Uganda’s leading independent media group says it is under “military siege” after the army chief – who is the son of President Yoweri Museveni – ordered the closure of TV stations, newspapers and radio outlets. The Daily Monitor newspaper said that armed soldiers were stationed outside its headquarters in the capital Kampala and both NTV…
Budapest held its first Pride march since the end of former prime minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year government with thousands turning out to celebrate. Source link
Enola stays with her so much that Brown’s husband, Jake Bongiovi, who also worked on the film, says she sometimes takes the character home with her. Brown agrees that Enola definitely stays with her and jokes that the teen detective’s high standards can also follow her home. “Enola is high maintenance and sometimes I go…
In 2017, several people concerned about their tech and internet use banded together to create Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous (ITAA), a global fellowship inspired by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Jenny is one of their members. At the height of her phone addiction, she would not sleep for days. She would barely eat or drink, her…
“For a lot of people, paperwork [is something] negative… it’s bills, it’s invoices, it’s things you have to do,” she explains. “So when it’s spread across the house – it’s on the kitchen counter, it’s on the side table, it’s in your bedroom, it’s in your handbag – [it feels] like 15 different piles of…
Chy, a 33-year-old account manager from the Midlands, has also found a community of like-minded women online. In real life, while her parents and close friends have been supportive of her being childfree, her wider family could not understand her decision. “I come from an African background,” she says, explaining that many of her relatives…
The US has conducted new strikes on Iran, following a drone attack on a Panama-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. US Central Command (Centcom) said it hit multiple targets across Iran in direct response to “continued aggression” against commercial shipping. In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has launched…
In a stadium partly designed for the purpose of hosting NFL games, the show shared the symbolism of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show – widely interpreted as making a political statement, with a celebration of all the Americas united. Yet he has said this world tour won’t include dates in the US, telling i-D…
The Trump administration has unveiled a new limited edition US passport design featuring a photo of President Donald Trump to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. In a post on social media on Friday, Trump shared a photo of the passport’s newly designed pages, one that includes an image of himself with his fists on the Resolute…
The fallout from two deadly earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday continue to be felt across the country. Officials said the death toll has reached 1,430 with 3,238 injured. Rescue operations are still underway, though the window of time where it is still likely to find people alive is closing. The BBC’s Vanessa Silva reports from…