BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in Butler in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump is now “safe and being evaluated,” while a suspected shooter has been killed, the U.S. Secret Service said in a statement. Throughout U.S. …

Chinese electric vehicles are transforming livelihoods of Kenyan taxi drivers. NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Paul Mwai sat in his parked car as he scrolled through his cell phone to confirm his next customer on his digital app. The 33-year-old taxi driver had just received an order to transport a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For the third consecutive time, Uganda’s long-distance icon Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei will compete in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000m at the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. This could mark the end of Cheptegei’s illustrious track career, as he plans to transition …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a moment filled with joy and anticipation, the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda elected Rev. Ven. Micheal Chorey as the fifth bishop of Karamoja Diocese. This eagerly anticipated event, which occurred on July 4 this year, held special significance in the …

NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified the suspect in the shooting at a rally of former President Donald Trump as a 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania, CNN journalist Abby Philip reported. “The FBI has identified the suspect. Name not being released yet, but …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thomas Tayebwa, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has cautioned Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) in the Bunyoro sub-region to desist from conniving with land grabbers and presiding over unlawful land evictions. While presiding over the belated Women’s Day celebrations for Hoima district at Kigorobya Muslim Primary …

WASHINGTON | TASS | US President Joe Biden has admitted that he makes a lot of mistakes in his speeches, mixing up names, but ruled out his withdrawal from the presidential race. “You may have noticed that since the debate, the press, and the good guys and women out there, …

WASHINGTON, THE UNITED STATES | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden is facing the worst crisis of his 50-year political career. The recent debate against rival Donald Trump seems to have confirmed some people’s worst fears. Critics said the oldest sitting president in U.S. history is in a state of …

LILONGWE, Malawi  | Xinhua | The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) says it has managed to retrieve audio and other material from the black box of the plane that crashed and killed Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others. The BFU made the announcement on its …

NEW YORK, U.S.A  | TASS | Billionaire US entrepreneur Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee supporting ex-US President Donald Trump in the current presidential race, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. According to the media outlet, this is “a major gambit by the world’s richest person to make his imprint …