London, United Kingdom | AFP | Newcastle manager Steve Bruce believes going to the supermarket or petrol station could pose a greater a risk of coronavirus than a return to football given the strict measures put in place to protect players. However, Bruce warned his squad could “fall down like a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who was arrested by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA law enforcement officers has been awarded 20 million shillings in compensation. Steven Olango was arrested from his home in Ntinda in 2014 after hawkers who were fleeing from enforcement officers hid in his compound. Court …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Congressional Democrats on Saturday launched a probe into President Donald Trump’s “politically-motivated” dismissal of a government watchdog believed to have been investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The announcement came after Trump told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Friday that he planned to …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than LCI Chairpersons in Arua Municipality on Saturday stormed the offices of Arua RDC Nahori Oya demanding for Personal Protective Equipment. The chairpersons argue that they need the PPEs since they are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 without protective gears when moving …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An employee of Vision Group in Mbarara District who went missing three days ago has been found dead. Christine Kabasweka Akiiki’s body was discovered on Saturday in her room on Mayor’s house along Bucunku Road. Kabasweka who is from Kachwamba, Fort Portal Municipality has been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Records at the Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID have revealed that only 34% of the 215,224 recorded crimes in 2019 were taken courts of law. CID headed by Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP Grace Akullo, submitted only 74,810 case files to court. This translates to …
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San Francisco, United States | AFP | As Amazon becomes an increasingly important lifeline in the pandemic crisis, it is being hit with a wave of criticism from activists, politicians and others who question the tech giant’s growing influence. Amazon has become the most scrutinized company during the health emergency. It …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | Germans with holiday homes in Mallorca are clamouring to return to the sun-soaked island as the coronavirus lockdowns ease, but Spanish authorities are pushing back. Several hundred Germans have in recent weeks sent pleading, sometimes angry letters to the regional government of the Balearic Islands asking …
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Detroit, United States | AFP | Detroit’s auto giants are keen to resume production this week, but there will be unease on assembly lines where social distancing is difficult and worries about the deadly coronavirus persist. Motor City carmakers insist they are taking precautions to protect employees for the ramp-up that …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump. His remarks came as he spoke at two virtual commencements for high school and …
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