The authorities in Kenya effectively shut down the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday, blocking highways and deploying security forces to pre-empt an annual protest that has become a focus of opposition to President William Ruto. June 25 has emerged as a significant — and tense — date in Kenya’s political calendar, after security forces killed dozens…
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. Shakespeare’s villains used it at the Globe, walking toward the groundlings to whisper their twisted truths. Since then, it’s been supersized. At big moments in musicals like “A Chorus Line” and “Ragtime,” the cast storms the footlights as if to mow them down — and then…
Over the years, there have probably been 10,000 balcony scenes in 10,000 productions of “Romeo and Juliet.” And in that time, Juliet’s spot high above the Capulet garden has been played onstage by a window, a ladder, an Italianate porch, even a chair. There have been as many kinds of balconies as there have been…
The U.S. plan to open an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya was meant to help contain the outbreak by isolating American patients exposed to the virus. Instead, it has caused an outbreak of violence and political rancor, with hundreds of Kenyans taking to the streets in protest. Last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said…
When Eliud Kipchoge ran a sub two-hour marathon seven years ago, it sparked an explosion of national pride in his home country, Kenya, as the culmination of more than half a century of distance-running dominance. But there was an asterisk. Mr. Kipchoge had run without competition and with a series of pacemakers, so it was…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Prince of Wales was “moved by the courage” of Gazan children he met, who have been evacuated to the UK for specialist…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Prince of Wales is set to undertake an engagement marking the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, as his estranged brother,…
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Shorouk Express Trump and Prince William to be among funeral attendees A large array of world leaders, cardinals and hundreds of thousands of worshippers are expected to attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday. Those confirmed to be attending already include the Prince of Wales, on behalf of his father, King Charles. US president Donald Trump…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Prince William said he is “shocked and saddened” by the death of his former nanny’s stepson, Ed Pettifer, who was killed in a…
