✳ Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) – Lt. Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi (General) ✳ Deputy CDF – Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu ✳ Commander Land Forces – Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba ✳ Joint Chief of Staff – Maj. Gen. Leopold Eric Kyanda ✳ Maj Gen Sam Okidinig Deputy Commander, Land forces ✳ Brig …

Cristiano Ronaldo equals Ali Daei’s all-time international goalscoring record of 109 goals 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales v Denmark 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 Italy v Austria 🇦🇹 🇳🇱 Netherlands v Czech Republic 🇨🇿 🇧🇪 Belgium v Portugal 🇵🇹 🇭🇷 Croatia v Spain 🇪🇸 🇨🇭 Switzerland v France 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England v Germany 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 Sweden …

Ankara, Turkey, | XINHUA |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the phase III trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine named Turkovac. The vaccine, which is made with inactivated coronaviruses, is expected to be available for use by the end of this year, Erdogan said at an event …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya’s Edwin Kamau secured a job as a mechanic in the gulf state of Qatar. He is set to join the growing number of Kenyans seeking greener pastures abroad. The 27-year-old father of three was recruited last week by an employment agency based in Nairobi …

Stockholm, Sweden | XINHUA |  Unlike many other countries that have started to vaccinate people from the age of 12, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Tuesday that it has decided to vaccinate the 16-17 year olds, not below, against COVID-19. The agency said that all children aged 16 …

  Rome, Italy | XINHUA | As of next week, Italy is preparing to lift the outdoor face mask mandate as the country’s main COVID-19 indicators appear to have stabilized. The decision was confirmed by Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Tuesday after the new Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) advising the …

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1 Czech 🇨🇿 0 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Raheem Sterling’s early header proved enough to earn England a victory against the Czech Republic at Wembley that took Gareth Southgate’s side into the round of 16 as Group D winners. Needing to win to overtake the Czechs and …

New Delhi, India | XINHUA | India’s health ministry on Tuesday alerted the states of Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh on a new variant of COVID-19 called Delta Plus. The ministry described Delta Plus as a Variant of Concern (VOC). “Based on the recent findings of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russia has accused the United States and Britain of targeting the website of the country’s election commission through cyberattacks. “We are constantly faced with attempts to change or replace information on the website, attempts to take control of it, restrict its operation and so on,” …

 Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Like pirates on high seas, developed nations are curtailing essential supply of COVID-19 vaccines to African nations; with the continent receiving less than 2% of the total 773 million worldwide-administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. A recent report published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) estimates that …