No doubt, culture plays a significant role in all area of human endeavour. Without culture, many societies will be living in isolation. To this end, the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) in collaboration with Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, recently rolled out drums to celebrate the Cultural Day in grand style, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Senate Democrat is using marijuana’s informal holiday to announce a change of heart about the drug, another sign of the growing political acceptance of pot. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Friday he’ll introduce a bill taking marijuana off the federal list of controlled substances — in […]

Riyadh gym in trouble for video that appeared to show a woman in figure-hugging workout attire.Saudi sports authorities shut down a female fitness centre in Riyadh Friday over a contentious promotional video that appeared to show a woman in figure-hugging workout attire. “We are not going to tolerate this,” Saudi sports authority chief Turki al-Sheikh […]

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea says its quest for nuclear weapons is “complete” and it “no longer needs” to test its weapons capability, a significant development ahead of diplomatic engagement with South Korea and the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday that “under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we […]

Let me just get this out of the way now: James Harden traveled. He probably traveled more than once in Game 1 of the Rockets’ first-round playoff series against the Timberwolves on Sunday, but I’m specifically talking about his step-back jumper to shake Andrew Wiggins and sink a three-pointer. It feels so good to get that off […]

Just two days after the death of former first lady Barbara Bush, her granddaughter Lauren Bush Lauren and her husband, David, welcomed Max Walker Lauren to the family. According to a Facebook post from Barbara’s Bush son Neil Bush, Max was born on Thursday. Arriving two weeks before his mom’s due date, the baby boy […]

If you read our in-depth Galaxy S9 review, you know that Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are by far the company’s most impressive smartphones to date. The phones are more powerful than any flagship Galaxy handsets that have come before them, and they have the best smartphone displays the world has ever seen. The […]

Elon Musk’s planned BFR Mars rocket finds a home in Los Angeles. It’s oddly fitting for what could be a very historic spacecraft. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received a key thumbs-up to build the so-called BFR — for Big Falcon Rocket or Big F****ing Rocket — on an island steeped in history, both dark and inspirational. The LA Board […]

When Carson’s stores ring up their final sales — likely by late summer — they will leave behind a 164-year history as one of Illinois’ iconic homegrown department store chains. They will also leave their landlords with millions of square feet of empty retail space to fill. Parent company Bon-Ton Stores filed for bankruptcy protection […]

A new project is building an ecosystem for cryptocurrency payments to eliminate bottlenecks which are stopping the world from enjoying a “second cryptoeconomic boom.” Korona argues that current Blockchain payment systems are geared towards investors – and the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum are not technologically suited to keeping up with the daily demands of consumers and […]