Russia strikes Odesa port, hours after pulling out of deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain
Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to allow Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa...
Trump fears he is a target for arrest, indictment for pushing to overturn 2020 US election
Prosecutors have questioned multiple Trump administration officials before a grand jury in Washington, including former Vice President Mike Pence, who was repeatedly urged by Trump to shun his constitutional duty and block the counting of electoral votes on January 6.
It’s now official: Taylor Swift has more No.1 albums than any woman in history
Previously, Barbra Streisand held the record, with 11 No.1 albums. Swift ties Drake’s record of 12 No. 1 records, but sits just behind Jay-Z, who has 14 No.1 albums to his name and the Beatles, who have 19.
Time warp: Under Museveni life seems to stop in Uganda as he pursues modernisation mirage
It should, however, be echoed and re-echoed that long ago modernisation theory failed in Africa because it was promoted on the flawed assumption that that it was a Eurocentric or Western idea. The post-colonial leaders, under their pan-African political philosophy detested it. They particularly detested modernisation’s assumption that Western civilisation was technically and morally superior to the civilisation of traditional societies, and implied that traditional values were of little value, and should, therefore, be erased in favour of Eurocentric values.
