Entertainment
GLITZY OPENING TO AFRICA’S PREMIER FILM FESTIVAL IN OUADOUGOU
The much-awaited pan-African film festival opened this week in the capital city o […]
Month: July 2023
AUTO
2022 Infiniti QX60
By Frank S. Washington HELENA, CA. –When it comes to the 2022 Infiniti QX60, it is not about horsepower, torque, or bulk. The three-row crossover is about understated refinement and elegance. Yes, it had a […]
Featured
Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government
By Toby Luckhurst BBC News A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a town to overthrow the elected government. Following state elections in 1898, white supremacists moved into the US port […]
VIDEOS
Polar Bears Make Annual Trek Through Canadian Town
CHURCHILL, Canada—Hundreds of polar bears are enjoying a fresh blanket of snow as they pass through a small Canadian town on their way to spending the winter at Hudson Bay. A live hidden camera in Churchill, Canada, […]
VIDEOS
Die In Fire At World’s Largest Vaccine Maker’s Campus; Vaccine Production Not Affected
PUNE, India — An afternoon fire on Jan. 21 that killed five people on the campus of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine production site, did not affect production of the coronavirus […]
VIDEOS
Rep. Alma Adams Releases Inauguration Day Video
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released video remarks celebrating the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. A transcript of Rep. Adams’ remarks as delivered is below: “On this […]
Entertainment
The Harder They Fall
BY DWIGHT BROWN, NNPA News Wire Film Critic They’re roughriders. Badasses. Pistol packing outlaws blasting bullets. The setup for this shoot ’em up started with the 2013 short film They Die by Dawn, the brainchild of […]
INTERNATIONAL
OIL DRILLING BEGINS IN THE ‘COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL ECOSYSTEM’ OF KAVANGO DELTA
The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath the Kalahari Desert of northern Namibia and Botswana in the hunt for a […]
Entertainment
The Underground Railroad
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic For anyone who tunes into The Underground Railroad on Amazon Prime Video, it’s important to understand the genius of what you’re watching. It’s equally important to understand that you […]
Entertainment
LIBERIAN LEADER ANNOUNCES YEAR-LONG BICENTENNIAL TO BEGIN JANUARY
On Feb. 5, 1820, the first organized group of emigrating freed slaves departed from New York to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. Next year, Liberia will mark the date with a bicentennial celebration beginning […]