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During a recent interview, Meghan Markle shared that while the news cycle has been devastating she's happy to be back in the United States at this time so she can used her voice.
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Racism Has Cost the United States $16 Trillion Dollars In Potential Income, According to New Study
A study published by banking corporation Citigroup found the United States has lost trillions of dollars to systemic racism. The report found the nation experienced […]
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US Secretary of State urges gov’t to respect wishes of voters
In an independence day message to Guyana, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called on the Guyana Government to respect the wishes of voters as expressed on March 2nd
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Migrants on Track to Send $40 Billion Home to Mexico in 2020 – Free Press of Jacksonville
Migrant workers in the United States are sending money back home to Mexico on a pace to total $40 billion this year, setting a new record. Mexican families are increasingly dependent on relatives who enter [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Japan to lift Covid-19 emergency
Japan is poised to lift its nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world's third-biggest economy after new cases slowed to
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Fear has helped keep games away
Since March 1 when the NBA found out about positive coronavirus test results for Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, all the sports world games
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Hoteliers back pretesting of tourists
Pitching a working timeline of four to six weeks for the reopening of the tourism industry, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it fully supports the pretesting of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million to Minority Businesses
Today, on Good Morning America, Johnson, who is also the owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, will partner with MBE Capital Partners, a Latino-owned company, to provide supply chain finance solutions for women and minority-owned businesses and their
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'Lovecraft Country' Is The New HBO Series Everyone Will Be Talking About
The 10-episode horror drama, created by Misha Green, is sharp and thrilling with monsters of all kinds at every turn.
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It’s True. When America Catches a Cold, Black America Gets Pneumonia
The global pandemic has caused a devastating public health crisis, initiated a global economic disaster, and in the United States, pulled back the curtain on the deep-rooted racial inequities that
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Online distancing: Uganda prez right to block Twitter user - Court
A High Court in the Ugandan capital Kampala earlier this week ruled that the president had the right to decide who follows him on social media platform
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Coronavirus Illinois: COVID-19 cases top 110K with over 4.8K deaths; Pritzker releases Phase 3 reopening guidelines | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Governor JB Pritzker has released guidelines tailored to specific industries such as restaurants, retail and health and fitness centers as Illinois prepares to enter Phase 3 of the governor’s reopening plan
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Covid-19: Fears for jailed Akashas
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Washington reviewing Ja anti-smuggling MOU
After more than four years of painstaking negotiations, Jamaica and the United States (US) are on the final leg of inking a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA), a memorandum of understanding aimed at stamping out the smuggling of contraband...
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Holding one’s breath for an expeditious, transparent and credible recount of the votes (Part IV)
Given the problems associated with the  original declaration of the results for Region 4, and its outright rejection by all the local and international observers as well as the political parties contesting the elections (except APNU+AFC) as having lacked transparency and credibility, a recount was
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Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote - Black News Channel
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer One hundred years ago this month, women in the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator's decisive vote, cast at the bidding of his mother. Harry T. Burn's surprise move
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250 ship crew arrive today - Carnival Glory with homesick Jamaicans aboard to dock in Falmouth
Another cruise ship with hundreds of Jamaican crew members aboard is due to dock in Falmouth Monday
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No punishment for Jamaicans who overstayed in US due to COVID-19
This assurance was given to over 400 Jamaicans in the United States by Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith as she addressed a virtual town hall meeting organised by Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks last
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Chomsky: US virus response fatally 'chaotic'
The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the advances of climate change, according to activist scholar Noam Chomsky, considered the founder of modern
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Shaggy pushes for US visas for Bounty, Beenie
On the heels of last weekend’s titanic clash between dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer that captured the attention of international fans, media outlets, and industry players, there is a push for the two to be reissued with United States visas to promote Jamaican music and
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“It Was Pretty Clear What The Lord Was Doing In Our Hearts” WNBA Player Maya Moore Married The Man She Helped Get Out Of Prison
Maya Moore recently announced that she married Jonathan Irons, the man she spent many years working to get released from prison on a wrongful conviction.
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Trump deems churches 'essential', calls for them to reopen
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump says he deems churches and other houses of worship “essential” and called on governors across the country to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the threat of spreading the novel
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Obama is Calling on Americans to Text Him and Share ‘How You’re Planning on Voting’ - The New York Beacon
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With the vast majority of the south coast haven’s business generated from overseas arrivals, small hotels and guest houses in that section of St Elizabeth are now reeling from the fallout in
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