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Hong Kong leader “deeply sorry” for long queues amid COVID surge

Views: 1 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has said she is “deeply sorry and anxious” about the lengthy wait for residents to get tested or enter isolation facilities after a record number of new coronavirus cases left authorities scrambling. © Reuters/JOYCE ZHOU FILE PHOTO: Testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in […]

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Libyan PM survives assassination attempt, source close to him says

Views: 5 TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. © Reuters/HAZEM AHMED FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah announces election bid in TripoliThe source said the

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UK minister apologises for continuing meeting after positive COVID test

Views: 1 LONDON (Reuters) – British health department minister Gillian Keegan has apologised for continuing a meeting after she was informed she had tested positive for COVID-19. © Reuters/Dado Ruvic FILE PHOTO: Fake blood is seen in test tubes labelled with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in this illustrationIn a thread on Twitter published late on Tuesday, Keegan

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At least 14 dead in Colombian landslide following heavy rain

Views: 1 At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a landslide buried several homes in central Colombia, Colombia’s national disaster agency said. © Getty Rescuers work removing debris during the search of victims after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Pereira, Risaralda department, Colombia, on February 8, 2022. – The landslide

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Cautious Macron holds advantage in French election

Views: 1 A relatively flat campaign in which opponents have failed to score points is playing into the hands of French President Emmanuel Macron as he bids for a second term, even if much can still change ahead of the April elections. © Tobias SCHWARZ Emmanuel Macron has still not declared his candidacy ahead of the

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Pentagon chief discusses North Korean threat with Japan, South Korea

Views: 3 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Wednesday with the defense ministers of South Korea and Japan about the threats posed by North Korea after a series of missile launches by Pyongyang, the Pentagon said. International tension has been rising over a series of North Korean ballistic missile tests, actions

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Angelina Jolie, at US Capitol, presses for domestic violence law

Views: 0 Film star Angelina Jolie was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday pleading with US lawmakers to immediately pass measures to combat domestic violence. At a press briefing in the US Capitol, Jolie expressed support for renewing legislation that would provide victims of such abuse with medical and legal assistance, as well as support to

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FUFA and UPL endorse MTN Uganda as the Broadcast sponsor of the SUPL

Views: 6 Representatives of Uganda’s football governing bodies pose for a photo with MTN’s Chief Marketing Officer (3L) to Endorse MTN’s partnership in the growth of Uganda’s football Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) and Uganda Premier League (UPL) come in to emphatically endorse MTN as the Broadcast Sponsor of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League

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itel Partners with MTN Uganda to Accelerate Digital Inclusion

Views: 4 L-R The MTN Chief Marketing Officer, Itel’s Training Manager and The itel Uganda Assistant Brand Manager unveil the itel A58 The partnership is aimed at driving digital inclusion by attracting first time internet users. itel will provide affordable internet-enabled devices while MTN shall support the device owners with free MTN data offers to

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Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament over enforced disappearances, torture

Views: 5 The MPs said their walkout was in protest for the continued injustice in the country that includes several killings and unaccounted for citizens who are missing since last year’s presidential poll and torture of citizens. Opposition Members of Parliament on Thursday walked out of a parliamentary session in protest of reported torture of

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