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More than 1,000 U.S. service personnel are in Niger, which until Wednesday’s coup by mutinous soldiers had avoided the military takeovers that destabilized West African neighbors in recent years. The country had been seen as the last major partner standing against extremism in a Francophone region where anti-French sentiment had opened the way for the Russian private military group Wagner. READ MORE: Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s democratically elected president Various Islamic extremist groups are active around Niger, which isn’t to be confused with Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

- [Emily] Ethereal and fleeting, mesmerizing and elusive, these floating blue flames have been a mainstay in European folklore since at least the 14th century. You may have heard of the name will-o'-the-wisp, but do you know what it is? Stories of sentient blue flames floating, and bouncing across marshes and bogs, permeate cultures from Northern Europe to Australia. While some stories have faded into ephemera, just as the floating blue flames that inspired them, these elusive creatures remain mainstays of myth, and legend in pockets across the globe.

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, that traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and grace, organizing and resilience, thriving and testifying, autonomy and freedom, solidarity and speaking truth to power.

Who is Flyysoulja? Flyysoulja is an American hip-hop artist who released “Money,” an original song and music video, in 2021. He and redd 4x released the music video for “Rain” in October 2020, which has received over 600,000 views on YouTube. What is the Net Worth of Flyysoulja? Salary, Earnings He debuted on TikTok in January 2021. Early in his career, he showed off his grill in a video paired with music by DJ Mustard.

Explore More Matthew Perry was in a good place before his death — according to “Friends” creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane. Kauffman and Crane spoke with the late actor just two weeks before he was found underwater in his hot tub at his California home on Saturday. He was 54. “It was great,” Kauffman told the Today show’s Hoda Kotb in a pre-taped interview, which aired on Wednesday. “He was happy and chipper.

By Paul Glynn & Mark SavageBBC News Entertainment PA Media(Left to right) Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Sir Ringo Starr and John Lennon of the BeatlesMore than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the band have announced the release of their "last song". Called Now And Then, it is based on a 1970s demo recording by John Lennon, and was completed last year by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr.

After the public found out that Ben Stiller screen tested for the part of Link in “Encino Man,” Pauly Shore, who plays Stoney in the film, unearthed footage of the screen test from his personal collection and posted it to his personal YouTube account. The screen test, it turns out, features full sets and costumes, to the extent it could almost be a scene from the final product were it not for a visible time code and its unique cast.

“This is weird,” a group of high-schoolers agreed during intermission at Ford’s Theatre Friday night. Well, yeah: “The Wizard of Oz” is full of bizarre figures, such as tittering Munchkins and evil flying monkeys, and the 1970s Broadway version, “The Wiz,” makes it trippier by setting it to funk, soul, gospel and disco. So brace yourself for an evening of extravagant camp that begins with a dancing tornado trailing yards of fine dark silk spinning skyward as set designer Jason Sherwood’s Kansas farmhouse splits apart and turns upside down.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick net worth is $10 MillionLisaRaye McCoy-Misick Wiki BiographyLisaRaye McCoy was born on 23 September 1967, in Chicago, Illinois USA, is an actress and fashion designer, perhaps best known for her portrayal of Diana “Diamond” Armstrong in the film “The Players Club”. Lisa has been active in the entertainment industry since 1995. So how rich is LisaRaye McCoy? According to authoritative sources, LisaRaye’s net worth is estimated to be over $10 million, collected mostly through her many appearances on television during a career spanning more than 20 years.