Typhoon Dolphin prompted more than 1,000 flight cancellations and evacuations along China's eastern coast ahead of expected landfall in Zhejiang or Fujian late Sunday or early Monday. Nearly 1,400 flights were cancelled at Shanghai's two main airports and 270 at Hangzhou's airport in Zhejiang province.
9 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece argues that Kenya's political discourse increasingly reduces national conversations to partisan contests, with issues important to politicians dominating public attention while development initiatives receive less consideration. The author calls for differentiation between constructive scrutiny and automatic rejection, emphasizing that mature democracies assess ideas based on merit.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that Kenya's next long-term vision should be named Vision 2063 to align with the centenary of independence and Africa's Agenda 2063, and must prioritize foundational needs—food, shelter, health, education, mental peace—before focusing on meaning and purpose, while ensuring integrity remains central to the framework.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
Typhoon Dolphin prompted over 1,000 flight cancellations and evacuations as it approached China's eastern coast, with Shanghai's airports cancelling nearly 1,400 flights and Hangzhou seeing 270 cancellations. The storm had already brought heavy rain and strong winds to Japan's Okinawa and Taiwan, injuring seven people in Okinawa and suspending dozens of ferry services in Taiwan.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
As Japan marks the 1945 atomic bomb anniversary, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi are challenging the nation's decades-old pledge against possessing or permitting nuclear weapons, citing military pressure from neighbours including China and concerns about U.S. security reliability.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that Kenyans increasingly view public issues through a political lens, allowing partisan contests to overshadow substantive national conversations on long-term development. The writer calls for constructive scrutiny of government proposals based on merit rather than automatic rejection.
9 August 2026 · The Standard →