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Dedicated Allen McCloskey (USA) first entered the record books in 2021 when he’d earned the title for longest career as a grave digger with a total of 68 years 191 days.

Did you know that six Nobel Prize laureates have been nominated for an Academy Award? Most recently, 2017 literature laureate Kazuo Ishiguro received a 2023 nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film "Living."

Publishing platform Substack is continuing to invest in video content as it launches the Substack Recording Studio, a built-in mechanism for creators to pre-record and publish videos.

Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Nigerian presidential candidate, has been honored with the Official Key to the City of Banjul, the capital of The Gambia.

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Science Corp. is betting on PRIMA, a chip said to be smaller than a grain of rice that, when implanted in the eye, works with camera-equipped glasses to restore functional vision to people suffering from advanced macular degeneration.

South African couples can now transfer up to R4 million offshore per year without Reserve Bank approval or a SARS tax clearance certificate

Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa has sealed a deal with Hong Kong–based Mandarin Oriental to manage two of Egypt’s most historic Nile-side hotels

Nipsey Hussle receives another posthumous honor, as the Los Angeles intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue will soon be named Nipsey Hussle Square.

Canada has revised its study permit policy, reducing the validity period granted to international students who must complete preparatory courses

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are expanding generative artificial intelligence into music creation, embedding new tools into their flagship consumer platforms and intensifying competition

US President Donald Trump has said he will impose global tariffs of 15%, as he has continued to rail against a Supreme Court ruling