Singapore, Singapore | AFP | Bitcoin broke through the $10,000 barrier for the first time on Wednesday as it continues a stratospheric rise that has delighted investors but sparked fears of a bubble. The virtual currency hit a high of $10,379 in Asia, according to Bloomberg News, more than 10 times …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Century Bottling Company Limited, a franchise bottler and distributor of Coca Cola Products in Uganda, has taken on Hariss International Limited’s Rock Boom and Pepsi Cola’s Sting with a low-cost energy drink in a move likely to stir competition in the energy drinks segment. The …
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VIDEO: Nateete market vendors protest against alleged sale of market Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Traders from Natete market have engaged the police in running battles as they protest the alleged sale of the market to private investor. The traders are demanding for an explanation on the fate of the …
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Kampala, Uganda |ISAAC KHISA | Britam Holdings Plc has unveiled an asset management company in Uganda as it seeks to extend its asset management offering in the region. The new company, Britam Asset Managers (Uganda) is modelled along a similar successful company in Kenya. It will offer investment management and advisory services to pension …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | Tunisia said Saturday it had arrested three men linked to the suspected Berlin Christmas market attacker, including his nephew. Here is what we know about the case so far. – Shot dead in Italy – German authorities launched a Europe-wide manhunt for 24-year-old Tunisian Anis …
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Milan, Italy | AFP | Italian police on Friday shot dead the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, ending a frantic four-day hunt for Europe’s most wanted man. But just as German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed relief that suspected attacker Anis Amri no longer posed a threat, she …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | A Pakistani asylum seeker suspected of ploughing a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people was released Tuesday for lack of evidence, prosecutors said. “The accused, detained over the attack on the Berlin Christmas market on December 19, 2016, was let go …
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Chancellor #Merkel, FM #Steinmeier and Interior Minister #deMaizière pay tribute to the victims of #BerlinAttack at #Breitscheidplatz. pic.twitter.com/K6yom2kryQ — GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) December 20, 2016 Berlin, Germany | AFP | A Pakistani asylum seeker suspected of ploughing a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people may not …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | A lorry ploughed into a busy Berlin Christmas market on Monday evening in what German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday was a “terrorist attack” which killed at least 12 people and injured at least 48 more. Here is what we know of the event reminiscent …
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One person detained over Berlin Xmas market suspected attack, Police call on Berliners to ‘stay at home’ Berlin, Germany | AFP | A lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 50 more in what police said was a possible terror …
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