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Coalition set sights on taxing luxury air travel to fund climate action
Climate Home News
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July 1, 2025
Eight countries including France, Spain and Kenya are pushing for increased taxation on premium air tickets and private jet travel to fund climate action and development. The newly formed “coalition of the willing”, which also includes Barbados,...
Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways ink strategic partnership
The Peninsula
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July 1, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), confirming the intention to enter a strategic partnership which will include a comprehensive codeshare agreement and increased flights between the East...
Qatar Airways expands Nairobi route with third daily flight under new partnership with Kenya Airways
I Love Qatar
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July 1, 2025
Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), confirming the intention to enter a strategic partnership which will include a comprehensive codeshare agreement and increased flights between the East African state...
Kenya Airways Soars to Victory at the 2025 World Travel Awards: A Night of Unmatched Triumph
Breaking Travel News
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June 29, 2025
In a dazzling celebration of excellence held last night in Tanzania, Kenya Airways swept the board at the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2025, cementing its position as the continent’s aviation leader. The national carrier...
UK Addresses Visa Refunds to Kenyans
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 1, 2025
The United Kingdom is not going to refund visa applicants from Kenya who have been rejected as they seek to go to the European nation. Despite a massive uproar recently levelled at the UK over the dubious dealings of its contracted visa centre in...
“I Was Left With Nothing”: American Man Stranded in Nairobi
Switch TV
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July 1, 2025
An American retiree who travelled to Kenya in search of a new home and perhaps love has found himself at the centre of a social media storm after claiming a Kenyan woman vanished with his passport and savings just days after his arrival. Cliff,...
Kenya Airways soars as Africa’s Leading Airline in prestigious World Travels Awards
TV47
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June 29, 2025
Kenya Airways was crowned ‘Africa’s Leading Airline’ on Saturday night, June 28, 2025 at the esteemed World Travel Awards held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cementing its place as the continent’s aviation powerhouse. The national carrier went ahead...
Albert Ojwang: Kneeling Kwale teachers light candles, demand justice for slain...
TUKO
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July 4, 2025
KUPPET teachers took to the streets to register their pain at losing their colleague Albert Ojwang, who was killed in Nairobi The teachers demanded justice while kneeling, and many people hailed them for standing with one of their own The young...
Esports Kenya seeks support ahead of Global Phygital Cup Qualifiers in Dubai
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 1, 2025
Esports Kenya is appealing for financial support as they prepare to compete in the Global Phygital Cup Qualifiers, a high-stakes tournament set to take place in Dubai, UAE. The event, which runs from July 5 to 9, will bring together 24 of the...
Collaboration aids Kenya's EV adoption
China Daily
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Taxi drivers in Mombasa, Kenya, try out a new Chinese brand electric vehicle on Aug 16. WANG GUANSEN/XINHUA Just off Nairobi's busy Mombasa Road, beside the untamed beauty of Nairobi National Park, a quiet revolution is gaining momentum — one that...
Africa, Indian tourism elite honoured
Business Ghana
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Tourism and hospitality dignitaries from across Africa and the Indian Ocean convened in Tanzania for the opening leg of World Travel Awards 2025 to honour the organisations pushing the boundaries of excellence and innovation across the region....
Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel
StratNews Global
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June 30, 2025
Home Africa Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel The initiative, which was co-signed by Sierra Leone, Benin and Somalia, will get technical support from the European Commission, it added. In a significant step toward...
Alert issued as vaccine for Brit travellers for lethal infection 'out of stock in UK'
The Mirror
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June 30, 2025
The vaccine is expected to be out of stock for a number of weeks, Foreign Office website Travel Health Pro today reported Holidaymakers have been alerted to a disruption in the supply of a crucial vaccine, which is expected to be 'unavailable' for...
Kenya to play its CHAN Group A match in Kasarani
Switch TV
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June 28, 2025
NAIROBI – Kenya will host all of its African Nations Championship (CHAN) Group A matches at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, according to the official fixtures released Friday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The...
Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel
Brenham Banner-Press - Texas
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Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on wealthy air passengers to help poorer nations respond to climate change, the French presidency said. The coalition, which also brings...
Kenyan student drowns while swimming in Germany, family seeks help to repatriate...
TUKO
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June 27, 2025
Three students, among them two Kenyans, recently drowned during a swimming spree with friends One of them was Victor Ondimu Rangi, a 22-year-old student who had recently relocated after losing their father Victor's family has set up a GoFundMe...
Kenyan woman earns Oxford PhD without Master’s, credits campus boyfriend for...
TUKO
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June 28, 2025
Gladys Ngetich got her PhD immediately after completing her undergraduate studies at a Kenyan university She told TUKO.co.ke that her then-campus boyfriend inspired her to dream bigger and apply for scholarships, as she had not thought about...
Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...
The 10 best places to travel in August
The Points Guy
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June 30, 2025
Most travelers want to go somewhere to keep cool at the sweaty end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Maybe you want to think beyond the basic beach vacation and head to the mountains or even the Southern Hemisphere, where it's winter. Or...
Media should report scientific evidence to protect Nairobi’s green spaces
Media Observer
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June 30, 2025
After conservationists and land experts opposed vocal trade unionist Francis Atwoli’s suggestion to convert Nairobi National Park into another concrete jungle, the media should educate Kenyans on the need to preserve the remaining city vegetation,...