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New York City is set to unveil a new Times Square New Year’s Eve centerpiece tonight: the “Constellation Ball,” a massive, crystal-clad sphere organizers describe as the largest New Year’s Eve Ball ever used for the midnight countdown. Technicians put the custom-built ball through its final tests in Times Square as 2025 draws to a close, confirming that the installation and lighting systems were ready for the global broadcast. The “Constellation Ball” is fitted with 5,280 Waterford crystals and LED light pucks, an intricate…

The presence in Uganda of the five variants is one of the reasons for the epidemic outbreak that the country in the Great Lakes region is currently experiencing when it had been relatively spared during the first wave. Strict containment had prevented the spread of the epidemic during the first wave of Covid in Uganda, but…