Aug 12, 2015 FIBA President Horacio Muratore has confirmed that China will host the 2019 basketball World Cup after beating off competition from the Philippines. This came on the heels of the IOC’s decision to award the 2022 winter Olympics to Beijing, which also hosted the 2008 summer games. China has recently received some bad ... Read More
Aug 12, 2015 Several demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri took to the street on a commemoration rally one year after the police shooting of an unarmed black teen put the city in the international spotlight. Civil rights activists, religious leaders and others from around the United States converged in the city to commemorate the life and ... Read More
Aug 12, 2015 A 29-year-old woman, in Jinan City, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, was given the surprise of her life. She suffered postpartum bleeding after delivery and needed a blood transfusion but the blood center at the hospital had inadequate supplies of AB type blood, which was her blood type. The news made ... Read More
EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, was launched on June 30, 2013 and began broadcasting on July 01, 2013 to a pan-African audience, by a license agreement with Multichoice (DStv) Africa, Africa’s largest Pay TV platform. The channel is distributed to 49 African countries, including South Africa and Southern African countries. ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Republican Darrell Issa recently visited Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, to reaffirm the United States commitment to assist Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram. The delegation said the United States was willing to relax restrictions on Nigeria’s access to weapons from America under ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF recently revealed that the Ebola outbreak has disrupted to a great proportion of birth registrations in Liberia, due to the closure of several health facilities. This situation effectively leaves thousands of children without citizenship and exposes them to the dangers of being trafficked or illegally adopted According ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 The surroundings of London Olympic park was recently transformed into a beach as Team Great Britain launched a campaign to improve their performance from their outing in 2012. Children joined British athletes as they marked the one year countdown for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Men’s super-heavyweight ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 India’s leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has launched a crossover vehicle as it tries to keep up with competitors such as Ford Motor Co and Renault SA in the fast-growing SUV market. Maruti Suzuki’s managing director and CEO in India, Kenichi Ayukawa, told reporters in New Delhi that the launch was a ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 Following the death of 69 persons in floods triggered by monsoon rains, relief materials have arrived at Rakhine state, one of the regions hardest hit by recent floods. According to Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Aid workers are reaching out to areas in Myanmar that have been hit by ... Read More
Aug 11, 2015 Hi guys and welcome to the news, So earlier we asked you which Nollywood actor slash director is threatening movie pirates with juju? Well it’s none other than screen veteran Shan George. We have behind the scene pictures from her upcoming movie One Good Man which is currently being shot in Calabar, ... Read More
