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View More NewsVenice Film Festival features star-studded lineup during 82nd edition The 82nd Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday, promising a rich blend of politics, spectacle, and Hollywood glamour. Running from August…
Two times African Champion Ferdinand Omanyala has pulled out of the 20205 Diamond League Finals (photo courtesy) Kenyan sprint star Ferdinand Omanyala has pulled out of the 2025 Diamond League…
Parliament has introduced a bill that could change how proceeds from the country’s aviation levy, charged per passenger, are distributed, with the Cabinet Secretary retaining powers to adjust the US$…
Sidian Bank CEO Chege Thumbi (left) and Nyandarua Governor Moses Kiarie Ndirangu cut a ribbon during the launch of the bank’s Ol Kalou branch. Growing agribusiness and small-scale trade in…
World News
Smoke emanating over buildings following a Russian air attack, in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia launched hundreds of drones and…
Rescue workers and residents search for victims in the debris of collapsed houses after a cloudburst in Dolari village, Swabi district, in northern Pakistan’s mountainous…
Opinion
President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga commission the construction of the LV Marina Housing Project at Kirembe Grounds in Kisumu on May 29, 2025. [File, Standard] Last week, I made a case…
Surgeons performing coronary artery bypass operation. [Courtesy] Every year, thousands of Kenyan families face a quiet but devastating health crisis; congenital and acquired heart disease. Over 5,000 children require open-heart surgery annually in Kenya, not…
President William Ruto chairs a meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [File, Standard] When a…
Ukraine ambassador to Kenya Andrii Pravednyk. [File, Standard] When I think of my time in Kenya, I often compare it to the cup of the world’s best type of coffee – Arabica. I drink my…
Arts & Culture
Thirteen types of people you’ll find at the theatre Plays, poetry, spoken word, and other theatre performances draw in a particular kind of audience that adds to the vibrant tapestry of the theatre world. Here’s a look at…
Artist Nduta Kariuki stands next to her works being showcased at Munyu Space [Anjellah Owino/Standard] Multidisciplinary…
Artist Nduta Kariuki stands next to her works being showcased at Munyu Space [Anjellah Owino/Standard] Multidisciplinary…
Mural artist Viktart Mwangi in action [Courtesy] If you’ve walked through Nairobi’s CBD, you’ve likely seen…
Sports
Uganda national football team Uganda Cranes warming up before a match. [CAF website] Uganda Police…
Interior PS Raymond Omollo acknowledged that lapses in deployment timing had led to congestion at…
A new look of the refurbished Kasarani Stadium. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] The government has unveiled…
Magazine
News Round Up
Medical Services PS Ouma Oluga and Social Health Authority CEO Mercy Mwangangi during a press briefing at Afya House, Nairobi, on August 25, 2025.…
Banks have taken a hit on their financials with reduced income charged on loans following the low interest regime that the Central Bank of…
Over the last decade, non-communicable diseases have overtaken communicable diseases as leading causes of death worldwide with cardiovascular diseases being at the top. However,…
Social Health Authority CEO Mercy Mwangangi during a press briefing at Afya House, Nairobi, on August 25, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] The Social Health…