UK Govt ‘Appalled’ by Israel’s Attacks on UN Bases in Lebanon
The Israeli military (IDF) says it is conducting a “thorough review” after being notified that two UN peacekeepers were “inadvertently hurt during IDF combat against Hezbollah” in southern Lebanon. BBC…
Cameroon bans reports on President Biya’s health
Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji told regional governors that these stories “disturb the tranquillity of Cameroonians”. BBC | The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of…
Police Arrest 12 Members of Infamous Japodola Gang in Mukono
According to authorities, the suspects include men and women from various professions, many of them working as casual laborers. Police in Mukono District have apprehended 12 individuals believed to be…
Fan Interrupts Tense Cranes Game to Proposal to Girlfriend on Namboole Turf
Fan Interrupts Tense match to propose to girlfriend on the middle of the field. Uganda Cranes edged neighbours South Sudan 1-0 in a Nations Cup qualified Friday evening and a…
Tayebwa pledges support as Shs367.7bn steel factory roars to life in Mbale Industrial Park
The deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged all the necessary support to Unisteel Investment Uganda Limited, a brand-new iron and steel manufacturing plant in Mbale Industrial Park. Speaking…
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The iPhone 16 isn’t selling as well as Apple may have hoped
New YorkCNN — Apple had been counting on new artificial intelligence features to make the iPhone 16 a major hit. But pre–sale estimates point to a more muted early response than Apple had hoped. Apple…
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Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions. It’s been almost 25 years since Bruce Willis, playing the fictional character Harry…
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper [Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP]
Baker, Jumper, Hassabis win Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on proteins ‘They cracked the code’; laureates hailed for revealing proteins’ secrets through computing and artificial intelligence. Scientists David Baker,…
LIVE: Israel attacks Lebanon and Syria, keeps up siege of north Gaza
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Khan Younis and three in the Jabalia refugee camp as a siege that forced the United Nations to shut down schools and hospitals in…
Mozambique’s election: Who’s contesting and what’s at stake?
Wednesday’s polls are expected to usher a younger president into power for the first time since independence in 1975. Mozambicans are heading to the polls to vote in elections that…