Pentagon documents leak a risk to US national security, officials say

By Bernd Debusmann Jr A leak of classified US Defence Department documents is a “very serious” risk to national security, the Pentagon has said.  The documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as on China and US allies.  Officials say the files are in a format similar to documents…

Ugandans Celebrate DPR of Korea Founding Leader Kim Il Sung Birthday

By E K Benj – updated at 1705 EAT on Sunday 09th April 2023 WAKISO- Several Ugandans including academicians, politicians and officials from State House on Saturday joined diplomats from the embassy of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) to mark the 111th anniversary of the birth of H.E. Kim Il Sung, founding leader…

China aircraft carrier in drills near Taiwan amid rising tension

Shandong carrier reported off east coast as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen flies home after meeting US House Speaker. China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is engaged in an exercise in the western Pacific amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait over a meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the United States House of…

Ugandans in Karamoja turn to leaves, nuts as hunger strikes harder

By TOBBIAS JOLLY The acute hunger and malnutrition that hit Karamoja Sub-region recently has forced locals to resort to eating leaves and nuts harvested from wild trees.During a visit by journalists to several villages in Rengen and Longaroe sub-counties in Kotido, where hundreds of people succumbed to hunger last year, women and children could be…

New York City braces for historic Trump court appearance

US Mayor Eric Adams tells protesters to ‘control yourselves’ in the lead-up to Donald Trump’s criminal court appearance. By Dorian Geiger New York City, United States –Cable news trucks flanked the block around a lower Manhattan court on Monday, as police and protesters prepared for the historic arraignment of former US President Donald Trump. The Republican leader had landed…

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies

He won awards – including an Oscar, a Grammy and Bafta – for his work as a solo artist and as a member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). Sakamoto had been diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2021. His office said he died on Tuesday.  He starred in the film Merry Christmas,…