Glasgow, Britain | Xinhua | World leaders on Monday called for concrete actions to tackle the challenges of climate change at the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26). “This COP must be a moment of solidarity. The 100 billion U.S. dollars a year climate finance commitment in …

Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mothers in Rwampara district are demanding adequate maternal health services. According to the Rwampara District Health Officer Allan Twesigomwe, women can access maternal health services from five health centres in the entire district, contrary to the policy of accessing the service from all health centres …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 43 people are recorded to have died through road accidents in Mbale city in less than one year. Records show that from the month of January to date, 43 people have died as a result of accidents. In January for instance, 7 people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Government Beti Kamya says her office will start investigations on procurement for renovations and maintenance of public toilets in Entebbe municipality. Kamya made the announcement while officiating at the induction for newly elected municipal and division councilors in the municipality on Thursday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the government of Uganda moves to fully reopen the country in January, activists want the government to exempt worship centres from COVID-19 restrictions. They say there is no scientific research indicating that these places are super spreaders of the disease. The activists were on …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panicky fisherman died in the Lake Albert waters in Hoima district after seeing an approaching crew of Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU personnel. The deceased has only been identified as Owonda, a fisherman attached to Kijangi landing site in Tonya parish, Buseruka sub county, Hoima district. …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Group of 20 (G20) nations are facing growing pressure over demand to offer poor nations more COVID-19 vaccines As the leaders gathered to discuss plans to protect against future pandemics, health experts and activists expressed concerns that the world’s richest nations were still not doing enough …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia will adequately react to any foreign attempts to “break strategic parity,” President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. “Some of our foreign colleagues are not abandoning attempts to break this parity, including through the deployment of global missile defense system components in the immediate vicinity of …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua is hunting for a group of people who set ablaze a transit cargo trailer belonging to Union Logistics Uganda, after the driver knocked dead a 21-year-old senior four leaver. The tragedy occurred on Monday at 12:00 noon, 6 kilometers along Arua Vurra …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Most U.S. cities and states have been strenuously pushing through the vaccine mandate advocated by the federal government in efforts to contain the 19-month-long COVID-19 pandemic, though sectoral resistence still persists for various reasons, which deprives the battle of much-needed coherence and unison and drags …