New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. stocks posted modest gains in the week, as investors digested a slew of newly-released economic data while grappling with the uncertain fate of the further coronavirus stimulus in the country. For the week ending Friday, the Dow gained 1.8 percent, the S&P 500 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has observed a need for the inclusion of the church development activities in the national budget. Kaziimba made the statement during a service at his home in Namirembe today …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | During his second trip to Europe in less than a month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unsurprisingly carried on his malign campaign, hurling insults at China, scrambling to indoctrinate “America’s friends” with slanders and lies, and contriving to revive a Cold War. Addressing a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Secretary-General of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party Richard Todwong has said that Ambassador Matayo Kyaligonza was directed to step down from the Central Executive Committee race after failing to resign his job. Kyaligonza, Uganda’s ambassador to Burundi was defending his position as …

London, UK | XINHUA | “The ugliest pigs on earth” have proved to be popular among keepers after arriving at London Zoo, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The ZSL said its keepers have been “squealing with delight” over the arrival of the zoo’s first “demon pigs” and plan …

Mexico City, Mexico | XINHUA | The COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty, expanded the size of the informal economy, and threatened the weak health systems of some countries in Central America, experts have said. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, 274,000 formal jobs could be lost in Guatemala, 130,000 in …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bungokho North Member of Parliament Gershom Sizomu Wambende has lost a bid to contest for the Mbale Northern Division parliamentary seat on Forum for Democratic Change ticket. The race was won by Paul Mugoya Wanyoto who registered 66 votes against Sizomu’s 13. The other candidates …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several leaders around Kampala are appealing for more face masks from the government. They say that the number of masks sent to their areas is insufficient for the population size and many of their residents have not been covered. The government had set …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off 68,000 bicycles to aid the mobilization activities by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in villages across the country. Museveni said that the bicycles were procured from contributions by party members and added that they are also making …

Washington, US | XINHUA | There is a low risk that U.S.-China political tensions will derail China’s V-shaped economic recovery, as the Chinese economy is becoming more domestic consumption-driven, according to a U.S. investment expert. “Life in China has been gradually getting back to normal since March, and July was …