All posts tagged "World News"
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1.4KAfricaSouth Sudan gets first 5-Star hotel
Radisson Hotel Group has launched the first internationally branded 5-star hotel in South Sudan.
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1.1KBreakingAmerica snubs Museveni again
Uganda is considered a key voice on regional security matters but, it appears Townsend’s omitting a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni was...
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1.0KWorld NewsRussia 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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1.6KWorld NewsPutin 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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1.1KNewsElon Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter to become top shareholder, starts poll on edit button
In less than three hours of starting the poll, more than 1.2 million users voted, with over 75% of them backing an...
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1.5KWorld NewsAll signs indicate Russia plans ‘full-fledged’ attack on Ukraine- NATO chief
Every indication indicates that Russia is planning a full-fledged attack against Ukraine, said NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, echoing US warnings of an...
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1.3KBreakingEU parliament president David Sassoli dead at 65
The 65-year-old Italian had been seriously ill in hospital for more than two weeks due to a dysfunction of his immune system...
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1.4KCOVID-19UK removes all African countries from the red list
LONDON, UK: The United Kingdom has removed all 11 African countries from its red list. The bans were first imposed last month...
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1.2KCOVID-19Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate – WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and was likely already...
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1.2KLatest NewsAt least 53 migrants killed in Mexico road accident
At least 53 migrants were killed Thursday in Mexico after the truck they were hiding in hit a retaining wall and overturned...
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1.3KEntertainmentSinger R. Kelly found guilty of 16 counts of sex trafficking
NEW YORK, USA: American Singer Robert Kelly alias R. Kelly was on Monday convicted of leading a decades-long sex crime ring, with...
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980World NewsUS forces must be out of Afghanistan by August 31, Taliban warn
The Taliban have warned that there would be “consequences” if the United States and its allies try to remain in Afghanistan beyond...
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1.0KWorld NewsHaiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,189: official
The death toll from a devastating earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend rose by almost 250 on Wednesday to 2,189, the...
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1.1KCOVID-19Covid cases top 200 million worldwide as China vows massive vaccine boost
The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday, an AFP count showed, as China pledged to provide two...
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1.2KBig StoryChina pledges two billion vaccine doses to world
BEIJING, CHINA: The People’s Republic of China will “strive to provide” two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and...
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1.1KSportsCoronavirus forces four athletes out of Tokyo Olympics
Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for the coronavirus....
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1.5KBreakingJovenel Moise: Haitian president shot dead at home overnight
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital, according to the country’s interim...
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919World NewsIsrael Prime Minister Netanyahu ousted from office, opposition takes control
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has approved a new coalition government that sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12...
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2.9KBusinessMore than 1,100 arrested over cryptocurrency money laundering
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part...
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1.6KNewsUAE bans entry on travelers from Uganda over Covid-19 scare
DUBAI | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The UAE has suspended the entry of travellers from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
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4.6KWorld NewsVIDEO: Man slaps French President Emmanuel Macron in the face
French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers during a visit...
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1.4KWorld NewsBill Gates left Microsoft board amid probe into relationship with employee
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board in 2020 as the board pursued an investigation into the billionaire’s romantic relationship with a female...
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1.4KBig StoryRussia’s Putin snubs Museveni’s invitation for the swearing-in ceremony
Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin has said he will not be attending the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday....
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1.8KNews HeadlinesUganda’s Dennis Matanda Appointed Director on US House Subcommittee on Africa
WASHINGTON – Ugandan business expert Dennis Matanda has been appointed Staff Director of the United States House Subcommittee on Africa. Matanda was...