New York, U.S. | Xinhua | While every modern U.S. president has stretched the truth now and then, Joe Biden’s routine misstatements about money and the economy seem to go unchallenged, reported The Hill in mid-July. “In recent months, as the economy has slipped into a soft recession and with inflation …

And you really can also die of happiness | ADAM TAYLOR | Dying of a broken heart was just a figure of speech until 2002 when Dr Hikaru Sato and colleagues at Hiroshima City Hospital described it in a study. Sato named the condition takotsubo cardiomyopathy. It was quickly dubbed …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Congolese refugee children in Kisoro district are battling malnutrition. The children are among thousands of refugees who fled Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province following the outbreak of heavy fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Congolese government troops. On June 13, 2022, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG has recovered Shillings 12.6 billion in the past 8 months, the Inspector General of Government-IG Beti Olive Kamya has revealed. According to Kamya, the money was recovered from corrupt government departments and individuals. In June 2022, 45 officials from the Ministry …

Survey aims to document unusual periods post-vaccine | JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL | Kathryn Clancy got her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021 and 10 days later found herself sitting uncomfortably in a work Zoom meeting during one of the heaviest periods she’d experienced. “I had what’s often called …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has unveiled new bail guidelines aimed at promoting uniformity and consistency by courts while considering bail applications. Launched by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo at the Judiciary headquarters on Wednesday, the new guidelines require courts to consider and dispose of bail applications expeditiously within …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a dispute between foreign and local silver fish dealers at Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe district over quality concerns. The dispute stems from a decision by the foreign traders mainly from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC to buy silver fish directly …

Using dollar supremacy for sanctions could well lead to other countries backing away from it (the dollar) London, UK | Xinhua | The U.S. government’s frequent use of dollar supremacy for sanctions against other countries could negatively impact global trade and finance, an economist has said. “One of the problems with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has committed 19 people to the High Court to face trial for terrorism. They were committed on Wednesday by Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza after the prosecution led by Patricia Cingtho informed the court that the investigations into six charges …