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San Franners are being asked to tackle pollution by ditching plastic during the SailGP race weekend. The Japan SailGP Team is calling on San Francisco residents to take the ‘plastic promise’ in a bid to combat plastic pollution during the race. 

The Japan entry in sailing’s pinnacle league currently sits third in the SailGP championship heading into the San Francisco race on 26 – 27 March with 51 points. 

Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84.

A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America's top diplomat in 1997 during the Clinton government. Often hailed as "a champion of democracy", she was instrumental in efforts to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

The president of Turkey, South Korea’s prime minister and other officials inaugurated a massive suspension bridge Friday over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and Asian shores of the key waterway. With a 2,023-meter (6,637 feet) span between its towers, the “1915 Canakkale Bridge” becomes the world’s longest suspension bridge, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge created a mass stir when they visited the neighbourhood of Trench Town, in Kingston - where international reggae legend Bob Marley grew up. As part of the royal couple’s Caribbean tour, during their stop-off in Jamaica, and whilst in the St. Andrew’s parish, The Duke – Prince Williams – played football with some of the locals, with a special appearance made by Jamaica-born England international, Raheem Sterling before visiting the Trench Town Culture Yard museum - which celebrates reggae music.

The United States House of Representatives passed the CROWN Act, which would ban hair-related discrimination on March 18th 2022. Measure H.R. 2116 passed 235-189 in a vote along party lines - which was introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Democrat – New Jersey.

“CROWN” stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and the act prohibits “discrimination based on an individual’s texture or style of hair.” The bill now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration, debate and a vote.

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay has completed four jam-packed days in Australia from 17 to 20 March, where over 50 Batonbearers were selected to represent their country. It follows recent visits to other Commonwealth Games Associations in Oceania, some of which include:

With the aid of a loud speaker, Kayemba Stephen's voice booms out above the noise of the traffic and bustle as people make their way to work in this busiest part of Uganda's capital, Kampala.

"Receive Jesus today!" the preacher, known on the streets as Sulphur Teacher, urges passers-by with a swagger as if he believes everyone is closely listening to what he has to say.

A new Bottega Prosecco Bar has opened in the Extra-Schengen departure area of Venice Airport. Bottega’s quality food service format lands in the lagoon city, where the concept originated with the aim to evoke the tradition of Venetian bacari.

Travellers will therefore have the opportunity to taste Bottega wines in combination with some gastronomic specialities of the Venetian and Italian tradition.

An Indian man has received several offers of help after a video of him running home from work went viral. The video was shot by filmmaker Vinod Kapri, who offered a lift to the 19-year-old Pradeep Mehra as he ran past his car.

But Mr Mehra turned down the offer, saying he ran around 10km (six miles) every night to keep himself in shape to join the Indian Army. The video has more than 6 million views so far.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told to apologise for what was called utterly distasteful and insulting remarks after linking the invasion of Ukraine by Russia with the UK’s relationship with the European Union.

At the Conservative Party spring conference in Blackpool, the PM said that it was the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom, with the Brexit vote a “famous recent example”.

The hijab, according to a recent landmark Indian court ruling, has something to do with culture but certainly not with religion. A three-judge bench in the southern state of Karnataka upheld a government ban on the headscarf in schools and colleges on the grounds that wearing it was not essential to Islam.

Hot on the heels of the recent Trinidad & Tobago ‘Taste of Carnival’, the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Bandleaders Association (ACCBA) is preparing to serve a whole buffet of Caribbean culture this May in the center of Georgia’s energetic capital city with the 2022 edition of the beloved ‘Atlanta Caribbean Carnival’.

Atlanta Caribbean Carnival’ which has been in existence for 35 years takes place from May 27th-30th 2022 and is already gearing up to be a major highlight of the Memorial Day Weekend (the unofficial start of the US Summer festival season).

The Australian government has won an appeal against a ruling that it has a duty of care to protect children from harm caused by climate change.

Last year, eight teenagers and an 87-year-old nun convinced a court that the government had a legal duty to children when assessing fossil fuel projects. The decision was hailed as a world first, but it has been successfully challenged by the environment minister.

Seven-time Formula One World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton delighted fans with a live Q&A session at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Al Wasl. Mercedes Formula One driver Sir Lewis Hamilton told cheering fans in Dubai that he was ready to fight for his eighth championship title this season.

He visited Expo 2020 Dubai for a short talk at Al Wasl Plaza, where thousands of excited fans turned up to see their sporting hero.

China is the world's biggest exporter and one of its most contentious exports of late is students.

Every year it is estimated that more than 700,000 Chinese people leave their country to study abroad. And many of these end up in the UK, learning at British universities.

It was announced that the former President of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Banda, has died. As the African country’s fourth president, he was in power from 2008 to 2011.

Diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago, his death came a day after current President, Hakainde Hichilema paid him a courtesy call at his residence - where he found him in high spirits.