
Ghana appoint Hughton as technical adviser, Otto Addo as Blacks Stars coach
- Tomi Akinsanya
- February 9, 2022
The Ghana Football Association has announced the appointment of former Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton as the technical advisor of the Black Stars. Former midfielder Otto Addo will serve as the head coach with George Boateng and Mas-Ud Dramani also part of the new technical crew. The GFA made the announcement following a meeting of […]
Read Full StoryIsrael’s Sam Spiegel Film School Launches Series Lab With Netflix, ViacomCBS’ VIS Social Impact (EXCLUSIVE)
- Joyce Beatrice
- February 7, 2022
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School is set to launch a Series Lab with the support of Netflix and VIS Social Impact, ViacomCBS International Studios’ new cause-driven production division. Hagai Levi, the creator of “In Treatment” and “The Affair,” has joined the new program as artistic advisor. For the last decade, the film school has […]
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Univision and Televisa Close Landmark Merger Deal to Create Spanish-Language Content Behemoth
- Joyce Beatrice
- February 1, 2022
Televisa and Univision have closed their landmark transaction, a long-awaited merger deal that will now create a Spanish-language media and content powerhouse that will reach 100 million Spanish speakers across the U.S. and Mexico. The new company, named “TelevisaUnivision,” will bring together intellectual property from Televisa’s four broadcast channels, 27 pay-TV channels, Videocine movie studio, […]
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Disney Taps J.P. Morgan Analyst Alexia Quadrani to Head Investor Relations
- Joyce Beatrice
- January 28, 2022
The Walt Disney Co. has named longtime J.P. Morgan media analyst Alexia Quadrani as head of investor relations. In her new role as senior vice president, Quadrani will serve as Disney’s information liaison to the investment community and serve as a key advisor for company’s senior management team. She succeeds Lowell Singer, the Disney veteran […]
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Soup Cookie Accountability: White Connecticut Man Arrested For Threatening Racist Rant Over Peanut Butter Smoothie
- Omolara Adesegun
- January 24, 2022
Bossip Video Source: lacaosa / Getty While “Karen” has been one of the most viral and toxic people on Earth over the past few years, that by no means absolves their KKKounterparts from their devilish deeds. White men are still perfectly capable of terrorizing, traumatizing, and threatening the lives of people of color. Take, for […]
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Fauci says it’s ‘safe enough’ for kids to be in school despite Omicron’s ‘very severe’ surge
- Global TimesNG
- January 3, 2022
This Week With George Stephanopoulos” that the COVID-19 variant has ripped through the US at an “unprecedented” rate of roughly 400,000 cases per day. “There’s no doubt about it, the acceleration of cases that we have seen is really unprecedented, gone well beyond anything we have seen before,” Fauci said. “We are definitely in the middle of […]
Read Full StoryAmericans evacuated from Afghanistan by vets group land at JFK
- Global TimesNG
- December 19, 2021
leave a younger brother and his parents in the war-torn and economically ravaged country. “They were in serious danger, because I was supporting the US Army back in home,” he said. Edadi and the other evacuees, including more than a dozen kids, were rescued from the Taliban-controlled country by Project Dynamo, a volunteer, civilian group […]
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De Blasio ramps up city COVID testing amid ‘very substantial’ increase in cases
- Global TimesNG
- December 16, 2021
vax-or-mask requirement and the “Key to NYC” program for indoor venues. Part of the mayor’s plan is to distribute KN95 masks to New Yorkers and have it worn indoors. “We’ll have inspectors going out full force starting tomorrow to make sure there’s a high level of compliance with each of those mandates,” he said. Dr. Dave Chokshi, […]
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Official: One million Americans vaccinated against coronavirus
- Ayoola Olumide
- December 24, 2020
More than a million people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield said Wednesday. “The United States achieved an early but important milestone today — jurisdictions have now reported that more than one million people have received their first […]
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Atlanta mayor declines Joe Biden cabinet position
- Ayoola Olumide
- December 20, 2020
Joe Biden reportedly offered Keisha Lance Bottoms a position in his cabinet, which the Atlanta mayor turned down. “Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honoured to have been offered a role in the Cabinet, which she respectfully declined,” Rashad Taylor, Bottoms’ senior advisor, said in a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It isn’t clear which position […]
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Eric Adams expected to tap Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez to run NYC DOT
Mayor-elect Eric Adams has picked City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez to be New York City’s next Transportation Commissioner — and Rodriguez has accepted, sources said. Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) has served on the council since 2010, and as the chair of its Transportation Committee for eight years. The Inwood politician was among the mayor-elect’s closest backers during this year’s […]
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