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The 25th annual International Guitar Night tour kicks off in Alaska | State of Art
International Guitar Night features high-level guitarists from diverse backgrounds with unique styles, celebrating their instrument and the melding of cultures. The North American tour starts in Kodiak on Saturday, January 18 and will be in...

Discover The Lush Beauty Of Africa’s Congo With These Luxury Ecolodges
The Republic of the Congo became an independent nation on August 15th, 1960.Kamba African Rainforest Adventures Measuring in at more than two million square kilometers, Central Africa’s Congolian rainforests play host to a truly staggering array...

Sport | Broos blasts poor security at Bafana match: 'Where were they from the beginning of the game?'
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos called on his bosses, SAFA, to do better with security organisation for the team after the initial detail deployed in the game against Congo failed to deal with two pitch invasions from a handful of people. (Richard...

Cote d’Ivoire gets state of the art Technical Centre
FIFA through the FIFA Forward Program is funding the renovation and rehabilitation of the National Technical Centre of the Ivorian football Federation (FIF) in Bingerville, 10-kilomretres east of the capital Abidjan which will serves as the...

Black socks, Black Sabbath and blackguards on India's tour of England
June 15 Anxious travellers wait through delay after delay for the Air India flight from Goa to London. Unstated reasons for delay: incoming flight delayed because of Iran airspace closure, and Air India being asked to thoroughly check the whole...

Turkey’s Kanal D Internatioanal Adds To Sales Team; Film TV Charity Ambassadors; Raoul Peck Feted By Visions du Réel; Liberi Consulting & Former ITV Exec Team For Initiative – Global Briefs
Turkey’s Kanal D Internatioanal Adds To Sales Team Turkish distributor Kanal D International has beefed up its international team with a new hire and a promotion. Duda Rodrigues joins to cover sales to the U.S. and Canada as well as Latin America...

Cote d’Ivoire gets state of the art Technical Centre thanks to FIFA Forward
FIFA through the FIFA Forward Program is funding the renovation and rehabilitation of the National Technical Centre of the Ivorian football Federation (FIF) in Bingerville, 10-kilomretres east of the capital Abidjan which will serves as the...

USAID Quietly Shipped 11,000 Virus Samples to Wuhan Lab Without Formal Agreement or Oversight
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) quietly funneled thousands of viral samples — including potential ancestors of COVID-19 — to the now-infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) without a formal agreement, documentation, or...

Vladimr Semenikhin: The Future of the Ekaterina Foundation – A Vision for Art
A graduate of the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering and holder of a Candidate of Economic Sciences degree, he founded Stroyteks, a force in Russia’s construction sector. Under his leadership, Stroyteks has contributed to Moscow’s skyline with...

Save A Soul And EBC Music Ministry Foundations join Congo and Abour Communities to celebrate yuletide
Save a Soul Foundation, a non-governmental organization in collaboration with EBC music ministry and foundation joined the people of Congo and Abour in the Atebubu-Amantin municipality to celebrate the yuletide. The partners distributed used...

3 things to do this weekend: New art exhibitions, Halestorm 'unplugged' and a lamp-saving workshop
Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of Jan. 10-12, 2025, curated by WGLT's Lauren Warnecke. You can find more coverage on our Datebook - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WGLT's Weekend Scoop email newsletter, which goes out every Friday....

FIFA Rankings: Argentina Remains on Top, Indonesia Climbs 5 Spots
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Argentinian national team, winner of the 2022 World Cup, continues to lead the latest FIFA ranking after collecting 1885.36 points. Based on the latest release on Thursday, Argentina's points decreased by 0.8 points from...

Trafficking in the Amazon Targeted in Historic 5-Country Police Raid Seizing $64 Million in Materials
Operation Green Shield in action – credit, Minister of Interior UAE, screengrab via X From the Amazon Basin comes the story of a remarkable collaborative effort between 5 countries to break up criminal exploitation of the forest and its peoples....

Many Cultures, One Community celebration planned
The Center is planning a Many Cultures, One Community Celebration on Aug. 9 and is looking for vendors, sponsors and volunteers. The celebration comes at a time when the flow of refugees to Utica has stopped with no new refugees coming for...

Canada’s men’s soccer team earns highest FIFA ranking ever
The Canadian men continue to reach new heights under coach Jesse Marsch, climbing two places to a career-high No. 28 in the latest FIFA world rankings. Canada was ranked 49th when the American coach took over in May 2024. The Canadians have...
Tottenham talks held with £50m star amid Gibbs-White chase, Frank's a fan
Tottenham are showing little sign of easing up after sealing their £55 million transfer of West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus, who's poised to end an unofficial transfer embargo between the two sides which has spanned 14 years. Related The Ghanaian...

Three livestock skin concerns to watch for this summer
Image MEDIA INQUIRES WRITTEN BY Laura Muntean Maci Guay laura.muntean@ag.tamu.edu Most livestock species have thicker skin than humans, but it’s still vulnerable to harsh summer conditions. Sun exposure, bacterial infections and increased activity...

Sport | BAFANA VERDICT | Broos' charges dodge Brazzaville booby-trap as Afcon qualification remains on track
Bafana Bafana didn't secure 2025 Afcon qualification, but still have their fate in their own hands. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed...

The Ukrainian Premier League club held a Congolese national football player hostage
Beni Makuana, a former player of Zhytomyr Polesie, said that the club’s management took away his passport for several days. According to the footballer, such actions caused him serious psychological trauma, which is why he even thought about...

Hamburg art centre condemns ‘politically motivated vandalism’ of art installation referencing Palestine
The Kunstverein in Hamburg has said it “unequivocally condemn[s]” the defacement of an installation it is exhibiting by the artist Phoebe Collings-James that references Palestine. The art centre described the incident, which took place in...