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Over Ninety Percent of COVID-19 Victims With Preexisting Medical Conditions Have Died.
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Biden plans to pick a female running mate. Would it make a difference if she's black?
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Africa: Masiyiwa in Call for Collaborative Approach in Fighting COVID-19 in Africa
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease national lockdown restrictions imposed to reign-in the spread of the
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Taylor, Francis Xavier (1948 – )
Francis Xavier Taylor is a senior military leader, intelligence and security expert, and American diplomat.  Born in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 1948, Taylor was raised by his mother Virginia Taylor, who worked as an administrator in the Department of the Army. When he later enrolled at the
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Caribbean countries renew disaster risk insurance policies
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane
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Locker, Jessie Dwight (1891-1955)
Jessie Locker was an attorney, politician, and community leader who was also the second black American to be appointed as United States Ambassador when he was sent to Liberia
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Kenya: State Law Office Writes to Fairmont Over Mass Redundancies
Nairobi — The government has written to Fairmont Hotels seeking clarification on its justification to sack all staff over what it attributed to the uncertainties of the coronavirus
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Africa: Pres. Weah, Others Chat On Economic Interventions During COVID-19 At UBA Africa Day 2020
The series, in its second year, brought together African and World leaders to discuss 'Domestic policies, regional development, and possible threats facing Africa's Global achievement of the SDGs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic amongst
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U.S. Census Bureau to deliver 2020 Census questionnaires in Wisconsin
The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of households in Wisconsin starting the week of May
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Namibia: Outright Calls for Scrapping of Sodomy Law
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Surgical or home-made, masks
Before the coronavirus outbreak abruptly disrupted the livelihoods of millions of people, the sight of masks worn in public spaces in the Western world conjured up images of malevolent clowns and terrifying fictional
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UNEXPECTED RIFT EXPOSED OVER AFRICA SEAT IN U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL – The Wilmington Journal
The Africa seat at the United Nations Security Council was the subject of a heated duel between two African countries who lobbied fiercely for the powerful
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Morrison, Davis Whyte against salary cuts for politicians, civil servants
SENIOR trade unionist Vincent Morrison is asserting that salary cuts, both in the private and public sector, is not the solution for economic recovery
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Iran oil tanker reaches Venezuela amid US tension | New York Carib News
The first of five Iranian oil tankers – Fortune, Forest, Petunia, Faxon, and Clavel – has entered Venezuela’s waters carrying more than a million barrels of fuel, and being escorted by the Venezuelan navy and air
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Ghana: AGRA Advocates Fund to Support Women in Agribusiness.
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has called on African governments to create a fund to support women small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in agribusiness to thrive in this period of
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Calls for Solidarity as World Leaders Discuss Post COVID-19 Recovery
President Kenyatta spoke Thursday evening during a virtual high level meeting on development financing in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic convened by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio
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With in-person instruction suspended at California community colleges because of COVID-19, the biology major at College of San Mateo lost access to critical, hands-on laboratory experience necessary to transfer to a California State University campus this
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Cameroon: North West - Senator V.p, Nkeze Crusades Against COVID-19
The Vice President of the Senate, Emilia Nkeze offers Covid-19 prevention kits for population to stay safe and embrace the reconstruction of the North West
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Reed-Rowe, Helen (1949- )
Ambassador Helen Reed-Rowe was a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service.  Reed-Rowe was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949 to Gladys and John W. Reed, Sr.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and her Master of Arts degree in National Security
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Namibia: Salaries Take Bulk of Education Budget
The basic education ministry, which received the largest allocation of N $14.2 billion of the national budget, will spend about N$10.9 billion on personnel
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Supreme Moore Omokunde announces run for state Assembly
Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde has announced his candidacy for the 17th District of the Wisconsin State
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Ways technology can boost food security, rev up jobs in Kenya
Along with the economic devastation, including widespread job losses for informal sector daily wage earners and MSMEs accounting for 85 percent of Kenya’s total employment), food insecurity is one of the biggest
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Africa: In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
While Russia, for a time, appeared to escape a serious coronavirus outbreak, the situation there has changed drastically during these two months of April and May, - passing Germany and France to become the third most-infected country in the world, according to The Moscow
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Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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