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Fans of Megan Thee Stallion are trying to shift the public’s attention away from what they believe to be a misogynistic narrative around the current trial against Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting the rapper in the foot. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was charged in 2020 with assault with a semi-automatic […]
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The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris will make his feature directorial debut with a biopic about late-great comedian Richard Pryor. Barris will... View Article
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CONSERVATIVE LONDON mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has accused London mayor Sadiq Khan of using COVID...
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Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ was yesterday released from prison after completing his sentence for the 2010 killing of Troy Collymore, who he shot after a robbery at a Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, pharmacy.
Just over a year ago, Rowe, who was initially indicted for murder, pleaded not guilty to the capital offence but threw himself at the mercy of the court as he admitted instead to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Justice Navindra Singh would later sentence Rowe to 15 years for the killing and nine years for the armed robbery.
Expressing his remorse to Justice Singh, Rowe had begged the judge for lenience, while stating that he was truly sorry for what had happened, and wanted to be given an opportunity to care for his mother, whom he said had been diagnosed with cancer.
Noting the lengthy time Rowe had been behind bars, Justice Singh had asked him his plans once released.
In a series of tweets Thursday, Hot 97 personality Ebro Darden defended the Houston rapper while distancing himself from Tory.
In light of his recently released album, Megan Thee Stallion has hired lawyers accusing Tory Lanez of launching a smear campaign to discredit her in naming him the shooter on July 12.
Word has been swirling that Tory Lanez has been deported due to his involvement in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. However, the Canadian crooner's representative says their client has not been given the boot from the States.
Megan Thee Stallion is clarifying information after an incident Sunday that left Tory Lanez behind bars on a gun charge and the H-Town Hottie in the hospital in surgery. Megan says she was shot in the foot by someone attempting to harm her.
The United Kingdom will deploy 300 troops to Mali this week as part of the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA), the British Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday.
The mission comprising 250 soldiers and a support team of 50 will be based in Gao, some 320 southeast of Timbuku. The troops is mandated to conduct patrols to gather intelligence and dialogue with the local population to help the UN respond to threats by extremist violence and weak governance, the ministry’s statement said.
This peacekeeping mission is completely separate from the French operation Barkhane, which hunts jihadist groups active in northern Mali. But both forces will operate in the same region, the statement added.
Some members of British forces arrived in Mali on Wednesday and the rest will follow by December 8. They join some 14,000 UN peacekeepers from 56 countries. According to Defense Minister Ben Wallace, the commitment reflects \"the importance of improving security in the Sahel by protecting communities.’’
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom will remain engaged, with three Chinook helicopters and about 100 troops, in support of the French Operation Barkhane under a government-to-government agreement until June 2021.
MINUSMA was deployed in Mali in July 2013, after jihadist groups took control of the north of the vast Sahelian country in 2012. They were largely dispersed by a military intervention launched in January 2013 at the initiative of France. But entire zones remain beyond the control of Malian, French and UN forces.
MINUSMA is one of the most important missions of the UN. Currently, it is one of the most deadliest with more than 220 deaths since its deployment, including more than 130 in hostile acts. Its mandate was renewed for one year at the end of June by the UN Security Council.
Kelsey Nicole gave her two cents about the Houston Hottie's diss.
‘I am excited that the mystery of his genius is finally going to be explored.’ Black-ish creator Kenya Barris will make his feature directorial debut with a biopic about late-great comedian Richard Pryor. Barris will direct the project for MGM and produce along with Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor via her […]
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LENNY HENRY has told The Guardian that the new BBC chair should be someone who...
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While there are still many questions the remain surrounding the incident, some celebrities have begun to publicly distance themselves from Tory.
Kelsey Nicole wants to clear her name.
The United Nation. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world's most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry.
“The vote today is the result of the Commission’s intensive and detailed consideration of these very complex recommendations during the last two years”, as the Chairperson, Ambassador Mansoor Ahmad Khan of Pakistan pointed out.
Following a critical review of cannabis by the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, WHO submitted in January 2019 to the Commission eight recommendations on cannabis and cannabis-related substances. After intensive considerations, the Commission decided today (by 27 votes to 25 and with one abstention) to delete cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention. These substances remain in Schedule I of the 1961 Convention and thus remain subject to all levels of control of the 1961 Convention. The Commission decided not to follow the other recommendations made by the WHO, so that the schedules regarding the respective substances will otherwise remain unchanged.
The Vienna-based U.N. agency said in a statement that it had voted 27-25, with one abstention, to follow the World Health Organization's recommendation to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs, where it was listed with heroin and several other opioids.
The drugs that are on Schedule IV are a subset of those on Schedule I of the convention, which already requires the highest levels of international control. The agency voted to leave cannabis and cannabis resin on the list of Schedule I drugs, which also include cocaine, Fentanyl, morphine, Methadone, opium and oxycodone, the opiate painkiller sold as OxyContin.
Wednesday's vote therefore does not clear U.N. member nations to legalize marijuana under the international drug control system. Canada and Uruguay have legalized the sale and use of cannabis for recreational purposes, but many countries around the world have decriminalized marijuana possession.
The schedules weigh a drug's medical utility versus the possible harm that it might cause, and experts say that taking cannabis off the strictest schedule could lead, however, to the loosening of international controls on medical marijuana.
“Floyd’s murder is the latest example of 400 years worth of terrorism against Black people,” said Kofi Taharka, chairman of the National Black United Front.
“George Floyd’s murder is emblematic of the historical relationship between Black people and law enforcement,” stated Kimathi Nelson, presiding bishop of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church.
Walker added that during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, local and state police coordinated with the nation’s highest policing organization, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to purposefully attack, discredit and some say even murder Black leaders and organizations, primarily through its Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) founded by then FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
But the blatant and widespread acts of injustice by police officers against unarmed Black people are turning this demographic shift into a new political movement.
Shot in the back of the head by police officer who was found guilty of murder).
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments while reviewing Bill Cosby's sexual assault case as his lawyers worked to have his conviction overturned.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion's shooting has gone unanswered by Los Angeles authorities and it's growing more concern as time passes. A source close to the situation says the case is \"open and shut\" and is confused by the lack of urgency to arrest her shooter, Tory Lanez. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office addresses the comment but offers no tangible updates on what to expect.
MEGAN THEE Stallion has said Tory Lanez is the one who shot her in both...
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Twitter immediately called out Tory Lanez and DaBaby for working with the \"Say it\" crafter because Lanez allegedly shot the Houston rapper. DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion are good friends and have collaborated frequently. Mega Thee Stallion responded on Twitter by calling the post old and saying, \"nice try.\"
By Gillian Brockell, Washington Post A replica of a controversial statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a newly emancipated Black man has been removed from a public park in Boston. Crews were seen early Tuesday morning wrapping and lifting the statue, according to footage from Boston 25 News. Over the summer, the Boston Art Commission voted […]
An Unfortunate Passing of a Senegalese Boy
Three men were each sentenced to two years in prison — of which 23 months are suspended, by a court in Senegal on Tuesday in a high-profile case that saw three fathers facing charges of \"placing the lives of others in danger,\" after the trio urged their sons to embark upon a risky migration trip to Europe by sea which left one of the boys pronounced dead. The men were acquitted of the charge of abetting migrant trafficking at the insistence of their defence attorney.
An Untimely Death Borne of Desperation
Their sons were with other migrants who boarded a canoe to make the crossing from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands, the first step in a plan to reach continental Europe. But one of them, a boy aged about 15 nicknamed Doudou, fell ill and died after having problems eating\" during the trip — as per a source close to the investigation.
Further details are unclear, as according to local media his body was tipped overboard after he died.
The children of the two other fathers survived the attempted crossing and have since returned home.
The fathers of the three — who are fishermen in the coastal town of Mbour, were arrested a couple of weeks afterwards.
The father of the deceased child had paid 80 euros to a smuggler, who was to take the boy to Spain. His ultimate destination was Italy where he hoped to sign up for a football training academy in the hopes of launching a lucrative professional career to help his family.
The Economic State of Affairs in Senegal
Doudou's untimely and unfortunate passing triggered an uproar in Senegal - prompting anguished debates about poverty, parental pressure and the allure of life in societies abroad that are perceived to have a better standard of living. The pressure to migrate is especially strong among fishing communities as coastal villages in Senegal have been badly hit by dwindling catches that many allege are due to the disruptive presence of foreign factory ships - in addition to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Canary Islands lie more than 100 kilometres from the coast of Africa at their closest point, and many boats —big canoes also called pirogues, are overcrowded, underpowered and in poor shape for such migration trips.
Over 500 people have died this year, mostly in October and November, according to the United Nations’ International Office for Migration (IOM), compared to 210 fatalities for the whole of last year.
ADULTS WITHOUT A-levels will be offered a free college course as part of the government's...
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From court rolls, it appears that Judge Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele, who was suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa following the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, has been hearing new matters.
If he had lived long enough to have his day in court, Jeffrey Epstein would have been acquitted or triggered a mistrial, his former lawyer says. 'It was foolish of him to kill himself because [...]
It’s the result scientists were hoping for. The first covid-19 vaccine trial in the United States revived people’s immune system, researchers reported Tuesday.
“They’re phase one studies, but it’s a good first step. It looks as though the vaccine generated a vigorous immune response. We like that. We think that’s going to be associated with protection. A couple of notes: this is a two dose vaccine. And there were some people who had sore arms and a little bit of fever and some fatigue, et cetera. Small price to pay for protection against COVID, I would think. So there’s nothing there that would inhibit us from going on to larger trials. And they’re currently underway”, Dr. William Schaffner of the Vanderbilt University said.
But researchers are treading cautiously as they begin to try the vaccine on older people.
“It’s a careful stepwise way of doing it. First, a smaller group of younger people. Then you expand it to older people since it worked very well in the younger group. And we’ll have to see how the older persons respond. We know that they generally don’t respond as well as younger people to vaccines. So, this is something we’ll look at very carefully. It’s probably one of the reasons this is a two dose vaccine, because we clearly want to protect older people and people who are frail with chronic underlying illnesses”, Dr. Schaffner added.
The 30,000-person study will mark the world’s largest study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine so far. Nearly two dozen possible COVID-19 vaccines are in various stages of testing around the world.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It is a story that, until now, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., had reserved only for a forthcoming memoir, Freedom’s Constant Struggle, about the true story of the legendary Wilmington 10. The group of U.S. political prisoners, whose fight for freedom, justice, and equality, led […]
Statues have been taken down; names scrubbed from institutions. The national reckoning over race has reenergized debates over historical figures and the scrutiny goes beyond Confederate monuments.
