A routine flight into Las Vegas ended with fire trucks on the runway and passengers scrambling from smoke. The culprit? A battery pack. As airlines grow increasingly alarmed, the question is no longer if this will happen again, it’s when.
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It was the kind of finish that turns fingernails into stubs. Scotland edged past Canada by a mere nine runs in a gripping tri-series encounter at Forfarshire, punching their ticket to next year’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier. This is what cricket at its most raw, most dramatic looks like.
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A tug of war over Dr Kiiza Besigye’s medical care is heating up in Uganda. Senior figures within the PFF want a court to approve specialist treatment abroad, but the Health Minister is pushing back with a calm reassurance that not everyone finds convincing.
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A Kenyan High Court has thrown the country’s electoral calendar into sharp constitutional relief, ruling that the law demands a presidential vote this very month. The catch? The court itself admitted ordering one right now would be logistically impossible. Kenya finds itself in the rare position of being simultaneously right and stuck.
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The numbers are brutal, the math is unforgiving, and the politics are getting messier by the hour. Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and current acting attorney general, is watching his shot at the permanent job slip away as Republican senators signal they cannot back him. One more defection could end it.
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A New Mexico judge has hit Meta with a $567 million penalty, the single largest child safety ruling against the social media giant to date. With total fines in the case now reaching $942 million, the verdict signals that the era of consequence-free social media may finally be ending. Mark Zuckerberg’s company says it will fight back, but the courtroom losses are piling up fast.
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Ivan Toney went from scoring on the world’s biggest stage to facing a magistrate’s court date. The England striker, fresh off a World Cup campaign in which he started the bronze final against France, has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm following an incident at a central London nightclub. His team says he plans to fight the charge.
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Entebbe Golf Club is about to become the most competitive patch of grass in East Africa. The Pearl of Africa Golf Series returns for its second edition, bringing a Shs70 million prize pot and the prestige of a World Golf Ranking event to Uganda’s shores.
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A night out watching TikTokers throw punches ended in devastating tragedy for two Sanyuka TV colleagues. Producer Badru Kasirye lost his life, and presenter Brian Macona is now in hospital after a violent collision on Entebbe Road. Uganda’s media community is reeling.
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A new Ugandan officer has passed through the gates of one of the world’s most storied military academies. Ruhamya Kainerugaba’s Sandhurst graduation adds another chapter to a family military legacy that stretches back decades, and raises fresh questions about Uganda’s next generation of military leadership.
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