President Russell M. Nelson dies at 101

28 Sept 2025, 12:00 a.m. MDT After a most extraordinary life of service, leadership, consecration, innovation and love, President Russell M. Nelson — president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a world-renowned...

Buying a Yacht for £250,000-£500,0000: Inside the World of ARC Sailors Buying Their Dream Boat

Is spending the kind of money you can buy a house for on a yacht actually the sensible option for taking a sabbatical? Will Bruton on purchasing a yacht for £250,000-£500,0000. The average house in the UK today costs around £290,000. But rather...

Visa Barriers, Fading Landmarks Potential Setbacks to a Vibrant Tourism Industry

It’s already sunset, and the skies appear to be defying Monrovia's cloudy weather as Saah John leans over a canvas to paint Liberia’s intertwined stories of liberation and loss. In his 30s, John has painted his way through his adult life, with...

Are Petty Politics Dooming AGOA Renewal?

The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act expired on September 30, despite numerous efforts to continue the program that for 25 years has enabled sub-Saharan African businesses to export their products to the United States duty-free. The chief...

Portugal’s all-time ten greatest wingers

Think Portuguese football, and the first thing that comes to mind is wingers. Fast, talented, provocative, dazzling. If there’s any tactical position one can readily associate with the national game in Portugal, it has always been the wingman....

10 years in office, what has changed in INEC under Prof. Yakubu?

From: Ismail Omipidan, Abuja When Professor Mahmud Yakubu was named the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in October 2015, he pledged to reform the commission and introduce necessary changes that would help...

Sangue Novo announces five young designers as finalists

The Sangue Novo 'Supported by Seaside' young designers' competition has announced Adja Baio, Ariana Orrico, Mafalda Simões, Mariana Garcia, and Usual Suspect as its five finalists. Looks by finalists Mariana Garcia, Mafalda Simões, Ariana Orrico,...

Commentary: Randi Weingarten’s Fallacious Fascist Finger-Pointing

by Larry Sand American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten has written Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, a book she claims will empower us and give us hope. The problem is that every word...

Africa’s AI Market Set to Exceed US$16.5 Billion by 2030 – Mastercard Report

HARARE – Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) economy is on a fast upward trajectory, with projections showing its total value rising from US$4.51 billion in 2025 to US$16.53 billion by 2030, according to a new Mastercard whitepaper. The report...

AFRICA/NIGERIA - China also invests in Africa in the healthcare sector

Youtube by Cosimo Graziani Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – China in Africa is not just about strategic infrastructure. The country's presence on the African continent aims to create a partnership that will last for years and is different from other...

Safe abortion is life-saving healthcare

The 2025 theme, “Safe Abortion is Life-saving Healthcare,” was a timely reminder that abortion is not only a personal choice but also a matter of public health and human rights. On September 28, the world marked International Safe Abortion Day....

GBH Daily: Home of egg rolls, jazz and blues

GBH Daily Your essential daily newsletter delivering trusted news, local insights, ways to connect, and can't miss programs from Boston and beyond. ☀️Sunny and warmer, with highs in the 70s. Sunset is at 6:21 p.m. The Trump administration is...

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2025

Compiled by Indigenous Peoples Day MA and Italian Americans for Indigenous Peoples Day. Events will continue to be added as information becomes available. To include your event on this list, please email ItaliansforIPD@gmail.com. NuNutahshay8ôk...

Bjorn Borg’s life after tennis: Book documents near-death experiences and recovery

Borg opens up on his relationship with his parents, romantic partners and children, as well as his partying days centred on the New York nightclub Studio 54. As has been reported, he reveals that he has been living with a prostate cancer...

LONG READ: The GEMIs, the Global Emerging Markets' interlocking institutions

The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a new multipolar world order. At the same time the incumbent...

Ngozi Odikpo: A meritorious rise to the top

By Ingram Osigwe When Ngozi Odikpo joined the Nigerian Immigration service on September 24, 1991 as an Assistant Superintendent, she did so with dedication to work and passion for her country in mind. She was determined to contribute her quota to...

From WMDs to “narco-states”: How the U.S. sells wars the intelligence doesn’t support

Alan MACLOED Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The United States is building up its military assets, sparking fears of another regime change attempt against Venezuela—and this one could be far more deadly...

Serene and Delirious

At first I did not know how to watch the fresh and giggling, gasp-of-delight-inducing, omnivorous, often deliberately pointless, even trolling and irritating movies of Miguel Gomes, who has been lauded as one of contemporary cinema’s most original...

Netherlands Returns 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Netherlands officially returned 119 ancient Benin Bronzes to Nigeria on June 21, 2025, marking the latest milestone in an accelerating global movement to restitute cultural artifacts looted during colonial periods. The official handover took...

Former US ambassador to Bosnia criticizes White House’s foreign policy

LIMA, Peru — Former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Eric Nelson says the Trump-Vance administration has tarnished the U.S.’s standing around the world. “We’ve really lost our way in terms of understanding what our strengths are, what our...