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Western Bureau: St James’ Custos Conrad Pitkin says that despite the issues created by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country should take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that agriculture remains vibrant because the nation cannot...
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Ethiopia flip flops on 'contentious' filling of massive dam | Africanews
Ethiopia has started filling a giant hydroelectric dam it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister, Seleshi Bekele; is quoted to have said on
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'To My Queen': T.I. Pens a Lovely Message to His Wife Tiny Harris and Goes All Out for Her Birthday
T.I. is setting the bar pretty high for men everywhere. The "King" rapper went all out for his wife Tiny Harris' 45th birthday on July 14 with all sorts
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Trump Claims ‘More White People’ Killed by Police Than Black Americans, Ignoring Demographic Basics - African American News Today - EIN News
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Textbook firms see Sh30bn drop in sales on schools closure
Textbook firms project Sh30 billion drop in sales this year or 75 per cent fall in revenues on prolonged closure of schools and learners repeating classes due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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St Catherine North Eastern: How electors voted 1989-2016
SINCE 1944, electors of St Catherine North Eastern have voted for a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representative 11 times and a People's National Party (PNP) candidate four in a total of 15 general elections.A single by-election in 2009 also went in favour of the JLP after a high court disqualified
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'We're Turning It Into a Circus': Charles Barkley Says He Doesn't Like Sports Leagues’ Pandering Responses to Social Justice Issues
Charles Barkley says that he isn't one for symbolic gestures when it comes to how professional sports leagues are responding to social justice issues, and […]
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Partner of Cabinet minister resigns amid concern over Holland sweetheart deal
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Tubberville defeats Sessions for Republican U. S. Senate nomination, will face Doug Jones in November
Tommy Tubberville, former Auburn football coach won the Republican second primary on Tuesday to defeat Jeff Sessions, former Senator and Trump’s first Attorney General.Tubberville won in Greene County by 206 (62.42%) to 124 (37.58) for Jeff Sessions, as well as winning statewide by 333,890
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COVID Prison Release to Start With Non-Violent Inmates Over Age 30
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Kenya, US look to win-win negotiation of free trade deal beyond pandemic
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A Reporter Asked Why Black Americans Are Being Killed By Police, Trump Responds 'So Are White People'
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'Keep Fighting Queens': Porsha Williams and Yandy Smith-Harris Get Released from Jail After Arrests During Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville
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Supreme Court ruling could overturn convictions in Oklahoma | Afro
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared much of eastern Oklahoma part of the Creek Indian reservation, Oklahoma state and federal officials are debating their next steps. The ruling could create a wave of Native Americans trying to overturn their convictions if they were
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Celebrity Chef Nik Fields Launches Seasoning Blends In Response To Goya Boycott
Celebrity chef Nik Fields is expanding her food brand to include original Adobo and Sazon seasoning in response to the recent Goya protests.
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Dallas Weekly News: Ep. 65 –Florida man charged with setting store on fire amid protest | Dallas Weekly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_Ux6pSkf4&feature=youtu.be Today in Dallas Weekly News,COVID-19 continues its grim record-setting pace in Texas, a Florida man was charged with setting a store on fire amid protest, the Dallas city hospital report.
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Nigeria mourns first ever female helicopter combat pilot: Tolulope Arotile | Africanews
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, in September 2017 made history when she became Nigeria’s first ever female combat helicopter pilot. She died from injuries sustained in a road accident, the Air Force announced on
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Countries pool efforts to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines
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New York Teen Drowns After Jumping Into Ocean to Save Friends from Rip Current: ‘He Didn't Know How to Swim and He Didn't Tell Them’
A New York teen gave his life last week to save two friends who got caught in a rip tide at the Jersey Shore. On July 10, Jalan Alston was at the shore in
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Why Climate Change Is Also A Reproductive Justice Issue For Many Black Women - Blavity
We will not address any of our crises – the pandemic or the climate crisis’ health impacts – without centering and addressing these health inequities and their cause: racism.
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New Peak of 71K US Overdose Deaths in 2019 Dashes Hopes
Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record that predates the COVID-19 crisis, which the White House and many experts believe will drive such deaths even higher. Preliminary numbers released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the trend is
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For the first time in the history of the coveted magazine Vanity Fair, a black photographer shot the cover photo of the July/August edition. The beautiful Viola Davis graces the cover of the publication that was released on July 14. Dario Calmese photographed the Oscar-winning actress in an
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Kenya: More Employees of Pumwani Maternity Hospital Test Positive for COVID-19
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St Andrew teen charged with shooting of two women
Nineteen-year-old Adoniyah Moncrieffe, otherwise called ‘Oneil’, of Upper Fifth Street in St Andrew has been charged with shooting with intent. It is reported that about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, two women were...
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