International
Akon has been vocal (no pun) in helping better the country of Africa. Senegal will be the first place of business where Akon will place 2,000 acres to build a “Akon Crypto City”. The main goal is to bring solar power across the continent. Senegal which is outside the capital of Dakar will be the […]
OBAMA: Hello Chicago! (APPLAUSE) It’s good to be home! (APPLAUSE) Thank you, everybody! (APPLAUSE) Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you so much, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) It’s good to be home. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) We’re on live TV here, I’ve got to move. (APPLAUSE) You can tell that I’m a […]
While the U.K. was busy separating from the European Union, Africa wants to become more unified with the introduction of an all-Africa passport. The electronic passport is proposed as an anecdote for dissolving border restrictions, thus building greater opportunities for trade within the continent, in hopes of boosting the overall economy. Anyone with a A.U. passport […]
Jamaica currently operates with the Queen of England as its head of state. The Queen appoints a representative to be the country’s governor general, instead of holding an election. However, in a speech by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen Jamaica plans to change its constitution to have a non-executive president as its head of state, […]
Dikembe Mutombo was at the Brussels airport in Belgium when a bomb went off that killed at least 30 people and wounded 230 more. Mutombo was thankfully OK after the attacks and posted photos on Facebook showing he was safe
A tragic time in Belgian today as bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations today, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks. European security officials have been […]
A journalist and cameraman of WDBJ7 were gunned down this morning during a live interview in Bridgewater Plaza, Virginia around 6:45 am. Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward died shortly after. Live video during the scene has surfaced on the internet, where you can hear the gun go off and reporter screaming. Suspects […]
I’ve heard people say that 2013 was the year for black films. There were at least 40 films released featuring a predominantly black cast and 22 of those film were directed by someone of African decent. Throughout the year there were many rumblings about certain films like 42, The Butler and Fruitvale Station receiving Oscar […]
The Amanda Knox legal drama isn’t over yet. Italy’s highest criminal court today overturned her 2011 acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, reports the AP. The Court of Cassation ruled that an appeals court in Florence must re-hear the case against the American and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, for the […]
Days before the September 2002 dossier on Iraqi weapons that Tony Blair used to justify sending British troops to join the US in Iraq, an MI6 officer met with Iraq’s head of intelligence and was told that Saddam Hussein had no active weapons of mass destruction, according to an investigative report by the BBC. The CIA had its […]
A hospital in Germany is being sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left more than a dozen medical odds and ends inside a cancer patient’s body during a 2009 operation. The man, identified by the Daily Mail as 74-year-old Dirk Schroeder, had reportedly undergone a “routine surgery” for prostate cancer. The operation was believed to have gone […]
A 9-year-old Ukrainian boy caused a big headache for his parents (and maybe a stomachache for himself) by spending their entire life savings on sweets, reports Russia’s Ria Novosti. During a school vacation, the boy took nearly $4,000 from his parents’ stash of euros and dollars, which was stowed oh-so-securely under the couch. With the help […]
