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Ugandan Marine Police monitor activities on Lake Albert in Hoima District recently. PHOTO BY FRANCIS MUGERWA  Seven Ugandan fishermen have reportedly been shot dead by Congolese militiamen on the Lake Albert. Authorities say the attack happened Saturday evening near Kaiso Landing site in Buseruka Sub County, Hoima District. The deceased are all fishermen attached to […]

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel give a press statement prior to talks at the Chancellery in Berlin. Photo: AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged a Franco-German push to make Europe a stronger and more confident global player that could prevent “chaos” on the world stage. Macron and German Chancellor […]

Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank (L) visited the lab that produces the biotechnological drug. Turkey’s initiative to promote domestic and national products now includes a new biotechnological drug against cancer which will be ready for trial in 2019 Turkey pursues what authorities call a “domestic and national initiative” to reduce its dependence on […]

People block Caen’s circular road during Saturday’s protests. Photo: AFP A protester was accidentally killed and more than 220 injured as tens of thousands of people blocked roads across France in a “yellow vest” protest against high fuel prices, which has channelled anger at stagnant spending under President Emmanuel Macron. Nearly 283,000 people were estimated […]

  A South Korean guard post in the border country of Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, is demolished, Thursday. The two Koreas will destroy 10 guard posts near the border area on each side by the end of this month. / Joint Press Corps The two Koreas are on a rapid track to disarm fortifications on land […]

A genetic repair system activated by light turns out to exist in everything from germs to animals – except for mammals and eyeless cavefish in Somalia Eyeless fish that evolved for three million years inside caves in Somalia are an unlikely crutch for the theory that early mammals weathered the dinosaur age by going nocturnal. […]

Washington Post, AP report US intelligence officials concluded Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, US media reported on Friday, a finding that contradicts Saudi government assertions that he was not involved .According to the Washington Post, […]

An undated picture released by North Korea’s KCNA news agency on November 16, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and officials oversee the test of a new “ultramodern” weapon © AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS The race is on to identify a mysterious weapon developed by North Korea after the country announced the successful test […]

  Authorities said late Thursday the death toll from California’s Camp Fire has risen to 63, bringing the statewide count to 66. In addition, more than 600 people have now been reported missing, according to the Butte County Seriff’s Office.  Despite the grim update, cooler weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire […]

Concern over waning stimulus and rising rates has some of President Donald Trump’s advisers scrambling to avoid other problems to soothe jittery investors. | Richard Drew/AP Photo President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is […]