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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday. Museveni did not say how many soldiers were killed or wounded but it was the first official admission of losses in the attack among the Ugandan troops who are serving […]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday. Museveni did not say how many soldiers were killed or wounded but it was the first official admission of losses in the attack among the Ugandan troops who are serving […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish voters head to the polls on Sunday in regional and municipal elections, the results of which will serve as a barometer for an end-of-year general election. Voting is taking place in 12 regions and 8,000 towns and cities, most currently run by the governing Socialist Party (PSOE). Polls are predicting gains for the conservative People’s Party (PP), which if replicated later in the year could unseat […]

By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Munster’s success against the odds in the United Rugby Championship at the weekend was hailed for its character and the resilience shown after weeks on the road. The Irish province dethroned defending champions Stormers in front of some 56,000 home fans at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday to win the final 19-14 for their first major success in a decade. It came […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish voters head to the polls on Sunday in regional and municipal elections, the results of which will serve as a barometer for an end-of-year general election. Voting is taking place in 12 regions and 8,000 towns and cities, most currently run by the governing Socialist Party (PSOE). Polls are predicting gains for the conservative People’s Party (PP), which if replicated later in the year could unseat […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines plane door minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in his thirties, was detained on landing on Friday after opening the door when the A321-200 plane was about 700 feet (213 metres) above the ground, causing panic onboard. The Daegu District Court […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health minister, Steve Barclay, said on Sunday that the government would not negotiate on pay with the nurses’ union, as the threat of further strikes looms. The government’s offer, which includes a one-off payment equivalent to 2% of salaries in the 2022/23 financial year and a 5% pay rise for 2023/24, was rejected by the members of the Royal College of Nursing in April. When asked by […]

By Daniel Leussink and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp vote in favour of a resolution urging the automaker to improve disclosure of its lobbying related to climate change. The recommendation comes as Japan’s largest company by market capitalisation faces pressure from green investors and climate activists which have criticised it for being slower than rivals to […]

MILAN (Reuters) – Good relations with China are possible even without being part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in an interview published on Sunday, as her government weighs abandoning the project. Italy is the only major Western country to have joined China’s BRI scheme, which envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with large […]