By AFP The European Union on Tuesday unveiled its climate targets for 2040 and a roadmap for the next stage of its energy transition, with the bloc reeling from a farmer revolt against green reforms just months before European elections. In a sign of how politically fraught the issue has […]
By Anthony Wesaka President Museveni last evening pledged to defend the Judiciary’s independence, a vow that came as the Uganda Law Society (ULS) seeks a meeting to discuss his interference in the affairs of the third arm of government. The High Court yesterday reserved for midnight its ruling on whether […]
By AFP Senegalese lawmakers voted late Monday to delay this month’s presidential election until December, an unprecedented move that has sparked international concern over a country normally seen as a beacon of stability in West Africa. The bill was passed near unanimously, with 105 votes in favor and one against, […]
By AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for another Middle East crisis tour, hoping to secure a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war as Gaza saw no let-up in fighting. On his fifth trip to the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack that […]
By AFP Pop powerhouse Taylor Swift on Sunday made Grammy history by winning her fourth Album of the Year award for “Midnights” -– the most ever by any artist. With her record-breaking triumph, the 34-year-old surpassed music icons Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with the most wins of […]
