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U.S. Olympic Committee significantly increases payments to athletes for Olympic/Paralympic, World Medals By Brandon Penny Team USA Team USA athletes will see their hard work and accomplishments recognized more than ever starting in 2017. As part of a continued effort to direct more resources to athletes, the United States Olympic Committee announced today that Operation […]

African Moors from Spain: Annual racist Christmas custom returns to the Netherlands Once again the annual Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet or Black Pete arrives with the Christmas holiday. The Black Pete tradition is also followed in Belgium and Luxembourg. Dutch tradition is that Sinterklaas (or Saint Nicholas) arrives in the Netherlands from Spain each […]

U.S. Metropolitan areas with the largest African American populations as of 2015 December 8, 2016 release: U.S. Census Bureau Census Bureau statistics released today are culled from the annual American Community Survey, which provides in-depth state and regional information based on monthly interviews with individuals. The survey looks at statistics from all 3,142 counties in […]

Executive compensation at public and private colleges in the United States The data below shows the total compensation received by chief executives of public colleges and university systems in 2014-15 and private colleges 2014. Note: On the list some presidents may no longer be employed at the institution while some were newly hired. Some private […]

South Africa: White population declined – 2016 Mid-year population estimates Statistics South Africa Source: Stats SA, Mid-year population estimates Publication Date: 30 November 2016 South Africa’s population has grown over the past 10 years reaching 55.90 million people in 2016, up from 40.6 million people in 1996. Every population group has shown an increase in […]

Bermuda: A new British Governor John Rankin arrives in Bermuda Bernews Acting Governor Ginny Ferson, Premier Michael Dunkley, Leader of the Opposition David Burt and other dignitaries were on hand to greet the new Governor John Rankin when he arrived in Bermuda. Mr Rankin told the assembled group that he was delighted to be in […]

Major HIV vaccine trials launch in South Africa after 7-year break South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial National Institute of Health U.S. Department of Health & Human Services The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South […]

Cuba: Fidel Castro, leader of revolution, dies at 90 BBC News Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro, one of the world’s longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90. Castro was the longest serving non-royal leader of the 20th Century. His younger brother and successor as president Raul Castro announced the news on state television. […]

The federal cost to take care of a billionaire president and former presidential pensions and benefits NBC new reported that when President-Elect Donald Trump gets sworn in as president on January 20, 2017 the contingent of at least 150 Secret Service personnel will balloon to more than 920 Secret Service agents and support personnel in […]

LA 2024 (Los Angeles 2024): Venue Plan video released for the 2024 Olympic Games Source: LA 2024 LA 2024 leaders traveled to Doha, Qatar to make the first presentation to the Olympic family at the Association of National Olympic Committees [ANOC]. The presentation featured remarks by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the only female track-and-field […]