Rapper Toxic Lyrikali has addressed circulating online chatter about rivalries in the music scene, asserting that he holds no grudges and has no active beef with any fellow artists. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Toxic criticised musicians who are vocal online but fail to back it…
Gengetone artist Gody Tennor’s partner, Milly Shirleen, has revealed that she is expecting her first child. The announcement came on Instagram on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, alongside a heartfelt reflection on her personal struggles throughout 2025. In her post, the 26-year-old opened up about the toll of public scrutiny, cyberbullying,…
The family of the late veteran Kenyan leader Raila Amolo Odinga has conveyed heartfelt thanks to Kenyans, world leaders, and officials for their support following his passing. The message was shared on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, a day that would have marked Odinga’s 81st birthday. Raila Odinga, born in 1945,…
Europe’s transport networks remained heavily disrupted on Tuesday as below-freezing temperatures and snowfall caused a second day of travel chaos across the continent, with at least five fatalities reported in France alone. French authorities confirmed that three people died in black ice–related accidents in southwestern France on Monday morning. In…
Paris’s transportation network experienced significant disruptions on Wednesday as heavy snowfall and icy conditions forced the cancellation of around 100 flights at Charles de Gaulle Airport and an additional 40 at Orly Airport, according to France’s Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot. The minister told CNews on Tuesday evening that authorities were…
Tatsuji Sugimoto, the former governor of Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, has been accused of sending more than 1,000 sexually inappropriate text messages to staff during his tenure, according to an investigation obtained by AFP on Wednesday. Sugimoto, 63, resigned last month during his second term following multiple allegations of…
Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday, marking the first high-profile visit by an Israeli official since the country formally recognized the self-declared republic in the Horn of Africa. The Somaliland presidency confirmed the arrival, stating that Saar and his delegation were welcomed at Hargeisa airport by…
U.S. President Donald Trump is extending an unprecedented opportunity to American energy companies to tap into Venezuela’s vast, yet dilapidated, oil sector. Following the U.S.-backed removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, Trump administration officials plan to meet with executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips later this week…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has announced plans to return to her country “as soon as possible,” rejecting the authority of the interim president installed in Caracas following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces. Speaking to U.S. broadcaster Fox News from an undisclosed location on Monday, January 5, 2026, Machado…
Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died in custody at the age of 84, US authorities confirmed Monday. Ames spent 31 years at the CIA and, along with his wife Rosario, betrayed his country by providing…