He won three Grand Slams in an era when winning even one felt like a miracle. Now, at 41, Stan Wawrinka has taken his final bow at Flushing Meadows, and the crowd made sure he felt every second of it. This is how a warrior’s story ends.
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A new logistics hub in Namanve could change the game for women running small businesses in Uganda. The Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association has opened a facility designed to tackle two of the biggest obstacles holding female founders back: sky-high rental costs and limited access to financing. Here is what it means for the country’s SME landscape.
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He was once the darling of Uganda’s dancehall scene, flush with fame and female attention. Then he vanished to Japan for 14 years and came back with nothing but a story. Kid Fox’s revelation about his private life is the kind of thing that stops a room cold.
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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, East Africa’s busiest aviation hub, has descended into chaos, and the workers responsible for keeping planes in the air say they have been waiting eleven years for a fair deal. The Kenya Aviation Workers Union has had enough of signed agreements that collect dust and salary negotiations that go nowhere. This is the story of how patience ran out at 30,000 feet.
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Western Sydney’s most ambitious cultural project is suddenly making headlines for all the wrong reasons. A misconduct investigation targeting senior executives at the nearly-complete Powerhouse Parramatta has rattled the institution, even as the NSW government insists the November 7 opening date remains locked in.
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A sweeping lawsuit from the FTC and 22 US states accuses Amazon of quietly rewriting the rules of its own advertising auctions to squeeze billions more from brands and sellers. The company calls the case misguided. The numbers, however, are hard to ignore.
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One goal, one man, and three points that say everything about where Arsenal stand right now. Bukayo Saka delivered when it mattered most at Villa Park, and the Premier League champions left Birmingham with exactly what they came for.
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Uganda has hit the brakes on new mining licences, and the message from Kampala is clear: the country wants to know exactly what it has, who holds it, and whether the current system is working for Ugandans. With over 500 licences already in play, the stakes of this review could not be higher.
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A Grammy Award winner is heading to Kampala, and the city’s music scene will never quite look the same. Vuma Piano brings South Africa’s Zakes Bantwini, DJ FKR, and Uganda’s finest DJs together at Méstil Gardens on 7th November 2026 for an afternoon soaked in African energy, fashion, and culture. This is not your standard night out.
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A Dubai businessman thought he was buying gold. He lost $4 million and nearly lost another $4 million before Ugandan police stepped in. Now 16 people, including four of the country’s own officers, are facing the consequences of one of the boldest fraud operations the country has seen in years.
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