The US should to “fix its own elections” rather than give “lectures” to Uganda about its elections, Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo has been quoted by the state-linked New Vision as saying. His comments came after the US said it was considering “targeted options” following elections in Uganda that were marred by “irregularities” and “abuses”…
On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office in an inauguration ceremony that looked unlike any other in American history. In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and heightened security concerns, there weren’t hundreds of thousand of guests watching from grandstands at the Capitol or packed shoulder-to-shoulder…
The United States President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and his wife both tested positive for the coronavirus, an extraordinary development coming months into a global pandemic and in the final stretch of his reelection campaign in which he has flouted experts’ guidance on preventing the disease’s spread. The diagnosis amounts to the…
The United States is warning India against purchasing significant Russian weapons like advanced anti-aircraft systems or fighter jets as they may impede its defence cooperation with the West, US Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper told reporters. “The key point that has been shared with Indian counterparts… is: ‘Don’t put at risk future opportunities that…
By Agencies USA: Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd. Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs. Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago,…
By Agencies At least two Colorado healthcare workers dressed in full scrubs with masks stood silently with their arms crossed on Sunday as they blocked a line of vehicles full of protesters honking their horns and screaming, “This is the land of the free.” “You go to work. Why can’t I go to work!” a…
By Agencies The COVID-19 death toll in the US has surpassed 10,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. Spain has reported 4,273 new cases of the coronavirus with 637 new deaths, the fourth day the daily totals have declined from the previous day. In US, the total deaths in the country from COVID-19 as…
A West Virginia man convicted of filming an infant being sexually abused will likely spend life in prison. Kanawha Circuit Judge Tera Salango sentenced Richard Smith II, 41, on Wednesday to serve between 205 and 775 years behind bars. Smith was convicted last month of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of sexual…
By Agencies The novel coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province in late December 2019 and has since spread worldwide. The number of people infected globally has surpassed 98,700, with more than 3,300 fatalities. Over 55,400 people have recovered. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said on Friday, as quoted…
Hundreds of Americans who had been in Wuhan as the outbreak worsened arrived in California on Wednesday on two evacuation flights arranged by the United States government. It was a second wave of American evacuations after an earlier flight arrived last week. Days in quarantine on military bases were expected as part of a strict…
