Views: 1 French President Emmanuel Macron declared his future “ambitions” for the country but declined to formally declare he was running for a second term in a lengthy prime-time TV interview on Wednesday that saw him defend his record as an economic reformer.© Ludovic MARIN Macron sat down for a lengthy TV interview seen as […]
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Views: 1 A South African court has ruled that the country’s former President Jacob Zuma should be returned to prison, saying his medical parole was “unlawful”. © Getty Images Jacob Zuma was freed in September for an undisclosed medical reasonThe time he has spent out of prison should not be counted in his 15-month sentence, the Pretoria
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Views: 3 The young adult daughter of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny received a standing ovation from European Union lawmakers as she accepted the EU’s top human rights prize on her father’s behalf Wednesday.© ASSOCIATED PRESS France EU Sakharov Prize – ASSOCIATED PRESSThe European Parliament in a clear slap at Russian President Vladimir Putin named Navalny, 45, in October as the winner of
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Views: 2 MADRID (AP) — Residents on the Spanish island of La Palma dared to hope Wednesday that their volcanic eruption is over after almost three months of unnerving daily explosions, earthquakes, rivers of molten rock and a huge ash plume containing toxic gases. © Provided by Associated Press FILE – Ash covers the streets and
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Views: 3 BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January. © Provided by Associated Press European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting of the College of Commissioners, in Strasbourg, France, Tuesday, Dec.
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Views: 7 The French anti-jihadist military force in Mali handed control of the camp at Timbuktu to the Malian army on Tuesday, after almost nine years of uninterrupted presence in the northern area of the country. The move comes as France tries to reinvent its commitment in the region, involving its European allies more as
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Views: 3 Global efforts to tackle Covid-19 pandemic had dampened her optimism about the global responses to climate change ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, December 15, 2021/ — The cost of global climate change will be borne mostly by the poor; Behavior change and technological solutions are needed. The poorest countries will bear the worst effects of
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Views: 5 Achieving your goal might be reward enough, but tangible achievements motivate you to persevere or even get better. For a Ugandan footballer, encrypting your name onto the list of winners in the Airtel FUFA Awards is the most prestigious achievement one can get and for Fauzia Najjemba, who is just 18 years
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Views: 4 Deputy Speaker Anita Among and Chief Opposition Whip John Baptist Nambeshe consulting during plenary on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 Parliament has passed the Income Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2021 which provides for windfall tax and limitations of deductions on petroleum operations. The bill, presented by Minister of State for Finance (General Duties),
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Views: 1 Minister Kasule Lumumba has committed to make a statement to MPs on the ongoing talks to sort out the trade impasse Government has intervened in the ongoing impasse between Kenya and Uganda over importation of the latter’s poultry products. The ban is the most recent in a series of trade embargos that Kenya
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