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Buenos Aires, Argentina | XINHUA |    The news should not have come as a shock. Diego Maradona’s death had seemed to be an imminent event for weeks, and arguably much longer. Decades of drug and alcohol abuse had reduced the Argentine football legend to a shadow of the man that …

London, England | THE INDEPENDENT |   The British economy is forecast to shrink by 11.3 percent this year, the worst recession in more than 300 years in the country as a result of the coronavirus crisis, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said Wednesday. The chancellor told British lawmakers that …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | British moves to beef up ban on China’s Huawei have undermined the mutual trust for bilateral cooperation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a relevant question. Without any concrete evidence, Britain, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football legend Diego Maradona has passed on, reports from Argentina indicate. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the …

    Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | Hours after US President Elect Joe Biden named key members of his new cabinet as the transition finally got into full gear, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent him a message  to congratulate him on his election victory. “We hope the two sides will …

  Washington, USA | Xinhua | The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on Monday told Joe Biden it was ready to begin the formal presidential transition process for him. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy told Biden in a letter that she was prepared to make “post-election resources and services available” for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Oxford University says their vaccine can protect people from COVID-19, according to findings released. Interim findings published about the study show that the vaccine is 70 percent effective in stopping people from developing COVID-19 symptoms. The findings are based on trials that involved over 20,000 …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | World soccer governing body FIFA has banned Africa’s top administrator Ahmad Ahmad,60, for five years for financial misconduct. FIFA, in a statement, said their investigatory chamber had found that Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | XINHUA |    The Group of 20 (G20) Saudi Arabia’s Presidency said on Sunday the G20 Riyadh Summit reaffirmed the spirit of cooperation, which has always been the cornerstone of the G20 successes. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud stressed in his closing remarks at the …

Liverpool set new record for unbeaten league games at Anfield ✳ Liverpool 3 Leicester 0 ✳ Leeds     0   Arsenal 0 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool have set a new, all-time club record for consecutive home league games unbeaten after stretching their current streak to 64 on Sunday. Jürgen …