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African nations are pushing for a dramatic increase in climate financing at the UN’s Cop29 summit that opened in Azerbaijan on Monday – calling for $1.3 trillion (€1.22 trillion) annually to help the continent transition to renewable energy, adapt to climate impacts and address damage from climate-related disasters. The target represents a massive 13-fold scaling

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida/WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv. Trump and Putin spoke in recent

A course dedicated to studying Beyoncé is coming to Yale University next Spring. It’s not the first time that singers and songwriters have been the focus on a university course. ADVERTISEMENT With a record amount of Grammy nominations and acclaim as one of the most influential artists in music history, Beyoncé will be the subject

Fortress Investment Group has bought British arthouse exhibitor and distributor Curzon in a deal that it claims will secure the company’s future across exhibition, distribution and streaming. The acquisition, announced Tuesday, saw Fortress acquire the company from Charles Cohen’s Cohen Media Group in a foreclosure auction involving multiple Cohen assets, including the Landmark cinema chain.

Studiocanal’s third “Paddington” instalment, “Paddington in Peru,” delivered a commanding £9.6 million ($12.3 million) opening weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office, per numbers from Comscore. “Paddington in Peru” scored the biggest opening of the year for a British-produced film, the biggest opening in the territory for the franchise and is Studiocanal’s highest U.K.

Being Dead have shared a new video for “Dragons II,” from their new album Eels. Directed and edited by Alex Winker, the visual shows the Austin, Texas, rock artists performing the song live in a tunnel, capturing what they describe as “writing the track in their rumpus room.” Watch it below. Eels, Being Dead’s follow-up

Alpha Royce, previously known as ‘Beey Royce,’ is a 21 year old artist from Soweto. The name change marks a significant change in the artist’s life as she is in her final year of a BA degree in Media Studies at WITS University and plans to focus on music fulltime. “Beta” is

From the vaults we dug up the highlife album recorded in the early 80s by the late father of actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and CNN anchor Zain Asher, and the soukous classic ‘Sikia butamu’ (aka ‘Mume wangu ni mlevi’) by Jean Papy, with the raunchu cover art seen above. Just like in the

The Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA), the driving force behind South Africa’s township and rural entrepreneurial ecosystem, proudly presents the 6th Annual Township Economy Summit with the awards being launched this year. Bulelani Balabala, founder of Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA). Image supplied The Township Economy Summit is set to address the critical need for an inclusive