Amid the sound of children excitedly practising a drama for a forthcoming performance, a yam seller calls to passers by with discounts for their wares. Outside a closed graphic design shop overlooking them from a small hill, Solange Ndonga Tibesa tells the story of being uprooted from her homeland in north-west Cameroon. In June 2019…
With white-suited operatives tapping buttons on huge machines and its walls a tangle of heavy-duty pipes, the sprawling complex in the Northamptonshire countryside could pass for a Bond villain’s lair, were it not for the comforting porridge smell. But rather than plotting world domination, the site’s owner, Navara Oat Milling, is piggybacking on Britons’ growing…
David, you are going to walk among kings.” This was my mum’s prophecy when I was small. My father is from a royal family in Nigeria, so I interpreted it that way. Remarkably, she was right: I went on to play King Pelasgus, Henry VI, Martin Luther King and Seretse Khama. My earliest memory is…
NFL Draft Stud and Sleepers: Abdul Carter, other Edge prospects FTW’s Christian D’Andrea explains who are the top edge rushers and hidden gems in the 2025 NFL draft, including Abdul Carter and Mike Green. About USA TODAY Sports’ 30 Days to the NFL Draft series, which started March 25: Every five days, we focused on a…
The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box. More than 400 rallies are anticipated across the nation loosely organized by the group 50501, which stands…
On the day after Boxing Day last year, my dad and I went to buy some cabbage. My aunt and cousins were joining us for dinner that evening and we had a meal to prepare. The local supermarket was closed and the cabbage, sourced from an Italian deli around the corner, was obscenely overpriced. In…