employs more than 1.5 million workers globally, with approximately 350,000 in corporate functions.
Chief Executive Andy Jassy has cut roughly...
A man died after a mob attacked him following the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend in Machakos County on Monday. Police Commander Nzioka Singi said the unidentified suspect killed Susan Nyaboke as she walked to her job at a microfinance company in Mwanyani village. Authorities found a machete and two knives near his body.
The attacker, believed to be a local college student, followed Nyaboke along the Machakos-Kitui Road before striking her neck with a blade. Witnesses said the pair had a child together. Residents beat the man to death at the scene before officers arrived.
Investigators recovered both bodies and transported them to Machakos Level 5 hospital mortuary. Officials will conduct autopsies to determine the exact causes of...
Kenya's government pledged to uphold aviation safety standards after a plane crash on Tuesday in Kwale County killed 12 people. Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said investigators from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department arrived at the site to conduct a thorough probe in line with international regulations. The probe will meet global safety standards while remaining transparent and independent.
The aircraft departed Diani Airstrip bound for Maasai Mara when it crashed in Tsimba Golini's forested hills about 10 kilometers from the coast. Heavy rain and poor visibility affected the area at the time. Mombasa Air Safari confirmed that 10 foreign nationals and one Kenyan pilot died with no survivors found.
The airline...
A Kenyan court has revoked a land title for a 7.11-hectare parcel within Karura Forest, determining the property was fraudulently taken from public ownership. Justice David Mwangi ruled the allocation to Gigiri Court Limited and Joseph Kamotho violated constitutional and environmental protections for public forests. The court ordered the land returned to government control under the Kenya Forest Service and National Land Commission.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission brought the case in 2007 after discovering the parcel had been illegally removed from forest reserve land in the 1990s. Officials found the transfer lacked required ministerial approval, parliamentary ratification and proper gazette notices for removing forest...
Kenya plans to raise its cancer treatment funding cap from 550,000 shillings to 1 million shillings across three years to help patients afford care. Social Health Authority head Mercy Mwangangi told lawmakers on Tuesday the increases will reach 600,000 shillings next year, then 800,000 and finally 1 million.
The agency supports 35,000 cancer patients, but estimates show 50,000 need assistance. Ten percent of those receiving help exhaust their benefits before finishing treatment because costs keep rising.
Officials work with health economists and scientists to design payment models matching specific cancer types. The authority hired doctors to review suspicious claims and built software to flag irregular billing patterns.
Health...
A Kenyan court ordered the return of 7 hectares of land illegally taken from Karura Forest and Kenya Technical Teachers College after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission proved fraud. Justice David Mwangi voided land titles given to Gigiri Court Limited and John Kamotho in the 1980s and 1990s, ruling that officials exceeded their authority when they approved the transfer without proper degazettement notices.
The commission found that surveyors created false documents to consolidate forest parcels into a single plot, which was later sold to developers. The court rejected claims by buyers who said they purchased the property in good faith, stating fraudulent titles carry no legal protection regardless of subsequent ownership.
The...
Armed men kidnapped a security guard and torched a conference room at a Harare venue late on Monday, hours before activists planned to oppose extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule. Attackers also firebombed Gilbert Mbwende's house in Highfield township around the same time.
Police blocked the Tuesday morning event at both the Harare site and a simultaneous gathering in Bulawayo, where opposition figures Job Sikhala, Tendai Biti, and Sibangilizwe Nkomo were scheduled to speak. Organizers worked to relocate the Constitutional Crossroads conference after finding locked gates and burned facilities.
Opposition leader Tendai Biti called the incidents desperate terrorism aimed at stopping lawful constitutional defense. The proposed...
