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Seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said. There were fears the death toll could rise on Friday morning, with 14 other children taken to hospital with injuries. More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it […]

Donald Trump said he would enlist Elon Musk to run a “government efficiency commission” if he wins a second term as US president. Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said the X owner had agreed to head a task force to conduct a “complete financial and performance audit of the […]

Australia’s internet watchdog says she received “death threats” and that her children were doxxed after she was targeted by Elon Musk for attempting to regulate his social media platform. Earlier this year, the eSafety commissioner took X to court over its refusal to remove videos of a religiously motivated Sydney church stabbing for its global […]

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has hit out at French authorities, calling his arrest last week in relation to allegations of insufficient moderation on the messaging app “misguided”. In his first public statement since he was detained, he denied claims that Telegram is “some sort of anarchic paradise” as “absolutely untrue”. Mr Durov was […]

The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been arrested. Colin Gray, 54, is facing four charges of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight of cruelty to children, said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). GBI Director Chris […]

Italian sprinter Alessandro Ossola arrived at the Paris 2024 Paralympics looking for a gold medal, but he will leave with “something amazing” after proposing to his girlfriend in front of tens of thousands of fans in the Stade de France on Sunday. At the end of his race, just after missing a place in the […]

Car company Volvo has announced it has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects it will also be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date. The car maker blamed changing market conditions for its decision to give up a target it had announced only three years ago. […]

Pope Francis has warned against using religion to fuel conflict on his last day of his visit to Indonesia, the first stop in his tour around the Asia Pacific region. At the Istiqlal mosque in the capital Jakarta, the Pope signed a declaration on religious harmony and environmental protection with the mosque’s grand imam and […]

Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend, Ugandan officials say. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in Paris, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday’s attack, the doctor treating her had said. The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, […]

A boy accused of killing four people at his high school in Georgia was interviewed last year by police about anonymous online threats, the FBI has said. Colt Gray, 14, denied to police in May 2023 he was behind internet posts that contained images of guns, warning of a school shooting. The suspect opened fire […]