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  Co-founders of the AEON Collective, Princess Noura Turki Al Saud and Princess Mashael Saud Al Shalan and Tony Chan, professor and president at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the AEON headquarters in Riyadh earlier this week.  The MoU comes as a move establish a mutual understanding of the willingness of both parties, to work collaboratively to support the acceleration of sustainable development both nationally and internationally, in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the kingdom’s Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). AEON Collective is an inter-disciplinary Waqf (A Non Profit Endowment Fund) that is dedicated to sustainability around the globe. The AEON Collective produces, curates and disseminates fact-based & culturally informed knowledge around sustainability, and actively build capacities for “knowledge communities” through multiple activities and initiatives. Princess Noura Al S...

  On Oct. 28, 1939, country performer Bill Monroe joined the Grand Ole Opry. In 1950, “The Jack Benny Program” debuted on CBS. In 1956, Elvis Presley made his second appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He sang several songs, including “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog.” In 1972, the United States Council for World Affairs announced that it adopted The Who song “Join Together” as its theme. In 1977, the Sex Pistols released their album “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols” in the U.S. It was released in the U.K. four days later. Also in 1977, Steve Perry joined Journey for their first public concert together, in San Francisco. In 1981, Metallica were formed, five months after singer James Hetfield answered an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper placed by drummer Lars Ulrich. In 1986, Marie Osmond married for the second time, to record producer Brian Blosil. She had divorced Steve Craig a year earlier. In 1992, singer Sinead (shuh-NAYD’) O’Connor was quoted by a British music m...

  Join us with guest artist Mikhael Tara Garver, an Immersive and Experiential Creative Director at Walt Disney Imagineering and the Director of Immersive Performance for Disney’s 2 day, 3 night groundbreaking Galactic Starcruiser, the most ambitious storytelling immersive experience in the world. Mikhael Tara Garver has been a pioneer in original experiential and immersive entertainment for over two decades. She has created innovative immersive work combining digital and physical across theaters, brands, non-profits, corporations, start-ups, social justice organizations, and civic spaces. She has received some of the first large-scale immersive commissions by national arts organizations like the American Repertory Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Goodman Theater, RiverLA, Montclair New Work Initiative, The United Nations, National Park Services, and The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, The United Nations, The Public Theater, The New York Public Library, among others. She was...

    Nigerian soldiers march during 62nd anniversary celebrations of Nigerian independence, in Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 1, 2022. The State Department has ordered the families of U.S. embassy staffers in the Nigerian capital to leave due to heightened fears of a terrorist attack. The State Department on Thursday ordered the families of U.S. embassy staffers in the Nigerian capital to leave due to heightened fears of a terrorist attack as it repeated a warning for all Americans to reconsider traveling to any part of the country and not to visit Abuja at all. The announcement came just two days after the department said it would allow nonessential personnel at the embassy in Abuja to depart voluntarily due to elevated security concerns. It did not provide details but the change suggested the U.S. has indications that an attack may be imminent. “The department (has) ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees from Abuja due to the heightened risk of terror...

  Nigeria spent $710.25 million on agricultural products from the U.S., and of that total, wheat alone gulped $503.63 million. Wheat and ethanol topped the list of agricultural items Nigeria imported from the United States of America in 2021. This is according to data by the United State Department of Agriculture. The data shows wheat, alongside ethanol and food preparation topped the list with a total value of $626.59 million. Other items were wine and related products, fish and seafood, intermediate products, essential oils, dairy products, tobacco and distilled spirits. According to the report, the value of the agricultural commodities exported by the U.S. to Nigeria rose 45 per cent between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, Nigeria spent $487 million on U.S. agricultural products, less than $653.27 million recorded in 2019. The amount rose to $710.25 million in 2021. Of that total, wheat alone gulped $503.63 million, representing the amount paid to import 1.6 million metric tonnes of the...

 SZA   has delivered her new song “Shirt.” Released alongside a cinematic Dave Meyers-directed video co-starring  Atlanta ’s LaKeith Stanfield, “Shirt” is the TDE signee’s first new solo song since she dropped “I Hate U” last year. In an interview with Aria Hughes for a Complex cover story, SZA said “Shirt” marked her fulfilling a long-held dream to work with producer Rodney Jerkins, a.k.a. Darkchild. The track is expected to show up on the long-awaited follow-up to her 2017 debut  Ctrl , which was reissued back in June with a deluxe edition. Earlier this month SZA gave fans a much-wanted update on the project, saying the rollout would start “any day.” When asked how much material she had recorded, she said she had a total of 100 songs in the can. “Maybe, like, I don’t even know actually,” she clarified. “Five years of material.”

  Today rapper  Killer Mike  shared “Talk’n That Shit!” which is his second single of 2022, the pair of songs which are his first solo releases since 2012’s  R.A.P. Music . Featuring a dense, morphing production from DJ Paul (Three 6 Mafia) and TWhy Xclusive, the single arrives paired with a video directed by seck. that demonstrates Killer Mike’s standing as a community pillar, featuring cameos from a range of groups and organizations meaningfully connected to him, including PAW Kids, Bass Reeves Gun Club, Next Level Boys Academy, Youth Build, New Georgia Project and more. Talk’n That Shit!” follows in the wake of his recent “Run” single, which marked his first solo release in ten years and yielded immediate widespread acclaim from the likes of  Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, TheGuardian, Pitchfork, Complex , in addition to a moving performance on  The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon that featured a stirring opening recitation from Tony Award Winner and poet ...