Harry Belafonte, the iconic singer who became synonymous with calypso music and civil rights activism, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 96. Belafonte was born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, New York in 1927. He spent his formative years in Jamaica with his mother before returning to the United States to complete
McDonald’s recently reported its Q1 earnings, which exceeded Wall Street expectations as the fast-food giant’s customers continued to purchase popular items like Big Macs and Shamrock Shakes. However, the company’s executives did express concerns over a possible recession looming in the United States and Europe, reiterating similar warnings from the previous quarter. McDonald’s customers in
After much anticipation, Apple has finally launched two retail stores in India this month. The stores are located in Mumbai and Delhi, and customers have been welcomed by staff members donning green t-shirts. The staff members are described as highly educated and tech-savvy, with Apple reportedly paying them up to four times more than their
General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra announced that the company will be halting production of its popular electric Chevrolet Bolt models by the end of this year. The Bolt EV and EUV models currently account for the majority of GM’s electric vehicle sales. However, the battery cells used in the cars are of an older
WhatsApp has just announced a new feature that allows users to sign in to their accounts from multiple devices at the same time, a feature that has been requested by users for several years. The new feature will be rolled out to users worldwide over the coming weeks. Multiple Device Sign-in WhatsApp has introduced a
Tottenham Hotspur’s first-team squad has apologized and decided to refund supporters who travelled to watch their humiliating 6-1 defeat at Newcastle United on Sunday. Following a dreadful display at St James’ Park, Spurs interim coach Cristian Stellini was sacked after his team went down 5-0 in just 21 minutes before Harry Kane struck a second-half
The UK has launched a “complex” and “dangerous” mission to evacuate around 4,000 UK passport holders who have been stranded in Sudan after heavy fighting broke out in the east African country. The Royal Air Force (RAF) planes will collect people from an airfield near Khartoum, with priority given to families with children, the elderly,
Kristin N. Johnson, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has stated that the regulatory body is in talks with Binance to address concerns about the cryptocurrency exchange’s conduct. The CFTC has sued Binance, its CEO Changpeng Zhao, and its former chief compliance officer, alleging that the platform solicited US users and allowed
Yellow Veil Pictures and Drafthouse Films have collaborated to acquire the North American rights to Once Upon A Time Uganda, a documentary by Cathryne Czubek. The film follows the unlikely friendship between Isaac Nabwana, a filmmaker known as Uganda’s Quentin Tarantino, and American film programmer Alan Hofmanis, who travels to Uganda to collaborate on Nabwana’s
The ongoing conflict in Sudan may spread beyond the country’s borders and have far-reaching consequences, warn analysts, as a new ceasefire seeks to enable Sudanese citizens and foreign nationals to flee. The fighting began 10 days ago as a result of a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under President Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan