Iran slams US for 'lying about plot to assassinate SA ambassador'

Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over Qassem Suleimani killing

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Suleimani and has asked Interpol for help, a Tehran prosecutor, Ali Alqasimehr, has

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Trump suspends travel from Brazil

US President Donald Trump on Sunday suspended travel from Brazil, which has emerged as a major new hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House

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'Nobody Asked for This': Fans Push Back As Yovanna Momplaisir Reportedly Joins ‘RHOA’ Season 13 As an Official Cast Member

Momplaisir, a former friend of Nene Leakes, reportedly will return to the cast as an official cast member, TMZ reported on Monday, May

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Africa: The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a COVID-19 "Food Pandemic" in Sub-Saharan Africa

But averting what some experts believe could be a food crisis of immense proportions requires paying close attention to an often overlooked feature of food security in the region: African women play a large and growing role in all aspects of the region's food systems--whether it's growing crops and

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Egypt

Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Reportedly to Be Released Early From Prison

Detroit, MI — According to Fox 2 Detroit and the Ebony Foundation, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been granted an early release from

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Metropol CRB launches credit score app

Metropol CRB launches credit score app to ease loans restructuring

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CORONA-NNOUNCEMENTS

Parents are able register children from birth until 4-½, by the texting the word “Read”, “Liv” or “Leer” to 786-460-2582 or visit LEARNING AT M-DCPS: The Miami-Dade County Public Schools are offering free digital programs for students to avoid the summer slide and to promote athome student

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TSD FLASH! - News, views & music

Here are more of the

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Zimbabwe's security forces sideline government as economy crashes

Zimbabwe’s security force leaders sidelined the nation’s economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situation

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Liberia: A Call Coming a Bit Too Late - COVID-19 Voluntary Testing Should Have Started Started With the President, Long Ago

On Sunday, May 17, the Minister of Health, Dr. Wilhemina Jallah flunked by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh, followed by the WHO Representative to Liberia Peter Clement, Dr. Desmond William head of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) in West Africa and Liberia and USAID Resident

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Queen of Go-Go Maiesha Rashad Takes Her Groove to Heaven

After a five-month battle with stomach cancer, Maiesha Rashad, recognized for catapulting the reach of D.C.'s go-go groove to new heights and an increasingly diverse fan base, died on June

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Tankers carrying Iranian fuel approach the Caribbean -data

(Reuters) – A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters on Sunday, according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm apologizes for 'elite white people' text | The Atlanta Voice

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm has apologized after images surfaced of him referring to “elite white people” in a text conversation from a year

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

University reopening: Academic year likely to spill over into 2021

With a staggered approach being implemented in terms of welcoming students back to universities, the 2021 year will probably be delayed.

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Hong Kong police squash dissent in display of China’s muscle | Afro

You can’t use Telegram in mainland China, but the messaging app allows Hong Kong users to mask their phone numbers so police can’t find

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Africa: 2020 World Refugee Day Statement By UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

Everyone Can Make a Difference, Every Action Counts

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'Don't Hurt Nobody': Jennifer Williams' Fierce Selfie Drives Fans Wild

Jennifer admitted that she was on the prowl just weeks after her relationship with a man named Aaron Nichols took a turn for the

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Covid-19 could cancel 28 million surgeries

During the onset of the coronavirus in the country, elective surgeries across all government hospitals were suspended in March, forcing thousands of Kenyans in need of one or more of these scheduled surgeries to restore their lives to

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Analysis | Mapping Eritrea’s COVID-19 response till initial virus-free status

COVID-19 response before index case

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This Day in History — July 1

2004: Saddam Hussein appears in Iraqi court for the first time, scoffing at charges of war crimes and

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Uganda: The Fake Pandemic News

Now, they have turned their attention to junk news about the COVID-19 crisis, helping social-media platforms move more quickly to dispel and discourage rumors, misinformation, and conspiracy

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Georgia election chief wants power to intervene in counties | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia’s chief election officer said Wednesday that he’s seeking legislation that would let the state election board set rules allowing him to intervene in troubled county election

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

AbaThembu royals resolve to remove King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo - report

Feuding in the AbaThembu royal family has continued, after an imbizo held at Bumbane Great Place near Mthatha saw royals resolving to remove Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo as king of AbaThembu, according to

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(1867) Thaddeus Stevens, “Reconstruction”

In 1867 Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner led the campaign for full voting rights for African Americans across the nation. In the speech below which Stevens gave in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1867 supporting the Reconstruction

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(1838) Angelina Grimke, “Address to the Massachusetts Legislature”

In February 1838, Angelina Grimke became the first woman in U.S. history to address the members of an American legislative body when she spoke to the members of the Massachusetts Legislature. Her subject was the demand for the immediate end of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. That speech

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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the

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Greece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship

A tiny object can rewrite history. In this case, the small electrum coin featuring the head of an African pictured here reveals a fascinating link between Africa and Greece from antiquity to the present. Unfortunately we know very little about the coin itself except that it is from the early

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In Eritrea, virus combat measures dominate 29th independence address

April 18, 2020: Eritrea president likens COVID-19 to sudden war

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Africa's coronavirus cases pass 400,000 with over 10,000 deaths

Confirmed cases = 405,171

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