Johns Hopkins’ brands sees most fraught geopolitical environment since cold war

Being creative is difficult and building a business based on creativity can be even harder, but Sydney Sam has found a way to create pan African brands, through his company Workspace Global and has even attracted clientele such as the World Bank. He spoke to CNBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about what it takes to be a successful brand agency.

Ivan Menezes, chief executive officer of Diageo Plc, discusses the distiller's plan to return as much as 4.5 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) to shareholders. He also comments on whisky, gin, tequila sales and Diageo's brand acquisition strategy in an interview on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Premium Bitters, Adonko Bitters have been serving Ghanians for a long time. Their introduction into the ghanian market changed the way people took herbs going by the ingredients used in making them.

He describes himself as a French dude surfing the karma ocean. French electronic music guru Théo Le Vigoureux, better known under his DJ name Fakear, has achieved international success following the release of two critically acclaimed records. His catchy hits frequently draw millions of views on YouTube. After some artistic soul-searching he's releasing a new album on June 26 called "Everything Will Grow Again", featuring a brand-new sound and style. FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot caught up with him during the coronavirus lockdown to talk about this new venture.

The spat over the COVID-19 outbreak has heightened longstanding tension between Washington and Beijing. China's foreign minister says the Trump administration has fabricated too many lies about the Asian powerhouse.

The French papers are wondering if the new Cold War has already begun between the US and China, brought on by tensions from the coronavirus crisis. Also, the US passes the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths and a New York-based Indian chef is using his fame to help feed people back home.

Germany is set to mark 30 years of reunification this weekend. The end of the Cold War also marked the beginning of a new era of international relations. What began with high hopes ultimately led to a Cold Peace.

Tanishq's advertisement film showed a Muslim family organizing a baby shower ceremony for their pregnant Hindu daughter-in-law. The brand was trolled and accused of promoting inter-faith marriages.

Jay-Z has officially announced the launch of his new cannabis brand, Monogram.

The 2020 Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LIV Championship Ring has been shown for auction at Goldin Auctions, in Runnemede, New Jersey, on Thursday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has earmarked space and cyber-defense projects and pledged to make Britain "the foremost naval power in Europe." The government wants to define its post-Brexit role on the world stage.

"English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African-American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large following on the social media app to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. In her video clips, she tells her 400,000 followers about the differences between her language and the standard American Sign Language (ASL).