34 years from Kampala to New York city mayor COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | The historic rise of Zohran Mamdani who was born in Kampala in 1991 to become the chief executive of the wealthiest and power-packed city in the world has excited Ugandans in the same way the rise …
Read More »Election sweep could rejuvenate embattled U.S. Democrats
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. Democrats swept multiple elections on Tuesday — a string of victories which some analysts believe could reinvigorate the embattled party. Progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral race by a landslide while Democrats also secured decisive victories in the gubernatorial …
Read More »Fear in New York, but Trump says coronavirus restrictions could ease soon
New York, United States | AFP | Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country. Trump — who faces reelection in November and is keen to avoid extended …
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