Countries long associated with emigration, such as Mexico and the Philippines, are now rich enough to have passed their ...

The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has hit 5,431, with 40 deaths reported since the outbreak was declared in the East African country nine months ago, the Ministry of Health said ...

For her final Girl Scout project, she created 1,000 washable and reusable menstruation pads that are now headed to Ugandan villages. Eakin wanted to do something that would help her earn the Girl ...

Anthology honours such characters of note as the chess sensation from Katwe, Phiona ...

In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...

1901: N.M. George on the yacht Privateer, fishing in the Bahia Honda channel, landed a tarpon that weighed 213 pounds and measured 7 feet 2 inches in length and 46 inches around. 1930: After having ...

On the same day, Apollo 13 takes off for the moon. 1979: The Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya. 1981: Larry Holmes beats ...

A 14-year-old girl in western Uganda is still unable to walk 10 months after her father tortured her for leaving Islam and putting her faith in Christ, according to area Christians. Susan Ithungu of ...

Lodhi Garden, one of Delhi’s most iconic green spaces, turns 89 today. While a favourite among morning walkers, yoga practitioners and young couples, not many are familiar with the garden’s ...

On this day in Santa Clarita Valley history, a light plane crashed on April 9, 1937, at Ridge Route near Gorman, instantly killing two. The pilot and passenger of the two-seater monoplane were ...