South Africa soon to become the first African nation to legalize cannabis sativa, popularly known as marijuana/weed/pot for entirely therapeutic purposes. In a letter addressed to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), who have been championing the authorization of the Medical Innovation Bill, the Medicines Control Council (MCC) revealed that the proposed guidelines on cannabis production for medical use would soon be published.
Lent fast is a Christian tradition and the 2017 season kick off today March 1, 2017 with Ash Wednesday and ends on 13th April, 2017. It will last for 40 days until Easter. The Lent period reflects when Jesus fasted and suffered in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights, before he started his ministry. According to the Bible, he was tempted by Satan during this time, but each time he managed to refuse his temptations. Happy Lent!
The Chinese government is as of now considering giving families financial support to have more than one child in a bid to reach higher birth rate targets with population of over a billion people and counting.
It's an unbelievable turn around from more than four decades of the country's one-child policy with strict/ harsh penalties for having more than one child, including fines and forced abortions.
As per new reports, Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has rejected a mammoth £30 million per year deal to manage in the Chinese Super League, despite the fact that he isn't sure of his future at Arsenal taking after fan dissents at the Emirates.
Arsene Wenger, 67, has a £8 million a-year deal to manage Arsenal FC that runs till this late spring, and despite being unsure if his contract will be renewed or not due to unrest at the Emirates Stadium over the English club's trophy drought, many feel Wenger should have accepted the huge offer from CSL which will make him the highest earning coach.
Happy March 2017 to you all... Make a better person of yourself in this new month.
Undefeated retired boxing champion, Floyd 'Money' Mayweather calls out UFC reigning Lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, saying it's about time they battled for the satisfaction of the fans. McGregor and Mayweather have been going at each other via web-based networking media for months and the retired boxer who turned 40 on Saturday has now officially called McGregor.
From Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial singing along, Fosu-Mensah, Marcos Rojo, Jesse Lingard, Luke Shaw all got caught up in the frenzy.
See the footage after the cut
Asghar Farhadi, Director/Producer, won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but Farhadi was not in attendance to claim the Oscar for his film, "The Salesman."
Asghar Farhadi boycotted the Oscars awards in protest of President Donald Trump's executive order that temporarily barred travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Iran, from entering the United States of America.
Salome Kwarwah, the Liberian nurse who survived the deadly Ebola epidemic dies of complications from pregnancy on February 22, 2017 at age 28.
Salome thought her life was over when she tested positive for Ebola, which killed her parents. But after recovering at the Elwa 3 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola treatment center in Monrovia,Liberia, she began working as a mental health counselor there, helping others to fight the virus. She told her story before her demise:
The 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) took place on Sunday, honoring the best in film. “La La Land,” tied the all-time record with 14 nominations. Viola Davis won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. With her Oscar win, Davis puts herself one step closer to a possibility of an EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony). With the win for her work in the 2016 film “Fences,” Davis already has an Emmy, two Tonys, five Screen Actors Guild awards, a Golden Globe and now an Oscar. Congratulations to her and other winners. Full list of winners after the cut..
