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Tyrus Wong, Artist Who Inspired Disney’s Bambi, Dead At 106
Tyrus Wong, the artist whose paintings became a visual inspiration for Disney’s animated classic Bambi, died Friday....
Deadly Blasts Rip Through Baghdad Market
Iraqis look at the aftermath following a double bomb attack in a busy market The attacks took place early Saturday...
Uganda Inflation Hits 5.7% From 4.6% Last Month
Uganda’s inflation rose to 5.7 percent year-on-year in December from 4.6 percent last month, the statistics office...
Andy Murray & Mo Farah Knighted In New Year Honours List
Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Lee Pearson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katherine Grainger are all honoured British tennis champion...
China Announces Ban On Ivory Trade By End of 2017
China has announced a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. Conservation groups hailed...
Libya Deport Dozens of Illegal African Migrants
Libyan authorities deported 157 illegal African migrants on Thursday. The migrants are mostly from Mali and were hoping...
Some of Africa’s Currencies Struggled In 2016
From a fall in Zambia’s Kwacha blamed on halted mining production to a plummet of Nigeria’s naira due to a chronic...
Church Gets the Deal Done! Kabila To Go After 2017 Polls
President Kabila will be unable to change the country’s constitution to extend his mandate for a third term. He will...
Zsa Zsa Gabor Laid To Rest In Intimate Beverly Hills Funeral
Surrounded by her close family and friends, Hollywood icon Zsa Zsa Gabor was remembered at an intimate funeral service...
Clashes Reported Despite Truce
Fighting between government and rebel forces has been reported in parts of Syria despite a nationwide truce coming into...
Katt Williams Sentenced For Punching Restaurant Employee
Katt Williams has been sentenced to three years probation after pleading no contest to charges he faced for punching a...
Putin Decides Against Tit-For-Tat Expulsion of US Diplomats
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined to engage in a tit-for-tat after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats...
Nigeria Rice ‘contaminated, Not Plastic’
Lab tests on a consignment of rice seized by Nigerian customs officials show that the product is "contaminated" but not...
Asian Flash Surge Takes Euro To $1.07
A short-lived surge in the euro dominated this year's last day of trade in major foreign exchange markets on Friday,...
Russia Moves To Expel US Diplomats In Response To Sanctions
Russia has called for the expulsion of 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by the US The Russian foreign...
Nine Ways To Name Your Child
Traditional African names often have unique stories behind them. From the day or time a baby is born to the...
Poland Buys da Vinci and Famous Collection For Bargain Price
Lady with an Ermine, painted in 1490, is one of only four portraits of women by Da Vinci. The Polish government has...
Russia-Turkey Brokered Truce Holding Despite Clashes
A new nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups appears to be largely holding. However...
Man Arrested Over New Year’s Eve ‘threats’ In Sydney, Police Say
Australian anti-terror police have charged a man for making threats against Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations. The...