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Travel chaos raises Covid-19 spread risk Wednesday June 09 2021 Travellers crowd Namayiba Bus Terminal in Kampala to catch buses to their respective destinations yesterday. Many bus operators hiked transport fares following the influx of travellers. PHOTOS/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Summary In the city’s bus terminals, travellers swarmed the facilities to catch a bus seat, whose fare had more than doubled due to the swelling number of travellers.   Advertisement For the last two days, there has been a bee-hive of activities in downtown Kampala as travellers race against time to beat the new presi...

May 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the influential British radio comedy program “The Goon Show,” which inspired fans from the Monty Python group to John Lennon. The Jewish content of The Goons, comprising comedians Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers as well as the Welsh singer Harry Secombe, is usually overlooked amid the show’s comedic chaos and anarchy. Milligan, the presiding genius over the surreal scripts, cherished the Jewish roots of his colleague Sellers, whose mother was of Ashkenazi and Sephardic origin. After Sellers died in 1980, Milligan wrote a letter to the editor of The ...

A third Australian legend has handed back his Order of Australia award after selectors also acknowledged controversial tennis star Margaret Court for the top honour. Renowned artist Peter Kingston was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012, but has since returned his medal. The painter, most famous for capturing Sydney Harbour, stood in solidarity with veteran television journalist Kerry O'Brien and general practitioner Clara Tuck Meng Soo, who both returned their medals.   Court was one of four people made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2021 - the highest honour in the...

Malcolm Turnbull has said there is “no shortage of irony” that he has received Australia’s highest honour for his contributions towards marriage equality on the same day that Margaret Court, the tennis legend who was a vocal opponent of the 2017 campaign, received the same honour. The former prime minister is one of four people made a companion of the Order of Australia (AC) as part of the 2021 Australia Day honours, on a list that includes...

O'Brien, a legendary ABC reporter with more than 50 years experience, was to be appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia - the second highest honour. But he has now turned it down.