July 2024

49 Minutes

EUROPE NEWS WORLD

The UK is waking up to a new political reality. Here is what you need to know.

News Desk July 5, 2024 0 Comment

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour Party as voters in the UK general election delivered a devastating verdict on 14 years of Conservative rule. Here is what you need...

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...

4 Minutes

LIFESTYLE NEWS USA WORLD

Ivanka Trump will attend the Republican National Convention, calls Donald’s conviction ‘painful’

News Desk July 3, 2024 0 Comment

Ivanka Trump will be in attendance to support her father when he officially accepts the Republican nomination for president, The Post is told — as she admitted his recent conviction was “painful.” Despite having left politics,...

4 Minutes

ASIA NEWS WORLD

Air Force rescues 13 fishermen stranded on island as floods in India’s northeast kill 16 people

News Desk July 3, 2024 0 Comment

The Indian Air Force on Tuesday rescued 13 stranded fishermen from a riverine island as floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains continued to batter India’s northeast. At least 16 people have been killed over two...

5 Minutes

MIDDLE EAST NEWS WORLD

Israel orders new evacuations in southern Gaza, prompting transfer of hospital patients

News Desk July 3, 2024 4 Comments

CNN — The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders on Monday for areas in southern Gaza, including eastern Khan Younis and Rafah. This forced residents, many already displaced, to find new shelter, due to the suggestion...