Biden tours Pennsylvania as he seeks to peel away again GOP women in swing-state suburbs from Trump

Biden tours Pennsylvania as he seeks to peel away again GOP women in swing-state suburbs from Trump

Biden and his allies are trying to replicate Democrats’ success with suburban women this year and signalling they can win a small number of Republican women who may be opposed to a second Trump presidency. But in dozens of interviews this month in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County, there was little evidence that traditional Republicans were ready to abandon Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, in significant numbers.

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New York prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticising jurors

New York prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticising jurors

Defence attorneys argue Trump should be free to fully address the case as he campaigns for the White House, pointing to comments made by President Joe Biden and the continued public criticism of him by his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen and the porn actor Stormy Daniels, both key prosecution witnesses.

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Democratisation: Why Uganda imports everything, including fear from tin-god Adolf Hitler

Democratisation: Why Uganda imports everything, including fear from tin-god Adolf Hitler

Many Ugandans are increasingly wondering if their descendants will in future belong to Uganda and enjoy their lives in their biocultural landscapes, eating the food that is socio-culturally suitable and produced in their time-tested agroecological systems. They see people with historical, biological, cultural and ecological roots in extraneous environments grabbing their land, destroying their sacred places and establishing themselves in the ancient agroecological systems and forests, thereby disrupting their traditional human-energy systems.

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South Sudan VP Machar fears ongoing peace talks in Kenya are aimed at replacing 2018 accord

South Sudan VP Machar fears ongoing peace talks in Kenya are aimed at replacing 2018 accord

Opposition groups that were not part of the 2018 peace agreement have been in talks in Kenya since May 9 aimed at bringing groups on board ahead of the December elections. The talks have resulted in a draft agreement that recommends an extension of the transitional period to provide more time for election preparations.

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My beef with Uganda’s ‘educated fools’: University professors steal and thievery thrives in highest institutions of learning

My beef with Uganda’s ‘educated fools’: University professors steal and thievery thrives in highest institutions of learning

If we are to be effective in dealing with the educated looters and/or educated thieves, we must embrace Bet Kamya’s (IGG’s) or Singapore’s successful method of fighting corruption: the Life Style Approach, which matches legitimate income to the riches of the educated looter or educated thief. Later will be too late. Anything else may relapse into pettifoggery in the courtrooms, with most educated looters and educated thieves cleared of any wrong doing even if there is overwhelming evidence that what they have is not commensurate with their legitimate income, and must have been accumulated only by taking what is not theirs by virtue of their offices.

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Sudan accuses UAE of fuelling war with weapons to paramilitary rivals, but the Gulf state denies allegations

Sudan accuses UAE of fuelling war with weapons to paramilitary rivals, but the Gulf state denies allegations

Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of “destructively launching” its war with the Sudanese military and attacking civilians, aided by weapons from the UAE.

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Immigrants without legal status on verge of getting US citizenship under new Biden plan

Immigrants without legal status on verge of getting US citizenship under new Biden plan

About 50,000 noncitizen children with parents who are married to US citizen could also potentially qualify for the process, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.

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How politics of ethnic identity and politics of economic interest tear Uganda apart, traumatise minorities

How politics of ethnic identity and politics of economic interest tear Uganda apart, traumatise minorities

In the political and leadership history of Uganda, politics of identity has been central to leadership and governance of the country, which evolved from the colonial weaving 15 traditional national identities to form the British Protectorate of Uganda, the Commonwealth Realm of Uganda and then Uganda. These were: Acholi, Ankole, Buganda, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, Busoga, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, Moyo, Sebei, Teso, Toro and West Nile.

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Burundi enjoying relative peace but food and power shortages hamper return from the cold

Burundi enjoying relative peace but food and power shortages hamper return from the cold

Burundi has been on a path of relative stability. In January, the World Bank announced a new grant of up to $40 million to help the government avert acute commodity shortages. The project focuses on improving the credibility of Burundi’s financial system.

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Trump tries to win over Blacks in Detroit but polls show he won’t flip the Democratic bloc

Trump tries to win over Blacks in Detroit but polls show he won’t flip the Democratic bloc

Donald Trump was convicted in New York last month on 34 felony counts of participating in a scheme to cover up his payment during the 2016 election to a porn star with whom he had an alleged affair. He also faces separate charges for interfering with the 2020 election and allegedly mishandling classified documents.

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