2025 Grammy Awards to proceed amid Los Angeles wildfires
The 2025 Grammys will go ahead on February 2nd, supporting wildfire relief efforts.…
Meta to lay off 5% of employees in efficiency drive
US media reports said tech giant Meta plans to lay off 3,500 employees. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said underperformers will be fired to make space for new hires.…
South Africa: Survivors, corpses pulled from gold mine
South African authorities lifted the bodies of 60 people from an abandoned gold mine, police have said. Hundreds more people could be underground following a monthslong effort to force them out of…
Los Angeles braces for strong winds amid fire risk
Authorities have issued warnings over strong winds in California that posed a risk to the fire-affected region. Firefighters from other states as well as Canada and Mexico have been called in.…
Mozambique’s newly elected President Daniel Chapo officially sworn in
FRELIMO's presidential candidate Daniel Chapo will be sworn in as Mozambique’s president on Wednesday (January 15) amid tensions over election dispute.…
Tyler Perry on WWII drama ‘The Six Triple Eight’, his latest Netflix film
Dheepthika Laurent meets producer, director and actor Tyler Perry. His career spans decades, with a singular focus on African American stories and casts. His latest film, "The Six Triple Eight" on Netflix,…
Benin’s voodoo festival seeks to dispel stereotypes
Spectators watched a group of women dance wildly, making backflips before succumbing to a trance-like state at the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin Republic. Every January, the Voodoo festival draws tourists…