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Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard.Singapore h

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Japanese 'One Piece' singer stopped mid-show after China-Japan feud

Japanese 'One Piece' singer stopped mid-show after China-Japan feud

BBC | The abrupt cancellations of several Japanese music events in Shanghai - one of them midway through a song - have sparked criticism among fans, with some calling the moves "rude" and "extreme".Maki Otsuki was halfway through the theme of hit anime One Piece on Friday

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Uganda Demands Equal Share of Sea Benefits

Uganda Demands Equal Share of Sea Benefits

Minister Byamukama addressing the IMO Assembly in London this weekLONDON/ENTEBBE — Uganda has issued a bold call for the inclusion of land-linked states in global maritime governance, arguing at the 34th International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly in London that access to the seas

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Buganda Premier warns against violent policing during campaigns

Buganda Premier warns against violent policing during campaigns

Buganda Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called on security agencies to exercise restraint and uphold professionalism during the ongoing campaign season, warning that violent crowd-control tactics only deepen national wounds.“Once again, I urge the police and all sec

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Police speak out on fate of drilling NRM group

Police speak out on fate of drilling NRM group

Rusoke was tasked with explaining why youth groups wearing the ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) signature yellow attire were seen conducting coordinated marching and exercises in viral videos without facing arrestsPolice Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke has addressed the controvers

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Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain the president.

Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain the president.

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been detained.The officers

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BATTLE TO BE UNOPPOSED: Candidate Withdraws From Laroo-Pece MP Race After “Negotiation” with Mao.

BATTLE TO BE UNOPPOSED: Candidate Withdraws From Laroo-Pece MP Race After “Negotiation” with Mao.

Other candidates in the parliamentary race are Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party flag bearer Simon Opoka, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flag bearer Geoffrey Komakech, and independents Wilfred Opobo, and Edward Odong, all independent candidates.The race for the Laroo-Pece Division

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Uganda bars new Somali, Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees as aid funding falls

Uganda bars new Somali, Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees as aid funding falls

Mogadishu (HOL) — Uganda has stopped granting refugee status to asylum seekers from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, saying those countries are no longer considered to have active armed conflicts and that dwindling donor funding has made it difficult to support new arrivals.Uganda’s Mini

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Tanzania cancels independence day over protests.

Tanzania cancels independence day over protests.

Tanzania will not hold independence day celebrations on December 9 after calls for protests over the mass killings during recent contested elections, the prime minister said Monday.Hundreds and possibly thousands of protesters were shot dead by security forces after anger erupted over the

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Dollar unfazed even as Fed cut comes back into view

Dollar unfazed even as Fed cut comes back into view

The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors deliberated the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next month.The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors deliberated the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next month after dovish comments from

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