US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride […]

Germany is facing the prospect of a tough lockdown at the turn of the year as Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to meet the nation’s 16 state premiers on Sunday to discuss their response to a surging second wave of infections. The video conference is expected to start at 10 am (0900 GMT). Merkel and other […]

The United States (US) adopted Saturday a “new official” map of Morocco that includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the ambassador to Rabat said. “This map is a tangible representation of President Trump’s bold proclamation two days ago — recognising Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara,” Ambassador David Fischer said according to a statement seen […]

Zambia’s electoral body on Saturday announced the extension of a voter registration exercise to capture more voters. The voter registration exercise ahead of 2021 general elections had commenced on Nov. 9 and closed on Dec. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said the commission had taken consideration of the concerns from […]

Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest, a black baby born to a black virgin with indigenous cherubs looking on. The symbolically charged nativity scene is already turning heads in Rio de Janeiro’s Gloria square, where the nearby Church of the Sacred […]