No Politics of Sycophancy: Natembeya Sets Record Straight on Ruto & Raila
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No Politics of Sycophancy: Natembeya Sets Record Straight on Ruto & Raila

Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has spoken about his political relationship with President William Ruto and former Premier Raila Odinga. During an interview with a local television station on Monday, August 11, 2025, Natembeya explained that he doesn’t feel the need to have a personal connection with the president. The former county commissioner argued that the belief politicians must maintain close ties with the executive to secure development is misguided. “Our relationship with Ruto is that he is the president and I am a governor. That is the relation. He is in the national government, and I am in the county government,” he bluntly stated. Natembeya stressed that the connection between county and national governments is defined by the constitution. “He is the president of Kenya, and I don’t have another president. I don’t know why people want to...
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Analysis-Hamas hostage videos silenced Israeli media’s talk of Gaza aid crisis
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Analysis-Hamas hostage videos silenced Israeli media’s talk of Gaza aid crisis

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A growing willingness by among Israeli news media to critically explore the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has all but evaporated in recent weeks after militant group Hamas released videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages. In late July, as images of starving Gazans stirred international outcry, some Israeli press and broadcasters began to carry reports on the worsening conditions there, urging a more robust aid response. Yonit Levi, the main news anchor of Channel 12, branded the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a "moral failure" live on air, and the heads of some universities and the national Holocaust memorialappealed to the government to help hungry Gazans. Israeli media has largely focused during 22 months of war on the trauma and impact on Israelis of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack, in which, according to Israeli tallies, some...
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The First Lady of Salvador visiting the Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation in Rabat
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The First Lady of Salvador visiting the Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation in Rabat

The First Lady of the Republic of Salvador, Ms. Gabriela Rodriguez de Bukele, visited, Monday in Rabat, the Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation, under the Mohammed VI Foundation of Sciences and Health.The visit of Ms. Gabriela Rodriguez de Bukele to this center is part of the partnership linking the Lalla Asmaa Foundation and the Mohammed VI Foundation of Sciences and Health in the field of scientific research on deafness. Thanks to this participatory approach and collaboration between the two foundations, the Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation contributes to the development of a medium and long -term hearing disorders research project, with the aim of achieving a general and early diagnosis on the basis of genetic characteristics. Indeed, the center, with in particular laboratories of cell biology and immunology, molecular and genomic biology, new...
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Here, art hides at the Archipelago party in Karlskrona – only visible in the mobile
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Here, art hides at the Archipelago party in Karlskrona – only visible in the mobile

JavaScript must be turned on in order to play video Digital artwork is hidden in various places in Karlskrona. Hear about the project in the clip. Photo: Cajsa Bengtsson/SVT Published Yesterday 14:13 One of the archipelago party's somewhat more unique feature this year is a digital art round. In several places in Karlskrona, visitors can take part in history -connected works of art - via the mobile phone. On July 30-31, Blue Science Park in Karlskrona invites you to an art installation. The project consists of several parts. Some to experience, in several different places around the city, are so-called AR installations. By using the World Heritage app, the visitor can take part in the artworks, which in different ways describe the local history. - It is great to be part of the...
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