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Newswire : Zalia Avant-garde makes history as 1st African American Spelling Bee Champ
By: Associated Press Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin roots. Zaila knew she would be the first African American winner of the bee. She
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Free State trio nabbed for allegedly scoring R6m tender using fraudulent documents | News24
Three people have been arrested in the Free State in connection with a R6 million Department of Rural Development and Land Affairs tender.
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Sprinter Gabby Thomas Is Going For Gold In Tokyo. She's Also An Epidemiologist Working To Fix The Health Care System.
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Racism: An International Crime
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Vacancies opening up in Jamaica Fire Brigade
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The U.S. invites United Nations to Visit After UN Report Highlights Country's Racial Injustice
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10 of 15 missing fishermen found in Honduran waters
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Labelling misses mark as food fats slip through the cracks
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Finance Committee Discovers Possible Education Dept. Budget Discrepancy
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'He's not going to sit in silence': How General Mark Milley found himself caught up in Trump's political wars | The Atlanta Voice
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Minister Nancy Tembo exonerates herself from the K40bn plunder
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RUBiS exposes young art students to NYC Art Mecca
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UK VAX BAILOUT
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Sydney’s Covid-19 Outbreak Causes 65 New Cases Across Aged Care Homes, Hospitals, And Ambulances – The Wilmington Journal
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Simpson is new ICAC president - Barbados Today
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Malawi Post Corporation invites staff for voluntary retrenchment; As it downsizes its staff for government to recapitalize
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Google Partners With India’s Capital Delhi To Provide Real-Time Bus Tracking – The Wilmington Journal
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How Pearl Hobson became the most popular African-American dancer and singer in Imperial Russia in the 1900s
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticized for Siding with Cuban Protesters After Signing Bill to Increase Penalties Against Demonstrators Following George Floyd's Death: 'Not Shocked'
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