Orange Is the New Black will conclude after its seventh season next year. The prison drama based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name was one of Netflix’s first original TV shows, premiering in the summer of 2013.Creator Jenji Kohan said…
The NFL has refused to comment on reports that Barbadian singer Rihanna declined an invitation to headline the Super Bowl half-time show in support of Colin Kaepernick. Quarterback Kaepernick, 30, was the first player to kneel during the US national anthem. Other…
The Netherlands has issued its first gender-neutral passport. Leonne Zeegers, 57, received a passport with the gender designation X, instead of M for man or V for woman. Born male, in 2001 Zeegers had surgery to become female, but now identifies as…
Cameroon’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected the last of 18 petitions calling for a re-run of an Oct. 7 election that the opposition said was marred by fraud, paving the way for results expected to extend President Paul Biya’s 36-year rule. The…
Below are pictures of Reverend Lucy Natasha, the founder and overseer of Prophetic Latter Glory Ministries. She has been described as Kenya’s hottest preacher by the local media. Lucy Natasha is often seen with prominent Kenyans including President Uhuru Kenyatta, Mike Sonko,…
Togolese lender Oragroup SA is planning to raise 56.9 billion CFA francs ($100 million) in the biggest initial public offering for West Africa’s regional exchange. Oragroup will list 20 percent of its equity on the Bourse Regionale Des Valeurs Mobilieres in Ivory…
Police in Turkey investigating the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have expanded their search, reports say. Unnamed Turkish officials say his body may have been disposed of in the nearby Belgrad forest or on farmland. Mr Khashoggi disappeared after entering…
Kenya is seeking consultants for a feasibility study on a planned gold refinery in the East African nation’s western town of Kakamega, in a bid to boost earnings by small-scale miners.“The aim of the project is to improve the livelihoods of the…
A total 84 ice cream trucks paraded through the streets of a British town to set a Guinness World Record for a gathering of the treat-dispensing vehicles. The parade, organized by ice cream truck manufacturer Whitby-Morrison, featured 84 of the vehicles driving in a line…
An Australian woman has been charged for allegedly gaining A$55,000 (£30,000) from a fundraising website after faking a cancer diagnosis. Lucy Wieland, 27, used social media to document a fraudulent journey through ovarian cancer treatment, a court in Townsville, Queensland, was told….
