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Vaccine rollout faces challenges in France's poorest region - Black News Channel

by ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Samia Dridi, who was born, raised and works as a nurse in Saint-Denis, fears for her impoverished town, recalling how the coronavirus cut an especially deadly path through the diverse area north of Paris, a burial place for French kings entombed in a majestic basilica. Dridi and her sister accompanied their frail 92-year-old Algerian-born mother to a vaccination center for the first of two shots to protect against COVID-19 days after it opened last week for people over the age of 75. While red tape, consent requirements and supply issues have […]

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Second Windies group test negative again for COVID-19 - Stabroek News
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – Tests on a group of 10 West Indies players and support staff – including Test captain Jason Holder and Twenty20 International captain Kieron Pollard – currently enduring managed isolation for the COVID-19 virus on the Tour of New Zealand, have all been returned as
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Profile: Zéphirin Diabré, bids for Burkina Faso's presidency again | Africanews
Zéphirin Diabré is one of the candidates vying for the presidency in Burkina Faso’s general elections this
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LUCEA, Hanover - Education Minister Fayval Williams has sought to reassure parents that tablets presented to students under the e-Learning initiative will remain with them at the end of the school term.According to the minister, she recently received a call from a parent who stated that she was
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It is high time Africans start talking conservation
THE ongoing coronavirus pandemic is a direct consequence of our broken relationship with nature. BY KEDDU SEBUNYA Scientists have long been warning us that humanity’s destruction of nature, left unchecked, will result in the spread of deadly diseases, droughts, famines and other disasters. For
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How Brian Griese channeled childhood grief into a lifelong mission – National News – The Black Chronicle
Joe Faraoni/ESPN ImagesBy: ERIC MOLLO, ABC News (NEW YORK) – Former quarterback and current ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Brian Griese had plenty of on-field success across his collegiate and…
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5 Useful Tools That Will Improve Your Writing Skills - 2020 Guide | PensacolaVoice Magazine 2020
With the fact that the majority of the population in the world is now under a lockdown due to the pandemic of coronavirus, this is a perfect time of learning some new skills, which can be used when this situation is over. We can see that there are a plethora Read More
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Workforce Development hosts North Side and North West Side drive-thru job fairs
On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the City of Milwaukee Office of Workforce Development hosted North Side and North West Side 'Drive-Thru Job Fairs,' for Milwaukee job seekers looking for immediate employment opportunities. The job fairs focused on neighborhoods within the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 9th
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Taraji P. Henson Tells New Jack Swing Backstory in Podcast
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taraji P. Henson remembered wearing her favorite outfit to a music festival where some of the biggest New Jack Swing tunes were being performed from Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” to Tony! Toni! Tone!’s “Feels Good.” At the time, Henson had no clue about the backstory behind the music
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WATCH: What You Need To Know — November 20, 2020: Red To Blue — Highest-Ranking Black Aide — Diddy’s Our Black Party
1. Biden-Harris Turned This Red State Blue What You Need To Know: Election officials confirmed Thursday night that President-elect Joe Biden has won the state of Georgia. The win includes the state’s 16 electoral votes, putting the Democrat firmly over the 300 mark at 309. The office of Secretary
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B. Faso: Sahel towns struggle to contain IDP’s | Africanews
Sahel towns in Burkina Faso are struggling to cope with a massive influx of new
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Tanzania: Govt Addresses Soaring Rights Violation Acts
[Daily News] AUTHORITIES in Dodoma said on Thursday cases of human right infringement is soaring in homes and societies as the government enacts specific legislation to promote and protect people's rights.
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Md. Governor Allows Early Release for Some Inmates to Combat COVID-19
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an order to allow some inmates to be released early under certain conditions to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, similar to what he did in April.
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Family of Atatiana Jefferson, Woman Fatally Shot by Officer While Playing Video Games with Her Nephew, Sues Fort Worth and Ex-Officer
On Monday, Nov. 16, family members of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot by a Texas police officer in 2019, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against
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#Election2020: Gov. Kemp stays on sidelines of GOP election fight | The Atlanta Voice
When Gov. Brian Kemp won election two years ago, he pushed back forcefully against an outcry from Democrats who accused him of suppressing voter turnout to improve his odds of winning. “Look, we have laws on the books that prevent elections from being stolen from anyone,” Kemp, who oversaw that
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Good idea to leave Boult out of T20 matches: Bond - Stabroek News
WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) - Pace spearhead Trent Boult needed a small break to catch up with his family and get ready for the test series against West Indies rather than play the three Twenty20 matches that start next Friday, according to former New Zealand quick Shane
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Nostalgic star-turns, & Christmas cheer: Streaming review for Nov. 21 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… ?) and turning it into an African-American extravaganza. And for sheer inventiveness …
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Foot Locker Dropping Crazy Collabos During Their “12 Days Of Greatness” Campaign
Beginning November 20 a new capsule collection will be dropping on Footlocker/12daysofgreatness.com with the final collaboration releasing on December 26th. Designers involved in the project include street culture favorite names and NBA stars like Don C, Melody Ehsani, Montrezl Harrell, Kyle
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Time is running out to tell the government about UK inequality - Voice Online
THE COMMISSION on race and ethnic disparities is reviewing injustice in the United Kingdom. People... The post Time is running out to tell the government about UK inequality appeared first on Voice Online.
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Taraji P. Henson tells New Jack Swing backstory in podcast - Black News Channel
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taraji P. Henson remembered wearing her favorite outfit to a music festival where some of the biggest New Jack Swing tunes were being performed from Bell Biv Devoe's 'Poison' to Tony! Toni! Tone!'s 'Feels Good.' At the time, Henson
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Kyle Rittenhouse Says He Bought AR-15 With Coronavirus Stimulus Check
The gun was used in the fatal shooting of two protesters.
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Dr. Nicholas Moss Accepts Appointment as Alameda County Health Officer
Dr. Nicholas Moss, MD, MPH has accepted appointment as the County Health Officer. The appointment was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s regular meeting. Moss has served as Interim Health Officer since July, when Gov. Gavin Newsom selected former Health Officer
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Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus - Black News Channel
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government's plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus visiting her in prison. The order, handed down Thursday by
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Housing CRH facilities cripples church programmes – pastor
Western Bureau: Pastor Glen Samuels, the president of the West Jamaica Conference (WJC) of Seventh-day Adventists in Montego Bay, is concerned that his organisation’s mentorship and skills training programmes will suffer if he continues to house...
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5-year-old girl dials 911, saves mom’s life – National News – The Black Chronicle
Courtesy of Lashaunastey TurbervilleBy ZOE MOORE, GMA (NEW YORK) - Lashaunastey Turberville says she's alive thanks to the swift actions of her 5-year-old daughter, Dehvea. It started as a typical…
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Regional agriculture underperforming - World Bank Report - Stabroek News
In circumstances where the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean plays a vital role in producing food and ecosystem services not only for the region but for the entire planet, the World Bank wants policy-makers to take action to unleash what it says is the sector’s vast potential
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Ethiopia: Heartbreaking Stories From Refugees Fleeing Ethiopia Violence
[UN News] In a briefing to journalists on Thursday, a senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing the border from Ethiopia in their thousands, fleeing fighting in Tigray province.
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California’s $26B surplus raises tough choices - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, November 19. Spend or save? Image via iStock Even with a rosier-than-expected budget forecast, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have some hard choices ahead of them. Wealthy Californians who made financial gains amid the pandemic and a booming stock
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Debbie Allen and Jenifer Lewis on ‘Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square’
With the holidays around the corner, there are more Christmas films on our list than we can count, but one... View Article The post Debbie Allen and Jenifer Lewis on how ‘Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square’ can help heal: 'We need a musical right now' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Osten behind bill calling for teaching of Native American history in public schools - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Five state-recognized tribes, including four in southeastern Connecticut, support measure that got a hearing in March before legislature recessed amid the
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Barack Obama Talking About ‘Promised Land’ Playlist with Viral TwinsthenewTrend Will Make Your Day
They talked about making mixtapes.
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