Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Spain international midfielder Thiago Alcantara has tested positive for the coronavirus. Thiago joined Liverpool from Bayern Munich earlier in September and although he made his debut against Chelsea eight days ago, he missed Monday night’s 3-1 win at home to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Another 7,143 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest daily total ever since the start of the pandemic in Britain, according to official figures released Tuesday. The newly confirmed infections brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 439,013, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Food and environment activists say you need to urgently find ways of avoiding food loss and waste or risk financial and environment losses.  The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Sempijja and Food Agricultural Organization Country representative, Antonio Querido say it is high time that you rethink …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Losing treble-winning coach Hansi Flick might still be a far-off nightmare for Bayern Munich fans. But overheated discussions about the future of the 55-year-old and the club’s risky cost-saving policy might deliver some glimpses into the Bavarians agitated mood ahead of the German Supercup against …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    The General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) on Tuesday lowered its curtain at the UN headquarters in New York on a positive note with the vast majority of world leaders and national representatives voicing strong support for multilateralism …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has lauded China’s foreign policy, which he said is aimed at building an international community free of hegemony based on justice and non-expansion. Speaking at a ceremony held Monday on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the founding …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for further debt relief for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. “I hope the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (of the Group of 20) will be extended and its scope expanded to all developing and …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Kenyan road runner Edwin Mokua narrowly escaped death on Monday, and is currently recuperating at the hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus while on a training run. The 27-year-old Mokua, who holds personal best of 1:02:50 in the half marathon, suffered four broken ribs …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Contestants for the National Resistance Movement- NRM party primaries in Mawogola North and West constituencies, Sembabule district have rejected the use of National Identity Cards in today’s elections. The NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr Tanga Odoi on Tuesday evening issued new guidelines for the primaries. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice has upheld the removal of the lower and upper presidential age caps from the Constitution of Uganda. Ugandan citizen Male Mabirizi had petitioned the court challenging the decision by the constitutional and Supreme …