At least 22 people, most of them air cadets died in a military plane crash near the eastern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine last night. The aircraft, an Antonov-26 that was carrying cadets from Kharkiv Air Force University on a training flight with 27 people on board came down as it was landing. Two were seriously […]
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Minister of State for Disability and Elderly, Hon. Sarah Kanyike has said that Uganda will join the international community to commemorate the International Week of the Deaf (IWD) 2020 which is running from 21st to 25th September. In Uganda, this week has been commemorated since 2006 and this year’s event will be held in Masaka […]
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The family of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba has welcomed a court ruling that said his tooth should be returned to his family. Mr Lumumba’s nephew Jean Jacques Lumumba said the move “is a good step” of what happened. “[Lumumba] is a hero who we never buried, the decision [of a Belgium court] is a […]
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Russia has officially registered a coronavirus vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute, President Vladimir Putin said on Russian state TV on Tuesday. Speaking in a live teleconference with his cabinet ministers, Putin said the vaccine had gone through all the necessary checks. “A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in […]
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been seen in Miami, in the United States after a family break in the Dominican Republic which has supposedly left the troubled couple feeling ‘a lot happier’ The troubled couple are said to be ‘a lot happier’ after taking time away and there are hopes that this may have […]
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America’s Got Talent has began filming the next segment of the show but Simon Cowell’s chair has been left empty after he broke his back ‘in several places’ Simon Cowell is still recovering from surgery on his broken back. His fellow judges, Sofia Vergara and Heidi Klum, have both shared photos and videos from the […]
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Mariah Carey’s estranged sister Alison has filed a lawsuit accusing their mother Patricia of allegedly allowing strangers to sexually abuse her during Satanic rituals when she was a child. Alison Carey, 57, has lodged documents with the State of New York Supreme Court seeking damages for “immense psychological and physical damage, mental pain and anguish […]
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Lebanon’s cabinet has declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut and ordered the military to place anyone who was involved in the warehousing explosive material under house arrest The explosive material detonated at the city’s port, devastating entire neighbourhoods and killing scores of people. The declaration effectively gives the military full powers after Tuesday’s […]
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At least eight COVID19 patients died in a fire that broke out in an intensive care unit at a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad early this morning. It took fire fighters half an hour to contain the blaze at Shrey Hospital in Ahmadabad and thirty-five patients have been moved to other hospitals. […]
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The World Bank has availed UGX 554b as funds to enable more Ugandan children access and complete secondary education. The funding is aimed at improving access to higher quality secondary education among Ugandan children in safer and better equipped learning environments that are also supportive of girls’ education. The project is financed by an International […]
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