On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...

EABL is largest beer business in East Africa Deal values business at $4.8 bln, raises $2.3 bln for Diageo World's top spirits maker is selling assets to cut debt Transaction set to complete in second ...

November is marked by offerings of marigolds to the dead in Mexico, minutes of silence to honour fallen soldiers in Britain and turkey feasts to give thanks in the United States. In Brazil it used to ...

Mohamed Amoura, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Jordan Ayew, Kei Kamara and Mohamed Salah feature alongside amazing feats from Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco and Tunisia. Cabo Verde, with a population of around ...

In early 2025, global superstar Bad Bunny did something no one saw coming. He turned the little-known, critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho) into an international icon. The ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Legendary rock band Foo Fighters announced they are performing Tuesday at Toad’s Place in New Haven. In-person tickets sales will begin Monday at 4 p.m. at Toad’s Place, ...

At least three African countries so far have struck a deal with President Trump’s administration to accept deportees from the United States. Uganda became the latest African nation to forge an ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Howie Mandel, Bobby Lee, and Caroline Rhea are joining the mass comedic ensemble of Adam Rifkin’s Toad. The trio join already announced James Paxton, Oliver Wyman, Tiffany Haddish, James ...

I’m no fan of performative identity politics, and I think racial preferences are long past their expiration date. Yet I don’t think the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani did anything ...

It began quietly, as many invasions do, unnoticed and underestimated. But the Asian black-spined toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, has since expanded across ecosystems far from its South Asian origins ...

In the movie, Tim Robinson seeks a psychedelic experience from an unusual source. Herpetologists want others to just say no. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To The Movies.” To get ...