“After the opening weekend, seeing the reaction around the world, on social media, and at the box office, we realized this was going to be something very special,” longtime Jackson attorney and estate co-executor John Branca told Black Press Media USA in an exclusive interview.

The resolution, introduced by Ghana and backed by African and Caribbean nations, calls for acknowledgment of slavery’s lasting damage and identifies reparatory justice as a step toward addressing centuries of forced labor, displacement, and exploitation.

Across 136 countries, nearly twice as many nations recorded gains in happiness as those that saw declines. But in the United States and similar countries, younger people are moving in the opposite direction, reporting lower life satisfaction than they did 15 years ago.

The widening crisis reportedly has unsettled investors and governments alike. U.S. stocks tumbled as the latest escalation in the Middle East intensified fears of prolonged instability in global energy markets and international trade.

ProPublica reports that corruption runs deep in the Trump administration

Major aviation hubs such as Dubai International Airport, Abu Dhabi, and Doha serve as critical gateways linking Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States. Disruptions tied to the war and security threats have sharply limited commercial flights, leaving thousands searching for routes out of the region.

No one at the very top had been arrested after the public release of those records. Until now.

So in the horrendous rhetoric we are hearing today, (for example, I’ve been at a black tie gala where drunk attendees encouraged an off duty ICE officer to shoot me to help get rid of some of “the infestation” - so that kind of thing), where President Trump’s and MAGA’s intentional memetics are crafted to incite hate against Brown people, I understand why people are resorting back to the original meaning of that flag.