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Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley resigned from his position this week after revealing that he cremated the remains of... View Article
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
NEW YORK — Don Victor Mooney, President of H.R. 1242 Resilience Project and a resident of Flushing, Queens, ended his two week visit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea last week by delivering a time capsule commemorating 400 years of African American History. Of the many items included, was a picture of Amaud Arbery. […]
A man captured on video disrupting a JetBlue flight and disrespecting a Black passenger and staff has been stripped of... View Article
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Drop in next time as we name names and look at five major internet service providers to look at.
Fall is in full swing but COVID-19 is still running rampant. So this may be the perfect weekend to stay... View Article
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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/PoolBy LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) - Mail delivery standards in parts of the country remain well below levels prior to Postmaster General Louis…
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers face higher unemployment than their midcareer counterparts, according to a... View Article
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Zimbabwean-born former Australia rugby captain David Pocock has called time on his career to focus on nature conservation.
… ;t ready to put our African-American players on a pedestal and … , Gibson became only the second black American, after 1936 Olympic sprint champion … education. Her grandfather, the only African-American in his class, got a …
Several thousand people ransacked and looted a government food warehouse in central Nigeria.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] United Nations -- Africa needs to not follow the climate-damaging model of the West, and cutting land degradation can help
… it was being sent to African-American voters.
“Tracy Steele is a …
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change. The Democratic presidential nominee has spent months touting a $2 trillion plan to boost investment in clean energy and stop all climate-damaging emissions from the U.S. economy by 2050. The plan implied that he would wean the U.S. off oil and gas, but Biden wasn't so explicit about the industry's fate — until Thursday night. During the final moments of the presidential debate, Biden said he would 'transition away from the oil industry.' President Donald Trump, […]
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brett Phillips squatted on the field crying, Randy Arozarena sprawled in the dirt pounding his hands on home plate. Tears of joy, smacks of celebration — and a crucial, crazy win for the scrappy Tampa Bay Rays. In one of the wildest World Series finishes ever, the light-hitting Phillips delivered a tying single off Kenley Jansen with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning that turned into the game-ending hit when the Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the ball twice, allowing Arozarena to scramble home and lifting the Rays […]
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by PublicSource Reporters The Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] reported 131 additional COVID infections Saturday, but no new COVID-related fatalities. The newly reported cases bring the total count since March 14 to 14,818 infections. The case tally released Saturday came from 1,151 polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests, with positive results collected from Oct. 18 … Continued
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Last week, the National Youth Parliament Surrey County successfully donated over 1,350 books to schools across Portland and St Thomas. Organised by county coordinator, David Salmon, and his deputy, Nahjae Nunes, this project represented a...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Blair, one of the great linebackers in Minnesota Vikings history and a six-time Pro Bowler who... View Article
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The Sierra Leonean government organizes a National Primary School Examination every year and this year, the country recorded the largest number of candidates in the country’s history. Even more fascinating is the fact that, out of almost 150,000 candidates, Gisele Akibo-Betts came in first, 25 years after her mother also came in first writing the same...
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[Monitor] Mercy Ayiru, a 34 - year - old lady died while undergoing an operation to remove uterine fibroids.
[This Day] The second leg of the African Champions League semifinal between Egypt's Zamalek and Raja Casablanca has been postponed by a week after eight players in the Moroccan club's squad tested positive for Covid-19, the Confederation of African Football said on Thursday.
[DW] Washington plans to lift sanctions on Sudan in return for compensation for terror victims, making the African country a pawn in the US election campaign. Experts say this approach to sanctions in Africa needs to change.
An ‘inside’ look at the music industry by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer From the moment your favorite music artist announces their tour, you check to see if one of the tour dates is in Pittsburgh. Yes, Pittsburgh it is. December 8, PPG Paints Arena. Or, you hear that one of the hottest new … Continued
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Announcement - President Donald J. Trump, Sudanese Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today to discuss Sudan’s historic progress towards democracy and opportunities to advance peace in the region.
In a fortnight the respective states will be counting ballots to determine the next President of the United States. Absurdly, we do not vote directly for the President but for electors who vote in the Electoral College on December 14, 2020, to crown the candidate who won a majority of Electoral votes, not necessarily a majority of the votes cast.
… recognize that, until the 1960s, African-Americans were pretty much shut out … in 1965, the number of African-Americans who registered to vote in … basic level, bigger participation from Black Americans.” And for a while, that …
Dressed in an adorable black and white ensemble and equipped with a Wilson racket identical to her mom's, Alexis Olympia... View Article
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has faced a jihadist insurgency and economic recession, but youth protests that have spiralled into widespread unrest appear to be his biggest challenge yet. The 77-year-old former military ruler has drawn fierce criticism for his slow response as the shooting of demonstrators unleashed chaos in Africa's largest city, Lagos.
