Museveni vows ‘Uganda is safe’ after tourist kidnap Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | US President Donald Trump has demanded that Uganda must find theĀ the kidnappers of American TouristĀ Kimberly Endicott. Although he welcomed Sunday’s release of the American held last week in Queen Elizabeth National Park,Ā Trump said tourists will not …
Read More »Russia probe ‘an illegal takedown that failed:’ Trump
West Palm Beach, United States | AFP |Ā President Donald Trump slammed the two-year probe into his links with Russia as “an illegal takedown that failed” on Sunday, and said he had been completely cleared by the results. “It’s a shame our country had to go through this. To be …
Read More »IS loss affirms Pentagon plan, but end game vague as US pulls out
Washington, United States | AFP |Ā Now that the Islamic State group has officially lost its geographic “caliphate,” the Pentagon is marking a historic moment in its years-long campaign to defeat the jihadists. From a military perspective at least, the United States can claim significant success in its strategy of …
Read More »China, Japan and the next world war
Why Trump and XI policies in the South China Sea could lead Japan to rearm ANALYSIS | Andrew M. Mwenda | As Uganda and Rwanda were preparing themselves for a possible military confrontation, I was in Japan talking to public officials, intellectuals and academics on the situation in the Sea …
Read More »Trump signs first veto
Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump signed the first veto of his presidency Friday, overriding congressional opposition to secure emergency funds to build more walls on the US-Mexico border. Trump declared in the Oval Office that he was “proud” to sign the veto. It came after he suffered …
Read More »‘Trump just not worth impeaching’
Washington, United States | AFP | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, America’s most powerful Democrat, said in remarks published Monday that she does not support impeaching Donald Trump, arguing the Republican president is “just not worth it.” “I’m not for impeachment,” Pelosi told The Washington Post in a wide-ranging interview, the …
Read More »US spies elevate China rivalry to war of ideologies
Washington, United States | AFP |Ā In a move that could harden Washington’s posture toward Beijing for years, the US intelligence community has characterized relations with China as a global ideological showdown that will not be doused by trade deals or commercial theft crackdowns. US spy chiefs abruptly shifted their view …
Read More »‘Significant progress’ expected in China trade talks: US official
Washington,Ā United StatesĀ |Ā AFPĀ |Ā The United States hopes to make “significant progress” during high-stakes trade talks with Chinese officials this week, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. Beijing and Washington have a month remaining in a 90-day truce declared in December before US tariffs on hundreds of billions in Chinese exports are …
Read More »Race for ‘hypersonic’ weapons heats up as France joins fray
Paris, France | AFP | World powers are vying to develop so-called “hypersonic” weapons that travel several times the speed of sound, with France the latest to join a field led so far by Russia and China. Hypersonics are like missiles that travel at over five times the speed of …
Read More »Facebook has ‘new tools’ against EU election meddling
Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Facebook unveiled Monday new tools to counter online political meddling in the European elections, part of a campaign to answer growing pressure to rein in disinformation. The US tech giant’s vice president, former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, said in a speech the methods …
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