World News Archives

Indian 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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Stagflation 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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Oil 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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Monkeypox 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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Luzira 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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Ugandan 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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Museveni 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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ECOWAS 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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Putin, 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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UN 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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Russia 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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Russia 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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Biden 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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Ten 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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UAE 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...

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Putin to handover power as he undergoes cancer surgery

The news comes amid speculation that Putin will launch an all-out war across Ukraine and order mass mobilisation of military-age men, a...

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MP Resigns after admitting to watching porn in Parliament

British politician Neil Parish has announced he will resign from his position Member of Parliament after admitting twice watching pornography in the...

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BREAKING: Football ‘super agent’ Mino Raiola dies aged 54

Raiola was the agent of many football stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland, Pavel Nedved and many others.

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BREAKING: World’s Richest Man Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44billion

Elon Musk, the world's richest man Monday evening sealed a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with...

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UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

Russia swiftly rejected the suspension, with its foreign ministry blasting the move as "illegal and politically motivated, aimed at ostentatiously punishing a...