London, United Kingdom | AFP | The peculiarly British sports of croquet and bowls are taking baby steps to return from the coronavirus lockdown, away from the glare of publicity. Both conjure up images of elderly people pitting their wits against each other on lush lawns, with social interaction a big …

Washington, United States | AFP |  While apps for video-conferencing and online courses have flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, so have something rather more contentious: lawsuits. More than 1,300 complaints linked to the coronavirus have already been filed in US courts, according to a daily tally kept by the law firm …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports is planning to set up a factory to manufacture sanitary pads that will be distributed at no cost to all girls in school across the country. This will be in implementation of a presidential pledge to provide sanitary pads to …

Washington, United States | AFP |  In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk’s SpaceX defied expectations — and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years. US President Donald Trump will be among …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The MV Kalangala Ship has returned today after two months of mandatory serving in Tanzania. The ship which left for Tanzania on February 9 for its annual servicing is now stationed at Port Alice near Nakiwogo landing site in Entebbe. The landing site has now …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Twenty-three  new cases of Coronavirus disease have been recorded in the country, bringing Uganda’s count to 198 nationals. These were part of 1,187 samples tested On Saturday from the border points and the Uganda Virus Research Institute. 19 of the reported 23 cases …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inspector General of Government has issued a 90-day ultimatum to Uganda Land Commission to cancel all titles issued from plots of land irregularly curved out of Bukalasa Agricultural College. Bukalasa Agricultural College owns land measuring 299.9 acres under title volume 33, folio 2 of …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 40 commercial sex workers have asked to be evacuated to their districts of origin after failing to sustain themselves in Gulu during the ongoing lockdown. A rapid assessment conducted by the Special Interest Group Sub-Committee of the District Task Force documented up 528 …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  George Muyomba, a security guard attached to Pan African Carriers Uganda-Limited, a security firm guarding Southern Range Nyanza Textile Industry in Njeru was dismissed from the job after instructing the factory’s General Manager, Vinay Kumar to wear a face mask. According to the termination letterdated May …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  The coronavirus crisis has forced Greece to take rapid steps to computerise its lumbering civil service and belatedly introduce e-governance in one of the EU’s worst digital laggards, experts say. After recording its first coronavirus death on March 12, Athens took unprecedented measures totally at odds …