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Nearly half of Russia’s reserves frozen

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Near half of Russia’s roughly 640 billion U.S. dollars of gold and foreign currency reserves has been frozen, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Sunday. Siluanov said on a Russian TV program that Russia will pay roubles to its debt holders. He said that the …

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Partey and Lacazette on strike as Arsenal march on

🔴 Arsenal 2 Leicester 0 🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal delivered a magnificent performance on Sunday to beat Leicester City and register their …

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POLICE: Ugandan domestic worker was murdered

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The examination of body samples removed from the corpse of Milly Namazzi has revealed that all the internal organs were intact. Namazzi left Uganda for a domestic job in Saudi Arabia in 2019. She was expected to return home after the expiry of her …

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Chelsea brush aside off pitch problems to win 1-0

🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Newcastle United suffered a first Premier League defeat for nearly three months as Kai Havertz snatched a late …

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NFA halts planting of non-indigenous trees in Mabira

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority-NFA Executive Director Tom Obong Okello has halted the planting of non-indigenous trees in Mabira and Kisisita forest in Buikwe district. Okello who toured the two forests on Saturday was surprised that people who were approved by NFA to restore the …

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Contractor to pay sh320m for demolishing judge’s house

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered Mohinder Singh Channa, the Director of Coronation Developers Uganda Limited to pay sh320 Million to retired Judge Anup Singh Choudry as compensation for demolishing his house. According to the ruling by Justice Musa Ssekaana, Channa breached the …

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Fire guts IUIU Mbale campus hostel

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire on Saturday gutted a hostel at the Islamic University in Uganda- IUIU main campus in Mbale City. The fire gutted Sumayya Female’s Hostel injuring one student and destroying property. Rehema Kantono, the University’s Public Relations Officer says that investigations are underway to establish …

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Yeko takes gold at World University Cross-Country

🥇Dismus Yeko UGA 28:00 🥈Dirk Markus Georger GER +0:07 🥉Brian Wangwe UGA +0:12  Aveiro, Portugal  | THE INDEPENDENT | Ndejje University’s long-distance runner Dismus Yeko on Saturday won Gold at the FISU World University Cross Country Championships Aveiro, in Portugal. The 17-year-old stunned a strong field composed of the world’s top university …

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