Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a best actor Oscar. He was a trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat. He won the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies of the Field in 1963.
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a best actor Oscar. He was a trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat. He won the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies of the Field in 1963.

An American reality TV star has given up on her career of selling farts in a jar after being rushed to the hospital. Stephanie Matto recently revealed...

19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a New York apartment building. Another 32 people were sent to hospital, several of whom are...
Marking the latest any president has delivered a State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1.
BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms. The BrahMos missile flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the...
Sarah Beam, 41, who has worked as a teacher at Cypress Falls High School since 2011, is reportedly charged with endangering a child. Ms Beam said her 13-year-old son had tested positive for Covid-19 and she was taking him to the Pridgeon Stadium...

The demonstrations began on Jan. 2 in Kazakhstan over a near-doubling of prices for a type of vehicle fuel and quickly spread across the country, apparently...
Heavy fighting between the Myanmar military, which seized power in a coup last year, and resistance fighters has killed or displaced thousands of civilians in this region and elsewhere. This has forced thousands of Myanmar villagers to live...
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) – headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed has approved Ayesha Malik’s elevation by a majority of five votes against four. After this endorsement by the JCP, her name will be considered by a parliamentary...
A 42 year old Berlin teacher Stefan R was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the killing of another man that the court said was carried out as part of “cannibalism fantasies.” The Berlin state court found that...