South Africa has strongly objected to the U.S. plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees, deeming it politically motivated and factually baseless. The foreign ministry conveyed concerns to the U ...

The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV's ancestry reveals that he may be the first Black pope, with roots tying back to Haiti and New Orleans. When white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

When host Reba McEntire opened the 2025 ACM Awards on Thursday (May 8), she walked onstage in a smart little Western getup featuring a black jacket over a white button-up shirt. Later in the ...

Price’s 12-foot tall bronze “Grounded in the Stars” sculpture – which depicts a young Black woman dressed in ... which depict white male historical figures. Cooney said that the ...

Johnson also noted, "A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative) — lies behind the use of the two contrasting smoke colours." Over the years ...

so that there can be no doubt as to whether the smoke is white or black – something that had caused confusion in the past.

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals ... papers to maintain secrecy dates back to at least the 15th century.

Among those who say the country hasn’t made enough progress on racial equality, 49% express doubt that Black people will ever have equal rights with White people, up from 39% in 2020. In this data ...

While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or black-colored smoke funneled from the top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke ...

Here puffs of black smoke mark voting rounds that fail to converge on a winner until the cardinals announce that they have come to an agreement by releasing a plume of white smoke, the dramatic ...

Under the jacket she wore a white tank top emblazoned with the McQueen logo. The look was complete with knee-high black heeled boots and black sunglasses. The Disney Channel alum wore her golden ...