The Uganda national football team, the Uganda Cranes, has unveiled its new kits ahead of the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers. In partnership with MTN Uganda, the new kits were launched on Thursday, marking the debut of a fresh era in sportswear as Janzi, a Ugandan clothing brand, takes over from Umbro […]
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Pope Francis has warned against using religion to fuel conflict on his last day of his visit to Indonesia, the first stop in his tour around the Asia Pacific region. At the Istiqlal mosque in the capital Jakarta, the Pope signed a declaration on religious harmony and environmental protection with the mosque’s grand imam and
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Watch as Pope Francis meets bishops, priests and young people during his visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday 4 September. The pontiff today urged political leaders in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country to guard against religious extremism, which he said distorted people’s religious beliefs through “deception and violence”. In his first speech during an ambitious 12-day journey across
Watch live as Pope Francis holds Holy Mass in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday 5 September. The pontiff today invited Muslims and Catholics to push global leaders to confront the dangers of climate change and extremism, and spoke of the common roots of different religious beliefs as he visited Southeast Asia’s largest mosque. In a day laden with religious symbolism
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced several steps to push back against Russian efforts to sway U.S. politics ahead of the 2024 election, including the indictment of two Russians accused of illegally funneling $9.7 million into a Tennessee media company. The founders of the unidentified company, widely reported to be Tenet Media, knew their funding
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African nations seek more flexible approach from Beijing to relieve crippling ‘debt distress’ Leaders of African countries will head to China this week for the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, where they’ll meet President Xi Jinping to discuss strengthening economic relations. In the “anticipated high-level meeting” in Beijing, President Xi will hope to continue
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Agency famous for secrecy offers new details on 10-year quest in podcast. The National Security Agency revealed new details on Thursday of its pivotal role in tracking the most wanted terrorist in American history: Osama bin Laden, including how it helped finger the courier who led to the al Qaeda leader’s hideout and how it
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At the invitation of UNIDO, a delegation from Xicheng District, Beijing, visited the UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna with the accompaniment of ITPO Beijing. They held discussions with ZOU Ciyong, Deputy to the Director General and the Managing Director of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development at UNIDO, among others. LIU Dongwei, Deputy
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready for talks with Ukraine, after having previously rebuffed the idea of negotiations while Kyiv’s offensive into the Kursk region was ongoing. Putin said a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the first weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented,
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