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South Africa’s city of Port Elizabeth has been officially renamed to Gqeberha — derived from the Xhosa language — the native tongue of late political hero Nelson Mandela. Many South Africans have embraced the change, although acquiring mastery in pronouncing ‘Gqeberha’ hasn’t come easy for non-speakers of Xhosa. “It will take a while for the

Banksy has confirmed he was behind an artwork that appeared on the wall of a British jail earlier this week. In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, the elusive street artist is seen spray-painting the image of an inmate escaping from Reading Prison, a disused institution in southern England that once held the Irish

If you’re daydreaming of future travels while stuck at home during the pandemic, why fantasize about the beaches of Bali or the canals of Venice when vacationing in space could be in your future? Back in 2019, Californian company the Gateway Foundation released plans for a cruise ship-style hotel that could one day float above

Janet Jackson is getting the star treatment with a two-night documentary event that will air simultaneously on A&E and Lifetime. The premiere will coincide with the 40th anniversary of her self-titled 1982 album. It will air two hours for two nights, totaling four hours. The news was announced at A+E Networks virtual upfront on Wednesday

Michael B. Jordan is coming for the Russians. The trailer for Amazon’s “Without Remorse” has dropped and it features Jordan as a top-secret agent bent on revenge after a Russian assassination squad kills his family. The “Black Panther” star plays Sr. Chief John Kelly in the Amazon Prime film based on the Tom Clancy novel

Two pieces of 16th-century armor have been returned to the Louvre museum in Paris almost 40 years after they were stolen. The Renaissance-era helmet and body armor were made in Milan and encrusted in gold and silver, according to a statement from the Louvre on Thursday. Baroness Salomon de Rothschild gave the armor to the

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates and his wife Aimee are reviving Oates’ Song Fest 7908 to fundraise for Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is driving up food insecurity across America. Feeding America estimates that one in six Americans could face food insecurity as

Alec Baldwin has once again deactivated his Twitter account. This time it’s over a joke many believe he made about fellow actor Gillian Anderson switching accents. “Of course you can’t do any irony on Twitter,” Baldwin said in a video he posted on his verified Instagram account. “You can’t do irony in the United States

Solange Knowles is opening up about her health while making her most-recent album. The singer took to Instagram and revealed that she was “literally fighting for my life” while making “When I Get Home.” “2 year anniversary of the project that literally changed my life. When I first started creating ‘When I Get Home’ I

Reggae music pioneer, Neville “Bunny Wailer ” Livingston, has died at age 73, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport said in a statement. Wailer had been in the hospital since December and died at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Olivia Grange said in the statement Tuesday. No cause of death was given.

For the past year, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s sidekick has been a blue and pink-spiked model of the Covid-19 virus. And now, he’s making sure the educational tool has a long life post-pandemic. Fauci has donated the 3D model to the national medicine and science collections at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington,

Dr. Mehmet Oz sprang into action and helped save a man who had collapsed at an airport Monday night. Oz, along with Port Authority police, performed CPR on a 60-year-old man at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, according to a statement from the Port Authority Police Department. “I performed CPR with the help

Maria Bello is moving on. Bello, who played Dr. Jacqueline “Jack” Sloane on “NCIS” for three seasons, said goodbye to the CBS series following her final episode that aired Tuesday night. The actress posted a heartfelt tribute to her Instagram, writing: “And that’s a wrap for Jack Sloane @ncis_cbs !!! I’ve learned many things on

Solange Knowles is opening up about her health while making her last album. The singer took to Instagram and revealed that she was “literally fighting for my life” while making “When I Get Home.” “2 year anniversary of the project that literally changed my life. When I first started creating ‘When I Get Home’ I