The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has met American actor and musician Tyrese Gibson as Uganda seeks to promote its...
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Uganda: King Oyo of Uganda’s Tooro Dies Aged 34
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the Omukama of Tooro Kingdom in Uganda, has died at the age of...
Ghana: President Mahama Cuts Sod for 7-Storey Car Park, Commercial Complex At Terminal 3
President John Dramani Mahama has today cut sod for the construction of a seven-storey multi-purpose car park and commercial complex at Terminal 3...
Rwanda: Govt Opens Tender for 34 More Electric Buses for Kigali
The government has opened a tender for the supply of 34 fully electric city buses as Rwanda moves to expand electric mobility in...
Uganda: Govt Bans Heavy Trucks On Kampala-Entebbe Expressway
Heavy commercial vehicles weighing 7,500kg and above will temporarily be barred from using the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway from Monday, August 31, 2026, the Ministry...
Africa: Gambia Ranks Third in Sub-Saharan Africa On Budget Transparency
The Gambia ranked third among the Sub-Saharan African countries assessed in the 2025 Open Budget Survey, scoring 36 out of 100 on budget transparency,...
Nigeria: NFF Summons Emergency Meeting As Resignation Report Spreads
Members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Congress have been summoned to an emergency meeting in Abuja amid concerns over the current developments...
Africa: RwandAir Boss Speaks Out On Why Flying in Africa Is Expensive
Africa's efforts to deepen economic integration could remain limited unless governments make air travel more affordable and remove restrictions that continue to fragment...
Kenya: MPs Back Changes to Passenger Charge to Fund Aviation Safety and Tourism
Nairobi -- Air passengers could see the money collected through the Air Passenger Service Charge channelled more directly towards aviation safety and tourism...
Ethiopia: Algorithm of Neglect, Business of Extremism – How TikTok Monetizes Ethiopia’s Trauma, Profits From Pain
Addis Abeba -- When a social media platform enters a new market, it arrives with promises of global connection, creative expression, and digital...
Malawi: ‘Malawi’s Exports Have Fallen Off a Cliff’ – Minister Mbilizi Sounds Alarm As Agriculture Sector Plunges Into Crisis
Malawi's agriculture sector is facing a mounting crisis, with damning new figures revealing the country's export base has collapsed by 31 percent in...
Africa: FIFA in Africa – Has Gianni Infantino Really Helped Football Development?
Gianni Infantino might have backed down from his proposal to sell a minority stake of Fifa to corporate investors and he may...
Asian stocks mixed as markets await US Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole address
Asian equities were mixed at early trade on Friday August 28, as traders awaited Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s closely watched address at Jackson Hole,...
‘Hardworking’ Kent nurse among 33 missing Brits in Nepal as flash floods cause ‘irreplaceable loss’
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US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, and more
Multiple US agencies and departments were breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers The hackers use a massive botnet of compromised IoT devices to obscure the origin of...
India in ‘frank’ talks with Brics states over meeting declaration
India is engaged in “frank” conversations with all Brics member states to finalise a consensus declaration at the grouping’s summit in New Delhi next month,...
Poseidon Expeditions Shortlisted Across Three Categories in 2026 ECN Awards
Nominations for Favourite Expedition Cruise Operator for Polar Regions, Favourite Responsible Expedition Cruise Operator, and Favourite Expedition Cruise Operator come from a direct vote among...
India, China agree to advance boundary delimitation talks, prevent LAC miscalculation
The decisions were among eight points of consensus reached during the 25th round of talks between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister...
DeepSeek founder’s quant fund piles into China tech IPOs
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is best known for the AI model that gave China its “ChatGPT moment.” Less visible is the quant empire that bankrolled...
FPIs raise India bets in August, DIIs continue buying amid caution
Mumbai: Foreign portfolio investors (FIIs) moderately stepped up purchases of Indian equities in August after turning buyers in July following four months of selling, while...
Trump threatens tariffs on Canadian cars
Washington, Aug 28 US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian-made cars, accusing the neighbouring country of treating the United States badly and...
PM Modi heads to Uzbekistan, SCO; meet with Putin on the cards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday begin a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit...
US-hosted G20 finance meeting to target growth, imbalances, Iran sanctions, Treasury official says
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration aims to have finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agree next week...
Will Apple Pay’s entry create a ripple or a splash?
Apple Pay is reportedly set to enter the Indian market by October 2026, marking the culmination of talks that have run on and off since...
Qatar steps in to mediate as Trump says US not talking to Iran
Qatar’s prime minister visited Tehran on Thursday, August 27, in an effort to revive stalled diplomacy six months into the war, as US President Donald...
Trump’s Chopper Scare Takes an Embarrassing New Turn
A close call between Marine One and a commercial aircraft earlier this month may have been partly due to White House ballroom construction, a National...
Close to clearing NSE IPO: Sebi Chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India is close to approving the initial public offering (IPO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the regulator’s...
Climate change raised risk of Nepal flood: scientists
Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilise high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as this week’s Himalayan flood along the...
The US Air Force Bomber Fleet Has Shrunk From 500 To 140 Jets As Demand Hits Record Highs
A Bomber Task Force (BTF) is a deployment of United States Air Force (USAF) bomber aircraft and supporting personnel that allows...
1 in 6 VPNs Track Your Location, According to New Report From Proton
Using a virtual private network is a surefire way to keep your information private when browsing the internet. But a new report from Proton, released...