Diaspora Connect - 16th August 2025 Part 1

17 Aug 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Saturday shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia's President Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire.

17 Aug 2025 - Hundreds of Air Canada employees formed picket lines outside major Canadian airports on Saturday, hours after unionized flight attendants walked off the job in a contract dispute that has disrupted travel for tens of thousands of passengers.

17 Aug 2025 - Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy flies to Washington on Monday under heavy U.S. pressure to agree a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine but determined to defend Kyiv's interests - without sparking a second Oval Office bust up with Donald Trump.

17 Aug 2025 - Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka has warned President William Ruto’s administration and potential investors against any attempts to sell or buy the Kenya Pipeline Company.

17 Aug 2025 - President William Ruto has gone full throttle in demanding the payment of music royalties in full, saying his administration is committed to supporting the music industry.

17 Aug 2025 - Nairobi Member of County Assembly (MCA) representing Kileleshwa ward, Robert Alai, has extended an open invitation to football

17 Aug 2025 - Hustler accuses MPs of corruption, naysayers now await deliverance

17 Aug 2025 - Comedy of errors: Why Ruto has egg on face over jobs

17 Aug 2025 - PS denies money from e-Citizen platform accounts was stolen

17 Aug 2025 - Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties