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Labor inspectors in Brazil have rescued a Black woman who was enslaved from the age of eight and worked as a domestic servant – without receiving any remuneration or time off – for a White family for almost 40 years. According to local television news magazine Fantástico, in an exclusive
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Cuba to allow fewer flights from United States and some other countries - Stabroek News
HAVANA,  (Reuters) - Cuba announced yesterday it would allow fewer flights from the United States and several other countries beginning Jan. The article Cuba to allow fewer flights from United States and some other countries appeared first on Stabroek News.
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How Malawi came to have its name - Face2Face Africa
The southeastern African country of Malawi did not become independent from British colonial rule until July 6, 1964, when the territory formerly known as Nyasaland became a republic in1966 under the presidency of Hastings Banda, a European-trained doctor working in Ghana. Nyasaland was a name that
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Coronavirus vaccine passports being developed for travel in 2021 - TheGrio
Vaccine passports may be required in the near future. Major tech companies are working on creating smartphone apps that will... View Article The post Coronavirus vaccine passports being developed for travel in 2021 appeared first on TheGrio.
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South Africa: SA Moves to Level 3 of Lockdown
[SAnews.gov.za] In a move to curb the spread of COVID-19, South Africa has moved to adjusted level 3 from level 1 with immediate effect, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
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Black Woman in Brazil Saved After Being Held Captive as a Slave for 38 Years
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Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant? - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant? Experts believe so, but they're working to confirm that. A coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has caused alarm because of the possibility that it might spread more easily. But even if that turns out
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South Africa bans alcohol sales, tightens curfew to fight COVID surge | Africanews
South Africa tightened coronavirus measures on Monday after the country reported more than 1 million infections since the outbreak began in March.
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The Film Industry Misses Out When Black Women Are Excluded From The Horror Genre - Blavity
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A glimpse of the southern region’s 2020 showbiz scene
BY SHARON SIBINDI THE southern region’s 2020 showbiz calendar has been characterised by highs and lows across genres. Although the year started well with a number of artists mushrooming, some trying to become famous and pushing for better earnings, sadly very few completed the race. Just a few
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Happy Birthday to Denzel Washington, a Black Hollywood Legend
Photo credits: The Everett Collection Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (pictured) was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York. Washington grew up in a middle-class family. He was the second of three children. His father, Reverend Denzel
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Kenya: The Biggest Newsmakers of 2020
[Nation] Here's a list of people who hit the headlines in the biggest way this year:
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82-Year-Old Covid Patient Is Bludgeoned to Death by Hospital Roommate
By Victor Omondi Authorities in California are investigating the alleged murder of an 82-year-old Covid-19 patient at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, California. Some days before Christmas, the elderly patient, hospitalized because of Covid-19, decided to seek solace in his Catholic faith
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Ossoff and Warnock campaigns need more cash despite massive fundraising - TheGrio
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are warning that both their campaigns need more financial support... View Article The post Ossoff and Warnock campaigns need more cash despite massive fundraising appeared first on TheGrio.
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'Hypocrisy' and 'having fun': S. Africans react to new COVID measures | Africanews
"Surfers are not allowed to surf, but... taxis are packed, crowds are there without any masks whatsoever," said beachgoer Carl van de Westhuizen in reaction to South Africa's new coronavirus measures.
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COVID-19: Everton want answers after Manchester City game postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
Everton say they are seeking 'full disclosure' about Manchester City's COVID-19 outbreak which led to their Premier League match being postponed on Monday. The game, which was set to be played in front of 2,000 fans at the Merseyside team's Goodison Park stadium, was called off just four hours
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Fauci agrees with Biden that 'darkest days' of pandemic are ahead : TheGrio
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on CNN's State Of The Union and echoed similar sentiments as President-elect Joe Biden on what... View Article The post Fauci agrees with Biden that 'darkest days' of pandemic are ahead appeared first on TheGrio.
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12 women who blazed trails or took a stand in 2020
From politics to science to culture and sports, many women smashed glass ceilings or became the symbols of a movement in 2020. FRANCE 24 takes a look at 12 women who overcame the odds, blazed trails…
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IN MEMORIAM: “He Took A Bullet for Me,’’ famed Wilmington 10 leader remembers comrade Marvin “Chilly” Patrick | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent It is a story that, until now, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., had reserved only for a forthcoming memoir,Freedom’s Constant Struggle,about the true story of the legendary Wilmington 10. The group of U.S. political prisoners, whose fight
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Morocco: F. Polisario Representative At UN - 'There Is a Consensus On the Political Solution of the Conflict in Western Sahara'
[SPS] New York -- The Representative of the Frente POLISARIO in the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, affirmed today that "there is a consensus among all the members of the Security Council on the legal status of the issue of Western Sahara, which represents a positive position that serves the
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Trinidad cops to target private Old Year’s parties - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Avoid that Old Year’s night party because it can be a COVID-19 super-spreader - and you will also attract police attention if parties at private homes carry a cover charge or “bring
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Photographer and Archivist, Lenn Keller, 70
Helen Lenn Keller, an Oakland photographer and filmmaker who documented queer culture in the Bay Area and founded the Bay Area Lesbian Archives, has died of cancer. Keller was born Sept. 29, 1950, in Evanston, Ill., and passed away on Dec. 16, 2020 in Oakland, California. After spending some time
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Cardi B Settles Two-Year $30 Million Lawsuit With Former Manager
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COVID VACCINE? - Milwaukee Community Journal
Will things ever go back to normal? Will they? Is there a such thing as normal? Thinking about the vaccine alone puts a bad taste in many millennials mouths. We are hoping that it doesn’t become a must for absolutely everyone. From our perspective, something about it just doesn’t seem
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Tighter restrictions imposed on South Africa as COVID-19 cases pass 1 million - Voice Online
SOUTH AFRICA'S president has imposed tighter restrictions on the country as it becomes the first... The post Tighter restrictions imposed on South Africa as COVID-19 cases pass 1 million appeared first on Voice Online.
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Inequality, racism and polarisation set stage for Trump's 'American carnage'
Analysis: The attack on the US Capitol shook America’s image of itself but is democracy really in its most precarious moment since the civil war?
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Federal relief package includes C'bean immigrants | New York Carib News
An umbrella coalition of immigrant groups in New York has applauded the inclusion of the Caribbean and other families in the latest COVID-19 relief package.
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Zimbabwe: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic
[Zimbabwe Independent] South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is an especially likeable man not least because he has presided over that country's judiciary with so much aplomb, defied expectations and confounded naysayers.
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Officials to re-engage gov’t on resumption of volleyball - Stabroek News
President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), Levi Nedd, is hopeful for the return of some semblance of normalcy to volleyball activity in Guyana in the new year, once permission is granted by the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Task
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The Second Stimulus Still Won’t Show Many African-Americans the Money.
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