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Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has declared 21 days of national mourning for his country following the death of former President, Kenneth Kaunda. The
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative and possibly unhappy return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Six days after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark negotiated to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16, widen use of the designated hitter to National League games and introduce an experiment to start extra innings with a runner on second base, the deal was rejected by the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive board in a 33-5 vote.
“To that end we anticipate finalizing a comprehensive set of health and safety protocols with Major League Baseball in the coming days, and we await word from the league on the resumption of spring training camps and a proposed 2020 schedule,” the union said.
An initial deal March 26 called for players to receive prorated salaries and gave Manfred power to set the schedule, but that agreement did not require MLB to play in empty ballparks.
Players are expected to file a grievance, claiming MLB violated a provision in the March agreement requiring both sides to “work in good faith to as soon as is practicable commence play, and complete the fullest 2020 championship season and postseason that is economically feasible” consistent with several provisions.
MGM National Harbor, Maryland's biggest casino, will reopen to the general public on June 29, the casino resort announced Tuesday.
We are pleased to share that MGM National Harbor will reopen its doors Monday, June 29 at 6 a.m. ET.
MGM, located in Oxon Hill, has made major changes since shuttering on March 16 at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, such as disabling every other slot machine and erecting plexiglass barriers at many of the game tables.
Masks will be required at all times, MGM said.
Before the public reopening, MGM will hold a soft opening affair.
[The Point] As coronavirus continues to impact negatively on all sectors, another burning economic issue has once again been brought to the fore.
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 fall.
Thanks to dedicated faculty like Petersen’s biology professor, Christopher Smith, and community college staff throughout the state, the educational journeys of 2.1 million students may have been disrupted, but they don’t have to be interrupted.
But the resilience of community colleges and students like Petersen is on full display during the pandemic, as is the critical role that our 115 colleges continue to play in the response to the crisis and will play in the economic recovery that will follow.
Severe budget cuts to higher education at the time forced community colleges to turn away 500,000 students, allowing California to fall further behind in the production of college-educated workers and hindering economic recovery.
California needs to continue to invest in community colleges and students like Petersen, whose biology education may one day prove critical in confronting a future crisis faced by our state.
Black-owned restaurants across Atlanta help celebrate civic engagement with special offers Chef Todd Richards and a collective of soul food restaurants in Atlanta start a new civic tradition to increase voter turnout in Georgia Vote for the Soul of Georgia is a new civic tradition led by James Beard-nominated Chef Todd Richards that aspires to … Continued
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The Burundi Constitutional Court ruled late Friday that the country does not need an interim president as stipulated by Article 121, saying the country already has a president-elect.
The Court president Charles Ndagijimana said that since the president-elect is competent and the position of president is vacant, Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in as soon as possible so that he can assume office in line with the country's constitution.
Burundi's 2018 Constitution, Article 121, states that; \"In case of vacancy caused by resigning, death or any other cause by the president then the Speaker of the National Assembly takes over in the interim until a new president is elected.\"
Burundi government announced a one week mourning of the death of the country's outgoing President Nkurunziza, all sorts of karaoke and music other than religious ones were banned country wide in bars and restaurants and other public places.
Alicia Keys and John Legend are preparing to bless us with a bonafide soul session on Juneteenth thanks to Verzuz.
The singers will be the focus of a special Juneteenth edition of the Instagram Live series created by Timbaland and Keys’ husband, Swizz Beatz, which challenges Black entertainers to go head-to-head with their greatest hits in a friendly competition.
The singer-songwriter, who is married to TV personality Chrissy Teigen, is set to host a Father’s Day special, “John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day,” on ABC.
Keys, a singer-songwriter Legend toured with during her “Songs in A Minor” days, is an equally celebrated and respected artist.
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz kicked off the battles and more Black music icons have faced off, including: Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, Teddy Riley and Babyface, Nelly and Ludacris.
Kenya Power’s profit after tax for the 12-month period to June 30 this year is projected to decline to at least Ksh196.5 million ($1.96 million), from Ksh262 million ($2.62 million) last year.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that the firm’s electricity sales during the first four months (January-April) of this year reminded relatively flat at 2.92 billion Kwh compared to 2.95 billion Kwh in the same period last year.
“Based on a review of the company’s financial performance, the board of directors has determined that the earnings for the financial year ending June 30, 2020, are projected to be lower than the earnings for the previous year,” said Kenya Power.
According to Kenya’s Economic Survey report (2020) the country’s total electricity demand increased by 3.9 per cent to 11,620.7 GWh last year (2019) from 11,182.0 GWh in 2018, with domestic demand for electricity increasing to 8,854 GWh from 8,702.3 GWh in the same period.
Wind power generation recorded the largest increase last year, becoming Kenya’s third-largest source of energy.
BY GWYNNE DYER It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits is a step in the right direction, if only a baby step. The tide was due to turn about now, according to one theory, […]
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Nationwide — Photos of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman being rushed to the hospital obviously much skinnier than before have surfaced on the Internet and his fans are getting worried.
Chadwick was wearing a black face mask and hoodie covered in a white blanket as he was in a wheelchair pushed inside the hospital by a nurse.
Chadwick became popular for his portrayal of the superhero Black Panther in several Marvel films including the hit movie Black Panther itself.
He also played the role of a number of real-life historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in the movies 42, James Brown in Get on Up, and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall.
"He is being treated for pneumonia but he doesn't have Covid," his administrative assistant Rodrick Ngolo told AFP, dispelling rumours that the nonagenarian had contracted the coronavirus.
The government has put in place measures to protect teachers and learners from Covid-19 when schools reopen.
\"As a ministry, we have put in place plans to best prepare and support teachers and learners for a safe, secure and seamless transition back to quality teaching and learning in schools,\" he said.
Meanwhile, Mathema has paid tribute to schools in Bulawayo making sanitisers, detergents, and face masks as part of their Covid-19 fight.
A total of 119 schools in Bulawayo are producing face masks while eight high schools are manufacturing sanitisers under the guidance of the National University of Science (NUST)'s chemistry department.
\"But kudos to our schools, they have decided to take the proverbial bull by the horns and produce face masks, sanitisers, and detergents as part of critical life-saving.
Europeans have been interested in African geography since the time of the Greek and Roman Empires. Around 150 C.E., Ptolemy created a map of the world that included the Nile and the great lakes of East Africa. In the Middle Ages, the large Ottoman Empire blocked European access to Africa and its trade goods, but Europeans still learned about Africa from Islamic maps and travelers, like Ibn Battuta.
The Catalan Atlas created in 1375, which includes many African coastal cities, the Nile River, and other political and geographical features, shows how much Europe knew about North and West Africa.
By the 1400s, Portuguese sailors, backed by Prince Henry the Navigator, began exploring the West coast of Africa looking for a mythical Christian king named Prestor John and a way to the wealth of Asia that avoided the Ottomans and the powerful empires of South West Asia. By 1488, the Portuguese had charted a way around the south African Cape and in 1498, Vasco da Gama reached Mombasa, in what is today Kenya, where he encountered Chinese and Indian merchants. Europeans made few inroads into Africa, though, until the 1800s, due to the strong African states they encountered, tropical diseases, and a relative lack of interest. Europeans instead grew rich trading gold, gum, ivory, and slaves with coastal merchants.
In the late 1700s, a group of British men, inspired by the Enlightenment ideal of learning, decided that Europe should know much more about Africa. They formed the African Association in 1788 to sponsor expeditions to the continent. With the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1808, European interest in the interior of Africa grew quickly.
Geographical Societies were formed and sponsored expeditions. The Parisian Geographical Society offered a 10,000 franc prize to the first explorer who could reach the town of Timbuktu (in present day Mali) and return alive. The new scientific interest in Africa was never wholly philanthropic, however. Financial and political support for exploration
By Jacob DeNobel
Special to the AFRO
Shanon Shumpert, who established and leads the office of institutional equity at one of the nation’s leading academic health systems in Chicago, has been appointed the next vice provost for institutional equity at Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
She will join the Office of Institutional Equity on July 1, assuming a role responsible for overseeing the university’s affirmative action and equal opportunity compliance efforts.
Shumpert comes to Johns Hopkins from Rush University System for Health in Chicago, where she has served in a leadership role since 2013.
“We found Shanon’s extensive experience, her vision for this critical role and her legal and management expertise extremely compelling,” said Sunil Kumar, Johns Hopkins University’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.
“The Office of Institutional Equity plays an integral role in keeping our campus safe and welcoming for all,” Shumpert said.
The solution is not more privatization – it is for Congress to end decades of neglect and immediately invest billions into our public water systems so that we can finally guarantee clean drinking water to everybody.
At this rate, more than a third of American households may not be able to afford their water bills five years from now.
The Water Act would provide grants to households and communities to make repairs to water infrastructure, replace lead service lines and safely filter out toxic compounds from their drinking water.
Schools would also receive up to $1bn a year for water infrastructure upgrades to address lead and other water problems.
Given the enormity of this crisis, and how the right to clean water is essential to an effective pandemic response, a comprehensive relief bill must include the Water Act.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Saturday donated Sh10 million to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund,
The money will be used towards containing the spread, effects and impact of coronavirus.
The donation by the Commission was presented to the committee chairperson Jane Karuku by TSC Head of Communications Beatrice Wababu at Kenya International Convection Centre.
Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (Kessha) contributed Sh5 million, Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (Kepsha) Sh1million, Kenya colleges principals Sh200,000, TSC secretariat staff Sh1.65 million and teachers Sh2.44 million.
Kessha Chairman Kahi Indimuli said principals will support the initiative by donating Sh2 million worth of personal protection equipment to medical staff at Kenyatta National Hospital.
The committee formed by President Uhuru Kenyatta is mobilising resources to support fight against coronavirus which has paralysed various sectors of the economy.
It isn’t often a politician running for office keeps his campaign promise. Since defeating Donald Trump, Joe Biden has so far lived up to his promise of a diverse senior staff and cabinet. The Democrat, who openly has recognized the critical role African Americans and women played in helping him to garner a record of more than 80 million votes, […]
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By Rick Burke U.S. Navy Office of Community Outreach JACKSONVILLE - Petty Officer 2nd Class L’Oreal Bibbs, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, is playing a critical role in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to maintain a healthy and ready fighting force in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. As a yeoman serving with Naval Air […]
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