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Kenya's economy grew 4.6% in 2025, stats office says

Kenya's economy grew 4.6% in 2025, compared with 4.7% growth a year earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday.The economy grew 4.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with revised growth of 5.4% in the same quarter a year earlier, the statistics office added. (Reporting by George Obulutsa and Vincent Mumo Nzilani;Editing by Alexander Winning)

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Kenya economic growth steady at 4.6% in 2025, data shows

Kenya's economy grew 4.6% last year, little changed from 2024's 4.7% growth and below a finance ministry estimate, official data showed on Wednesday.The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in an annual economic survey that last year's growth was broad-based, with sectors like agriculture, construction, and mining and quarrying contributing to the expansion in economic activity.The finance ministry projected in February that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.0% in 2025.The statistics office on Wednesday forecast GDP growth of 4.9% in 2026, but it said Sub-Saharan Africa remained highly

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Kone and TKE strike $34 billion deal to create world's largest elevator maker

Finnish lift maker Kone said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator (TKE) in a cash and stock transaction valued at 29.4 billion euros ($34.4 billion), a deal that would create the world's largest lift maker.The deal with TKE's private equity owners Advent International and Cinven and other investors marks one of Europe's biggest takeovers in years and is the biggest in Finnish history."This combination would meaningfully enhance our ability to meet customers' growing demand for reliable and sustainable solutions and services," Kone CEO Philippe Delorme said in a statem

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Supreme Court to weigh Trump administration push to end protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster, one in a series of immigration cases the high court is considering against the backdrop of the president’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. The government is appealing lower court orders that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from quickly ending temporary protected status for people from Haiti and Syria. If the justices agree with the Trump administration, authorities could potentially strip protections from

US pump prices near 4-year high on Iran war disruption, refinery outages

The average U.S. gasoline price rose to its highest level in nearly four years after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran at the end of February, according to data from the American Automobile Association.Average prices at the pump rose 7 cents to $4.18 a gallon on Tuesday, representing the biggest single-day increase in more than a month, AAA data showed. Gasoline prices have climbed $1.19 a gallon, or more than 40%, since late February.Motorists around the country have been feeling pain at the pump as energy costs soar amid conflict in the Middle East that has choked shipping traffic through t

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Jalen Brunson scores 39 points and the Knicks rout the Hawks 126-97 for a 3-2 series lead

Jalen Brunson scored 39 points, nearly extending his own franchise record for 40-point playoff games, and the New York Knicks routed the Atlanta Hawks 126-97 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series. With their second straight lopsided victory, the Knicks positioned themselves to win the series Thursday night in Atlanta. They would have another chance at home in Game 7 if they need it — and it's getting harder to picture why they should. The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the series with one-point victories in Games 2 and 3, but a pretty sizabl

GM lifts profit outlook, flags expected tariff refund

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EU says Meta is failing to keep underage users off Facebook and Instagram

The European Union accused Meta on Wednesday of failing to stop underage users from accessing Facebook and Instagram, in violation of the bloc's tough digital rules that require social media sites to protect minors. The EU's executive branch said Meta Platforms lacked effective measures to prevent children younger than 13 from signing up, and that it was not doing enough to identify and remove children after they had opened accounts. Meta's own minimum age to open an account on Facebook or Instagram is 13. The problem is not just that children are

Melania Trump and Queen Camilla play supporting roles during state visit

As the United States and United Kingdom sought to bolster their “special relationship” on Tuesday in Washington, Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump were seen but not heard.Dressed in white ensembles, the women joined their husbands for an official welcome ceremony at the White House, where they walked a red carpet and observed all the pomp and circumstance: a 21-gun cannon salute, the playing of both national anthems, the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps in tricorn hats, and warm remarks from President Donald Trump.Then, as King Charles III and the president met privately, the

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Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull

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Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci was indicted on federal charges alleging he conspired to hide his communications related to COVID-19 research as the pandemic raged across the country, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Dr. David Morens, 78, is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institutes of Health. The Justice Department alleges that he concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus g