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Electoral Commission Commences Nominations for City Division Leaders and Councillors

BY NAOME NAMUSOKE/KMA UPDATES The Electoral Commission (EC) has today commenced the nomination exercise for candidates aspiring to contest as city division chairpersons and councilors, including special interest group councilors at the municipality and city division levels. According to the Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Julius Mucunguzi, the nominations will run from 8th to 10th September […]

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South Korea vows response after US arrests hundreds at Hyundai plant

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation’s citizens in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Saturday that the government has set up a team to respond to Thursday’s arrest of over 300

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Venezuelan jets again fly past U.S. Navy cruiser

Sept. 6 (UPI) — Two Venezuelan military aircraft flew in close proximity to a U.S. Navy ship in international waters for the second time in two days, federal officials confirmed this week. The Department of War called the move by the two F-16 fighter jets to fly within weapons range of the USS Jason Dunham “highly provocative,”

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Israel tells Gaza City residents to flee as it steps up attacks

Israel has stepped up attacks on Gaza City at it plans to expand its military campaign and seize the largest urban center in the Gaza Strip. Israel told Gaza City residents to move to what it said was a humanitarian area in the south of the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military prepared to take

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Ex-MUBS Boss Waswa Balunywa granted bail after three nights at Luzira

Kampala, Uganda: The Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Racheal Nakyazze Friday granted bail to former Makerere University Business School (MUBS) principal, Prof Waswa Balunywa, after spending three nights on remand at Luzira Prison in relation to two corruption-related cases. Balunywa, 69, secured temporary freedom at Shs 5 million cash for the first case, which involves allegations of

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Gunmen Kill Eight NSCDC Officers, Abduct Chinese Expatriate In Edo State Attack

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers struck on Friday night in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, killing eight operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to BUA Cement Factory. The heavily armed attackers reportedly targeted a convoy escorting five Chinese expatriates from a routine patrol near the factory’s entrance in

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Shark kills surfer at Sydney beach, first fatal attack in years forces closures

The victim was pulled from the water by other surfers, but had lost too much blood and died at the scene, said police superintendent John Duncan of Sydney’s Northern Beaches unit.   A surfer attacked by a large shark at a Sydney beach died of his injuries, police said on Saturday, the first such incident

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Israel warns Gaza City residents to flee south to ‘humanitarian area’

As Israel’s offensive on Gaza City continues, the military has now declared what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south. Residents should flee to safety there, a spokesperson has said, as some Gazans endure a crisis in food and medical care. Israeli forces are carrying out an offensive on suburbs of Gaza City, in

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Zelensky Rejects Moscow Invitation, Demands Putin Come to Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly dismissed Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s invitation to hold talks in Moscow, insisting that the only acceptable venue would be Kyiv. Speaking to ABC News, Zelensky explained his stance, stressing that it was impossible for him to travel to the Russian capital while Ukraine remained under daily missile strikes and attacks. “He can come to Kyiv,”

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Venezuelan jets fly above US ship for second time: Report

USS Jason Dunham deployed off Venezuela as part of US counter-narcotics operations. Venezuela flew military aircraft above a US Navy ship for the second time in two days, multiple US Defense Department officials told CBS News on Friday. They described the maneuvers as turning into a “game of chicken.” The aircraft, identified by one official

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