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The Parliament of Uganda has approved a €207.7 million concessionary loan to reconstruct 137 kilometers of the Jinja-Bukungu highway, bolstering trade and oil logistics.
In a major geopolitical breakthrough, Iranian officials confirmed on August 6 that draft negotiations with Oman regarding commercial navigation in the Strait of Hormuz have reached their final stage.
The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has officially declared emergency mandatory water rationing for over 1.2 million residents across San Juan after record drought dropped reservoir levels to historic lows.
Hundreds of firefighters in Greece are fighting out-of-control wildfires fueled by gale-force winds northwest of Athens, forcing the evacuation of multiple towns.
In a major regulatory milestone, new European Union rules requiring clear labels on all AI-generated text, images, and videos have officially gone into effect.
Uganda's veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye collapsed during a high-stakes court session in Kampala and is currently in the ICU at Mulago.
Italy has introduced targeted border checks for non-EU travelers from Spain, suspending Schengen rules following a massive migrant surge in Ceuta that claimed 57 lives.
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck central Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, causing significant damage and triggering tsunami warnings.
Tensions in the Middle East reach a boiling point after U.S. and Saudi forces conduct joint precision airstrikes in Iraq, targeting Iranian-aligned militia bases.
Uganda's campaign for the UN Secretary-General seat faces an early hurdle as former UN Under-Secretary-General Olara Otunnu secures only two support votes in the first informal Security Council straw poll.
Heads of state and defense ministers from troop-contributing countries gathered in Kampala for the AUSSOM summit to coordinate security strategies for Somalia's peacekeeping transition.
The UN Human Rights Office has raised alarm over increasing restrictions on fundamental freedoms, media censorship, and the harassment of opposition figures in Uganda.
Uganda goes to the polls on a declared public holiday for the Local Council I elections, marked by the traditional physical queue voting method and high participation.
Dem Gaster Opondo, brother to government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo, has been remanded to Luzira Prison for unlawfully publishing Dr. Tanga Odoi's personal data.
Uganda's Minister of Local Government, Balaam Barugahara, has issued a stern warning reminding all public servants contesting in the upcoming LC elections to resign 30 days prior to nominations.
Uganda has officially nominated Olara Otunnu as a candidate for the next United Nations Secretary-General, ahead of the Security Council's initial straw poll scheduled for July 30.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to provide financial guarantees for OpenAI to lease a massive 10-gigawatt data center campus in Ohio, raising questions about circular financing in the AI industry.