Hargeisa (HOL) — Qatar has donated $3 million to help drought-affected communities in Somaliland after the region’s anticipated spring rains failed to arrive, officials said Tuesday.
Garowe (HOL) — Puntland security forces killed three ISIS fighters and seized weapons during a planned operation in the Calmiskaad mountains on Tuesday, regional officials said.
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Wednesday with Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to discuss strengthening relations between the two nations, officials said.
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A third-year student at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Letson Sikweya, has emphasized the need for the government to introduce tax incentives for agribusinesses to stimulate agribusiness entrepreneurships in Malawi. Sikweya made the sentiments during his presentation at fifth National Research Dissemination Conference currently underway at the Bingu International Convention Centre […] The post Govt urged to introduce tax incentives for agribusiness entrepreneurships appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) has embarked on strategic plan review in order to align the document with emerging priorities under Malawi 2063 (MW2063) development blueprint. NCST Vice Board Chairperson, Dr. Cecilia Maliwichi Nyirenda, said the exercise will help the Commission fulfil its mandate of promoting, supporting, coordinating and regulating the development […] The post NCST updating strategic plan to align it with emerging priorities under MW2063 appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
In the aftermath of Vice President Saulos Chilima’s tragic death, opportunists have been hard at work trying to twist history for their own political gain. They want Malawians to believe that Chilima and President Lazarus Chakwera were bitter rivals, and that UTM’s pull-out from the Tonse Alliance was an inevitable outcome of Chilima’s frustration. Nothing […] The post Chilima and Chakwera: The Alliance Was Never Broken appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
President Lazarus Chakwera is this morning taking the campaign trail to Dedza district to inspire the hearts of voters with a stirring call to citizens to vote in large numbers and actively participate in shaping the country’s future. He will address enthusiastic crowds at Kanyezi in Dedza Chikoma constituency of Hon Chidovu, Jonja in Dedza […] The post Chakwera courts voters in Dedza, gears for outright victory appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Tennis star Jelena Ostapenko was forced to deny being 'racist' after she told her black opponent Taylor Townsend she has 'no education and no class' in an extraordinary tantrum.
Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.
Tim McCarthy, 64, of Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, was inspired to apply for the ITV show by his passion for general knowledge and friends and family who respected his 'brilliant mind'.
The BJP has strongly condemned Rahul Gandhi and Tejaswi Yadav after a video surfaced from a Bihar rally allegedly showing offensive language used against PM Modi and his late mother. The BJP accused the opposition leaders of stooping to the lowest form of politics, crossing all boundaries of insult and vulgarity. The party stated that the people of Bihar would not forgive them.
Disturbing footage posted on social media sparked controversy after it showed a confrontation between the group and staff at the doors of the Manor Farm pub in Birmingham.
It is a grim portrait straight from the streets of broken Britain. A teenage girl filmed allegedly brandishing a knife and an axe in Dundee last Saturday.
Fresh details have emerged about why police attended Dezi Freeman's property in Porepunkah on Tuesday morning when he opened fire and killed two officers.
The ugly video clip from a Dundee housing estate in which a schoolgirl brandished a knife and an axe soon went viral.
She's shown that she's willing to do whatever's necessary to help her on her way - perhaps never more so than in her role on game show Deal Or No Deal
The BJP has strongly condemned Rahul Gandhi and Tejaswi Yadav after a video surfaced from a Bihar rally allegedly showing offensive language used against PM Modi and his late mother. The BJP accused the opposition leaders of stooping to the lowest form of politics, crossing all boundaries of insult and vulgarity. The party stated that the people of Bihar would not forgive them.
A three-day island-wide enforcement blitz from Aug 18 to 12 led to 121 summonses issued to errant commercial vehicle drivers for a wide range of traffic offences.In a joint media statement with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Thursday (Aug 28), Traffic Police (TP) said checks were carried out on a total of 166 commercial vehicles.The summonses issued by TP were for offences ranging from speeding and using a mobile communication device while driving, to failing to keep left, failing to properly secure load on vehicle and failing to display speed limiter label visibly at the top right portion of the front windscreen.During the three-day operation, LTA detected 93 violations, which included seven overloaded vehicles, and 19 excluded vehicles found travelling on expressways without a permit. Mobile concrete pumps, mobile cranes and ready-mix concrete vehicles are some examples of excluded vehicles. TP also detected 17 heavy vehicles which failed to display a speed limiter label during the three-day operation.
SINGAPORE — A married couple accused of offences including methamphetamine consumption allegedly allowed the woman's 15-year-old son — the man's stepson — to smoke an illegal drug.On Aug 28, the 45-year-old man and the 51-year-old woman were charged with offences including methamphetamine consumption, being in possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting a young person to abuse narcotics.All parties in this case cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the minor's identity.Court documents stated that the couple were earlier sent to a drug rehabilitation centre (DRC) on separate occasions for abusing narcotics.The man went to a DRC in 2000 for consuming morphine while the woman was sent to one in 2020 after she abused methamphetamine.They allegedly did not learn their lesson after their release and are now accused of consuming methamphetamine on or before June 23.The pair were reportedly found with drug paraphernalia, including smoking devices, in a Yishun Housing Board flat on June 23.The mother is said to have two straws stained with methamphetamine and a heroin-related substance, in her possession.
Students caught for vaping and substance abuse will risk detention, suspension, and even caning from Sept 1 when new legislation surrounding e-vaporisers and etomidate abuse kicks in, said Education Minister Desmond Lee.At a joint press conference on Thursday (Aug 28), Lee said that the Ministry of Education (MOE) will be issuing a stricter framework to guide schools on possible disciplinary actions for vape-related offences.«The Ministry of Education takes a firm stand against vaping by students in our schools as well as our institutes of higher learning (IHLs),» said Lee, adding that MOE will stipulate baseline, school-based and institution-based disciplinary measures on top of the penalties imposed by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).Under the new framework, schools may adjust the conduct grade of the student offender and enforce rehabilitative measures, such as counselling.Student offenders will also face possible detention, suspension and/or caning.
The Government will be doubling down on its nationwide campaign against vaping by increasing fines for first-time offenders and and imposing mandatory rehabilitation for repeat offenders beginning Sept 1.From next month onwards, first-time offenders will be fined up to $700 and second-time offenders will have to attend rehabilitation for three months under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act (TCASA). Repeat offenders will face prosecution and will be subjected to a maximum fine of $2,000 under TCASA.Under current laws, first-time and repeat offenders caught possessing, using or buying e-vaporisers face a maximum fine of $500. These enhanced penalties were unveiled at a press conference co-chaired by Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam, Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education Desmond Lee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua and Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash on Thursday (Aug 28).
According to the report, the European countries hope to increase economic pressure on Tehran
