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10,000 guests at Malaysian 'drive-through wedding' amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. The
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A year after first death in China, COVID-19 source still a puzzle
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Zimbabwe bans traditional funerals to battle COVID-19 spike | Afro
By FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, battling a spike in new COVID-19 cases, has banned families from transporting their dead relatives between cities, as part of new measures to stop traditional funeral rites that are believed to be increasing the spread of the
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Congress Announces New Coronavirus Aid Package Including $600 For Many US Residents | COVID-19 National | The Michigan Chronicle
Congress recently agreed to an end-of-year deal to pass a second coronavirus aid package that includes support for small businesses, unemployment benefits, and $600 in direct payments to most US residents, as many are at the end of their rope financially. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Pandemic Relief Deal Reached As Panel Recommends New Vaccine Priorities
Falling short of the initial relief check sent out last spring, people in the U.S. will soon receive $600 direct payment ascongress finalizedan end-of-year COVID-19 pandemic deal. This is the
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Peet’s Workers in Oakland, Berkeley Exposed to Virus Seek Better COVID Policies
In the wake of confirmed in-store positive COVID-19 cases at Oakland and Berkeley locations, low wage Peet’s Coffee workers and ex-workers say they want the company to organize better safety measures. Since workers currently employed at Peet’s said they feared retaliation for speaking out, and
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Mandatory Cremation for COVID-19 Victims Sparks Outrage Among Muslim Community
The Maldives has offered to bury Sri Lankan Muslims who died due to COVID-19, amid outrage among Sri Lanka’s Muslim community over forced cremations of Muslim victims of the infection.
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Central Africa: IGAD Eyeing On Research Outcomes to Strengthen Security
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UN warns more than half of Yemenis to go hungry in 2021 | Africanews
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Protest in Nigeria over gov’t’s handling of kidnapping crisis | Africanews
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Sees Benin's Annual Voodoo Festival Scaled Down | Africanews
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Rep. Barbara Lee: To Mend African American Distrust in COVID-19 Vaccine, Let Black Communities Lead the Way
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Playing The Perpetual Victim Is What Got SportCenter’s Sage Steele Demoted In Favor Of Elle Duncan
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Nigeria: 13 soldiers killed in jihadist attack | Africanews
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WHO Says ‘Super Gonorrhea’ On the Rise Due to Covid-19
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Central African Republic begins issuing voter cards ahead of election | Africanews
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Viewpoint: How many more days of Donald Trump? | Atlanta Daily World
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Local And National Push To Build Black Trust In Vaccine - The New Journal and Guide
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Whitney Museum of American Art Highlighting The Kamoinge Workshop With Retrospective Showcase
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