Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rachel Esther Sanyu, a Pharmacology and Toxicology student from Kampala, Uganda, has been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2024, an annual $100,000 award to be given to one exceptional student who has made a real impact on learning, …
Read More »From Paris 1924 to Paris 2024, what’s new and what remains
PARIS, FRANCE | Xinhua | The year 2024 marks the third time that Paris has hosted the Olympic Games. The first was in 1900 and the last was a century ago in 1924. Since then, the world has changed dramatically. Over the past century, some sports have ceased to be …
Read More »Age no barrier at Paris 2024
The Paris 2024 Olympics will feature veteran athletes like Andy Murray, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and 70-year-old Mary Hanna, marking a significant farewell for some. PARIS | Xinhua | British tennis star and two-time Olympic champion, Andy Murray, is to retire after Paris 2024, which highlights that the forthcoming festival of sport …
Read More »UN chief: World’s target of zero hunger is “off track”
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) — the world’s target of zero hunger — “is off track.” In a video message to the launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the …
Read More »Activists want prices for new HIV prevention drug to be reduced
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists attending the ongoing International AIDS Conference in Munich Germany have asked the manufacturer of injection Lenacapavir (LEN) which was recently proven to be safe and highly effective at preventing HIV to reduce its prices to make it affordable for all. The drug which is …
Read More »Biden to address nation on withdrawal from presidential race
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES | TASS | US President Joe Biden confirmed that he would address the nation on the subject of withdrawal from the US presidential race on Wednesday. “Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET [midnight GMT], I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, …
Read More »U.S. secret service director resigns following attempted assassination of Trump
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday after widespread outrage over the agency’s failure to prevent the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. She earlier acknowledged it was “the most significant operational failure at the …
Read More »Xi congratulates Kagame on reelection as Rwandan president
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message to Paul Kagame, congratulating him on reelection as president of the Republic of Rwanda. In the message, Xi pointed out that Rwanda is a traditional friendly country of China, and that in recent years, China-Rwanda relations have …
Read More »Over thousand people arrested in Bangladesh due to protests
NEW DELHI, Bangladesh | TASS | Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh have detained more than a thousand participants of protests against the quota system for employment in public positions, AFP reported, citing local police. According to the news agency, more than 500 people were arrested in Dhaka, and another 200 in the …
Read More »The Trump assassination attempt
How it has upended the US election race and what happens next ANALYSIS | LESTER MUNSON | It is tempting to draw grand conclusions from the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. The coarse rhetoric currently in vogue in American politics, not to mention the Capitol riot on …
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