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Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial

Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in New York, after a sex crimes conviction in the state was overturned last year.A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for five days in the six-week trial before unanimously voting to convict

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Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches

Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches

Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet - or other "decent" clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were "a

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Museveni Urges Army Officers to Promote Prosperity, Strategic Security

Museveni Urges Army Officers to Promote Prosperity, Strategic Security

President Museveni has called on UPDF officers and students undergoing various courses at the Armoured Warfare Training School - Karama, Mubende District to protect Uganda from the divisive politics of identity.The president says politics of identity undermines national unity, and urg

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US and China set to meet for trade talks in London

US and China set to meet for trade talks in London

A new round of talks aimed at resolving a trade war between the US and China is set take place in London on Monday.US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that a senior US delegation would meet Chinese representatives. Over the weekend, Beijing confirmed that Vice Pr

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Family Desperately Searching for Missing Senior Six Vacationist Christine Naluyange

Family Desperately Searching for Missing Senior Six Vacationist Christine Naluyange

The family of 19-year-old Christine Lizz Naluyange, a Senior Six vacationist and former student of Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Secondary School in Bbiina, has launched a search for her whereabouts after she failed to return home last week.Naluyange was last seen on the morning of Thursday, 5

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Amber Court Road Named a Priority Again—But Locals Want Action, Not Promises

Amber Court Road Named a Priority Again—But Locals Want Action, Not Promises

The Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli-Bukungu road has once again been listed among Uganda’s priority roads for the Financial Year 2025/26, rekindling faint hopes in a region long acquainted with political pledges and policy U-turns.Yet for many residents in Jinja, Kamuli, and Buyende districts, th

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Electronic Traffic Penalty System Now Active as Govt Warns Motorists Over Speeding and Red Light Violations

Electronic Traffic Penalty System Now Active as Govt Warns Motorists Over Speeding and Red Light Violations

The Electronic Penalty System (EPSAuto) is now active, and road users have been urged to exercise heightened caution and comply with traffic regulations to avoid incurring fines.According to the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Uganda Police’s Intelligent Transport Monitoring Syst

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Rotary Club of Muyenga Installs Mugume as 38th President

Rotary Club of Muyenga Installs Mugume as 38th President

The Rotary Club of Muyenga has installed Rotarian Alex B. Mugume as its 38th President, taking over from Rotarian Edward Katimbo Mugwanya in a colourful ceremony marked by music, tradition, and pledges of continued service.The event, held in Kampala, featured the symbolic raising of Rotary

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Kenyan dies in custody after arrest for online post

Kenyan dies in custody after arrest for online post

BBC - Kenya's independent police oversight body has launched an investigation into the death of a man who had been detained "for false publication", police have said.Albert Ojwang was arrested for a post on X in the western town of Homa Bay and then driven 350km to the cap

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British soldier detained in Kenya over rape allegation

British soldier detained in Kenya over rape allegation

BBC - A UK soldier has been accused of raping a woman near a British army training camp in Kenya where another soldier has previously been accused of murder.The alleged rape happened last month close to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk) near the town of Nanyuki,

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