HBCU National Championship: Jackson State Wins Celebration Bowl in Historic Fashion

HBCU National Championship: Jackson State Wins Celebration Bowl in Historic Fashion

Jackson State University etched its name in HBCU football history with a commanding 21-point victory over South Carolina State in the 2024 Celebration Bowl. This triumph not only secured Jackson State’s first Celebration Bowl title but also tied the largest margin of victory in the game’s history. The 21-7 win was a moment of redemption […]

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Istanbul’s historic baths keep hammam tradition alive

Istanbul’s historic baths keep hammam tradition alive

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running water, many are being restored to revive an ancient ritual bathing tradition. Often featured in older Turkish films, hammam scenes are highly entertaining, with women not only bathing but enjoying these historical bathhouses […]

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Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

That he had run a campaign of personal insults, misogynistic jibes, comments with racist overtones, committed felonies, instigated a mob which went on to attack the Capitol, and threatened allies abroad, was not enough to keep the majority of Americans from electing Donald Trump their leader, again. Illustration: Soumyadip Sinha Former U.S. President and Republican […]

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Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures

An Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) is pictured on an elevated track amid smoggy conditions in Lahore on on November 3, 2024.  | Photo Credit: AFP Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures on Sunday, including issuing work-from-home mandates and closing primary schools. The city held the top […]

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Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

Spanish residents appeal for help, 3 days after historic floods left at least 158 dead

Volunteers and locals walk with supplies to help places affected by heavy rains that caused floods, in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, November 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Three days after historic flash floods swept through several towns in southern Valencia, in eastern Spain, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a […]

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Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

WHO certifies Egypt as malaria-free; calls it ‘historic feat’ ending ancient scourge

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters November 23, 2015. A known malarial vector, the species can found from Egypt all the way to China. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Egypt was certified as malaria-free on Sunday, October […]

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Donald Trump makes historic comeback, wins second term

G7 defence summit convenes during ‘historic moment’

The meeting comes two days after Israel announced the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. File | Photo Credit: @G7/X Defence Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries meet for talks in Naples on Saturday (October 19, 2024) against a […]

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A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

HOPE HULL, Ala.—Sherry Bradley beams with pride as a three-stage wastewater filtration system about two-thirds the length of a Volkswagen bus is lowered into the ground beside a mobile home in Lowndes County.  “It’s a Fuji Clean,” she said, pointing out the various components, including the large black settling tanks, and the gray, submarine-looking filter […]

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