Benin's Angelique Kidjo dedicates Grammy Award to Nigeria's Burna Boy Beninese music star Angelique Kidjo on Sunday dedicated her fourth Grammy award to Nigeria’s Burna Boy hailing him as one of the new African artists that are taking the world stage by storm. Kidjo’s Celia album won the Best World Music Album category, ahead of Burna Boy’s African Giant. Fanm D’ayiti and What Heat were the other nominated albums.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ second temple in Peru was dedicated on Sunday, June 21, 2015. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the Church’s First Presidency, presided over the services and gave the dedicatory prayer. Joining him were Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the […]
Pioneers physically rescued each other; now Latter-day Saints can spiritually rescue their ancestors, the Apostle says.
An exhibition dedicated to film legend Marlene Dietrich is slated to open at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on June 16, 2017.
Glenturret Distillery has unveiled a limited edition 29-year-old cask strength single malt Scotch whisky to mark distillery manager Neil Cameron's 20th year in his role
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York harbor. It's stood as a symbol of the United States ever since and has been featured on dozens of stamps over the years.
Parents and sports boosters have pushed for a stadium for Owings Mills High School for years. Now the school has one, and it is being dedicated today.
For the first time since they were listed as endangered in 2003, southern resident orcas are receiving attention (and cash) from the federal government.
The facility that houses the world’s most powerful space simulation chambers has now been named for the world’s most famous astronaut.
Riverdale’s executive producer announced in a sweet tribute to Luke Perry that all future episodes of the series will be in honor of the late star — read more
In Turkmenistan, the Akhal Teke horse is prized above all others.
Besides being the second temple for St. George, the Red Cliffs temple becomes the 17th operating temple in Utah and the Church’s 189th worldwide.
BALLET2000 Prix 20166 dedicates this years edition to the memory of Maya Plisetskaya at the Cannes Award Ceremony and Gala.
A heartbroken Riyad Mahrez dedicated his winning strike against Tottenham at Wembley to the Leicester owner and his father figure Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
South Africans were recently left in stitches when radio and TV personality Somizi Mhlongo sang a 'Sarafina' song to celebrity blogger Musa Khawula.
A land of 100,000 lakes? More aptly and accurately, Finland is a nation of 100 percent literacy, a land of libraries. The country celebrated its 101st year of independence on December 6 by dedicating “Oodi (Ode),” the long-awaited new Helsinki Central Library, designed by the locally based ALA Architects, following their selection through a 2014 international competition that attracted 544 entries. Situated in the cultural heart of the nation’s capital, Oodi’s spruce-clad, glass-topped volume bounds the eastern edge of “Kansalaistori (Citizen’s Square),” completing a civic . . .
City-funded expansion adds meeting rooms, offices Clarksville, TN - City of Clarksville officials dedicated Wednesday a major expansion of the Ajax Turner
President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, dedicated Virginia’s first temple in two sessions on Sunday, May 7. “Temples are essential to our Heavenly Father’s plan for His children,” he said.
As First Lutheran moves into the future, it honors a musical tradition that’s thousands of years old as part of its $4.2 million investment.
