WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials say. © Provided by Associated Press In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian […]
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Kampala lord Mayor Erias Lukwago Fourteen councillors of KCCA, including the speaker Zahara Luyirika and her deputy Nasur Masaba, have been remanded to Kitalya and Kigo prisons after they were charged with inciting violence. The councillors were arrested in Kampala yesterday as they walked to meet vendors who were evicted from the streets in January.NTV’s
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By Alicja Ptak © Reuters/AGENCJA WYBORCZA.PL A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules transport aircraft lands at Jasionka Airport near RzeszowWARSAW – U.S. military equipment has begun to arrive in Poland, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday, to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank as the West and Russia wrangle over Russia’s military presence near the Ukrainian
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A court in Nicaragua has found two prominent opposition figures – among dozens arrested by the government of President Daniel Ortega in the lead up to last year’s election – guilty of “conspiracy”. Dora Maria Tellez, a former rebel who fought alongside Ortega and served in his government before becoming leader of the opposition Sandinista
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An American computer hacker says that he is behind a revenge attack that has crippled North Korea’s Internet several times in the last month. © Getty Images/iStockphotoAmerican hacker keeps turning off Internet in North Korea – Getty Images/iStockphotoThe hacker, who goes by the name P4x, says he had been targeted by the hermit dictatorship’s spies who cyber-attacked
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It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the coronavirus, in early February 2020. Although the virus would soon change the global landscape, upending our world, at the time, most Americans were still unaware of the mysterious disease spreading across Wuhan, China. © Shannon Stapleton/Reuters, FILE A patient
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Scientists in South Africa have made a copy of the Moderna Covid vaccine, a move which they say could help boost vaccination rates across Africa. © AFP Africa currently has the lowest uptake of Covid vaccines in the worldThe continent currently has the lowest uptake of Covid shots in the world.The company behind the new vaccine
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The Cleveland Cavaliers fended off a furious Charlotte rally to snatch a 102-101 NBA victory over the Hornets in wild style on Friday. © Gregory Shamus Boston’s Jayson Tatum dunks over Detroit’s Kelly Olynyk in the Celtics’ 102-93 NBA victory over the Pistons Jarrett Allen scored 29 points and pulled down 22 rebounds for Cleveland and
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Hakim Ziyech’s hopes of an international return with Morocco appear to be over after manager Vahid Halihodzic warned it would be ‘impossible’. The Chelsea winger missed out on this year’s Africa Cup of Nations after falling out of favour with his international side in September. That has meant the Blues could still. rely on the
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A major winter storm that has already wreaked havoc across the United States with snow and ice was set to make its final push through the Northeast on Friday, bringing more dangerous conditions and cold weather.”Heavy snow and treacherous ice accumulations” are expected around the Northeast, the National Weather Service said, after the storm left
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