Its adoption of an aggressive stance towards Congress over its forced sale legislation backfired COMMENT | NANCY QIAN | TikTok is now one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. U.S. President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if …
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Study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the income, …
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Mbale,Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city is on the spot for allegedly enforcing an illegal eviction of tenants and demolition of a building on Pallisa road. The building formerly situated along Pallisa Road on Plot 33 and 35 was on Friday morning demolished by a gang of unknown …
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It is the psychological and cultural trait that explains the identification of people with the Palestinians COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | These are crazy times. Biblical disturbances in nature, such as the repeated torrential rain in Dubai or the mass fish die-off in Vietnam’s overheated reservoir, seem to mirror our overheated …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Colonel Wilberforce Serunkuma, the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) 2nd Division Commander, has issued a stern warning to civilians about the dangers of attacking armed security personnel. This warning follows recent incidents where civilians were shot dead by police officers during confrontations. On May 23, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Central Bank has allayed fears that some banks are at risk of failing due to the recent tightening of regulatory requirements, saying that currently, all regulated financial institutions are stable. Speaking at the opening of NCBA bank’s fifth branch in the country at Namanve Industrial …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Luwero District have turned to community service to repair roads after heavy rains worsened their condition. The district has a road network of over 1,360 kilometers, with 628 kilometers maintained by the district, 164.51 kilometers by urban councils, and 567.3 kilometers by sub-counties. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tour and travel industry operators participating in the 8th edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE 2024) are impressed with the improved level of preparation at this year’s event. The three-day expo, which showcases Uganda’s tourism to the world, has attracted over 5,000 …
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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and other gig corporations are blessing for unscrupulous employment practices COMMENT | SANDEEP VAHEESAN | Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and other gig corporations are once again seeking the law’s blessing in the United States for their unscrupulous employment practices. Ahead of November’s election, these firms have proposed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Insecure land tenure systems across most parts of Uganda could prevent communities from taking up climate adaptation and mitigation practices. This was one of the concerns of politicians and land experts at a symposium on land governance held at the Parliament of Uganda on Friday. …
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