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China: Shanghai Disneyland is set to open on June 16, 2016 Xinhua SHANGHAI- Tickets for Shanghai Disneyland, Disney’s first theme park on the Chinese mainland, went on sale on March 28, about two and a half months ahead of the resort’s opening on June 16. Shanghai Disneyland Park, located in Chuansha New Town of Pudong […]

President Barack Obama visits Cuba- A look back at African populated Cuba President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on March 20, 2016. With this visit President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president in 88 years to set foot on the island nation. The last sitting president to visit the country was Calvin Coolidge, who […]

Rio de Janeiro 2016 to unveil 8 new Olympic venues during 25 test events over next 5 months Source: Rio 2016 It may be more than six months until the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but there will be plenty of Games-related sporting action in the city before then. Starting with basketball […]

China launches HD earth observation satellite Xinhua XICHANG, CHINA- China on 29 December 2015 launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country’s high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 00:04 a.m. aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. […]

University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum states that ancient Egypt was in fact the land of black African people There have been many people around the world who have asked the question…”Were the ancient Egyptians black?” The answer to that is simply, YES.   The University of Cambridge- Fitzwilliam Museum’s Virtual Kemet states the following: “Kemet : […]

Dutch society vows to keep “Blackface” Zwarte Piet – Sinterklaas Christmas tradition -Origin is the black Moors of Spain By Matthew Martin New Zealand Herald Rotorua and New Zealand’s Dutch communities are being asked to reconsider their Black Pete pre-Christmas tradition. But the Netherlands Society Rotorua is defending the tradition – where a person blackens […]

Ethiopian Airlines to have an all-women functioned flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis Ababa – Bangkok route Press Release From Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines, the leading, fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it will operate an All-Women Functioned Flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis […]

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe wins China’s Confucius Peace Prize CCTV Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, has won the Confucius Peace Prize. According to Qiao Damo who started and runs the accolade, the award recognizes Mugabe for his “outstanding contributions” to world peace. The African leader beat nine other finalists, including Bill Gates, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, […]

Institute of Human Virology Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trials of HIV Vaccine Candidate Institute of Human Virology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore-based Institute has begun enrolling volunteers for initial phase 1 clinical trials Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford announced today that the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School […]

Canadian develops futuristic hovercraft Canadian inventor tests new prototype of record-setting hoverboard CBC News This past May 2015, Montreal inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru broke the world record for the longest hoverboard flight. Duru flew up to five metres above a lake for a distance of 275.9 metres aboard his homemade, propeller-powered hoverboard in a trip […]