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Tunisia’s prime minister resigned Wednesday amid suspicions of conflict of interest because of his stake in a waste processing company that won government contracts worth 15 million
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Canada says to hold accountable all those preventing transparent conclusion to electoral process - Stabroek News
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'You have to be here' - African researchers in Nigeria blaze a trail in virus battle | News24
Run by a Cameroon-raised, Harvard-trained molecular biologist, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has been at the forefront in the fight of killer diseases such as Ebola, Lassa fever – and now Covid-19.
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India's rich can't flee the pandemic. That's given some a new empathy for the poor - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Across India, meanwhile, critically ill virus patients are being turned away from public and private hospitals for lack of beds, staff and equipment, as healthcare systems buckle under the pressure of the escalating
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Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County Announces Day Of Action, National Strike for Black Lives - The Seattle Medium
Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County today announced a day of direct action in solidarity with local and national labor unions that plan to strike for Black lives on Monday, July
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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary | Dallas Weekly
On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with other civil rights lions like Reverend Hosea Williams (SCLC) continued on their march despite then Governor Wallace’s threats and were attacked by the
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SA coronavirus: over 300,000 cases; 8th biggest caseload globally | Africanews
South Africa has become a COVID-19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its index case on 5th March, 2020. From the area of testing through to record number of recoveries, South Africa has been praised for pro-activeness in combating the
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Twitter racing to unravel mystery cyberattack - TechCentral
As Twitter grapples with the worst security breach in its 14-year history, it must now uncover whether its employees were victims of sophisticated phishing schemes or if they deliberately allowed hackers to access high-profile accounts.
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6 things to watch in Texas' primary runoff election | Dallas Weekly
Polls open in July. Voters wearing masks and gloves. Texans will be voting in the middle of a pandemic on Tuesday in a runoff election originally scheduled for May. Here’s what to watch for when the results come in. 1. A race to face off against John Cornyn Whoever wins the U.S. Senate Democratic
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‘Snitch Hotline’ Keeps NBA Players In Check On COVID-19 Protocols
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‘I lost consciousness four times’ – Brazilian cop filmed standing on a Black woman’s neck - Face2Face Africa
Two São Paulo military police officers are facing criminal charges after one of them was filmed with his foot on the neck of a Black woman, who had her face on the ground during an arrest. The officer in question also stood on the woman’s neck, applying all his weight on the neck at
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Playing with fire - Stabroek News
Yesterday, incumbent President David Granger serenely celebrated his 75th birthday with special invitees including core party loyalists and key Government figures, before his smiling portrait in a huge banner that proclaimed “May God bless you with a life full of health, happiness and
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The Herculean Effort to Build an American Army
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California Begins Early Release of prisoners due to COVID-19 — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - Prison officials announced July 10 that an estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be eligible for early release by the end of August, in order to stem the COVID-19 outbreak in California’s prison system.  “These actions are taken to provide for the health and safety of the
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Despite Reform Efforts, BPD Corruption Persists | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The following was published in the New Orleans Advocate, October 15, 2014, recounting the murder of a woman ordered by a member of the New Orleans Police Department in 1994: “Two decades ago, amid one of the darkest chapters in the
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Covid-19 wrap: 577 366 global deaths, US adds another 63 000 cases and Australia weighs harsher curbs | News24
More than 13.37 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 577 366 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
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Nigeria: 774,000 Jobs - FG Begins Recruitment
[Premium Times] The federal government has announced the commencement of the Special Public Works Programme aimed at employing 774,000 citizens, a thousand from each of the 774 local government areas in the country.
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In Fort Worth, activists are hoping voters will reduce the local police budget by as much as $80 million | Dallas Weekly
For the first time since nationwide calls to defund law enforcement gained traction in Texas, voters in one of the state's largest cities will decide Tuesday whether to keep or do away with a half-cent sales tax that funds at least 24% of its police department's budget. A measure on Fort Worth
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US sanctions prompted by repeated attempts to deny will of the people - ambassador - Stabroek News
United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday defended Washington’s move to impose sanctions against persons here acting to derail democracy, while saying that it is driven by the concern that it and over 130 other nations share about the repeated efforts to undermine the will of the
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Amazing Atlanta Black teens win third consecutive Harvard debate competition - Face2Face Africa
A team of African American students known as 'The Atlanta Great Debaters' won the championship title for the international Harvard debate competition for the third time in a row this year. The team defended and competed against students from more than 25 countries in this year’s event held
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36 people arrested after clash with NYPD at Brooklyn Bridge protest : TheGrio
New York police say that thirty-six people were arrested on Wednesday in a protest when a march against gun violence on the Brooklyn Bridge went awry. The post 36 people arrested after clash with NYPD at Brooklyn Bridge protest appeared first on TheGrio.
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MMA fighter Jahreau Shepherd stabbed to death during 30th birthday celebration - Face2Face Africa
British professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Jahreau Shepherd, has been stabbed to death in South London, according to his manager. The tragic incident occurred on Black Prince Estate Kennington late Saturday, BBC reported. Nicknamed 'Nightmare', the Welterweight fighter was reportedly on his
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Ghana's Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh becomes IBM's 1st female boss for Africa - Face2Face Africa
Ghanaian Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh has been appointed by technology giant, IBM Corporation, as its Regional Head for North, East and West Africa. She was IBM’s first female country head and becomes the first woman and first African to be appointed Regional Head in Africa. She will be responsible for
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The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute is deeply engaged in research and clinical trials that will benefit our understanding of prostate, lung, and breast cancer and now the other major diseases suffered by African Americans and minorities and their relationship to COVID-19 deaths
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San Diego police shoot man holding replica weapon | Afro
A man who pointed a gun at police officers after repeated orders for him to move away from the weapon was shot and killed by officers in the City Heights section of San Diego, Calif., on the afternoon of July 9. He has been identified as Richard Lewis Price, 49. Police later determined that
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