According to the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM), as of 2020, there were about 175 million migrants worldwide with about 9% (16.3 million) of those being Africans. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s report on Africa and Europe, Facts and Figures on African Migrations however, notes that African migrants are not overwhelming Europe as widely reported, adding that the majority of African migrants mainly migrate within Africa. Top 10 African countries that lost the most people to emigration ADVERTISEMENT

Halloween is a prime opportunity to escape reality for a night by donning a costume and assuming another identity, something that’s not lost on even the biggest of celebrities. This year, everyone from power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z (who turned up as fellow iconic pair Biggie and Lil’ Kim) to Kim Kardashian West (who’s already sported three different costumes ahead of the actual holiday) has gone all-out with their ensembles for Halloween.

South African athlete Caster Semenya is bringing her legal fight to participate in women’s sports to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), her latest bid to “put an end to the longstanding human rights violations by World Athletics against women athletes.” The lawsuit from the two-time Olympic champion challenges restrictions on testosterone levels in female athletes that prevents certain women from participating in international sports competitions. In a tweet Thursday morning, Semenya shared a press release from her lawyers, Norton Rose Fulbright, which said “Semenya’s ongoing fight for dignity, equality, and the human rights of women in sport took a crucial step forward with the filing of an application” to the ECHR.

March 16, 2018 3:24 PM EDT After a dairy truck lost its cargo in London on Thursday night, spilling a load of crates filled with milk bottles, the Internet found endless humor in the old adage, “there’s no use crying over spilled milk.” Instead of lamenting over the spilled milk on Gloucester Road, social media users instead took to the Internet to crack jokes and make good use of puns, with some even going so far as to suggest that the solution to the dairy truck’s accident would be to have a cereal truck make a stop at scene.

Before David Bowie became recognized as one of the most influential musicians of his era, he was known as David Jones, a young London singer in a local band who was infatuated with U.S. culture and Hollywood movies. The iconic artist died Sunday at age 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was born David Robert Jones on Jan. 8, 1947, but he changed his name when he was 18 to avoid confusion with another British musician of the same name, Davy Jones, who later became the frontman for The Monkees.

Why do we use the word Easter to describe the spring’s eggiest holiday? There’s more than one theory, but the most interesting intertwines with the tale of a monk known as the Venerable Bede. A learned man in literature and astrology, Bede worked to improve souls in 7th-century England. The scholar also did a lot of writing, and while he covered topics from spelling to science, he spilled a lot of ink on the question of which day was the right one to celebrate Easter — a contentious topic back in his day.

7. 4. 2023 | Discover Czechia If you’re thinking about relocating to Czechia or you spent April in our lovely country already, you might be interested in holidays Czech people celebrate. We covered all winter holidays like the Advent season, Christmas and New Year and we also wrote about the specific way Halloween is(not) being celebrated here. What about the most prominent spring holiday though? Let’s explore some of the customs and practices associated with Easter in the Czech Republic.

RUNNERS-UP When President Clinton held a press conference last June to mark what was billed as one of the most important scientific milestones of the centurythe cracking of the human genetic codetwo men stood together on a White House podium to share the credit. As leaders of competing genome projects, Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, and J. Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics, were recognized, correctly, as the two most important players in the worldwide effort to spell out the 3 billion “letters” of the human genomethe biochemical recipe, encoded in our dna, for manufacturing and operating a complete human being.

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It is essential to give children the right kind of food to support their growth and promote healthy height gain. Two hormones contribute to the height of a child. Human Growth Hormone (HGH) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) determines longitudinal bone growth and maintain bone mass. Hence, it may be helpful to consume foods that not only stimulate the production of the growth hormone but also aid bone growth.