July 4, 2024

6 Minutes

HEALTH NEWS

HIV breakthrough: New drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100pc effective against infection

News Desk July 4, 2024 0 Comment

A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection. The trial tested whether the...

2 Minutes

AFRICA HEALTH NEWS WORLD

Doctors Revive Strike Over Interns Pay & Plan to Protest on July 8

News Desk July 4, 2024 0 Comment

Nairobi, Kenya – The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) unveiled plans to hold protests at the Ministry of Health Offices in Upper Hill. KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella revealed that doctors...

4 Minutes

AMERICA EUROPE NEWS UKRAINE WAR WORLD

Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances

News Desk July 4, 2024 0 Comment

CNN — Russian troops have taken control of parts of a key hilltop town in eastern Ukraine, a strategic gain that could pose major problems for Ukrainian troops trying to defend the area from further advances. The relatively...

2 Minutes

AFRICA NEWS WORLD

Uganda Receives First Consignment Months After Museveni Cut Oil Deal With Kenya

News Desk July 4, 2024 1 Comment

Uganda received its first consignment of directly imported oil on Wednesday, July 3, ending its dependency on Kenya for its fuel. The oil imported through the Port of Mombasa happened eight months after Ugandan...

8 Minutes

NEWS USA WORLD

Biden tries but fails to turn back rising tide threatening to swamp his reelection bid

News Desk July 4, 2024 0 Comment

CNN — No president has ever needed a public holiday like Joe Biden needs July 4. Biden is battling frantically to save his political career by escalating defiance. But he’s in danger of being swamped by a...

3 Minutes

ASIA NEWS WORLD

Putin touts ‘stabilizing’ force of China-Russia ties as Xi hails ‘lasting friendship’ at security summit

News Desk July 4, 2024 1 Comment

Hong Kong CNN — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed their countries’ deepening alignment as they met at a gathering of a Eurasian security bloc promoted by both leaders as a counterbalance to...