2015-06-01 Uganda Health

Food World News   

Helping young girls deal with menstruation   
NTV Uganda
Menstruation is a normal and healthy process that occurs monthly for every woman. But for younger girls going through puberty, menstruation can be very challenging. An error occurred. Unable to execute Javascript. Menstruation is a normal and healthy ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Science

Design & Trend   

Researchers Retrieve "Lost" Memories In Mice With Amnesia   
Design & Trend
(Photo : Getty Images/China Photos/Stringer) Scientists have recovered "lost" memories from mice with amnesia. According to researchers, "lost" memories can be found again -- in mice, anyway. A new study, published in the journal Science, details how ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Sports

New Vision   

Ssekandi launches Junior Basketball League   
New Vision
Vice President Edward Ssekandi receives a set of Jersey from NBL Vice President in Charge of Africa Amadou Gallo Fall during the launch of the Junior National Basketball League at Lugogo. Photo By Johnson Were ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Entertainment

Uganda Online   

Anne Kansiime Apologizes to South African fans   
Uganda Online
Comedienne, Anne Kansiime was yesterday performing for her South African fans during the Star QT Awards premiere at Johannesburg Hall. However, she says for the very first time in her career, she bled for her fans. First, she got to the venue three hours ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Technology

TechRadar   

3 ways Google's Android Pay is better than Apple Pay   
TechRadar
Believe it or not, Google's Android Pay makes it simpler and more rewarding to pay for things with a phone than the already easy-to-use Apple Pay. With more than one billion active Android users, that's going to give mobile payments a big boost in 2015, ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Business

Bitter sugar story   
Independent
Sugar packs on a supermarket stall. INDEPENDENT/JIMMY SIYAMayHow Uganda frustrates its commercial sugar industry. Of recent, the media has been awash with stories depicting a lack of competitiveness of Uganda's agricultural sector vis-a-vis other ...

2015-06-01 Uganda World

The Indian Express   

US envoy John Kerry to return to US on Monday after bicycle crash in France   
The Indian Express
US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the United States ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Africa

Times LIVE   

Another NPA bungle   
Times LIVE
He replaces former NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana, who has been given a golden handshake of an estimated R6-million after an aborted commission of inquiry into his fitness to hold office. File photo. Image by: Trevor Samson ...

2015-06-01 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

I was blocked from making govt reforms – Mbabazi   
New Vision
THE former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has said that he was blocked from carrying out reforms in the Government and civil service when he was still in office. Speaking to leaders from Kibaale district on Sunday afternoon, Mbabazi however declined to ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Health

DhakaTribune   

Talking menstruation: About time?   
DhakaTribune
Your school uniform is white. And you're menstruating. There's a paralysing sense of anxiety that grips you as you realise you've stained your uniform, so you ask a friend to hold their bag and/or cover your back as you walk to the washroom. This is a common ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Science

Gazette Herald   

Cheetah Robot is now Capable of Jumping over Hurdles - West Texas News   
Gazette Herald
MIT's cheetah robotic can bounce over hurdles utilizing its 4 legs. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded Cheetah can efficiently bounce over partitions 18 inches tall with out decreasing its velocity. It can run as quick as 22 kilometers per ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Sports

New York Times   

A Little Praise for Sepp Blatter. Very Little.   
New York Times
Now that Sepp Blatter has won his fifth term as president of FIFA, defying all common sense that the leader of a corrupt sport should be ousted instead of rewarded, he can move on to the next big event on his calendar: the Women's World Cup.
NZ Football takes a brave stand but Blatter re-elected   The National Business Review
FIFA corruption costs lives   Irish Independent
Blatter says FIFA corruption probe won't lead to him   Jakarta Post
DAWN.com   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Expatica Switzerland   
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SuperSport   

Uganda U23 eliminate Rwanda in 2016 Olympic qualifier   
Xinhua
KAMPALA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's U23 team on Saturday reached the next round of the 2016 Olympic Games/2015 CAF U23 Championship qualifier. The team handled by Miltin 'Micho' Sredojevic humbled Rwanda 2-0 in the second leg played at the ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Entertainment

Independent Catholic News   

Trinity Sunday Reflection with Fr Robin Gibbons   
Independent Catholic News
'Mend your ways, encourage one another' says Paul to the Corinthians. It's a nice exhortation because it balances the deep understanding of our imperfect nature, always in need of mending, with a command of the best kind, to share the route of life with all ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Technology

Apple Insider   

Google I/O 2015 sets a low bar for Apple's WWDC to leap   
Apple Insider
From all the breathless coverage detailing Google's I/O 2015 conference announcements, you might not have noticed that virtually all of what Google had to show this year were things Apple had already introduced over the past year (or long ago).
Google's New Hands-Free Feature Will Let You Pay With These Magic Words   Gizmodo Australia
Google's Smart Lock password manager automatically signs you into apps   Thrasher Backer
Google Photos Taking on Facebook   iFreePress.com (blog)
The Next Digit   
Netflix Life   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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Phone Arena   

Google I/O review: ATAP – a small band of pirates, all the Android, and storage ...   
Phone Arena
Another Google I/O developer conference is in the books and while any point is arguable, it was a success all-around. We have observed discussions about whether Google has started to play it too safe, or take a more nuanced approach in some areas where ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Business

New Vision   

Mobile Money operations illegal, judge rules   
New Vision
COURT has pronounced that mobile money business operated by the five major telecommunication companies is illegal. Justice Christopher Madrama of the Commercial Court in Kampala, made the pronouncement on Friday. He was delivering a ruling on a ...

2015-05-31 Uganda World

The Indian Express   

Japan: 7.8 magnitude quake strikes Tokyo, no risk of a Tsunami says US ...   
The Indian Express
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk of a tsunami, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported.
Powerful but deep quake strikes off Japan; 2 injured but no damage   The Globe and Mail
7.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Saturday, No Tsunami Risk Due To Quake's ...   CBS Local
Earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude shakes most of Japan   The Guardian
Mirror.co.uk   
Herald Scotland   
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The Guardian Nigeria   

Nigeria's Maiduguri city hit by deadly bomb, overnight attack   
Reuters Africa
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria's Maiduguri city on Saturday afternoon killing at least 18 people, a hospital source said, after a night-time attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Africa

Daily News & Analysis   

Boko Haram's suicide bomber outside mosque kills atleast 30 in Nigerian city   
Daily News & Analysis
A witness said the bomber was pushing a wheelbarrow and pretending to be an itinerant trader when he joined them. Representative Picture. A suicide bomb blast outside a mosque and rocket-propelled grenades that exploded into homes as people slept ...

2015-05-31 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Parliament passes 2015/16 budget   
New Vision
KAMPALA - Parliament has finally passed the Appropriation Bill 2015 clearing the sh24trillion 2015/16 Budget that will be read on June 11 this year. In a special siting presided over by the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya, the Minister of Finance Planning and ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Health

Huffington Post   

“A culture of silence surrounds menstruation”   
The Hindu
Removing the reticence surrounding menstruation was the focus of a meeting convened to mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day organised at the Cauvery College for Women on Thursday. It was co-hosted by Women Involved in Sanitation Hygiene (WISH), ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Science

Sky News Australia   

Swiss cheese hole mystery solved   
Sky News Australia
The old wives' tale claimed mice were responsible but it turns out the culprit is hay. These 'microscopically small hay particles' get into the milk and create holes as the liquid matures into cheese.
The case of the incredible shrinking Swiss cheese holes   CNET
Swiss figure out why their cheese has holes   USA TODAY
How did Swiss cheese get its holes? Scientists know   Toronto Star
ABC News   
CNN   
BBC News   
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Brisbane Times   

Greg Hunt, Steven Miles delighted by UNESCO Great Barrier Reef status   
Brisbane Times
The World Heritage Committee's draft decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger' is the "strongest possible endorsement of what Queensland and Australia are doing", the Federal Environment Minister said. Speaking in Brisbane on Saturday, ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sepp Blatter's win might turn out to be the beginning of the end for him and even ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Turkeys rarely vote for Christmas, so it's hardly surprising that Sepp Blatter managed to win the FIFA election on Friday and gain for himself a fifth term as president of the world's biggest sports body. That he did so despite the wave of controversy, repulsion ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Entertainment

New Vision   

Kenyan pilgrims brave mosquitoes, weather   
New Vision
The group of pilgrims from neighbouring Kenya told of encountering too many mosquitoes. (Credit: Damalie Nabbosa). mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By Tony Achidria @tonylala. The bulk of Kenyan pilgrims have now arrived at Rubaga Cathedral in Jinja.
Kenyan pilgrims cheated by Ugandans   spyghana.com

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Wall Street Journal   

San Andreas: Movie Review   
TVNZ
But in San Andreas' case, it ain't over till the American flag is unfurled amid the ruins of California and the words "We can rebuild" are uttered. Channelling 1970s disaster flicks and eschewing any form of character depth, the director of Journey 2: The ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Technology

NEWS.com.au   

Google's answer to Apple Pay   
NEWS.com.au
WHEN in doubt, copy whatever Apple is doing. That's the approach Google appears to be taking with the launch of Android Pay, a new mobile-payments system that closely mimics the Apple Pay platform launched last fall. Scrambling to play catch-up, Google ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Business

Enterprise Innovation   

Twitter Unveils Audience Insights Tool   
Daily Research News Online
Twitter has launched an Audience Insights tool, allowing users to analyse their followers and those who engage with their tweets; identify relevant audiences for campaigns; and view aggregate information including user demographics, interests and ...

2015-05-30 Uganda World

New York Times   

China Deployed Artillery on Disputed Island, US Says   
New York Times
SINGAPORE — The United States has spotted a pair of mobile artillery vehicles on an artificial island that China is building in the South China Sea, a resource-rich stretch of ocean crossed by vital shipping lanes, American officials said. China's construction ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Africa

New York Times   

US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria   
New York Times
ABUJA, Nigeria — As Nigeria swore in Muhammadu Buhari as the new president on Friday, the Obama administration signaled that it was prepared to expand military cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram. Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the ...

2015-05-30 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

MPs clash over funding for Northern Uganda   
New Vision
TEMPERS of Legislators flared up on regarding arguments that the Northern region has been marginalized. There was a heated verbal exchange between Mbarara Municipality MP Medard Bitekyerezo, Obongi MP Kaps Fungaroo, and Pader woman MP ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Health

The Observer (blog)   

Lip balm isn't just for the fairer sex   
The Observer (blog)
In all honesty, I too once frowned on the occasion I found a guy administering balm on his lips. It was not one of those cosmetic things that come off as normal for men of whatever age in this part of the world. Never mind that the number of men with cracked ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Science

Fox News   

The moment an erupting Japanese volcano blew its top   
TVNZ
A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on today, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island. Mount Shindake erupted in spectacular fashion, spewing towering black-grey clouds into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Sports

BBC News   

Fifa to vote on Sepp Blatter presidency   
BBC News
The 209 members of Fifa are set to vote for their new president at their congress in Zurich, amid a huge corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term. His only challenger is Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan. The vote comes two days after seven top ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Entertainment

National Catholic Register   

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church   
cedarspringspost
This article is written at the beginning of the season of Pentecost. Pentecost begins on the 50th day after Easter. The season occupies most of the remainder of the calendar year and celebrates the birth, action, and mission of the church. We know Pentecost ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Technology

Fortune   

Google unveils Android's latest technological tricks   
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's next version of its Android operating system will boast new ways to fetch information, pay merchants and protect privacy on mobile devices as the Internet company duels with Apple in the quest to make their technology ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Business

Financial Times   

Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina wins African Development Bank top job   
Financial Times
Nigeria's long quest to take charge of the African Development bank was finally rewarded on Thursday when Akinwumi Adesina, agriculture minister in the outgoing government of Goodluck Jonathan, was elected as the bank's new president. The result ...

2015-05-29 Uganda World

CBC.ca   

Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees certain deaths secret   
Washington Post
MOSCOW — If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin's aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population's strong aversion to sending in Russian troops — something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Africa

News24   

10 ways to look at Nkandla with new eyes   
News24
Johannesburg - The presidential residence in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, is imprinted onto the minds and tongues of every person on the street. But with the release of Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko's Nkandla report on Thursday, some people have been left ...

2015-05-29 Uganda Uganda

GMA News   

RPT-Ugandan woman's agony as granddaughter 'sold' to Americans   
Reuters Africa
KAMPALA/LONDON, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The first time Jaja, a Ugandan woman, saw her one-year-old granddaughter, she was in the arms of an American man who she was told had "bought" the child. The toddler was sitting with the ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Health

New Vision   

'Crucified' woman flees Mulago Hospital   
New Vision
Ten 6-inch nails were driven into Sylvia Nakyejwes hands by her own relatives who accused her of practicing withcraft. Photo by Ponsiano Nsimbi. mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By Andrew Ssenyonga. SYLVIA Nakyejwe a resident of Kireka Bbira in Wakiso ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Science

Discovery News   

NASA selects celestial Nasa toolkit ready to look for life on Jupiter's moon   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Nasa, on Tuesday, said it has chosen a trove of instruments to send to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, as it moves ahead press forward with its search for evidence if the orb could support life. The nine gadgets - from cameras to radars to ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Sports

Hindustan Times   

US begins extradition proceedings of arrested FIFA officials, says this is just the ...   
Hindustan Times
As the United States began extradition proceedings to bring arrested FIFA officials to the US to face trial, investigators said charges announced on Wednesday were just the beginning. More football — soccer in the US — officials are under scrutiny as are ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Entertainment

theMusic   

Beautiful Tropical Fish Rashida Jones Releases Song With Daniel Ahearn   
theMusic
When you're born to Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton, it's not particularly hard to believe you might be immensely talented, too. Rashida Jones, of The Office, Parks And Recreation and a slew of other Hollywood movies, has released a song with Daniel ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Technology

New York Times   

Google and Apple Adjust Strategies on Mobile Payments   
New York Times
The battle for mobile software dominance revolves around two companies: Apple and Google. Now both giants are also going head-to-head in mobile payments, as they prepare to push deeper into digital wallets. Google is set to unveil plans at its annual ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Business

NDTV   

Number of Starving Worldwide Drops Below 800 Million: UN   
NDTV
Rome: The number of people worldwide who don't get enough to eat has fallen to 795 million, 10 million less than last year, U.N. officials said on Wednesday. But now is not the time to celebrate, said Josefina Stubbs, a senior official at the U.N.'s agricultural ...

2015-05-28 Uganda World

Irish Independent   

EU asks member states to take 40000 Mediterranean refugees   
Irish Independent
The EU has asked its member states to take in 40,000 migrants who land over the next two years in Italy and Greece, in a bid to ease the burden on struggling southern nations. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
EU asks its member states to admit 40000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea   Balkans.com Business News

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BBC News   

David Cameron meets leaders as EU Referendum Bill launched   
BBC News
David Cameron is starting a tour of European capitals as a bill paving the way for the UK's EU referendum is launched in the House of Commons. The prime minister will attempt to persuade the Dutch, French, Polish and German premiers to back his changes ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Africa

Times LIVE   

Zuma's vaudeville act   
Times LIVE
"There's a broken president in a broken country ... you know. Jirrah!" he said in his Maimane persona. File photo. Image by: ESA ALEXANDER. President Jacob Zuma tore into the opposition parties in parliament yesterday in an off-the-cuff departure from his ...

2015-05-28 Uganda Uganda

Uganda Radio Network   

Parliament gives executive a month to resolve KCCA leadership crisis   
NTV Uganda
The Minister for Kampala Frank Tumweze promised to bring the KCCA councillors and Lord mayor to meet to resolve impasse but opposition MPs doubt it will be possible. An error occurred. Unable to execute Javascript. Parliament has given the executive ...