The Mexican-Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o, is the first black president of the Berlin Film Festival jury, which opens this Thursday evening February 15, 2024 in the German capital. Lupita Nyong’o follows in the footsteps of Spike Lee, who in 2021 will become the first black filmmaker to chair the Cannes …
Read More »Nigerian bank CEO and family killed in helicopter crash
The Groupe Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s largest bank, Herbert Wigwe has died following a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border, United States of America, according to reports. “His wife and his son were also among the six people killed in the crash,” according to reports. The Federal …
Read More »Brian Banks spent years in prison over false accusation
The 16-year-old high school football star has been accused by a classroom of rape at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Southern California, United State. The accused was tried as an adult and received a sentence that included nearly six years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. …
Read More »Charles III diagnosed with cancer
King Charles III, the 75-year-old British monarch, is suffering from cancer after waiting more than fifty years to accede to the throne. The disease has forced him to withdraw from public life for an indefinite period. Having acceded to the throne on the death of his mother on September 8, …
Read More »US: Ghanaian man dies after falling from building
A 45-year-old National Institutes of Health employee was pronounced dead after falling down an air shaft on the Clinical Center campus in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. “The deceased was an electrician for the NIH and was working on the exterior of the building when the incident occurred,” according to reports. “Responders …
Read More »Two-year-old baby starves to death in UK
A two-year-old toddler starved to death next to his dead father days after he suffered a heart attack in the United Kingdom. “The bodies were discovered by the social worker who used a key from the owner to enter the house as she had had no response after several days,” …
Read More »Donald Trump, winner of the Iowa Republican primary
Former President Donald Trump has been announced as the winner justifying his status as the right-wing favorite for the November 2024 presidential election on the evening of the first Republican primary in the state of Iowa. With four criminal indictments to his name, the 77-year-old Trump is well ahead of …
Read More »At least 11 injured after hotel explosion
At least 11 people were injured this Monday, January 8 in a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, due to an explosion, possibly due to a gas leak, local authorities said, cited by several American media. According to initial information communicated by firefighters on site, at least 11 people were injured. …
Read More »Investigation opened after the alleged poisoning of nearly 50 cats
Spanish police opened on Thursday an investigation into the alleged poisoning of nearly 50 cats, a criminal offense which could earn its perpetrators several years in prison. The incident took place in the village of La Carlota, located near Córdoba, in the south of the country, where residents discovered the …
Read More »Insolite: they are twins but were not born in the same year
They are twin brothers but they were born on different days and especially in different years. Their names are Ezra and Ezekial and they were born in New Jersey, USA, 40 minutes apart. Ezra was born first, at 11:48 p.m. on the night of December 31, 2023 and his brother …
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