Beyonce’s hit album ‘Lemonade’ and her world tour made her the highest-paid woman in music in 2017. According to an annual Forbes list released on Monday, the Pop Diva edged out Britain’s Adele and pop star Taylor Swift. The R&B singer earned some 105 million dollars from record sales and from her ‘Formation’ concert tour,…
Uber is in the news again and this time a Colorado, U.S. regulators issued an $8.9 million fine against its parent company for allowing employees with serious criminal or motor vehicle offenses to work for the company as drivers. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission said it launched an investigation into the ride-hailing service in March…
Former vice president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is expected to be sworn in as president following the resignation of Robert Mugabe, will return home on Wednesday, a ruling party ZANU-PF official said. Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades of rule by a man once feted as…
Robert Mugabe has officially tendered his resignation as the president of Zimbabwe. According to Sky News, Mugabe wrote a letter to the Zimbabwean parliament saying he was resigning “with immediate effect.” “I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, hereby formally tender my resignation as President,” his letter read. The parliament had resumed on Tuesday after a hiatus, planning to kick…
A university chaplain has become the Methodist Church’s first transgender minister in Great Britain after hiding her true identity for more than four decades. Joy Everingham, 46, spent years secretly applying lipstick and wearing women’s clothes before finally coming out three years ago.She first announced that she planned to transition while training to become a minister, before…
Zimbabwe’s long-time president Robert Mugabe has agreed to the terms of his resignation and a letter has been drafted, an official source with direct knowledge of negotiations told CNN The source said that the generals had given into many of Mugabe’s demands including full immunity for himself and his wife Grace, and that he would…
Christie’s employees take bids for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” at Christie’s New York on November 15, 2017.A 500-year-old work of art depicting Jesus Christ, believed to be the work of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, sold in New York on Wednesday for $450.3 million setting a new art auction record, Christie’s said “Salvator Mundi,”…
The South African President Jacob Zuma has confirmed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is confined to his home. Tweeting through @GovernmentZA, the official South African Government account, it was announced that South Africa would be sending a special envoy to both Zimbabwe and Angola. It was revealed that the envoy, which will include the South African Minister of Defence, will…
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has been detained in an unfolding military takeover in the southern African country. Soldiers took control of Zimbabwe’s ZBC state broadcaster in the early hours of Wednesday, and said the 93-year-old leader was “safe and sound”. Mr. Mugabe has led the southern African country since independence in 1980. But the soldiers…
More than 200 people are dead and more than 2,500 injured after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the border region between Iran and Iraq late Sunday. Iran’s Press TV said the highest number of casualties in the country occurred in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, with the country’s semi-official Mehr news agency…