Bobi Wine has gone from being a popular singer to an MP and now says he will challenge long-time President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 election. The 37-year-old is hoping to be the candidate of Uganda’s youth, who make up more than half of the population. BBC reporter Catherine Byaruhanga spoke to the musician about […]
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The institute at Fort Detrick was part of the select agent program until its registration was suspended last month, after the C.D.C. ordered it to stop conducting the research. The shutdown was first reported on Friday by the Frederick News-Post. The problems date back to May 2018, when storms flooded and ruined a decades-old steam
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Rick Porcello pitched six innings of one-run ball, Sam Travis hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox halted their eight-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the struggling Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Rafael Devers added a solo shot for the Red Sox. Travis’ gave Boston a homer in a club-record
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Many scholars of terrorism see worrying similarities between the rise of the Islamic State and that of white nationalist terrorism, seen most recently in the carnage in El Paso, Tex. “The parallels are stunning,” said Will McCants, a prominent expert in the field. And they are growing more notable with each new attack. Experts say
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President Donald Trump’s focus on “mentally ill monsters” oversimplifies the role of mental illness in public mass shootings and downplays the ease with which Americans can get firearms, experts said. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun,” Trump said Monday , addressing weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people.
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Image caption Dame Barbara Windsor has met Boris Johnson several times, including when he appeared on EastEnders in 2009 Dame Barbara Windsor has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “sort out” care for people who have dementia. The former EastEnders star, who has Alzheimer’s, launched an open letter with her husband Scott Mitchell to
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Image copyright Andela Image caption Christina Sass (left) with Andela employees Christina Sass learned at an early age to spot talent in new places. She went on to found Andela, a firm that recruits software engineers in Africa. One autumn, at the start of a new school term, she found half of her class had
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A panel monitoring U.N. sanctions says North Korean cyber experts have illegally raised money for the country’s weapons of mass destruction programs “with total proceeds to date estimated at up to $2 billion.” The experts said in a new report to the Security Council that North Korea is using cyberspace “to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks
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The New York Yankees have blasted their way into the major league record book with another show of power at Camden Yards. With three home runs Monday night, the Yankees now have hit 30 at the Baltimore Orioles’ home ballpark this year. That’s the most homers hit in a single season by a visiting team
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WASHINGTON — For two decades, through Columbine, Virginia Tech, Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas and the rest, mass shootings have provoked only scant action in Congress. Now, after horrific back-to-back massacres this weekend, people in both parties agree that one man could change that: Senator Mitch McConnell. As President Trump urged national unity in the face
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