At least 50 people died in protests in Uganda, mainly in Kampala, after the arrest of the main opposition leader, singer Bobi Wine, last Wednesday. This emerges from an internal police report, which is quoted by the daily newspaper “Daily Monitor”. .
On Friday, despite the occasional crack of gunfire and whistle of bullets, which sent demonstrators running for cover, there was an eerily festive, almost carnival-like atmosphere on the periphery, with vendors selling food, drinks and flags. Israeli drones and surveillance balloons flew overhead, as did the occasional kite in the Palestinian national colors of red,…
Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Wednesday conveyed to the chairman of the High Council for the National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Pakistan’s support for the dialogue process with the Afghan Taliban, which began in the Qatari capital Doha in September. Alvi received the former Afghan Prime Minister in Islamabad on Wednesday, to whom he…
ImageThe road to Marfa with Davis Mountains in the background.CreditStacy Sodolak for The New York Times road trip When you escape your life at 45, as in a Thelma and Louise-level escape, you go on a road trip. The writer and her best friends of 25 years picked Marfa, the artist hub in the middle…
Related News about Metals stay soft but stocks pick up Sort by: Relevance : Date The sharemarket won back a quarter of the previous five days’losses as the big miners and building stocks climbed. – (The Age — 14 September, 2006) + related stories Asian markets finished generally higher Wednesday, in line with gains on…
Image copyrightMark RichardsonImage caption George Stubbs (left) and Mark Richardson standing next to Mark’s Christmas tree at his home in Halifax This Christmas, a tree in Halifax, West Yorkshire, has three presents among the others under its branches, each labelled “George Stubbs”. Last year George ate his Christmas dinner in a centre for people alone…
The government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, asked a federal judge on Tuesday to instruct former National Security Advisor John Bolton to stop the publication of his book, which deals with his experiences in the White House, through a lawsuit that violates confidentiality agreements and endangered national security through the disclosure…