Author: Ewang Johnson
Over the last few months, the CAPC team has compiled a list of our favorite pop culture artifacts from the previous year. Unlike most year-end lists, we don’t claim that these are the “best.” Rather, these are the things that brought us the most joy and satisfaction throughout the last 12 months.For 2025, our favorite films include the latest from Iran’s greatest living director, a meditative look at one man’s life, a priestly murder mystery, and something about K-Pop and demon hunters.Eephus by Carson LundThe premise is simple: baseball. Alright, to give a more detailed synopsis, Eephus is about a…
Rhizomes are a five-piece based in France who have spent the last few years carving their psychedelic rock with oriental sounds. They popped by the arts24 studio to tell Marjorie Hache about their debut eponymous EP on which they sing in French, English, Arabic and Hebrew and whose aim is to unify and grow the same way as the subterranean horizontally growing roots that inspired their name. We also check out new releases by Californian pop metal artist Poppy, British rapper-producer Labrinth and Japanese-American indie darling Mitski. Source link
The story took yet another twist in October 1977 when the London Evening News ran the sensational headline, “I Was Hired to Kill Scott.” Fresh out of prison, Newton recanted his blackmail defence and was now claiming he was paid £5,000 as part of what the paper described as a “sinister conspiracy involving a leading Liberal supporter”. Nine more months of police investigation led to Thorpe and three associates being charged with conspiring to murder Scott. It was dubbed by the press “the trial of the century”. At Thorpe’s request, it was postponed for eight days so that he could…
BARCELONA, Spain, 20 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-In 2025 alone, more than 10 major power outages disrupted electricity supplies worldwide, affecting over 1.2 billion people. Ensuring system stability has remained a top priority for global power companies.Jason Li, President of Global Marketing & Solutions, Electric Power Digitalization BU, HuaweiStability is not their only concern, however; the drive toward carbon neutrality is accelerating the adoption of renewable energy and electrification. Integrating large amounts of new energy sources and managing unpredictable new loads requires flexibility from power systems.Jason Li, President of the Marketing & Solution Sales Dept of Huawei Electric Power Digitalization BU,…
The fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent sparked renewed outrage in the US on a week that saw revellers line the streets of Dakar to celebrate Senegal’s Africa Cup of Nations title and France’s Emmanuel Macron steal the show at the annual Davos gathering with his widely discussed Top Gun-style aviator sunglasses. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week’s most striking images. Source link
Geneva, Switzerland, 20 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-In less than a decade, Senegal has reduced its maternal mortality rate by more than 50%, from 392 deaths per 100 000 live births in 2015 to 153 in 2023. Behind this progress, however, a more complex reality persisted: in many health facilities, women continued to experience childbirth marked by fear, lack of information and impersonal health care.Tina, 32, a mother of three, remembers her first two deliveries as moments filled with anxiety: limited explanations, minimal communication with health staff and a feeling of being alone in the face of pain. “They were very difficult…
Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominees for the 2026 Oscars on Thursday morning from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. France24 Journalist Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us more. Source link
Country overview:IOA’s history of conducting research and providing consulting services on Niger informs the insights we offer on all aspects of the country’s economy, politics and society. Our economists have noted that while the country possesses one of the world’s largest uranium deposits and has other mineral reserves, the largely impoverished population survives on subsistence agriculture. A military coup d’état in 2023 prompted international sanctions, leading to shortages in medicines and other suffering in 2024, as a defiant junta reduced national security and economic advantages by pulling out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The regional body…
As surveillance footage comes to light revealing the circumstances of the Louvre heist three months ago, police are still searching for the stolen jewels. Valued at some €88 million, these precious treasures have now been added to a catalogue of stolen artworks. Source link
SEOUL, Singapore, 22 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bigo Live, one of the world’s fastest-growing social live streaming platforms with over 600 million registered users across over 150 countries, has announced the seventh edition of its annual flagship event, the BIGO Awards Gala. Themed “SEOUL LIGHTS, BIGO NIGHTS,” the highly anticipated ceremony will take place at KBS Hall in Seoul on Friday, 23 January 2026, celebrating the passion and creativity of its global community of content creators over the past year.BIGO Awards Gala 2026This year’s theme, “SEOUL LIGHTS, BIGO NIGHTS” captures the spirit of the event, where the energy of Bigo…