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Angola: União Recreativo Kilamba Wins Luanda’s Carnival

[ad_1] Luanda — Grupo União Recreativo Kilamba, from the Rangel district, won class A of the Luanda's Carnival, 2024 edition, with 896 points, whose parade took place on Monday, in Nova Marginal, after having already done so in 2023. The result was announced this Wednesday, at a ceremony held at the Angolan League of Friendship and Solidarity with the People (LAASP). In second place was Grupo União Mundo da Ilha, with 864 points, and in third was União Kiela, with […]

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Entertainment

Nigeria: 2 Books On Tinubu for Public Presentation March 29

[ad_1] Two new books written on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be unveiled on March 29, 2024, coinciding with the Nigerian leader's birthday anniversary. The books entitled; "The Pathfinder: The Life and Politics of an African Politician" and "The Blueprint: How Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Transformed Lagos State" are authored by Taiwo Ogundipe, an author and veteran journalist, and published by the Topseal Communications Limited. A statement by the author and publisher explained that The Pathfinder is the official biography […]

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Japan

Giants’ new Godzilla Yuto Akihiro taps into Hideki Matsui’s teachings to level up

[ad_1] Toho Cinemas released the film “Godzilla Minus One” on Nov. 3, 2023, as part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary this year of the classic kaijū franchise. The film is a throwback in the vein of the 1954 original, garnering positive reviews and, on Jan. 23, the series’ first Academy Award nomination.Perhaps Yomiuri Giants fans will take the success of this modern spin on an old classic as […]

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Entertainment

Zimbabwe: Zim Filmmakers Among 20 MTF Graduates

[ad_1] The pool of film-making talent in Southern Africa will be substantially increased when the latest group of 20 students graduate from the 2024 study at the MultiChoice Talent Factory Southern Africa Academy in Lusaka. MultiChoice Zimbabwe head corporate affairs and public relations Charity Njanji said the MTF Southern Africa Academy was one of three on the continent. The other two are in Lagos, Nigeria (for West Africa) and Nairobi, Kenya (for East Africa), where 2024 studies are underway at […]

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News

Zimbabwe: PPC Matopos Marathon Back With a Bang

[ad_1] Innocent Kurira — After a four-year hiatus, organisers of the PPC Matopos 33 Miler yesterday announced that the event is back on the calendar. They said it is back bigger and better and announced that US$34 000 had been set aside for prizes. The 53km race has been set for April 7 and promises to be an exciting event with an array of prizes for top finishers in a number of categories and events to take part on the […]

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News

Zimbabwe: Zim Brace for African Games

[ad_1] Ellina Mhlanga — After months of intense preparations behind the scenes, Team Zimbabwe chef de mission for the African Games Elta Nengomasha believes they have done all they can to come up with the best set of athletes to fly the country's flag at the sporting showpiece. The 13th edition of the quadrennial Games, African's own version of the Olympics, is scheduled to run in Accra, Ghana from March 8-23. Zimbabwe will participate in athletics, chess, cricket (men and […]

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Africa

Africa Progresses in Anti-Corruption Fight, Development . . . As US Slides Back Into More Vice

[ad_1] The current crop of African leaders has done a lot to fight corruption and those efforts should be commended while the assertion by US Government that Africa is getting more and more corrupt should be dismissed with the contempt it deserves. In Africa, current leaders have embraced anti-corruption drives and more and more senior government officials have been arrested, tried, convicted and jailed, others have been fined or fired. African governments have put in place anti-corruption institutions in their […]

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Japan

Some Chinese youth spurn corporate jobs for ‘me time’

[ad_1] HONG KONG – Faced with diminishing job prospects as the economy slows, Chu Yi is choosing to "lie flat," a Chinese term used to describe people who work just enough to afford to spend their time on what they enjoy.The Shanghai-based 23-year-old used to work at a fashion company, but said she quit her job two years ago because she had to frequently work overtime and she hated her […]

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Africa

Africa: Behind the Baobab Curtain – Putin’s Adventures Are Reshaping Africa

[ad_1] West Africa is now separated into two blocs with antagonistic ideologies, allied with foreign sponsors on opposite sides of the geopolitical divide. Vladimir Putin's neocolonial adventures in Africa are unlikely to appear on the agenda as an example of "modern neo-colonialism practice" at the forum in Moscow this week to be attended by ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula and a delegation from his party. Russia does not like to draw attention to its imperial meddling in African affairs, and many […]

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Japan

Pressure mounts on Volkswagen to exit China’s Xinjiang region

[ad_1] Frankfurt – German automaker Volkswagen said Wednesday it was discussing the future of its activities in China's troubled Xinjiang province, following fresh allegations of human rights abuses.The Handelsblatt financial daily reported that forced labor may have been used to build a test track in Turpan, Xinjiang in 2019.VW said it had seen no evidence of human rights violations in connection with the project but that it would investigate any […]

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