🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Wales vs Iran 1pm ⚽ Qatar vs Senegal 4pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Netherlands vs Ecuador 7pm ⚽ England vs USA 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The second round of group games in Groups A and B get underway on Friday with …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden renewed his call to ban assault weapons on Thursday. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons,” Biden told reporters during a visit to firefighters in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The remarks came on the heels of a pair of high-profile mass …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Kenya government is making last-ditch efforts to avert a possible international ban from athletics on Friday due to the increased cases of doping that will see the country miss, among others, the Paris 2024 Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A small aircraft being operated by a student from the Jinja city-based Vine Air Flight Academy veered off the runway at Kimaka airstrip on Thursday afternoon, and crashed about 20 meters away. The unnamed student was immediately rescued from the aircraft and taken to an undisclosed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have demanded a statement from the government on the sporadic attacks on different police stations across the country. Raising on a matter of procedure during plenary on Thursday, 22 November 2022, Kalungu West MP, Joseph Ssewungu, demanded that government provides a comprehensive statement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has launched a digital complaint filing application eliminating the need for affected persons to physically appear before the commission officials to be heard. The app, which can be downloaded through the google play store on android phones was developed by Datatrack Solutions …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Kiiza Besigye, former President of the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC has said that there are members of the party who are advocating for negotiating a surrender to the ruling government. Besigye revealed this on Thursday while delivering a keynote address at the party’s two-day …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has paid tribute to the late Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere, a veteran politician, praising him for his unincumbered service and advocacy for democracy in the country. Ssemogerere died on Friday 18, November 2022 aged 90 years at his home in Lubaga, a suburb of Kampala. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Government Business, also the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has been urged to expeditiously present a comprehensive report on the progress of financing of the Students’ Loan Scheme. Speaker Anita Among made the directive following media reports on the challenges affecting students in higher …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has unveiled a program under which it will acquire a shareholding in small and starting enterprises, as a way of enabling them to acquire “patient capital”. In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, the Fund has earmarked more than Shillings 7.6 …
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