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Meet the Filipino Scientist Who Invented the Videophone in 1954
WEBApr 2, 2016 · This is neither an April Fools’ joke nor a viral Internet hoax. On March 30, 2016, the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) posted on Facebook a photo from 1954 of Filipino engineer Gregorio Y. Zara demonstrating his latest invention: a two-way television telephone, or videophone, patented as a “photo phone signal separator network.”
How Morocco’s Atlas Lions made history at the 2022 World Cup
WEBDec 27, 2022 · The Atlas Lions made history at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Morocco national football team was not only the first team from an African country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, they were also the only team from an Arab country. On December 10, 2022, they will forever remain etched in the …
Diving tragedy plunges Trinidad & Tobago into mourning and …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · On February 25, five divers on a job for Paria Trading Company Limited, a state-owned fuel and logistics business in Trinidad and Tobago, were sucked into the 36-inch oil pipeline on which they were working.The cause of the accident, initially unknown, was later attributed to a powerful vacuum effect presumably triggered by the removal of a flange attached to the vertical section of the U ...
Three graphics that explain Portuguese colonialism
WEBOct 12, 2021 · This article by Ruth Correia was first published on The Interruptor in Portuguese on May 28, 2021. An English translation has been republished here under a content partnership agreement and has been edited for length and clarity. Colonialism and imperialism are complex political structures that presuppose domination over other peoples and …
Thirty years after his tragic death, iconic Soviet musician Viktor …
WEBAug 15, 2020 · Find out more about the turmoil in Belarus here. In Kazakhstan's capital Almaty, where a statue of Tsoi was erected on June 21, 2018 in honour of his numerous connections to the country where his father was born and lived, the monument has featured in anti-government protest actions, such as the …
Preserving Africa’s musical heritage by combining traditional folk ...
WEBSep 27, 2021 · Archiving East Africa's folk music. Huey Tracey is perhaps one of the most renowned ethnomusicologists who, together with his wife Barbara Tracey, made over 35,000 recordings of African folk music between the 1920s and the 1970s. He later founded the International Library of African Music ( ILAM) — the largest repository of African music in the world which preserves thousands of historical ...
Community pantries inspire hope amid pandemic and economic …
WEBMay 5, 2021 · A community-initiated food bank, established to serve the hungry amid the pandemic and its economic fallout, has inspired various mutual aid efforts across the Philippines.
The Plight of the Zambian Watchdog: Embattled Opposition News …
WEBOct 11, 2016 · After the elections, Zambia's Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) suspended the broadcasting licences of the country's largest independent TV station as well as two radio stations for “unprofessional conduct posing a risk to national peace and stability” before, during and after the 2016 elections. The suspension has since been lifted. The closing of the Zambian Watchdog's Facebook ...
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