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African leaders spearhead efforts to tackle terrorism across the continent: African leaders discussed solutions to bolster anti-terrorism efforts on the ...
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African leaders spearhead efforts to tackle terrorism across the continent
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CAF Champions League: TP Mazembe “fully prepared to defend its chances” in semi-final game | Africanews
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How a Jack Dorsey-backed bitcoin miner uses a volcano in Kenya to turn on the lights in rural homes
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Quick Glance: Bitcoin 'Halving' Completed, CoinGecko Reports
  • Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, completed its 'halving' on Friday, a phenomenon that occurs roughly every four years according to CoinGecko.

  • Following the 'halving', Bitcoin remained relatively stable, dropping by 0.47% to $63,747.

  • The 'halving' was integrated into Bitcoin's code at its inception to reduce the rate of new Bitcoins being created.

  • Experts are divided on whether the upcoming 'halving' will boost Bitcoin's price, with some viewing it as already factored in, while others remain skeptical.
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Chess champion Tunde Onakoya completes 60-hour chess marathon in world record attempt in Times Square
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Quick Glance: Nigerian Chess Champion Sets New Record in New York
  • Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya has surpassed the previous record for the longest chess marathon by playing an impressive 60 hours nonstop.

  • Onakoya aims to raise $1 million for a charity supporting education for children across Africa.

  • He competed against US chess champion Shawn Martinez and received support from celebrities like Davido and Adekunle Gold.

  • The match garnered significant attention in Nigeria and was broadcast in multiple locations, including Lagos, with watch parties and digital billboards.
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Africa Live: Muslim child allegedly lashed for attending church - BBC News: Seven members of a family in Uganda have been arrested for allegedly assaulting the ...
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Africa Live: Muslim child allegedly lashed for attending church - BBC News
Quick Glance: Africa Live: Germany detains alleged Nigerian mafia members
  • German police have arrested 11 Nigerian men suspected of being part of a mafia group involved in large-scale dating scams orchestrated by the Black Axe gang.

  • Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has stated that his country should take full responsibility for colonial-era abuses and consider paying reparations in certain cases.

  • Authorities in Tanzania have shut down five hydroelectric stations to reduce excess electricity in the national grid, with the main plant generating enough power for major cities like Dar es Salaam.

  • Negotiations between the Kenyan government and striking doctors have collapsed, prolonging the suffering of those seeking healthcare in public hospitals, as doctors demand better pay and the hiring of trainee doctors.
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Niger: US withdraws troops, Russian military trainers arrive: After the military coup last year, the USA is withdrawing its troops from Niger ...
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Niger: US withdraws troops, Russian military trainers arrive
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African cities can become beacons of climate resilience and prosperity: Africa is very vulnerable to climate change. Here's how its cities can build climate ...
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African cities can become beacons of climate resilience and prosperity
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Coral reefs: Warming ocean waters fuel fourth global bleaching event | Africanews
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Quick Glance: Global Coral Bleaching Event After Extreme Heat
  • US climate agency NOAA declares a concerning global coral bleaching event for the fourth time in history after a year of extreme ocean heat.

  • Impacts of coral bleaching span oceans worldwide, with sea surface temperatures at record levels.

  • Corals under extreme heat stress can recover, but otherwise, the reef requires several years to regenerate.

  • Despite losses, some reefs show signs of color, offering hope for potential recovery, while scientists caution about the escalating impacts.
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Cape Town named Africa’s Best Airport 2024 | Africanews: While celebrating this regional success, Cape Town International Airport has experienced a slight drop ...
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Cape Town named Africa’s Best Airport 2024 | Africanews
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The Tortured Poets Department: Why can’t anyone be normal about Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album and the broken way we talk about pop music.
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Quick Glance: Patti Smith Applauds Taylor Swift in 'Tortured Poets Department'
  • Taylor Swift mentions Patti Smith in her new album 'The Tortured Poets Department'.

  • Smith responded positively by posting photos of herself with a book by Dylan Thomas.

  • Despite seeming different, Smith expressed understanding for Swift and praised her for potentially influencing fans positively.

  • HuffPost calls for support for high-quality journalism that is freely accessible to all.
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Ivory Coast: Women cooperative for vegetables transforming rural village | Africanews
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Senegal to host first Olympic event in Africa | Africanews: Africans is anticipating the first-ever Youth Olympic Games to be hosted on the continent in 2026 ...
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Senegal to host first Olympic event in Africa | Africanews
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Black Chicagoans feel left behind as millions marshaled for migrant crisis | Africanews
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Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month | Africanews
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Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month ...
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African cities can become beacons of climate resilience and prosperity: Africa is very vulnerable to climate change. Here's how its cities can build climate ...
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African cities can become beacons of climate resilience and prosperity
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2026 World Cup Qualifier: Benin Republic To Host Super Eagles In Abidjan: The Squirrels of Benin Republic will host the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a 2026 FIFA ...
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2026 World Cup Qualifier: Benin Republic To Host Super Eagles In Abidjan
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Nigeria suspends permit of 3 private jet operators | Africanews: Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken action against private jet operators ...
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Nigeria suspends permit of 3 private jet operators | Africanews
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One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race: Scientist Marie Makuate wants more African countries to have their own satellites orbiting Earth.
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One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race
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A Timeline of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Feud: After 14 years, a new interview suggests this dispute may keep giving us new chapters.
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A Timeline of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Feud
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Norwegian Dawn: Passengers must travel behind cruise ship: Abandoned passengers travel across Africa to catch up with their cruise ship.
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Norwegian Dawn: Passengers must travel behind cruise ship
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Islamic State-linked attackers kill at least 11 people - officials say | Africanews
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Islamic State-linked attackers kill at least 11 people - officials say | ...
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Trump wants immigrants only from nice countries like Denmark, Switzerland: Trump wants immigrants only from nice countries like Denmark, Switzerland
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Trump wants immigrants only from nice countries like Denmark, Switzerland
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MEET THE CLASS OF 2024: Passion, Purpose And A Decade Of The 30 Under 30 List: 404: 6622486d8cb03
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Morocco: Arabic calligraphy exhibition celebrates Islamic heritage | Africanews: The exhibition held during the month of Ramadan celebrated the various stages of ...
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Decades before Elon Musk: How German engineer Lutz Kayser wanted to reach the stars with his rocket company
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Decades before Elon Musk: How German engineer Lutz Kayser wanted to reach ...
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‘Hardest Geezer’ Finishes Running the Length of Africa: Russ Cook of Britain overcame danger in a year of running from South Africa to Tunisia.
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‘Hardest Geezer’ Finishes Running the Length of Africa
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State House ‘asking for a bigger budget than all of Kenya’s 47 counties’? Veteran politician Martha Karua’s numbers fall short
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Ethiopian Airlines marks 78 years of success in African skies: Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s largest airline group, has marked its 78th anniversary ...
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Ethiopian Airlines marks 78 years of success in African skies
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British man running length of Africa nears finish line | Africanews: Russ Cook, who calls himself the "Hardest Geezer", began the challenge in April ...
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Quick Glance: He Succeeded! 'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook Completes Grueling Challenge of Running Length of Africa
  • British Russ Cook, self-proclaimed 'Hardest Geezer,' has completed a nearly year-long grueling challenge of running the length of Africa. Starting from the most southern point in South Africa, Cape Agulhas, he finished at Ras Angela, Tunisia, the most northern point of the continent.

  • During his journey through 16 countries, Cook faced extreme heat, physical exhaustion, and dangerous situations including armed robbery in Angola and separation from his supporters in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Utilizing social media, he secured a visa to cross the border from Mauritania into Algeria.

  • Cook has raised over £600,000 for two charities and plans a celebration with a performance by the band Soft Play to mark his accomplishments. The funds collected will benefit The Running Charity and Sandblast. Despite Africa being his most significant challenge, it wasn't his first, having previously run from Asia to England.

  • The 27-year-old invited his supporters to run the final marathon with him and arranged a finish line party featuring a live performance by Soft Play in Tunisia. Through this challenge, known as Project Africa, Cook not only pushed physical boundaries but also raised substantial funds for charitable causes supporting the mental health of young individuals and educating about Sahrawi culture.
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NPFL announces four-week break for Rivers United to catch up: Rivers United’s continental adventure has seen a few games postponed because of logistical reasons
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NPFL announces four-week break for Rivers United to catch up
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Briton runs 16,250 kilometers across Africa in one year: Russ Cook once ran from south to north through Africa. Where: In this case, it means during the last 352 ...
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Briton runs 16,250 kilometers across Africa in one year
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UK man runs the length of Africa in 10,000 miles and 352 days | Africanews: “It’s quite hard to put into words, 352 days on the road, long time without seeing ...
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UK man runs the length of Africa in 10,000 miles and 352 days | Africanews
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Rihanna says ‘there was no denying it’ when it came to having kids with A$AP Rocky
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Mali bans political party activities as calls for elections grow | Africanews: The announcement was made by the government spokesperson on state television ...
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Mali bans political party activities as calls for elections grow | ...
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White Maasai in Africa: dropout Staphanie shows her new life: The German Staphanie Fuchs came to Zanzibar in 2011. There she met her husband and decided to stay ...
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White Maasai in Africa: dropout Staphanie shows her new life
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Ethiopia's Uma and Fikir win men’s and women’s Paris Marathon | Africanews: Mulugeta Uma clocked a winning time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 33 seconds and finished ...
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Ethiopia's Uma and Fikir win men’s and women’s Paris Marathon | Africanews
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Leaving Africa’s Colonial-Era Currency Will Be Hard, But May Be Wise | by Peter Doyle - Project Syndicate
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10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the length of Africa
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CAF issues Jamaican dollar bond on international market: The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has issued its first-ever bond denominated ...
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CAF issues Jamaican dollar bond on international market
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Soldiers and militia turn on civilians in encircled DR Congo's Goma city: Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by ...
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Six arrested in connection with the murder and hijacking of South African player Luke Fleurs | Africanews
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Six arrested in connection with the murder and hijacking of South African ...
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Kenya U-17 girls to begin preparations for World Cup quaifiers : The global tournament will be held in the Dominican Republic.
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Kenya U-17 girls to begin preparations for World Cup quaifiers
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How conspiracy theories have shaped Kurt Cobain’s legacy: To honour the 30th anniversary of musician Kurt Cobain's death, we spoke to superfans of the ...
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How conspiracy theories have shaped Kurt Cobain’s legacy
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Ice Spice shouts out 'Taylor motherf---ing Swift!' at Coachella as singer makes surprise appearance
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A Complete Timeline of the Far Right’s Tumultuous Relationship With Taylor Swift: How Taylor Swift, once appropriated by the white supremacist alt-right ...
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Quick Glance: Charles Barkley criticizes NFL fans over Taylor Swift and football
  • Clear message from Charles Barkley to Taylor Swift’s NFL haters

  • Criticism of T-Swift for alleged ruining of football

  • Speculation on Swift's potential influence on Super Bowl 2024

  • Heavy criticism of Swift since her start at Travis Kelce's games in September 2023
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Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, others picked for Rock Hall of Fame : Four of the eight nominees — Cher, Foreigner, Frampton and Kool & the Gang — were on ...
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Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, others picked for Rock Hall of Fame
Quick Glance: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2024: New Class with Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, and More
  • The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled artists like Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest in the Performer category for the Class of 2024.

  • Among the honorees are Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick, and Norman Whitfield, receiving the Musical Excellence Award. The Musical Influence Award will be presented to Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and Big Mama Thornton. Suzanne de Passe will be honored with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

  • The induction ceremony is set for October 19 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. It will be broadcasted live on Disney+. An edited version will air on ABC at a later time and will be available on Hulu the following day.

  • Artists like Cher and Ozzy Osbourne are being celebrated for their impact on music and culture. The induction ceremony provides bands like the Dave Matthews Band and A Tribe Called Quest with the opportunity to reunite and celebrate past achievements.
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The VMAs Will Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary in New York: The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards will take place this September at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
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The VMAs Will Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary in New York
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UBS Arena to host MTV Video Music Awards, a 1st for Long Island: The event will mark its 40th anniversary by coming Sept. 10 to Long Island for the first time.
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UBS Arena to host MTV Video Music Awards, a 1st for Long Island
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Gwen Stefani Rocks Coachella Weekend Two in Punk-inspired Plaid Bodysuit and Blazer
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