By Leslie Dawn Zamile Gantana takes a crate, sits in the middle of the stage, and gives a straightforward but lyrical explanation of what happened to the SS Mendi. In 1917, a total of 823 South African men boarded the ship to aid the British war effort; a month later, more than 600 of them drowned […]

Later this year, Beijing will host the world’s leading China-Europe business event, the International Capital Conference. This is one of many indicators of the spectacular city’s growing popularity as a meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions (MICE) destination. It has already attracted global and regional events — linking stakeholders from all over the world at APEC, The […]

Celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide in June, left the bulk of his estate to his 11-year-old daughter, Ariane Busia-Bourdain. His will, obtained by USA TODAY Friday from Manhattan’s Surrogate Court, was filed by estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain Thursday. The document shows that Bourdain’s $1.2 million in assets was made up of $425,000 in savings […]

The Declaration of Independence is arguably the most important document in U.S. history. It was also briefly in violation of Facebook’s standards. Through its Facebook page, The Vindicator — a local paper based in Liberty, Texas — wanted its audience to read the Declaration of Independence. It published a series of daily posts to the social network with […]

Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by ground-breaking analysis of ancient DNA extracted from 8,000 year-old skeletons. Southeast Asia is one of the most genetically diverse regions in the world, but for more than 100 years scientists have disagreed about which theory of the origins of the population […]

Singer Chris Brown was arrested on Thursday night after a concert at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to news reports. Law-enforcement authorities arrested Brown on a felony battery warrant from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office, WPTV said. Brown was taken into custody immediately after his concert was over, TMZ.com said. He was […]

Cannabis is still a Schedule 1 drug making it illegal in the U.S. That law may not change any time soon. The Federal Drug Administration this month approved the first marijuana-based drug for use in the United States. Called Epidiolex, the drug treats rare forms of childhood-onset epilepsy that have typically resisted other types of treatment. The […]

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has initiated studies of blockchain technology with a view to subsequently embrace the technology and integrate it into the bank’s business processes, local news outlet NewsDay reported July 5. Speaking at the Alpha Media Holdings’ Banks and Banking breakfast meeting in Harare yesterday, RBZ governor John Mangudya reportedly said that the bank is looking to […]

Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX announced today, July 6, that it will open a “fully-regulated” cryptocurrency exchange next year. In an official press release, SIX confirmed it would use so-called distributed ledger technology (DLT) –– of which blockchain is one type –– to build what they are dubbing a “digital asset ecosystem,” Six Digital Exchange (SDX) to “put banks at the […]

U.S. stocks rose on Friday as stronger-than-expected jobs growth in June and a surge in Biogen’s shares eased concerns about an escalating U.S.-China trade dispute after the two economies slapped tariffs on each other’s imports worth $34 billion. Biogen jumped 15.6 percent and was on track for its biggest percentage gain in over seven years […]