World News
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493Biden 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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436Indian 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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437Stagflation 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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456Oil 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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418Monkeypox 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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592Luzira 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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513Ugandan 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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444Museveni 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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473ECOWAS 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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474Putin, 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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453UN 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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625Russia 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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474Russia 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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585Biden 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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531Ten 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...