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Cultural elegance redefining bridal couture
The Sun Nigeria
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August 9, 2025
By Damiete Braide African fashion is confidently claiming the global stage, and Virginia Adaeze Ugwu, founder and creative director of Ginasparks Fashion House, is emerging as one of its brightest stars. From the heart of Lagos to international...
Kodi Media Center: Open Source Power for Linux HTPCs
How-To Geek
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August 9, 2025
Kodi is an app you've almost certainly heard about—probably with some shady undertones—but how much do you actually know about it? Yes, you may know it's used to play media like videos, but that there's also been some controversy around the...
Comics, TV shows, games come to life at Madison Comic and Pop Culture Expo
WMTV - Wisconsin
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August 10, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Fans got to meet the people behind their favorite TV shows, video games, comics, and tabletop games at the second annual Madison Comic and Pop Culture Expo Saturday. Fans in line to meet the people behind their favorite TV...
Shirts Spotted at LAX Shop Signal Trump's Cultural Domination Is Reaching New Heights
The Western Journal
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August 9, 2025
When Los Angeles shows support, or just tolerance, for anything related to President Donald Trump, you know he’s winning the culture war. On Friday, an image went viral from LAX, showing that inside one retail store called AMERICA!, patrons can...
Sunrise indigenous cultural tour introduced at Mon Repos newly opened nature resort
Australian Leisure
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NRMA Parks and Resorts has partnered with Bundaberg’s First Nations owned and operated Taribelang Bunda Cultural Tours to offer guests at the newly opened nature resort at Mon Repos an exclusive Sunrise Cultural Tour. Led by a local Indigenous...
Pittsburgh Irish Festival bringing sights, sounds, tastes of Irish culture with new features
WPXI - Pennsylvania
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August 9, 2025
SWISSVALE, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Irish Festival is returning for its 34th year, bringing the sights, sounds and tastes of Irish culture. The festival will be held Sept. 5-7 at the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark, located in...
The cultural tidings of the week
Times LIVE
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August 9, 2025
Art Joburg’s Art Prize winner Thato Toeba creates images that demand we slow down, look closer and think more deeply about what we’re seeing 10 August 2025 - 00:00 THE JOBURG ART FAIR WINNER.. There’s never been a more important time to support...
Prince Oladigbolu Celebrates 40 Years Of Service, Cultural Legacy
New Telegraph
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August 9, 2025
Prince Kolade Afeez Siyanbola Oladigbolu, grandson of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abubakar Siyanbola Oladigbolu, has marked his 40th birthday, a milestone in a journey that spans royal heritage, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy. From his early...
Mediawatch: Media applauds old school move on NCEA
RNZ
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August 9, 2025
TVNZ's Simon Dallow with a blunt assessment of NCEA, after the government announced proposals to dump the system. Photo: TVNZ 1 News "Old school grades are set to return," 1 News host Simon Dallow told 6 pm news viewers on Monday evening at the...
New places, new faces for Williamson County Football Media Day
Mainstreet Preps - Tennessee
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August 9, 2025
The TSSAA’s one-time transfer rule has helped or hurt most high school football rosters in its first five months. Brentwood and Page are rare examples of the ruling serving both ends, especially at quarterback. During Saturday’s Williamson County...
300,000 March in London for Gaza as Media Focuses on Parliament Square Arrests
Great Reporter
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August 9, 2025
Central London was brought to a complete standstill today as an estimated 300,000 people marched in one of the largest pro-Palestinian demonstrations in British history, demanding an end to what organisers called the deliberate starvation of...
The Politics of Connection: Why Internet Access is a Modern Right
The Daily Blog
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August 9, 2025
In some parts of the world, an internet connection is not guaranteed. Access depends on policies, costs, or government control. While some enjoy free and open internet, others face censorship, surveillance, or complete shutdowns. Governments and...
Oklahoma State Players Meet With The Media After 10th Practice Of Fall Camp
News9 - Oklahoma
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Fall practice continuing for the Cowboys on Saturday. The Pokes holding their 10th practice of fall camp. Following practice, Oklahoma State safeties Dylan Smith and Mordecai McDaniel, offensive lineman Nuku Mafi and tight end Quinton Stewart met...
Singapore Police go viral with slow-mo reel set to Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’ track, internet calls it a crossover hit
Mint
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August 9, 2025
Singapore’s finest have stepped into the spotlight — quite literally — and it’s not just their usual display of law and order. In a surprise move that no one saw coming, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) posted a slow-motion reel of officers...
Molly-Mae Hague's sister Zoe Rae leaves a hair salon with her husband Danny weeks after scrapping Bali holiday because it 'looks better on social media'
Daily Mail
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August 9, 2025
Molly-Mae Hague's sister Zoe Rae cut a trim figure as she stepped out in Hale, Cheshire - still sporting rollers in her hair - just weeks after causing a storm over her luxury Bali getaway. The fitness influencer, 28, was all smiles as she left a...
Culture Minister Bachev on Bulgarian Folk Art
Bulgarian News Agency
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Speaking in an interview with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on Saturday, Culture Minister Marian Bachev said that Bulgarian folk art carries an energy that is recognizable all over the world. Earlier in the day, he opened the 13th National...
The chasm between law and culture
The Express Tribune
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August 9, 2025
Listen to article Pakistan's progressive legal framework often collides with a deep-rooted cultural mindset, creating a jarring paradox. What the law protects, society condemns. What the law forbids, society continues to normalise. The recent...
Himachal's 'Jodidar' Brothers Address Being Trolled For Marrying Same Woman, 'Culture Ko Badhawa..'
Bollywood Shaadis
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August 9, 2025
India is a land filled with varied cultures, traditions, and every state has something that is diverse and has a deep-rooted historic belief system. A tradition that recently hogged the limelight from Himachal Pradesh was a rare marital custom...
Teshie Chief urges unity, culture and discipline for Homowo 2025
Joy FM
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August 9, 2025
The Paramount Chief of Teshie and President of the Teshie Traditional Council, Gbetsoolo Nii Ashitey Akomfra III, has reaffirmed the unifying spirit and cultural richness of the Homowo Festival, while cautioning against acts of indiscipline that...
No sex please we’re celibate: why Gen Z have ditched hook-up culture
The Times
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My friends and I were at a party, sprawled around a table drinking wine, listening to a girl we didn’t know confidently proclaim her status as celibate. Openly and unabashedly she told us about the chaos her sexual encounters had brought her in...