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‘Nothing was handed out to me’: Swerve Strickland on becoming the first Black AEW World Champion
AEW’s latest pay-per-view, Dynasty 2024 on Sunday night saw Swerve Strickland defeat Samoa Joe to become the new AEW World Champion. Strickland became the 11th AEW World Champion and the first-ever African American to hold the title. In a historic turn of events, Strickland defeated Samoa Joe to become the 11th AEW World Champion. The…
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Meet Eritrea’s Sabelle Beraki who built a thriving toy business out of frustration
Sabelle Beraki’s childhood was inundated with the lack of representation when it came...
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Ghanaian lecturer Anthony Baidoo sets record completing his PhD in just 30 months, university says
Dr. Anthony Baidoo of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) Department of Forest...
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Spain awards Ghanaian army chief with highest Police Award for fight against terrorism
The Minister of Interior of Spain, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has recognized Brigadier General...
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Shark Tank’s Daymond John makes young gardener’s dream come true at Walt Disney World
Since childhood, Te’Lario Watkins II has been behind Tiger Mushroom Farms, which cultivates gourmet mushrooms and sells dry mushroom products. The young entrepreneur from Blacklick, Ohio started...
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Beyoncé silences critics as she becomes first Black woman to hit No. 1 on Billboard country albums chart
Beyoncé has broken a groundbreaking feat once again. Her latest album, “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” has soared to the top of the Billboard Country Albums chart, making her the first Black...
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Shock as LA surgeon removes thousands of tumors on mother of two in 60 hours
A surgeon in Los Angeles, Dr. Ryan Osborne, has transformed the life of Charmaine Sahadeo, a mother-of-two from Trinidad after he removed thousands of tumors that had taken over her body in more than 60...
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Coach LeVelle Moton is back in Black neighborhood where he was raised to start $8.3m affordable housing project
LeVelle Moton, the current basketball coach at North Carolina Central University, ties his success to where he grew up: Raleigh’s Lane Street housing projects, east of downtown. He is so fond of...
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Remembering Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win best supporting actor Oscar who died at 87
Louise Gossett was an American actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. His tough training would transform recruit Richard Gere into the...
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11-year-old British-Ghanaian author who has published 4 books fulfills promise of building e-library for school in Ghana
Sarah Afua Kittoe, an 11-year-old British-Ghanaian author, has fulfilled a promise made months ago to build a library for a school in the West African nation of Ghana. She has completed a full e-library...
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Vaughan Gething: Meet the son of Zambian chicken farmer now first Black leader in all of Europe
Vaughan Gething, a Zambian-born lawyer, has become the first Black head of government in Wales, the United Kingdom, and all of Europe. Upon taking office, the trailblazer said, “Today we turn a page...
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New Orleans mother saves nine children from bus before it was caught up in flames
But for her maternal instinct, a catastrophe would have struck nine children in a school bus. A New Orleans school bus driver, Kia Rousseve, said she acted on her maternal instincts when she noticed smoke...
