5th Anniversary of The African Film Festival (TAFF) Goes Online Due to COVID-19

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilm & TVWorld News5th Anniversary of The African Film Festival (TAFF) Goes Online Due to COVID-19

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Since its first edition in Dallas, Texas, 2015, The African Film Festival (TAFF) has grown to become a veritable cultural, education, and entertainment event to showcase African independent films. This fifth Anniversary edition will be hosted entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4-day festival will kick off on Tuesday, June 2nd through Saturday, June 6th with film screenings, online workshops, and training sessions, and TAFF Awards ceremony. Kelechi Eke, TAFF founder, and Executive...

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Hundreds Arrested During Hong Kong’s Mother’s Day Protests

CoronavirusWorld NewsHundreds Arrested During Hong Kong’s Mother’s Day Protests

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Hong Kong Police said 230 people, including children, were arrested on Monday after they responded to a series of pro-independence protests. Critics, however, claimed that they accidentally caught up multiple people out for Mother’s Day. On Sunday, the Police said they responded to several small protests in violation of the law. However, critics said the action actually netted many people, who had simply been enjoying the first evening they have been allowed outside in weeks,...

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Legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Little Richard Dies at Age 87

Arts & CultureEntertainmentMusicWorld NewsLegendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Little Richard Dies at Age 87

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

(Reuters) – Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at the age of 87. Richard, a Grammy Award winner and inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame whose electrifying 1950s hits such as “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally” and flamboyant stage presence influenced legions of performers, succumbed to cancer. “Little Richard died in...

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Iran: Virus Deaths Continue to Fall But Capital Remains Hotspot

EnvironmentWorld NewsIran: Virus Deaths Continue to Fall But Capital Remains Hotspot

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

New figures from Iran’s Health Ministry on Saturday suggest the country’s daily count of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to fall. Just 50 new virus-related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on Saturday, down from daily highs of more than 700 in mid-March. Over the same period the country confirmed 1,520 new coronavirus cases, though the majority did not need to be hospitalised, the spokesman told...

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Tokyo Games Could Be ‘Greatest Ever’, Says Coates

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsTokyo Games Could Be ‘Greatest Ever’, Says Coates

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Senior international Olympics official John Coates said on Saturday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next year as the world emerges from COVID-19 crisis. Coates, Australia’s Olympic chief and head of the International Olympic Committee’s inspectorate for the Games, cited the examples of positive Summer Games that followed the two world wars of the 20th century. The Tokyo Games were postponed for a year to 2021 in the...

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Opera Star Sings Britain’s VE Day Hits From An Empty Albert Hall

Arts & CultureEntertainmentWorld NewsOpera Star Sings Britain’s VE Day Hits From An Empty Albert Hall

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, as locked-down Britain marks the 75th anniversary of “Victory in Europe” Day. Millions of people held a two-minute silence while military jets flew over the United Kingdom’s four capitals during commemorations for the end of World War Two on the continent. Events were due to climax with an address from Queen Elizabeth and a gala of war-time songs...

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Russian hackers got hold of emails From Merkel’s Constituency Office: Der Spiegel Hackers

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityWorld NewsRussian hackers got hold of emails From Merkel’s Constituency Office: Der Spiegel Hackers

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

Russia’s GRU military intelligence service appears to have got hold of many emails from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s constituency office in a 2015 hack attack on Germany’s parliament. Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, without citing its sources. The report says federal criminal police and the federal cyber agency had been able to partially reconstruct the attack and found that two email inboxes from Merkel’s office had been targeted.   They contained email correspondence from 2012...

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80,000 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Daily – WHO

CoronavirusNewsWorld News80,000 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Daily – WHO

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), says an average of 80,000 new cases of COVID-19 are being reported daily since the beginning of April Ghebreyesus disclosed the figure in his speech at a news conference in Geneva. The speech was posted on WHO website. According to him, more than 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 250,000 deaths have now been reported to WHO. “But these are not just numbers –...

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No Chance of Fury Fighting Wilder Without a Crowd, Promoter Says

EntertainmentSportsWorld NewsNo Chance of Fury Fighting Wilder Without a Crowd, Promoter Says

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

There is no chance of a rematch between world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and American Deontay Wilder going ahead without a crowd, the Briton’s promoter Frank Warren said on Wednesday. Fury overwhelmed Wilder in their Las Vegas rematch in February, seizing the WBC crown with a seventh round stoppage. They had previously fought to a draw in December 2018, and a third bout between the two was set for Las Vegas in July. But this...

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Premier League Clubs Must Back Neutral Venues Before Season Can Re-Start, Official Says

SportsWorld NewsPremier League Clubs Must Back Neutral Venues Before Season Can Re-Start, Official Says

PilotnewsMay 7, 2020

The English Premier League season could be cancelled if clubs did not agree to play the remaining 92 fixtures in neutral venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Wednesday. Professional football has been suspended since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the United Kingdom suffering the highest death toll in Europe. Discussions are continuing about resuming matches. This was after clubs were told this month on a Premier League conference call that...

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