One of his brothers was a freedom fighter against the British while another sibling was shot to death, Ngugi Wa Thinog’o found his home destroyed when one day he returned  from school.  The population had been herded to a “protected village” set up by the British to cement control on their colonial subjects. 

But instead of picking up arms following the example of his brothers Ngugi used his pen all his life to express his protest against inhumanity. The topics of his writings were  all around him.

Russia launched the biggest number of drones on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion three years ago, Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday (June 1, 2025). 

The Air Force said 472 drones were launched over Ukraine. Russian forces also launched seven missiles alongside the barrage of drones, said Yuriy Ignat, head of communications for the Ukrainian Air Force.

A US federal court has struck down President Donald Trump’s expansive tariff regime, dealing a serious setback to one of the president’s central economic strategies. 

The Court of International Trade in Manhattan ruled that the White House overstepped its legal authority by unilaterally imposing tariffs on a broad range of countries under the guise of a national emergency, reports BBC and other international media.

Elon Musk says bill cannot be both big and beautiful, announces resignation  

Iraq was scarred by US hostilities after allegations of processing weapons of mass destruction/  chemical weapons were raised against it. It is another matter such weapons were never found. 

But the international community whose part and parcel  US is continue to  watch from the sidelines as charges of use of chemical weapons have been raised against the Sudanese army. And such weapons having been allegedly used against the Sudanese populace makes it a toxic allegation.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered US embassies worldwide to stop scheduling interviews for student visas as the Trump administration weighs stricter vetting of applicants’ social-media profiles.

The directive, laid out in a cable sent to diplomats worldwide on Tuesday, marks the latest effort by the administration to restrict foreign students’ entry to American schools over claims that they might threaten US national security or promote antisemitism.