ADEN, Yemen | Xinhua | In a cramped schoolroom perched above the stony hills of Al-Dhalea in Yemen’s southern highlands, principal Khaled Al Humaidi watched the children file in. They moved quietly, brushing past worn desks polished by the hands of countless students. Their faces carried the stubborn brightness children …
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Kamuli, Uganda | Xinhua| Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off the country’s first dried chili shipment to China, one year after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement allowing the agricultural product to access the Chinese market. Museveni flagged off the 11-tonne consignment on Thursday in the eastern district of …
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LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Premier League clubs have voted in favor of a significant financial shake-up that will introduce a new spending framework from the 2026-27 season, with Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) winning the narrow majority required to replace the existing Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR). All 20 Premier …
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LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Premier League leader Arsenal returns to action Sunday afternoon with a north-London derby against Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal was held to a 2-2 draw by Sunderland a fortnight ago, seeing its 10-game winning run in all competitions and eight matches without conceding a goal ended. Arsenal …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | Nearly half of the global population of 8.2 billion live in cities across the world today, according to a UN report released Tuesday. The World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results showed that the world has become increasingly urban, with the number of people living …
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MANILA | Xinhua | The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that antimicrobial resistance is already causing a global health emergency, threatening to erase nearly a century of medical progress as common infections become increasingly challenging to treat. Saia Ma’u Piukala, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, said in …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda has set its sights on securing orders for at least 1,000 electric coaches during the Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition, a milestone 30-day journey covering more than 13,000 kilometres across Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, and South Africa, government officials said …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | Nearly 477,000 children in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica are experiencing significant disruptions to their schooling three weeks after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, a UN spokesperson said Monday. With many schools damaged or closed, children have been forced to miss classes or study in temporary …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | A Chinese medical team in Uganda on Wednesday donated an assortment of medicines and equipment to the China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in the country’s capital city, Kampala. Tang Min, head of the 25th batch of the Chinese medical team, handed over the donation to Irene Nayiga, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stakeholders in the fight against malaria have made a clarion call to Members of Parliament to give precedence to malaria prevention in the next budgeting cycle. The call was made at a high-level advocacy engagement with MPs, on gender-responsive malaria and health services, on …
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