LifeStyle
30 people getting HIV in Kampala every day
KAMPALA — Kampala recorded an average of 211 new HIV infections every…
WANYITA: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija turns to erotic romance
KAMPALA — Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, best known for politically charged and…
Uncle Mo’s skit lands surprise Al Jazeera shoutout
Ugandan comedian Moses Kiboneka, popularly known as Uncle Mo, has received an…
Kasese: 8,000 runners converge as Rwenzori Marathon enters global race calendar
KASESE — About 8,000 runners are expected to take to the roads…
Security
Sick Besigye returned to Luzira cell
KAMPALA — Jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye has been returned from the Luzira Prison hospital to his cell, according to his wife Winnie Byanyima, as a newly circulated medical assessment reveals that he remains unable to speak or write following his collapse in court last month. The development has intensified the dispute over whether Besigye, 70, is medically capable of participating meaningfully in his treason trial, which the High Court has allowed to proceed in his absence. Byanyima said on Monday that Besigye had been taken back to his prison cell and that his sisters, who had been helping…
Regional News
Chinese robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100m world record
BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) — A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, beating the men's world record set by Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt. Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its preliminary heat at the second edition of the games on Saturday, according to organisers. The robot's time was 0.19 seconds faster than Bolt's 9.58-second world record, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. But the machines' performance lacked the effortless finish associated with elite human sprinters. Tiangong Ultra stumbled dramatically…
