BERLIN | Xinhua | France progress on penalties after converting all five shots from the spot to eliminate Portugal 5-3 (0-0) in the Euro 2024 quarterfinals of in Hamburg’s Volkspark stadium on Friday. France and Portugal staged an evenly balanced first half with chances at premium on both ends of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Dr. Eron Lawrence, a Senior Lecturer at Kyambogo University on charges of aggravated defilement. It alleged that he defiled and infected a visually impaired teenager with HIV. On Friday, Dr Lawrence appeared before Chief Magistrate Christine Nantege who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court in Kampala will next week rule on an application in which Legal Brains Trust is seeking amendments to its case against businessman, Hassan Basjjabalaba. The case is about the controversial 142 billion shillings given to Basajjabalaba as compensation from the government for …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday announced a raft of austerity measures aimed at addressing revenue shortfalls in the 2024/2025 fiscal budget caused by the withdrawal of the contentious Finance Bill 2024. Ruto said the National Treasury will cut government spending by 177 billion shillings …

BERLIN | Xinhua | Mirroring England’s bumpy journey at Euro 2024, headlines in the British media haven’t been overwhelmingly positive back home. That Gareth Southgate’s team made it into the quarterfinals seems to have disappeared into the jungle of criticism. The upcoming match against surprise package Switzerland now seems to …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Keir Starmer, who led the Labour Party to achieve a landslide victory in Britain’s general election, officially became the new prime minister after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. Born on Sept. 2, 1962 in London, Starmer studied law …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Keir Starmer, who led the Labour Party to achieve a landslide victory in Britain’s general election, officially became the new prime minister after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. “Our country has voted decisively for change and a return …

The Washington Consensus has been wobbly for some time, challenged by abundant research COMMENT | DANI RODRIK, LAURA TYSON & THOMAS FRICKE | Paradigm shifts in mainstream economic thinking usually accompany crises demanding new answers, as occurred after stagflation – low growth and high inflation – gripped advanced economies in the …

NAIROBI,  Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed an independent taskforce to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s public debt, aiming to reduce government spending. Addressing a televised news conference in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Ruto announced the dissolution of 47 state agencies, the suspension …

ITC statistics show that trade between Africa and the Caribbean is limited and concentrated in a few sectors, notably minerals and chemicals ANALYSIS | ISAAC KHISA | African-Caribbean trade ties have remained largely unexplored for many years, despite a shared history and culture. Both regions have historically focused on solidifying relationships …