Education

D.C. Businessman Steve Kalifa Helps Howard University Fight The Pandemic

As an immigrant from Ethiopia, Washington, D.C., businessman Yimaj “Steve” Kalifa is living the American Dream, having built a personal wealth estimated at $100 million. Now at a time when COVID-19 has struck nearly 38,000 […]

Education

Four-Time Grammy Nominee Candi Staton Has A Story She Wants To Tell

Understanding a person’s start is sometimes more valuable than understanding their ending — especially someone who has reached iconic status. “Young Hearts Run Free” made Candi Staton a global icon. Hits such as “You Got […]

National

Looking For Love? Try Saint Anthony’s Ritual

Roman Catholic people in Latin America pray to Saint Anthony of Padua when they seek to leave singlehood. The saint, whose original name was Fernando Martins de Bulhoes, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1191 […]

Business

Crude Oil Prices Continue Rising As Inventories Drop

Crude oil prices notched another gain on Wednesday as the decline in the storage level of commercial crude oil in the United States moved lower, suggesting market demand was strong. The Energy Information Administration, part […]

National

Riot Hit Apple Factory To Reopen After Two-Month Shutdown Over Pay Protests

Wistron Corporation, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple Inc. in India, is planning to resume operations in its factory in southern state Karnataka by Feb. 20, two months after violent protests lead to its closure. Apple […]

National

Film Related To Tragic Incident In India Advances In Oscar Race

NEW DELHI — A tragic incident in her home country led, years later, to filmmaker Karishma Dev Dube’s poignant movie about two schoolgirls. Now the film is among 10 of 174 entries to advance on the […]

National

Falklands War Flagship Facing Grim Future As Scrap 

INS Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier to have served in the UK’s Royal Navy and the Indian Army, is staring at an uncertain future. The ship was commissioned in the British Navy in 1959 as HMS […]

National

Pilot-Less Program: Drone Firms Plan Test Of Anti-Collision System

Delivery drones could soon be flying over neighborhoods everywhere to drop off small packages of mail, medicine, food, medical equipment and more. But before that can happen, a method for keeping all those unmanned miniature […]

Health

Groundbreaking Center For Combating Pandemics Launched In Israel

In what is believed to be a global first, Israel’s Tel Aviv University has launched a new initiative to better understand the novel coronavirus and battle future pandemics. Despite tens of millions of COVID-19 cases […]