The Presidential Press Unit- PPU wishes to inform the general public that H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces; Gen. (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation on the outbreak of Ebola and other important national issues this Wednesday, September 28, 2022 starting at 8.00pm. …
The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled a new strategic plan on Wednesday that lays out a path toward ending the global emergency of COVID-19. In its third strategic preparedness and response plan on COVID-19, the WHO acknowledged the pandemic remains an acute global crisis but charted a path to end the global emergency if key …
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New Zealand introduced a new policy on Tuesday that will allow close to 4,000 family members of Ukrainian-born citizens to move to the country and announced another 4 million New Zealand dollars ($2.7 million, €2.4 million) in humanitarian aid. © Provided by DW New Zealand is stepping up its support of Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continues …
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Outside Georgia’s parliament, Yevgeny Lyamin heaves boxes of clothes and food parcels onto a waiting truck bound for Ukraine. He is one of more than 25,000 Russians to have arrived in Georgia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russians have been struggling to find affordable accommodation in all the major cities. Many can be seen wandering …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — News reports from Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities under unrelenting bombardment by the Russian Army have been triggering painful memories among the survivors of the 1990s siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. © Provided by Associated Press A view of the Jajce barracks damaged during the Bosnian war in the capital Sarajevo, …
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Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has warned a Third World War would be ‘nuclear and destructive’. © Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images MOSCOW, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 25: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT – “RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) …
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Moscow had made him “target No. 1,” in what he said was its effort to “destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state,” he also noted that his family was “target No. 2.” The grim proclamation drew attention to the plight of his family, first lady Olena …
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The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Jagan Chapagan and his delegation called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Tuesday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, is spread across 192 countries. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda …
A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over the past three days. China, the only major world economy still sticking to a staunch zero-Covid policy, is on high alert for any outbreaks as it hosts the Beijing Winter …
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