BARCELONA, Spain | Xinhua | Spain may have won all their matches so far at Euro 2024, but many Spaniards remain unconvinced about their national team’s chances of going all the way. This edition of the quadrennial European football tournament began on June 14 and is entering its knockout stage, …

NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | The season’s first presidential debate between incumbent US President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, ended in what many are calling a slam dunk win for the latter. Biden’s stunted performance in the debate was described as the final nail in his political …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture has donated 500 heifers worth 1.5 Billion Shillings to address poverty in the Busoga sub-region. The heifers were procured through, the National Agriculture Advisory Services-NAADS. Thomas Nsemerirwe, the NAADS livestock development officer,  says that the heifers issued to the beneficiaries are disease …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has given Uganda’s economy a positive midterm outlook but forecasts slower growth rates than the government projections. According to the 23rd Edition of the Uganda Economic Update, the economy will grow by 6.2 percent next financial year and improve further to 6.6 …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for the urgent contribution of Euro 5 million (about 19.8 billion shillings) to aid the start of delivery of reparations to victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen. …

Artist uses line and colour to tame his emotions on canvas but also exploits the same technique to connect with his audience ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | An encounter with Paul Kasambeko Kaspa‘s paintings showing in a solo exhibition titled Tamed Emotions reveals his growth on canvas. The artist previously known …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Protests continued in Kenya on Thursday, albeit on a smaller scale, despite President William Ruto’s decision to drop tax hike proposals and his promise to institute austerity measures. Hundreds of people took to the streets of various towns across Kenya, though their numbers were notably …

NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | During televised debates with his election rival, former US President Donald Trump dodged the question on whether we was ready recognize Palestine as a sovereign country to settle the Middle East conflict. “I’d have to see,” he said. In his opinion, Biden fails to …

ROME, ITALY | Xinhua | The entire Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned on Wednesday. The alarm was raised as a new report has shown that almost the entire population is facing “acute food insecurity, with 1 …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In April 2019, seven-month-pregnant Dorcus Aceng met her death when she unknowingly came into contact with an agitated elephant that had strayed from Murchison National Park. That fateful day, Aceng was at home going about her normal business when the elephant came running across her …