US election is underway with 21 Presidential Candidates including rapper Kanye West. The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states. As of 8AM – this morning, incumbent President Donald Trump (Republican) has 118 electoral college votes = 61,254,236 votes, Joe Biden (Democrat) 223 = 62,747,384 votes. A candidate needs 270 […]
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The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the situation caused by COVID-19 pandemic especially intensified food insecurity. In his World Food Day message published by UN News yesterday October 16, 2020, he said some 130 million people risk being pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of this […]
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After nearly 7 months of closure, Entebbe International Airport has reopened today to passenger flights with the first flight of Turkish Airlines that arrived at 3 am. Tthe management of Uganda Airlines say it is ensuring all measures to observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) in the fight against COVID-19. According to the executive director Uganda Tourism […]
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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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