As sovereign nations, we must come together and face the European Union and others with one voice in the fight against proliferation of hazardous and toxic products coming into our countries. EU didn’t do it alone, they had to come as a formidable group, we must also unite and say, if there are specific countries …
By Derrick Wandera/ Daily Monitor. Police arrest political activist, Dr Kizza Besigye after he tried to leave his home on May 23, 2022. Dr Kizza Besigye, The People’s Front for Transition (PFT) leader. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa/Daily Monitor. Police have arrested political activist and former presidential contender Kizza Besigye after he attempted to leave his home …
Compared with two weeks ago, portions of eastern Australia look almost unrecognizable. Over 16 days, unprecedented amounts of rain flooded Queensland and New South Wales. Blue waters became muddy brown and homes turned into swamps. The flooding event forced thousands to evacuate and caused at least 20 deaths. These images show the town of Beenleigh, …
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ZAHONY, Hungary(AP) — After bombs started falling in her hometown of Kharkiv, Annamaria Maslovska left her friends, her toys, and her life in Ukraine and set off on a days-long journey with her mother toward safety in the West. © Provided by Associated Press Annamaria Moslovska, a ten-year-old from Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, smiles in a waiting …
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The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no “radiological consequence”. © Sergey BOBOK A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the destruction caused by shelling in Kharkiv on March 7The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported …
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The International Monetary Fund says countries that have very close economic links with Ukraine and Russia are at particular risk of scarcity and supply disruptions. © Thomson Reuters A mother reacts after seeing her son, one of the Nigerian students who arrived from Ukraine after fleeing Russian invasion, in Abuja, Nigeria, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde …
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LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – About 200,000 people remained trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol on Monday after fighting stopped evacuation efforts over the weekend, with no sign that massive international sanctions were deterring Moscow from its invasion of Ukraine. Oil prices soared to their highest levels since 2008 in Asian trade after the Biden …
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World leaders must mount a renewed effort to ensure Russia’s “horrific” invasion of Ukraine fails, Boris Johnson has said. © ReutersWriting in the New York Times, the prime minister said “it is not future historians but the people of Ukraine who will be our judge”. Mr Johnson set out a six-point plan, including rapidly strengthening …
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|Stakeholders in the technology and digital sector want the youth and women to use the internet to expand their opportunities to earn a living. Speaking yesterday during the Nation Digital Summit in Mombasa, the industry players want 1.2 million Kenyans who are working and earning from online work to expand their opportunities. They urged the …
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