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Kenyan app that turns speech into sign language in real-time wins top award for engineering innovation
A Kenyan entrepreneur behind an app that translates speech into sign language has won Africa’s biggest award for engineering innovation. The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering awarded the 2025...
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Ghana: Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has died
Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has passed away at the age of 76 at the Ridge Hospital in the country’s capital, Accra, according to sources close to the family. Nana Konadu,...
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India Bradley becomes first Black woman to be a soloist in 77-year history of New York City Ballet
India Bradley has become the first Black female soloist for the New York City Ballet company. Bradley was promoted alongside five other soloists, including Victor Abreu, Dominika Afanasenkov, Naomi Corti,...
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Janet Jackson wanted Tupac to take AIDS test on set of romantic drama ‘Poetic Justice’, book claims
A new book says Janet Jackson told a producer she wanted Tupac Shakur to be tested for AIDS before kissing him for their romantic drama “Poetic Justice”. In an excerpt from “Only God...
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The ‘dirty work’ of the civil rights movement revealed
“Don’t get mad — get smart,” Andrew Young’s father, Andrew Sr., once told him, growing up in New Orleans in the midst of racial tensions. Young would learn not to flare up...
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Designer Salehe Bembury unveils his own independent sneaker company after declining Nike offer
Years after turning down a lucrative, multi-pronged partnership with Nike, sneaker designer Salehe Bembury has announced the launch of his own independent sneaker company, SPUNGE. Bembury told The Wall...
