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Murkomen condemns abduction of Standard editor Alex Kiprotich

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has condemned the abduction of The Standard editor Alex Kiprotich, describing the incident as “a shame” and “barbaric” while calling for those responsible…

  • Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen condemns abduction of Standard editor Alex Kiprotich.
  • Murkomen urges swift identification and prosecution of perpetrators.
  • He defends journalists' role and calls for their protection ahead of politically charged period.

·peopledaily.digital

World

Madrid defies Ministry of Finance and will not attend the vote on the reform of autonomous financing

The Community of Madrid will not attend tomorrow the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council (CPFF) called to vote on the new autonomous financing model and has encouraged the other autonomies governed by…

  • Madrid will not attend CPFF meeting to vote on autonomous financing reform.
  • Other PP-governed regions encouraged to boycott the vote.
  • Madrid claims reform agreed bilaterally, bypassing other regions.

·expansion.com·2 outlets

World

Milei meets Kast in Chile amid Strait of Magellan tensions

Chile’s Defense Minister said Milei is expected to overturn a 2021 decree that described the strait as a ‘shared space’ La entrada Milei meets Kast in Chile amid Strait of Magellan tensions se publicó…

  • Argentine President Javier Milei to meet Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Thursday.
  • Meeting addresses tensions over the Strait of Magellan.
  • Chile protests Argentine decree describing Strait as shared space.

·buenosairesherald.com·2 outlets·2 countries

World

EU diplomats cautiously court Nigel Farage

The veteran Brexiteer is being taken seriously as his party gathers in Birmingham.

  • EU diplomats engage cautiously with Reform UK party at Birmingham conference.
  • Germany, Italy, Spain send officials to first-time annual gathering.
  • France declines to send diplomats, strains relations with EU.

·politico.eu

Science

How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding

Canada's capital, Ottawa, was bombarded with 167 millimeters (6.6 inches) of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a 1-in-200-year event. Close to 5,800 reports of basement flooding followed, and the worst of it hit the city's west end, including the Crystal Beach neighborhood.

·phys.org

Science

Igniting Roman’s Journey

Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

·nasa.gov

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