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[INDIA KERALA BENGALURU MARY ANN ALEXANDER R&B MUSIC] There was a time when Black Americans ruled the musical genre of R&B (Rhythm and Blues), but since 2025 times have been changing in the favor of the most unlikely of places and that place is India. While little is known in America about the history of Indian music especially when it pertains to R&B, there is one Indian artist that appears to be bridging that gap rather quickly. Her name is Mary Ann Alexander. The exception

[FUJIAN CHINA SHOE FACTORY FIRE] Chinese president Xi Jinping stated that an “an all-out search and rescue effort” must be conducted in order to find 26 Chinese workers that are currently trapped underneath the ruble of a major shoe factory dubbed as the “shoe capital” in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian yesterday that burst into flames releasing highly repressive odors into the air causing eye, nose, and throat irritation amongst the population in the region. Preside

[India Missing 11-year-old girl gangrape] Leaving many people in India and the international community in shock and awe was the recent rape and killing of an Indian girl in the Surjyapur village of Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, the Indian state of West Gengal. This highly sensitive rape and killing led to one man who was declared innocent and cleared of wrong downing lynched and the targeted police killing of another man by the name of Prabhas Mondal who was suspected of the r

[China Tropical Storm Maysak Guangxi] An estimated 130,000 people have been adversely impacted and relocated due to the severe flooding by Tropical Storm Maysak in the Guangxi region in southern China as 39 people have been killed. More deaths are expected to follow in the coming days. Thousands of rescuers have been deployed to Guanxi. This comes on the heels of Typhoon Bavi impacting Guam and other pacific islands, the aftermath of which caused several tornadoes to span in

[HOUSTON NEWS WORLD CUP GUN VIOLENCE WEATHER] As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, the Bayou City finds itself at a dynamic intersection of civic pride, ongoing public safety concerns, and the global spotlight of the FIFA World Cup. The first week of July 2026 brought a mix of record-breaking festivities, tragic incidents, and critical city governance decisions, all shaping the narrative of this sprawling metropolis.

[Bukkake Porn] It’s without a shadow of doubt that pornography has played a key role in shaping how people all over the world are having sex, but more specifically it has almost defined how Americans have sex. What is even more important than how people today are having sex are the types of trends that people are engaging in when it comes to how they have sex. Sexual trends such as rape fantasies, being what is known as “Hyper-Available”, and various kinds of kinks are just s

[Ebola France] While Ebola cases continue to rise in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an estimated 1,118 confirmed cases and at least 277 deaths have been reported, France reported its first Ebola case on Wednesday. It is the first case reported outside the Congo since the outbreak began. The patient is a humanitarian aid doctor who had recently been deployed to the Congo to help contain the disease. Reports say the Doctor boarded a plane in Kinsh

[Earthquake Venezuela Japan] As climate change continues to affect people worldwide, Venezuela was struck yesterday by two powerful back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter Scale. La Guaira, which lies north of Caracas, suffered the most severe damage, with multiple buildings collapsing and trapping people beneath the rubble. Thousands of Venezuelans are currently feared dead and/or seriously injured, and authorities quickly declared a state of emergency.

[Juneteenth Sheba Roy Houston Acres Homes] In spirit of Juneteenth, on June 18th, the Acres Homes community which is located in Houston Texas will be celebrating the holiday by pushing Black American farmers to the forefront of the community through a “Juneteenth Farm-to-Table Brunch”. Acres Homes, like many Black American communities and communities of color within the United States appear to be plagued by “Food Deserts”. Sociologists define Food Deserts as “Low-income, marg

[Congo Ebola] While the world is fighting for oil and gas to be released from the Strait of Hormuz, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is fighting an invisible enemy called Ebola caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus. With confirmed cases of people being infected with Ebola, which has a moderately high mortality rate of 50%; the number of confirmed cases has reached 837. Of those 837 confirmed cases, 196 of those infected have been killed by the viral infection. According t

[6.3 magnitude earthquake China Qinghai] Today at 5:06pm (0906 GMT) the northwestern Chinese province Qinghai was rocked and devastated by a 6.3 earthquake that left at least one person dead, four people severely injured, and many other residents trapped underneath the rubble. Qinghai is located in the prefecture of Haixi. Although being hit by the 6.3 earthquake, most of the communication, water, energy, and transportation sectors appear to be uninterrupted. At the moment, t

[India Dengue] While the southern states in the United States worry with Texas calling for a state of emergency because of the screwworm parasite that resulted in Canada banning Texas Beef, India is facing another emerging threat that used to be referred to as a seasonal disease to not a full-blown year-round disease called Dengue. For India, Dengue infection cases typically increase just before the monsoon season which spans between June to September. Indian health officials

[Houston City Councilwoman Tiffany D. Thomas Houston's Annual Swim Safety Clinic] With summer kicking in, water sports, fun, and play is the order of the day, especially on the weekends as temperatures in Houston, Texas heat up well into the upper 90s. With water fun and play comes the issue of safety and prevention. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or simply wish to learn more about water safety and prevention measures, Houston City Councilwoman Tiffany D. Thom

[Black Houston Creatives Network Black Label Experience The Essence of Summer] The following is a Press release that was provided by the Black Houston Creatives Network regarding the upcoming event entitled: “Black Label Experience The Essence of Summer”. This event will be occurring during the weeklong celebration of Juneteenth.

[Texas Representative Charlene Ward Johnson Juneteenth Texas Acres Homes] With the relatively new federal holiday of “Juneteenth” coming up, Houston, Texas Acres Homes Community Leader and Texas State Representative Charlene Ward Johnson of District 139 has set out to host this year's weeklong Juneteenth celebratory event. Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865. According to the his

[United By The Game Mega Networking Event] In just two days, a major networking event will be held in Downtown Houston at the Bayou Place which is located at 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002 this Thursday, May 28th, 2026. The “United By The Game Mega Networking Event” operates in the spirit of the World Cup coming to Houston, Texas and is heavily sponsored by Martin Curiman. It’s been predicted that this business networking event will be the most talked about in the City of H

[The Wizard of the Kremlin] Tomorrow in theaters, The Wizard of the Kremlin directed by Oliver Assayas highlighting the life and political career of now Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin begins. This film was written by Giuliano Da Empoli, Oliver Assayas, and Emmanuel Carrère. According to IDBM, the synopsis of The Wizard of the Kremlin is about how “A young Russian filmmaker becomes an unlikely advisor to Vladimir Putin as he rises to power in post-Soviet Russi

[NAACP Nicholas Little Voter's Rights Act] Does the termination of the Voter’s Rights Act adversely affect Black Americans? While many Black Americans feel as if it does, there are some that take the position that the revocation of the Voter’s Rights Acts which was created to “level the political playing field" amongst Black and White Voters in America, doesn’t have any minimum effect on Black American Voters as a whole. While U.S. supreme court justice Samuel Alito made the

[Vladimir Putin Military Day Parade] Russia President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin took the time out to pay respect and to honor the military servicemen and women of the Russian Military as well as the Russian families that have been adversely impacted and/or killed during World War II. This year's Military Parade takes place against the backdrop of the Special Operation now turned into a prolonged hot war with Ukraine now in its fourth year. It is agreed within the internati

[America's declining literacy rate] When it comes to the declining literacy rate amongst students, teachers from coast to coast in America have been sounding the alarm bells for decades. According to statistics, a whopping 40% of American students can’t read. Making matters worse, of that 40% of students that can't read on their grade level, 70% of those students that come from low-income families are failing to meet grade level expectations when it comes to being able to rea