By Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent The US government believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online. The files suggest Washington has been closely monitoring Antonio Guterres. Several documents describe private communications involving Mr Guterres and his deputy. It is the latest from…
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Putin May Join South Africa’s BRICS Summit Virtually
By Andre van Wyk Cape Town — The South African government has elected to consider allowing Vladimir Putin’s remote attendance to the 2023 BRICS summit ion an effort to navigate the bureaucratic headache that the Russian leader’s presence risks due to the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his capture….
Korean People’s Life Seen through the Housing Law
Updated at 1543 on Tuesday 11th April 2023 by Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The happy life of the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is guaranteed in part by the Law of the DPRK on Housing. The law, enacted in January 2009, stipulates that it is an essential requirement of its socialist…
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…
‘Throw him in Prison’ Democrats Fight Donald Trump to deny him US Presidential Re-election.
Former US President Donald J Trump was arrested and indicted at Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday on 34 felony accounts a move seen by many Americans as witch-hunt by Democrats who don’t want to see him on ballot ahead of US Elections. District Attorney Bragg repeatedly faced questions about why Trump was indicted now, despite…
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