Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) plans to introduce Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in cancer treatment in Uganda. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that can help reveal the metabolic or biochemical function of your tissues and organs. Uganda will be the only …
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Politicians and activists who tout the importance of work-life balance shouldn’t impose rigidity on them COMMENT | TODD G. BUCHHOLZ | Gig-economy firms and workers – or “giggers” – are like magicians and alchemists, only their tricks are real. Although physicists assure us that new matter cannot be created, the gig …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commander of the Jinja cantonment of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF Brig. Emmanuel Kanyesigye has challenged Police officers to leverage intelligence as a means of guarding the country against violent protests. Kanyesigye says that it is prudent for police to have intelligence information about …
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NIAMEY | Xinhua | Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced the creation of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States during the institution’s first summit held here on Saturday, marking a significant step toward establishing an economic-military bloc and moving away from regional and Western countries following a …
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WASHINGTON | TASS | The Brazilian football team lost the quarterfinal match of the Copa America to the team of Uruguay. The regulation time of the match in Las Vegas ended 0:0. Uruguay won the penalty shootout with the 4:2 score. Uruguay will now play with Colombia in a semifinal …
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PARIS, France | Xinhua | The second and decisive round of France’s snap legislative elections kicked off Sunday in Metropolitan France for voters to elect the remaining 501 members of the 577-seat French National Assembly. According to the results published by the French Interior Ministry, the French far-right wing party …
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BERLIN, GERMANY | TASS | All the participants in the Euro 2024 semifinals are now known.. The Netherlands’ team became the last participant of this stage after winning 2:1 the match with Turkey. The Netherlands will play with England on July 10 in Dortmund. National teams of Spain and France …
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New survey shows shift away from democratic culture COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are growing increasingly more uninterested in elections and elected leaders and, they see little hope in the opposition providing better leadership than the current one of President Yoweri Museveni. That is the general view based on findings …
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NEW YORK, USA | TASS | US President Joe Biden said that he was in a position to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin, contain China and hold the North Atlantic Alliance together. “I am running the world, <…> I am taking on Putin,” the US leader boasted in an interview …
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BEIRUT, | TASS | At least 158 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s authorities said. They wrote in their Telegram channel that five media workers had been killed in military operations in recent days. Gaza’s health ministry said earlier that in total, …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
