LUANDA (Reuters) – When the Angolan government imposed its coronavirus lockdown in late March, local entrepreneur and innovator Claudio Kiala saw a gap in the market when it came to virtual entertainment. Kiala and his team had been developing a performance platform known as Soba Channel App, before the crisis…
In 2012, I was given the privilege of performing my high school ska-punk hit song “Adam Wants A Blowjob” during a performance of Mortified in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mortified is a gloriously hilarious and cathartic evening of performance, wherein people perform excerpts from their actual, real-life high school and college journaling and other…
TORONTO — Two people were taken into custody after an hours-long standoff at a Brampton home overnight. Police were called to the residence near Hoskins Square and Helene Court at around 11 p.m. on Thursday for a report of shots fired. One neighbour told CP24 that he heard at least…
LUANDA (Reuters) – When the Angolan government imposed its coronavirus lockdown in late March, local entrepreneur and innovator Claudio Kiala saw a gap in the market when it came to virtual entertainment. Kiala and his team had been developing a performance platform known as Soba Channel App, before the crisis…
Frozen 2 and Hamilton arrive in Tellyland, there’s new shows such as Huey Morgan’s Latin Music Adventure and The Baby-Sitters Club, and the likes of Cable Girls and Hanna make a return . . . Pick of the Day Frozen 2, Sky Cinema Premiere, NOW TV & Disney+ Disney may have their…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tech and entertainment firms are looking to capitalise on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese owned apps, including the wildly popular TikTok, with one rival video app saying it had added 22 million users in 48 hours. India this week outlawed 59…
A hallway leads to a makeshift isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. Kirk Siegler/NPR In the Idaho mountain town of Grangeville, population 3,200, signs in windows on Main Street advertise that Border Days “is on.” The annual Fourth of July celebration boasts street dances, Idaho’s longest-running rodeo and even the world’s…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – The chief of India’s top clinical research agency said in a leaked letter circulated on Friday it envisaged launching a novel coronavirus vaccine by Aug. 15, prompting derision from some health experts who questioned the timeline. Dozens of vaccine candidates are at various stages of development…
Thodys mom has an autoimmune disease, and she babysits while Thody is at work. She said she was really unsure about returning until she saw the full extent of the safety precautions. Londoners are still urged to wash hands frequently and diligently, and to keep a distance of two metres…
[The Open Technology Fund is a U.S. government-funded nonprofit, which is part of the umbrella group called the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which also controls Radio Free Asia and Voice of America.] OTF’s goal is to help oppressed communities across the globe by building the digital tools they…