World News
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193WHO calls for “genuine, unselfish” collaboration against monkeypox
According to Kluge, monkeypox has been endemic in parts of western and central Africa for decades and has been neglected by the...
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496Congolese soldiers flee to Uganda as M23 rebels capture Bunagana border
A Ugandan security source at the border, says that the soldiers fled into Uganda following non-stop fighting on Sunday throughout the day...
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240FINALLY: Microsoft to retire popular ‘Internet Explorer’ after 27 years
Internet Explorer was first launched in 1995 as an add-on package for Windows 95 before Microsoft later started providing the app for...
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376Britain records 104 more monkeypox cases
The agency told people in Britain to contact a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters, and if in...
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389MUST READ: The emerging viruses of the 21st century
The recent explosion of monkeypox cases in countries where the infection had not previously spread, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, has underscored...
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265Biden struggles in “pond of exclusionary Summit of the Americas”
Biden made the remarks during his toast at the Summit of the Americas leaders dinner on Thursday, after shrugging off controversy
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206Indian Association offers free heart surgery to 100 children
It was revealed by Rao Mohana, the Chairperson of the Association while paying a courtesy call to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament...
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202Stagflation creeps in on Uganda and neighbors – World Bank
The Global Economic Prospects Report predicts that Uganda will not escape the slowdown in global growth that has been steepened by Russia’s...
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291Oil prices retreat from 3-month highs
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery lost 60 cents, or 0.5 percent, to settle at 121.51 U.S. dollars a barrel...
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204Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases; WHO warns of ‘real’ risk
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added...
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330Luzira Head ‘loaned’ to British Museum?
Kizaalwa says that any time Uganda wants back its 1,000-year-old artefact, the government just needs to revise the agreements that loaned it...
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275Ugandan fintech signs partnership with Ethiopian bank
According to a press release, the partnership with Awash, Ethiopia's biggest private bank, was signed on April 25, 2022, at the bank’s...
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240Museveni talks to former Russia president over Russia-Ukraine war
Speaking on a Zoom meeting to the former Russia president and current chairman of the United Russian party, Dmitry Medvedev, Museveni said...
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256ECOWAS convenes summit on political situations in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso
Opening ECOWAS’ 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said he...
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251Putin, AU discuss sanctions, food access for Africa
Putin and Sall addressed a wide range of cooperation issues, including the importance of enhancing political dialogue as well as economic and...
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248UN okays Turkey to change name to Türkiye in rebranding effort
The move seen as part of bid to dissociate name from bird and also from associated negative connotations such as a ‘stupid...
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410Russia confirms sacking 100 soldiers for refusing to fight in Ukraine
The case appears to be the first official confirmation of soldiers refusing to join Russia's military campaign in Ukraine that was launched...
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235Russia intensifies Donbas offensive as war enters fourth month
The Ukrainian presidency said Tuesday that four people in one house had been killed and four others wounded in the shelling of...
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323Biden approves plan to redeploy forces into Somalia
The New York Times reported that Biden also approved a plan to target about a dozen suspected leaders of al-Shabab.
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355Ten killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting at US grocery store
The gunman shot four people in the parking lot of the Tops supermarket, three of them fatally, then went inside and continued...
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306UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies aged 73
The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning for the death of the President whose modernization policies helped transform...
