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SIX years ago, Rodger Brown and his wife Shana Newman-Brown had to improvise so their newborn daughter could have access to a ventilator at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).Baby Malia was diagnosed with respiratory distress syndrome
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Kalahari tragedy: Survivor speaks out about support from family and friends | News24
Wilmien Davin, who survived an inferno at a lodge in the Kalahari, has said that family and friends kept her going.
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Saying Goodbye To My 20s And Hello To My 30s - Blavity
When you say goodbye to 20 and hello to 30, there are a few things to remember.
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Why does Emirati entrepreneur Sara Al Madani say no to female empowerment & yes to failure? | Africanews
From a very early age, Emirati entrepreneur Dr. Sara Al Madani believed her ideas could turn a tidy
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Jamaica: Shops of JLP operatives set on fire in May Pen - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) The shops of two Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) operatives were set on fire in May Pen, Clarendon late Wednesday evening in an incident that is alleged to be politically
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California faces huge fires before usual peak of season - Los Angeles Sentinel
California’s firefighting agency is in talks with the National Guard and California Conservation Corps about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season threatens to get even
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Mom dies after saving daughter from house 'set alight' by boyfriend in Mpumalanga | News24
A 25-year-old woman from Kwaggafontein has died after she and her daughter were trapped in a burning house that was allegedly set alight by her boyfriend.
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UK gives US$3.8m for COVID-19 response in Caribbean
THE United Kingdom has agreed to contribute three million pounds (US$3.8m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines – contain the spread of
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Tropical Storm Gonzalo could become a hurricane today
JAMAICA'S national meteorological service says it continues to monitor Tropical Storm Gonzalo, which is expected to be strengthened into a hurricane today. However, the local met service, in a post on its website, says the system, which was last night heading towards the Lesser Antilles, would not
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Somalia: Taiwan-China Diplomatic Competition Comes to Somaliland
[VOA] Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia in east Africa, has formally recognized Taiwan, another government that lacks United Nations recognition.
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What we know about the Beirut blast - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The blast has been linked to a large supply of confiscated and potentially unsecured explosive material, stored in a warehouse at the city's port, close to populated areas. As world leaders and international organizations step in to offer assistance, local officials are also launching an

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Minneapolis burning as race relations flare
Black Lives Matter, they say. His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it didn’t. They say. Minneapolis...
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IUCN launches a promotional video to tackle marine plastic pollution in the Caribbean - Voice Online
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Retired U. S. Marine Seen Catching 3-Year-Old Tossed From Burning Apartment Building In Phoenix - Blavity News
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Body Camera Video Of George Floyd And Police Offers New Details Of Deadly Encounter
In the police video, Officer Tou Thao seems to get increasingly agitated as the crowd becomes more vocal, with onlookers repeatedly asking him why Floyd's vital signs aren't being checked.
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(1865) Henry Highland Garnet, “Let The Monster Perish”
On February 12, 1865, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave and now pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., became the first African American to speak in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. His sermon was delivered on Sunday, February 12, 1865 within days
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28 Jamaicans graduate Monroe College
BRONX, New York: Twenty-eight Jamaican students were celebrated in a virtual commencement ceremony held recently to highlight the academic achievements of Monroe College’s exceptional class of 2020. Marc Jerome, president of Monroe College,...
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(1845) Frederick Douglass, “My Slave Experience in Maryland”
Frederick Douglass described his early life in an address titled, “My Slave Experience in Maryland, in a speech delivered in New York City on May 6, 1845. The speech, which was reprinted in the National Antislavery Standard on May 22, 1845, appears below. Douglass had just completed his first
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‘Umbrella Man’ Who Sparked Riot In George Floyd Protest ID’d As White Supremacist, We Been Knew
A mystery man, nicknamed "Umbrella Man," has been identified by Minneapolis police. The suspect is said to be the one who started the riots during a peaceful protest against police brutality days after the death of George Floyd. Links to white supremacist groups have been identified. The
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California Wildfires Burn 1M Acres and Counting – The Wilmington Journal
More than 1.25 million acres of wildfire in Northern and Central California have ignited a man versus nature fiasco as local firefighters are spread thin and left without adequate resources. Cal Fire, the California agency [...]
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California Fires Displace Thousands, Cause Dangerous Air Quality 
Hundreds of fires have erupted in California after a rare lightning storm hit the coast during a record heatwave. The fires have caused unhealthy air quality warnings across the state, prompting concerns amid rising cases of COVID-19 — which has killed over 11,000 people in California and is known
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University of the West Indies
Each of these countries is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth in the West Indies, thus allowing for improved regional autonomy.[1] The University was originally
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July 7-10 virtual literary ‘outing’ for Women Across Borders - Stabroek News
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Earth Today | Agricultural resilience gets ‘shot in the arm’
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