Expert: US knew Covid-19 was an offensive biological warfare weapon that leaked out of Wuhan, China
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Wednesday last week heard testimony from two biosafety experts on the oversight of federally funded “dual-use” and “gain-of-function” research. While acknowledging the need for biological research advancements, the experts called for increased oversight, safer alternatives and ethical considerations instead of controversial...
How culture, school and religion birthed Kenya’s football ‘holy land’ and ‘cathedral’ in Kakamega
Nicholas Musonye, the former Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) secretary general, estimates the match attendance was between 40,000 and 60,000 daily and the number peaked to 100,000 during the final. By comparison Kenya Premier League matches hardly attract more than 1,000 fans to the stadium.
Resetting Uganda: Need for broader minds to dismantle education pigeon holes Ugandans are fed in
It is perhaps Hobbes’ observation and awareness that the logical outcome of egotistical individuals, all deciding how best to survive, would be anarchy, that should spur Ugandans to think and rethink their future in light of what is happening. They might even have to rethink the commitment of their leaders to their need for tranquil minds and peace well in the future.
US defence and foreign secretaries warn America will respond if US military or citizens become targets of Israel-Hamas war
Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two airstrikes in recent days.
Questions linger over Hamas’ missing ‘suicide drones’ and if they can breach Israeli Iron Dome defence
Unlike Russia or Ukraine, Hamas couldn’t source military drones through an open tender. So it tapped Tunisian-born aerospace engineer Mohamed Zouari to, in the early 2010s, design Hamas’ first fleet of operational drones and stand up an industry to produce them. They called the first model Ababeel, which was very similar to an Iranian drone and had three different models. One version was designed to conduct surveillance, one to deliver small munitions and the third was a suicide drone.
US now fears risks to its interests in Middle East as Israel pummels Gaza, kills 266 Palestinians
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the international community to create “a united front” to stop Israel’s attacks against Gaza and allow in desperately needed aid which has only begun to trickle in.
Integrating conservation, biodiversity and sustainability: The case of Uganda and East Africa
A lack of interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary and non-disciplinary or extra-disciplinary scholars working on solutions-based research has been a barrier to achieving sustainability objectives in the country. Yet without achieving sustainability objectives we are just sojourners of the century.
Americans’ trust in foundational institutions is eroded, chaos in Congress makes it worse
The House has been without a permanent leader since early October after a small cadre of right-wing Republicans pushed out a member of their own party, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Subsequent attempts to replace him have failed.
Egypt opens its border crossing to allow limited humanitarian aid reach besieged Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet late Saturday to discuss the expected invasion, Israeli media reported. Israel’s military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the country planned to step up its airstrikes starting on Saturday as preparation for the next stage of the war.
Israeli airstrikes hammer Hamas positions in Gaza anew after militants freed two US hostages
Hamas on Friday freed Americans Judith Tai Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17, who were among around 200 kidnapped in its October 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel by militants of the Islamist movement.
