London, England | Xinhua | Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will be sidelined for at least a month with a hamstring problem, the club confirmed on Friday. The Dutch defender suffered the injury in Monday’s 3-1 defeat to Brentford, and will likely miss Premier League matches against Brighton, Chelsea and Wolves. Liverpool …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona play a vital match in La Liga on Sunday night. The game offers Atletico the chance to strengthen their position in the top four in a close race to qualify for next season’s Champions League, while Barcelona travels to the Metropolitano Stadium …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent start of fuel transportation by the MT (Motor Tank) Kabaka Mutebi II along the Kisumu-Entebbe route is a potential disruption in the entire delivery chain, according to experts. The ship which is said to have the capacity to carry 4.5 million litres at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister of Works and Transport to present a statement on road accidents in the country and what the enforcing agencies are doing to curb the carnage. The call comes after a series of accidents that …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recovery rate of funds disbursed to beneficiaries under the Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation program, Emyooga in Kitgum is reportedly low. The program being implemented countrywide targets 18 clusters in each constituency including Boda Boda cyclists, taxi operators, salon operators, restaurant owners, …

Freetown, Sierra Leone | Xinhua | President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio said Wednesday that his government valued the mutual relationship between Sierra Leone and China that has stretched for decades. The president commented while receiving the new Chinese ambassador to Sierra Leone Wang Qing at the State House. “My government is …

San Francisco, USA | Xinhua | Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday evening the company planned to eliminate over 18,000 people, thousands more than originally expected. Last November, the company said that the layoffs would affect about 10,000 people and that the job cuts would extend into the new year. In a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Operations Commander of Kakiri Policing Division Hannington Asiimwe is detained at Railway police in Kampala on the accusation of selling six sacks of marijuana exhibits. Asiimwe, according to police sources, conducted an operation in areas of Masuulita, on Christmas eve, where he intercepted sacks …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | FC Bayern Munich have reinforced their defence with veteran center-back Daley Blind, the Germany giants confirmed in an official statement on Thursday. The 32-year-old Dutchman has penned a six-month deal to take the place of Lucas Hernandez, who suffered a season-ending knee injury at the 2022 FIFA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Global Credit Rating Co ltd (GCR) has assigned Uganda Development Bank Limited (‘UDB’) national scale issuer private ratings of AA+(UG)/A1+(UG.) This is a notch below the highest possible rating with the outlook accorded as ‘Stable’. At the same time, GCR has also assigned UDB an …