The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the world's largest international economic organization. Monday, March 1, 2021, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala walked into her office at WTO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, to assume her duties as Director-general. (Read more...)
On January 16, 1988, Tina Turner set a record in her performance of the album, "Break Every Rule" at Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as she sold out more than 180,000 tickets to become the artist with the world ticket record for a solo concert in the Guinness Book of Records. (Read more...)
In November 2015, Wellington Jighere inscribed his name in gold letters into the history of the game of Scrabble. During the World English-language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA) finals, he defeated his English oponent Lewis MacKay with four straight wins, making him the first African to win the English-Language World Scrabble Championship. (Read more...)