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𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
9th 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀:𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 UNEB 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐛𝐨la 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬
PLE and UCE finalists are stuck in schools after the completion of their final exams. Parents cannot pick their children from school and in the same way; children cannot leave the school premises. This is due to the current restrictions levied on Mubende and Kassanda Districts, stating that people cannot leave or enter the district due to the current Ebola crisis. On the other hand, schools have said they cannot keep students in schools after finishing their exams. They call upon Government to intervene and help with transportation of students back to their homes.
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 starts 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The NRM Secretary General Richard Todwong on 7th October 2022 summoned party MPs from Buganda and Busoga region at the party head office in Nakasero Kampala to evaluate their performance in the last general election.
𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in HIV patients
US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown has called for a continued discussion on actions to end stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV.
She was speaking at the ongoing national HIV/AIDS symposium running under the theme “Ending Inequalities among Adolescent Girls, Young Women and Boys”.
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 i𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬
The Commander of Kampala Metropolitan Police, Steven Tanui has directed for the arrest of all civilians who are impounding motorcycles, and be charged with impersonation. The Commander also ordered that traffic operations on boda bodas should be carried out by Police Officers in uniform led by Traffic personnel. He has further warned police officers using civilians to apprehend boda boda riders.
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 G𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
The Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi has blasted Bugisu local leaders for selling off Government properties saying the sub region ranks number one in the vice. He said this while speaking recently to district speakers at Mbale district head offices located at Malukhu in Mbale city under Uganda District Speakers Association (UDCOSA).
𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭
The case in which 200 Rwenzururu Kingdom loyalists, including King Charles Wesley Mumbere, face murder related charges failed to proceed yesterday because the 49 suspects, who were attending virtually from three different prisons, were unable to follow the proceedings due to internet breakdown. The suspects include Rwenzururu guards and women who have been on remand in Luzira, Kasese and Jinja prisons since 2016. When the trial began before Justice Alice Khaukha, the suspects could neither hear nor respond to what was going on in the court.
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 ‘𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠’, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐧
Police at Old Kampala carried out an intelligence-led operation in Namungoona and arrested eleven suspects, where they recovered a toy pistol. According to police, the operation was conducted at Namungona II after they received information from a reliable source that someone had been seen with a gun in a bar. “A team of police officers were tasked to follow up the information and went up to the bar where one black plastic toy gun, mairungi and a bag of fresh opium were recovered at Ewa Nico Note Bar,” police said.
𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬
After 13 years, the King of Dancehall has returned to Uganda. Beenie Man arrived at Entebbe International Airport at 4:00am on Wednesday, 9th November 2022. Received by the Boy Entertainment, Beenie Man will be live in concert on 11th November 2022 alongside Nigeria’s Oxlade, South Africa’s Focalistic, as well as Mellow and Sleeazy and Uganda’s Vinka, Azawi and Winnie Nwagi at Lugogo Cricket Oval.
𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐈𝐕 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠
The Ministry of Health has approved the use of dapivirine vaginal ring (DRV) and long acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as additional optional drugs for preventing HIV/Aids infection in Uganda. Currently, HIV-negative individuals rely on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) where they take a pill on a daily basis to lower the risk of becoming HIV-positive when exposed to the virus.
𝐊𝐂𝐂𝐀 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), with support from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to construct a Traffic Control Centre aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in the city. This will make Kampala the first city in East Africa to have such a smart facility. At least approximately Shs63 billion is to be spent on the project that is expected to be completed in 30 months from 8th November 2022.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐰𝐚
Dr. Miria Rukoza Koburunga Matembe has prayed for the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa and asked God to remove any wrong people around him. “I want to thank you Lord for your son, the Rt. Hon Thomas Tayebwa,” Dr. Matembe prayed during a courtesy call to the deputy speaker yesterday. She prayed that God may continue to bless him in his seat as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐌𝐎𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the Uganda Farmers Common Voice Platform (UFCVP) have rallied behind President Museveni’s stance on the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill 2018.They have demanded that the proposed law should be redrafted to cater for the safety of users and beneficiaries. In December 2018, President Museveni rejected the Bill passed by Parliament and sent it back to the House. Speaking to the media in Kampala yesterday, Mr. Barbra Ntambirweki, a lawyer from Africa Technology assessment platform, said CSOs have urged legislators to put emphasis on the safety of the users and beneficiaries during the redrafting process.
𝐆o𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
According to Uganda public health fellowships program coordinator Winfred Nakaweesi, Government through the Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have organized a free training on epidemiology scheduled to take place at Makerere University School of Public Health for three months, interested applicants are advised to apply before December 2022.
𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐀: Ministry of Health urges 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
Ministry of Health public relations officer Emmanuel Ainebyoona has asked journalists to always validate and critically verify information before sharing and reporting stories to avoid mistrust and misinformation. He said this while addressing the journalists from Ankole region during a one-day media training on effective coverage of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda, held at Lake View Resort Hotel Mbarara.
𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐎: 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢
Kisoro Hospital staff and well-wishers have held a farewell party at Bamboo hotel in a bid to appreciate Dr. Michael Baganizi for the tremendous work done during his tenure as a medical superintendent. The Kisoro Hospital acting Principal Nursing officer Patience Nyirangirimana described Dr. Baganizi as a hardworking medical officer who did his work diligently. She noted that Dr. Baganizi made endless supervision in the hospital to ensure that health workers deliver high quality care to patients.
𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐎: 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞
The District Agriculture Officer revealed that government through the Ministry of Water will construct Kibwera small scale irrigation scheme under MAAIF program. The irrigation scheme will cost over Shs30m, and farmers can achieve their dream of transforming subsistence farming into market-oriented farming by achieving irrigated agricultural products through the micro-scale irrigation systems.
𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐄: 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞 -𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐚 – 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝
The Kasese District Engineer has revealed that the 7.5 kilometers length Rwesande, Kabagaga, Kirabaho road is under construction. Residents of Kasese appreciated the government for responding to their cries, because the road will enable easy transportation of agricultural products, thus improving the standards of living of local people.
𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐌𝐀: 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲
According to the Senior Community Development Officer Kamihanda Godfrey, elderly people in Hoima will receive SAGE money. This comes as result of government initiative to cater for the elderly people to avail them with basic needs like sugar, salt and clothing’s. The beneficiaries are to start receiving their money on 21st November 2022.
𝐊𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐄: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬
Authorities in Kabale district are decrying limited road maintenance funds, saying that most of the roads have not been maintained in the last 2021/2022 financial year. This was revealed on Tuesday during the budget conference session held at Rukiiko hall at the district headquarters, Makanga hill in Central division of Kabale Municipality.
𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐊𝐀: 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬
The Masaka City Ebola taskforce has expressed concern about lack of health volunteers to attend to contacts of the disease in the area. According to Dr. Gonzaga Ssenyondo, the chairperson of the Ebola taskforce in Masaka, most medics they have approached are reluctant to take part in managing the contacts. “There is limited manpower willing to work because most of the health workers have no experience in Ebola management and they fear contracting the deadly virus,” he said.
𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀: 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
State Minister for ICT Joyce Sebugwawo has ordered all encroachers on land belonging to Posta Uganda to vacate within the next two weeks to pave way for development. Ssebugwawo gave the directive yesterday 8th November, 2022 while on a tour of Iganga district POSTA Uganda offices along the main highway.
𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩
According to French newspaper L’Equipe, Senegal star Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the Qatar 2022 World cup after picking up an injury to his tendon yesterday, 8th November 2022. The former Liverpool attacker was withdrawn after just 20 minutes of Tuesday night’s 6-1 victory over Werder Bremen, though Bayern initially played down the severity of the problem.
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 $𝟓𝟒𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝟐𝟕
Namibia said that it had secured over $544 million in climate finance from the Dutch government and European Investment Bank. This was at the COP27 summit on Tuesday. Namibia wants to produce green hydrogen and position itself as a renewable energy hub in Africa.
𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀: 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭
At least four people have been killed and a dozen more injured following a blast at a popular market in Nigeria’s Southeastern state of Anambra. The blast occurred in a section of the market that sells chemicals, leading to a fire that razed some shops.
𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 $𝟑.𝟗𝟓𝐛𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫
According to US regulatory filings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold $3.95bn worth of Tesla shares, days after buying off Twitter for $44bn. Musk the shares of the electric car company between Friday and Tuesday 8th November 2022.
𝐔𝐍 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐞𝐬
The United Nations on Tuesday said that the number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million. This came as warning of the worsening food crisis in the nation that declared itself bankrupt in July amid an unprecedented economic crisis.
𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧
Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday said India will continue buying Russian oil as it is advantageous for the country. This was during his first visit to Russia since it invaded Ukraine.
𝐍𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐋: 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck Nepal, killing at least six people, injuring several others, and destroying multiple houses in the northwestern district of Doti.
The earthquake, which hit at about 2am local time on Wednesday (20:15 GMT), sent tremors into northern India.
𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐂𝐄: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
Greek workers have begun a 24-hour nationwide strike demanding higher wages to match surging inflation, disrupting ground transport, flights and ferry services.
High energy prices and soaring living costs have triggered strikes and protests across Europe this month, including in Germany, France and Spain.
𝐔𝐊: 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
British Minister Gavin Williamson has resigned after allegations of bullying were levied against him, raising questions about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s judgement just weeks into the job.
