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President Biden invites 49 African Heads of State to Summit

December 17, 2022

By Karen Stokes The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, was held December 13–15, 2022 in Washington, DC, more than eight years after the first summit. China, Russia, the European Union, Japan and Turkey have held many similar gatherings with African diplomats, businesspeople and civil groups, this is only the second such summit the U.S. is hosting in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Joe Biden, Karen Stokes, U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

South Korea’s Alternative Civilian Service Violates International Standards

May 14, 2022

As the world prepares for International Conscientious Objector Day on May 15, over 800 Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Korea have chosen to perform alternative civilian service (ACS) instead of compulsory military duties. Under the current ACS format, these young men are prisoners by definition, because they are forced to live and work in prison facilities. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alternative Civilian Service, International Conscientious Objector Day, Jehovahs Witnesses, South Korea

Mayor Barrett To Be Next Ambassador to Luxembourg

December 25, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Mayor Tom Barrett is officially going to Luxembourg. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination to be the ambassador to Luxembourg on Thursday, Dec. 16. “I feel unbelievably honored to have served this community for nearly 18 years as mayor,” Barrett said during a press conference on Thursday, Dec. 16. “As I often […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ambassador to Luxembourg, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Cavalier Johnson, Tom Barrett

MKE Fellows Team With PGA to Go “Beyond The Green”

September 25, 2021

International Ryder Cup Event Provides Milwaukee Youth with Access to Careers in Professional Golf Industry Earlier this week MKE Fellows, in partnership with the PGA of America, provided a once-in-a-lifetime, behind-the-scenes experience for over 60 Milwaukee youngsters to see “Beyond the Green” when they visited Whistling Straits Golf Course, home of this year’s international Ryder […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Kim Robinson Photography, MKE Fellows, PGA of America, PGA Reach, Ryder Cup

Mayor Tom Barrett To Become Ambassador to Luxembourg

August 28, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Change could be coming to Milwaukee and it’s in the form of a new mayor. The White House announced that President Joe Biden will nominate Mayor Tom Barrett to serve as ambassador to Luxembourg. The news came on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Once nominated, Barrett must then be confirmed by the Senate. As […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ambassador to Luxembourg, Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Tom Barrett

Your Next Food or Cosmetic Purchase May Help These Wildlife Rescue Conservationists Save an Elephant

March 27, 2021

As Malaysians were in total lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, a sweet-natured baby elephant named Sahabat was found wandering near an oil palm plantation. Nearly blind from severe eye infections, he had become separated from his herd. In Malaysia’s Sabah state, the Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) swooped to the rescue. Thousands anxiously followed Sahabat’s story […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Malaysia, Nathan Sen, Palm Oil

Serena Williams Builds Schools in Jamaica, Africa

December 6, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia While many deep-pocketed philanthropists and celebrities will write checks to support worthy causes, tennis megastar Serena Williams routinely goes the extra mile. In a recently released video, Williams donned a pair of jeans, workboats, a hardhat and went to work on Salt Marsh Elementary School in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Serena Williams, Stacy M. Brown

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1.3 Billion Tons of Food Being Wasted Each Year

September 14, 2019

By Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times Across the planet, more than a billion tons of essential, nutritious, life-sustaining food goes to waste each year. It is being eaten by weevils in sub-Saharan Africa and inadvertently passed over by harvesters in the rice fields of Southeast Asia. It gets scraped into the trash in restaurants in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Deborah Netburn, Food Waste

Flying High: Rexy Rolle Changing the Game in the Airline Industry

January 5, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Although she acknowledges setting “big goals,” Sherrexcia “Rexy” Rolle said the magic really happens in the small steps it takes to reach those ambitions. “That’s where the victories are won, in your daily to do list,” said Rolle, whose boardroom and classroom accomplishments likely turn as many […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Sherrexcia Rexy Rolle, Stacy M. Brown, Western Air Limited

Winnie Mandela Dies at 81

April 7, 2018

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) South Africa’s “Mother of the Nation” an anti-Apartheid crusader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died, her family confirmed in a statement on Monday, April 2. The ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela was 81. In a statement, her family said Mandela “died after a long illness, for which […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Obituaries, Stacy M. Brown, Winnie Mandela

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