The richest man in the world, boss of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk is officially the new owner of Twitter from Thursday, October 27, 2022. The US billionaire therefore signed Thursday at the end of the day to offer himself, not without some resentment, the social network of which he …
Read More »Another misfortune for Kanye West in London
After Gap, Adidas and Skechers, it is now the Madame Tussauds museum in London which has decided to cut all ties with Kanye West, following his recent anti-Semitic remarks. The British museum, famous for its collection of wax statues bearing the effigy of the greatest personalities, announced this Wednesday that …
Read More »Tarah Ernest, the black woman at the controls of an airliner
Tarah Ernest, a Haitian woman whose childhood dream was to become a rocket pilot, made her first flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince on October 6, 2022. Twenty-four years after leaving Haiti, Tarah Ernest landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti, her country of origin. To be a woman and …
Read More »Serious accusations by American Republicans against Google
The Republican Party in the US has filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of seeking to lead the upcoming US election. According to the Conservative Party, Google has deleted election advertisements sent by email, a few weeks before the mid-term elections, which will take place on November …
Read More »Quebec MPs refuse to take the oath to King Charles III
A handful of Quebec deputies newly elected in provincial elections refused Wednesday to pledge allegiance to King Charles III, head of state of Canada, as required by the Constitution. Eleven members of the Quebec Solidaire (QS) party (left) took the oath in a speech broadcast on television “towards the people …
Read More »Haiti: suspected cholera cases continue to rise
The number of cholera contaminations continues to increase in Haiti, according to a new bulletin from the Ministry of Public Health obtained on Tuesday. The new figures fuel fears of a new disaster in this country already plunged into a humanitarian and security crisis. As of Monday, 606 suspected and …
Read More »Why George Floyd’s family plans to sue Kanye West ?
George Floyd’s family is considering legal action after “Kanye West’s misrepresentation of the cause of his death,” as human rights lawyer Lee Merritt tweeted on Sunday. “Pretending that Floyd died of fentanyl and not brutality, established criminally and civilly, undermines and belittles the fight of the Floyd family,” he wrote. …
Read More »The Gates Foundation to invest billion dollars to fight poliomyelitis
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday pledged to invest $1.2 billion to help eradicate polio from the planet once and for all, at an international health conference in Berlin. “The eradication of polio is within reach. But the disease remains a threat (…)”, estimated Bill Gates, co-president of …
Read More »Nicki Minaj announces possible visit to Ghana
Rap queen Nicki Minaj answered a question during an Instagram live about the likelihood of traveling to Ghana to work with a Ghanaian artist on a project. “I would love to come to Ghana. I may be doing something major, a business type of situation, with an artist from Ghana,” …
Read More »Elon Musk no longer wants to pay to provide internet to Ukraine
World’s richest man Elon Musk said his company Starlink will no longer pay to provide internet services in Ukraine, asking the US government to fund the cost of the satellite internet connection system in Ukraine. For several months, Elon Musk’s space company, which provides the Starlink satellite Internet system, has …
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