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April 29, 2026 08:59 (EAT) • 7 minutes ago

Wembanyama's Spurs advance in NBA playoffs, 76ers stay alive

Victor Wembanyama scored 17 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked six shots to help the Spurs wrap up a 4-1 win in their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.In the East, Philadelphia star Joel Embiid scored 33 points and handed out eight assists as the 76ers fended off elimination...

April 29, 2026 08:00 (EAT) • 1 hour ago

France probes return of adult website linked to mass rape

Authorities say the French-language platform Coco has been linked to crimes, including the sexual abuse of children, rape and murder. The website, which was registered abroad, was shut down in June 2024.

April 29, 2026 07:52 (EAT) • 1 hour ago

Luis Enrique predicts more thrills in return leg after PSG beat Bayern in classic

Tuesday's thriller was the highest scoring semi-final match in the modern Champions League era -- you have to go back to 1960 to find the last game as prolific at this stage of the European Cup.

April 29, 2026 07:33 (EAT) • 1 hour ago

AI fakes of accused US press gala gunman flood social media

Trump and senior administration officials were evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as sounds of gunfire rang from a floor above the ballroom, where the suspect had attempted to sprint past security.

April 29, 2026 07:31 (EAT) • 1 hour ago

Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert

Three dates in Swift's record-breaking tour were cancelled in the summer of 2024 after authorities warned of the alleged Islamic State group plot.

April 29, 2026 06:43 (EAT) • 2 hours ago

Japan cleaner goes viral with spa-like service for plushies

Masakazu Shimura, a cleaning professional with three decades of experience, gave one stuffed Pokemon already in good condition a steam shower, carefully brushing it after a gentle bubble scrub, almost as if caring for a newborn baby.

April 29, 2026 06:23 (EAT) • 2 hours ago

Energy costs this year to hit highest since Ukraine invasion: World Bank

Energy costs have rocketed after the US-Israeli strikes targeting Iran from February 28. Tehran retaliated by virtually blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally transits.

April 29, 2026 05:38 (EAT) • 3 hours ago

ICC orders Ksh.1B compensation for victims of Malian war criminal

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, known as Al Hassan, was a member of Ansar Dine, one of a number of jihadist groups that seized control of Timbuktu between April 2012 and January 2013.

April 28, 2026 11:10 (EAT) • 9 hours ago

Trump to put his picture in US passports

The State Department confirmed that it would offer a limited-edition passport to mark this year's 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence

April 28, 2026 11:04 (EAT) • 10 hours ago

Musk faces off with OpenAI in court over broken promises

The legal clash across the bay from San Francisco pits the world's richest person against a startup Musk once backed and now competes with in the booming AI sector.Musk appeared at the federal court in Oakland, seen passing through metal detectors, ahead of opening arguments for a trial that could h...

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Wembanyama's Spurs advance in NBA playoffs, 76ers stay alive

France probes return of adult website linked to mass rape

Luis Enrique predicts more thrills in return leg after PSG beat Bayern in classic

AI fakes of accused US press gala gunman flood social media

Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert

Japan cleaner goes viral with spa-like service for plushies

Energy costs this year to hit highest since Ukraine invasion: World Bank

ICC orders Ksh.1B compensation for victims of Malian war criminal

Trump to put his picture in US passports

Musk faces off with OpenAI in court over broken promises

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