Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0826 EAT on Saturday 6th August 2022. The United States is preparing a new $1bn security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include munitions for long-range weapons and armoured medical transport vehicles, according the Reuters news agency. The package would be one of the largest so far and is…
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Myanmar generals banned from ASEAN until peace plan progress.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0804 EAT on Saturday 6th August 2022. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from the group’s meetings until they make progress on a 15-month old plan to address the crisis triggered by the military coup. Speaking at…
Premier League 2022-23: Everything you need to know as new season starts.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0827 EAT on Friday 5th August 2022. The 31st Premier League season begins earlier than usual – Crystal Palace face Arsenal on Friday – as football tries to fit in a winter World Cup. What is new this season, who are the new faces and how does the winter…
Abu Akleh: Official suggests US not seeking independent probe.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0757 EAT on Friday 5th August 2022. Despite growing calls for an independent probe into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akle, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in May, a top US official has suggested that Washington does not back such an investigation. At a hearing…
Flights canceled, rerouted over China’s drills near Taiwan.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0712 EAT on Friday 5th August 2022. Asian airlines have cancelled or rerouted numerous flights to avoid military exercises China is carrying out around Tiawan following Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the democratically-ruled island. The move comes after Beijing cautioned carriers to avoid six “danger zones” where the People’s Liberation Army is…
Three soldiers killed in renewed Nagorno-Karabakh fighting.
Updated at 1554 EAT on Thursday 4th August 2022. “But Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who also sincerely seems to want to sign the peace treaty, is being blocked by his own domestic political opponents, who periodically have staged big street protests and claim that he essentially committed treason by agreeing to a ceasefire in…
India’s faltering rice output can cause a new food crisis.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1426 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. Rice could emerge as the next challenge for global food supply as a shortage of rain in parts of India, by far the world’s biggest exporter, has caused planting area to shrink to the smallest in about three years. The threat to…
US Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1415 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued Idaho over the state’s near-total ban on abortion, saying the stringent ban denies pregnant women potentially life saving medical care , and therefore “directly conflicts” with federal law. The DOJ announced the lawsuit on…
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