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CBK pushes back, rejects Sh35bn bond bids at auction

Nairobi, June 18 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) rejected bids worth Sh35 billion in the latest Treasury bond auction as it pushed back against demands by investors for higher interest returns of u... Read More


Kenya races to become a specialist healthcare hub

Nairobi, June 18 -- Kenya is emerging as a destination for international investment in specialist healthcare, with foreign and regional providers moving in to address the growing burden of non-communi... Read More


Court rejects bid to use old rows to stop sale of EABL stake

Nairobi, June 18 -- The High Court has dismissed a third legal suit that sought to block the final sale of British multinational Diageo's entire 65percent stake in East African Breweries Limited (EABL... Read More


How Treasury officials stole Sh1.5 billion from UN project

Nairobi, June 18 -- Some senior officials of the National Treasury and their cronies have been hit with asset seizures, including buildings and bank accounts, after investigations unearthed the embezz... Read More


Daveigh Chase, voice of Lilo and star of The Ring, dies at 35

New Delhi, June 17 -- Daveigh Chase, the actor who gained international recognition as the voice of Lilo in Disney's animated hit Lilo & Stitch and as the haunting Samara Morgan in the horror film The... Read More


G7 Summit: PM Modi holds "very fruitful" bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Evian, June 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a bilateral meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing 52nd G7 Summit, utilising the platform to ... Read More


Delhi Police neutralises ISI-linked terror module; 5 more arrested in crackdown on 'Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan'

New Delhi, June 17 -- In a breakthrough against trans-border terrorism, the Delhi Police Special Cell on Wednesday arrested five additional members of an eight-person terror module, effectively disman... Read More


US Federal Reserve holds rate steady, projects rate-hike by year-end

India, June 17 -- The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady as expected at Kevin Warsh's first meeting in charge of the central bank, raising its year-end inflation expectations a... Read More


Minister sent off 313 migrant workers to Japan

Jakarta, June 17 -- The Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI), Mukhtarudin, sent off 313 migrant workers (PMI) under the government-to-government (G-to-G) scheme Batch 19 to Japa... Read More


"Gave them $ 1.7 billion in cash": US President Trump attacks 2015 'Obama' nuclear deal

Evian, June 17 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticised the 2015 JCPOA Iran nuclear arrangement, accusing former US President Barack Obama of effectively "bribing" Tehran through a... Read More