Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis said Sunday he was late to his weekly Angelus prayer because he had been stuck in a Vatican elevator and had to be freed by firemen. He followed the tale of his rescue with a surprise announcement about the creation …
Read More »Emery ‘proud’ after Arsenal stage thrilling fightback
✳ Arsenal 2⃣ Tottenham 2⃣ London, United Kingdom | AFP | Unai Emery saluted Arsenal’s fighting spirit after they hit back from two goals down to salvage a pulsating 2-2 draw against Tottenham in Sunday’s north London derby. Emery’s side were in danger of a damaging defeat after goals from Christian …
Read More »Could cryptocurrency dethrone the US dollar?
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested that a virtual currency, modelled on Facebook’s Libra, could one day replace the dollar as king of the foreign exchange market. The BoE chief aired vague proposals for a so-called “Synthetic Hegemonic Currency” at the recent …
Read More »Liverpool, Man City in cruise mode as Man Utd, Chelsea flop again
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool maintained their 100 percent start to the Premier League season with a 3-0 win at Burnley to retake top spot from Manchester City, who earlier thrashed Brighton on Saturday. But Manchester United and Chelsea lost further ground on the leaders in disappointing draws …
Read More »UN chief Guterres arrives in Ebola-hit DR Congo
Goma, DR Congo | AFP | UN chief Antonio Guterres started a three-day tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday, expressing “solidarity” with a region ravaged by violence and an Ebola epidemic. The secretary general first visited Goma, the capital of North Kivu province which is trying to …
Read More »Prof. Omaswa wins Global Health Award in Tokyo
Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Uganda’s Prof. Francis Gervase Omaswa has won the third Noguchi Africa Prize Award in the category of medical services to Africa and the world. He has today received the Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize from Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of …
Read More »DR Congo Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 ahead of UN chief’s visit
Beni, DR Congo | AFP | The Ebola outbreak showed no signs of easing in DR Congo Friday on the eve of the UN chief’s visit to the country, with the death toll from the highly contagious virus crossing 2,000 and a new fatality in neighbouring Uganda. The latest casualty …
Read More »Missing NGO staff found dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered the body of Maria Nagirinya who went missing two days ago. Her body was discovered on Friday near a swamp at Nakitutuli along the Mukono-Kayunga road in Nama Sub County. The body was found covered with dry grass and had cuts …
Read More »Cars stuck near proposed Lubowa hospital as floods hit Entebbe road
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe road was temporarily cut off this afternoon after heavy afternoon rains left a valley, next to the proposed International Specialized Hospital Uganda at Zana-Lubowa, flooded. Water and mud, mainly from the cleared hill where the hospital will be built, flooded the Entebbe road causing …
Read More »Messi’s Barcelona handed tough Champions League draw as Liverpool face Napoli again
Group A Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Real Madrid (ESP), Club Brugge (BEL), Galatasaray (TUR) Group B Bayern Munich (GER), Tottenham (ENG), Olympiakos (GRE), Red Star Belgrade (SRB) Group C Manchester City (ENG), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Atalanta (ITA) Group D Juventus (ITA), Atletico Madrid (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Lokomotiv …
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