After each round of voting, the ballot cards are burned. Chemicals are added to make the smoke black or white. Black smoke indicates an inconclusive ballot, while the white smoke announces a new pope.

Donor funding helped the Zimbabwean government buy land from white commercial farmers, enabling about 50,000 Black farmers to ... Even his wife, Grace Mugabe, amassed at least 15 farms.

Updated April 21, 2025, at 5:33 p.m. Harvard sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over its multibillion dollar cuts to the University’s research funding, accusing the White ...

anthracene (a component of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner, the burning ballots are mixed with potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin to produce the ...

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Modern science has stepped in to ensure the clarity of the signal, using specific chemical mixtures to produce unambiguous black or white smoke. This blend of tradition and technology allows the ...

Tennessee Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger has come under fire for referring to Texas Democrat Al Green, a 77-year-old Black man, as “boy.” Green generated headlines for interrupting and ...

Pope Francis dies at 88 - Black Smoke White Smoke tradition to select new Pope: Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announced on Monday (Apr 21). Now the world's attention will move to ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88 years ...

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Now is the perfect time to uncancel the minutemen, the Revolutionary War marksmen who were ready to defend their towns at a moment’s notice. This week marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles ...

AI image trends are gaining traction, with ChatGPT now enabling users to breathe new life into old black and white family photos. By using simple prompts, cherished memories can be transformed ...