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Today is the sixth day of 2021. There are 359 days left in the year,TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1942: The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrives in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial aeroplane.�OTHER EVENTS
\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.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to vote.
The COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to have a disproportionate impact on democratic participation for communities of color who have been harmed most deeply by the health and economic crisis and who will encounter greater barriers to voter participation given the new risks of voting in person on Election Day.”
Numerous organizations across the five states are working to promote voter participation and reach communities of color, returning citizens and young people, but they are struggling to secure resources to further their outreach amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an era of social distancing, and major economic recession, the SPLC said in a statement.
Officials noted that Vote Your Voice builds on the SPLC’s ongoing voting rights work to enable every citizen in the Deep South the opportunity to have their voice heard at the ballot box.
In the past two years, the SPLC invested a combined $2 million to help pass the Amendment 4 ballot initiative in Florida and increase voter registration and turn-out in Louisiana and Mississippi state elections.
Foreign donor nations pledged $1.8 billion at a conference hosted by Germany to help Sudan ease an economic crisis hampering its transition towards democracy after the fall of Omar al-Bashir.
The two Gulf countries had promised a grant to Sudan of $3 billion in the form of cash and commodities after the military ousted Bashir in April 2019, but it is unclear how much has reached the country in total.
World Bank to offer Sudan grant
\tThe World Bank’s David Malpass said the institution was in the process of securing a $400 million “pre-arrears clearance grant” for Sudan, to be approved by August.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, running Sudan under a precarious, transitional power-sharing deal with the military since Bashir’s overthrow in an uprising last year, is desperate for more foreign support.
The pledges were well below the $8 billion in aid that Hamdok said last August was needed to turn around an economy in crisis since Sudan lost almost all its oil revenue when South Sudan seceded in 2011.
She has a Ph.D. in Personal Financial Planning from Kansas State University and her research focuses on risk management decision-making strategies of baby boomers in the United States.
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Dr. Anderson also told us what a proper estate plan is.
Unidentified gunmen have abducted 10 humanitarian aid workers as they were distributing food in a village in southwestern Niger, their NGO said in a statement.
She told the AFP news agency APIS, a partner of the UN World Food Programme, had worked in the volatile region near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali “without problems” in the past year.
A German aid worker and an Italian priest were abducted in the region in 2018.
Gunmen in the area have previously stolen several vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) in the region.
Fighters with links to al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group have increasingly mounted attacks across the Sahel in recent years despite the presence of thousands of regional and foreign troops in the region.
It will be fine and cool to cold in the Northern Cape, but partly cloudy to cloudy in the south at first, with morning fog in the Hantam municipality.
Partly cloudy to cloudy and cold to cool conditions can be expected in the Western Cape, with isolated rain and showers along the Overberg coastal areas in the afternoon, spreading to the Garden Route coast by the evening.
The wind along the coast will be strong westerly along the south coast, moderating from evening, otherwise moderate to fresh north-westerly in the south-west, becoming light south-westerly in the evening, and light and variable along the west coast.
It will be partly cloudy and cold in the western part of the Eastern Cape, but cool along the coast where it will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain from the evening.
The eastern half will be cool along the coast, otherwise fine and cold, but partly cloudy in places in the west in the morning and again from the evening.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two years.
“In the absence of effective treatments or a widely available vaccine, we expect that over the next two years the region of the Americas will experience recurring COVID-19 outbreaks, which may be interspersed with periods of limited transmission,” said the Dominican-born Dr Etienne.
Dr Etienne urged countries to adjust and coordinate their COVID-19 response based on increasingly detailed data.
Dr Etienne said flexible responses are key, stating that “public health measures, as well as social protection efforts, will need to be reviewed regularly to minimise the impact of the virus in our societies.
“We must also continue to strengthen our health systems, which are our strongest defence against COVID-19 – today and in the future,” Dr Etienne said, adding that PAHO's recommendation of a public health expenditure benchmark of at least six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) is “relevant now, more than ever.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Vice Media Group's Marsha Cooke about companies' public support of Black Lives Matter protests, while not allowing products to be advertised next to related content.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
Many corporations have voiced support for Black Lives Matter since the murder of George Floyd.
Yet, new research from Vice Media Group suggests some of those corporations are also refusing to advertise products next to Black Lives Matter-related content that's online.
Words relating to the murder of George Floyd and the protests happening across the country were popping up on these lists that are called within the industry blocklists.
SIMON: Marsha Cooke is senior vice president at Vice Media Group.
Three young opposition activists in Zimbabwe who said they had been abducted and sexually assaulted faced charges on Friday of lying about their treatment as the government claims their allegations are part of a plot to destabilise the country.
Their case has become the latest flashpoint in Zimbabwe, with a group of United Nations experts this week speaking out against a “reported pattern of disappearances and torture” by government agents in the southern African nation.
The women already faced charges of contravening Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown.
Magistrate Bianca Makwande said she will rule on the bail application on Monday, meaning the women will spend the weekend in remand prison.
The women alleged their abductors took them from a police station in May after they were arrested for organising an anti-government protest.
Sol Butler: First African-American to Quarterback a Team for All Four Years of College
Sol Butler was a football player who was also known for his outstanding skills in track and field.
In college, Butler quarterbacked the German College football team in 1916.
During his freshman year, Butler led the college to a 13-7 win over St. Joseph College.
Butler later signed on with the NFL in 1923 with the Rock Island Independents.
Later that year, the New York Giants refused to let its all-white team on the field until Canton withdrew Butler as starting quarterback.
Since the definition of “subversive” as it relates to the Bureau has always been broad, Jones entry made his a perfect agent.
Going back to “subversive,” Wormley Jones–”Agent 800”–while working under J. Edgar Hoover was meant to bring back any intel on the spread of Communism and radical leftism in the U.S.
Hoover viewed Garvey’s activities as overlapping with his “Red Scare” campaign but with the Bureau being mainly–if not totally–White at the time, there was no way to investigate effectively.
Jones would infiltrate Garvey’s organization in New York.
Compromised, the Bureau had nothing else for Jones and resigned on April 14, 1923.
Jack Jones would return to law enforcement after leaving the Bureau.
On Tuesday (Jun 24), actress Jenny Slate took to Instagram to announce that she would no longer be the voice of “Missy” the Black character on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth, before adding that her decision was based on the fact that the role should be voiced by a Black person.
But Missy is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people,” Slate wrote.
“I acknowledge how my original reasoning was flawed, that it existed as an example of white privilege and unjust allowances made within a system of societal white supremacy, and that in me playing Missy, I was engaging in an act of erasure of Black people.
“After thoughtful discussion with us and our Black collaborators, Jenny Slate has decided, and we wholeheartedly agree, that Missy on Big Mouth should be voiced by a Black actor,” the collective wrote.
We made a mistake, took our privilege for granted, and we’re working hard to do better moving Actress Will No Longer Voice Black Character on Hit Netflix Series
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On Wednesday, the U.S. saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with almost 46,000 infections reported.
Many leaders have turned their backs on the most vulnerable communities, Blacks and Hispanics, even as essential workers of color continue to put themselves, and the health of their loved ones at home, in harm’s way to keep other families fed, entertained and happy.
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The three most populous states, Florida, California and Texas, are setting records for new coronavirus cases daily.
As many states are on the verge of being overwhelmed by new coronavirus cases, the Trump administration is ending its support for 13 drive-thru coronavirus testing sites on June 30.
Seven sites are in Texas, which hit record numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week.
He has brushed them off, especially the ones accusing Wallace or his No. 43 team of being involved in a hoax, of somehow being behind the garage door pulldown rope fashioned as a noose that was found in their garage stall at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway last weekend.
It has been a remarkable and exhausting three weeks for Wallace since he helped spark NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.
That is seen as a sea change for the 72-year-old stock car series with its core Southern fan base, but then came the noose and a federal investigation that ultimately determined Wallace had not been the target of a hate crime.
He has received support from NASCAR friends and foes, like fellow driver Aric Almirola who started a text with “we’re not friends and we don’t act like we are” but was ready to stand next to Wallace as a brother.
NASCAR is at Pocono Raceway this weekend for Cup Series races on June 27 and June 28, just one more piece of a grueling schedule where all eyes are on Wallace.
Holder wants racism to be treated like doping and fixing
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Jason Holder wants racism to be treated as seriously as doping and match-fixing in cricket, the 28-year-old has said.
Then Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was slapped with a four-match ban last year for a racist remark aimed at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.
Earlier this month, former West Indies captains Darren Sammy and Chris Gayle said they have experienced racist abuse and threw their weight behind the Black Lives Matters campaign.
Under the anti-racism code of the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), a third breach of the code by a player could lead to a life ban.
England will consider a joint anti-racism protest with West Indies during the three-test series between the sides next month.
An Algerian criminal court sentenced a former prime minister and energy minister to prison on corruption charges, in the latest crackdown on former officials in an OPEC nation struggling to allay youth discontent with the former regime.
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 12 years while ex-Energy Minister Youcef Yousf was sentenced to 3 years in prison, El Khabar news website reported Wednesday.
The verdict was the second against Ouyahia, who had already been sentenced to 15 years in another corruption case in December.
The court also handed down a 20-year prison term to Ouyahia’s former Industry and Mining Minister Abdeslam Bouchouareb while businessman Mourad Oulmi received a 10-year sentence.
All the charges were connected to corruption, money laundering and abuse of power.
Prices of basic goods gallop every week as the value of the Zimbabwean dollar continues to tumble, pushing official annual inflation to 785.6% in April.
A loaf of bread went up 36% last month and last week a 10kg sack of cornmeal jumped 30%.
Mnangagwa, who took power in 2017 following a military coup pledging to revive the moribund economy, now blames the economic malaise on unnamed \"political detractors\".
The Zimbabwean authorities have in recent weeks targeted opposition activists and lawyers in what is seen as a tactic to strike fear into the population.
University of Zimbabwe's political scientist Eldred Masunungure said the situation \"points to volatility in the country, a comprehensively volatile situation both politically and in the economy where it's very visible as it affects the livelihoods of the vast majority of the people\".
Tripoli has been the capital of Libya since its independence in 1951. Tripoli is the largest city in the country and in 2002 it had an estimated population of 1,223,300 people. The city is also the chief seaport, commercial, transport, communication, and industrial center of Libya. Tripoli is located on the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding countryside is in one of the most fertile agricultural areas in North Africa.
The city of Tripoli was originally named Oea by the Phoenicians who had founded it in the 7th century BCE. It was later developed by the Romans who controlled it from the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century AD. The Arabs conquered Tripoli in the 7th century AD and used it as northern terminus for some of the major Trans-Saharan trade routes south to the empires of Mali and Songhai.
The city was captured by Ottoman Turks in 1551 but they found it difficult to maintain control and by the late 17th Century it became a haven for pirates. In fact the first U.S. involvement with Tripoli came in June 1801 when President Thomas Jefferson sent the U.S. Navy into the Mediterranean Sea to protect American merchant ships from pirates from the Barbary Coast (now Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya). Although the U.S. had been paying tribute since 1796, when Tripoli’s leaders demanded a huge increase, the President refused and instead sent the Navy against the pirates. In August 1804 the U.S. Navy returned to the region and engaged in a major naval battle with pirates in Tripoli’s harbor. The final conflict between the U.S. and Tripoli over tribute and ransom demands ended in 1815.
In 1911, Italy seized Tripoli from its Ottoman rulers and made it the capital of its colony of Libya. Under the Italians Tripoli received its first hospital, airport, and railroad. They also introduced the Tripoli International Fair in 1927, considered the oldest trade fair in Africa.
During World War II Tripoli was an important base for German and Italian forces operating in North Africa. As such the city was a bombing
Venus Williams, like every other professional tennis player, will not compete at Wimbledon this year as the coronavirus pandemic has cancelled the annual championship event for the first time since World War II.
That said, it’s giving Williams time to reflect on what she considers her biggest accomplishment in tennis.
Also during the COVID-19 outbreak, Williams has been using her recurring Instagram Live #CoachVenus workouts to raise money for the Equal Justice Initiative.
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“I’m passionate about creating opportunities for Black youth at a grassroots level, especially with tennis and education,” Williams explained.
Williams says her mother, Oracene Price, was a main inspiration for her work off the tennis court.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the killing of George Floyd.
The proposed amendment, which would replace the police department with a new “Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention” that has yet to be fully defined, next goes to a policy committee and to the city’s Charter Commission for a formal review, at which point citizens and city officials can weigh in.
Jeremiah Ellison, a member of the council, said after the vote that the charter is one of three major barriers to “transformative public safety,” along with the city’s police union and the Minnesota Legislature.
The charter — which requires the city to have a police department of a certain size — is the one thing the city council has a say over, he said.
The coalition wants the department under community control via a new elected civilian council with the power to hire, fire and prosecute officers.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has officially signed a new hate crime bill into law.
The Georgia Senate and subsequently the House approved the hate crime legislation on Tuesday.
Until the governor signed the bill, Georgia was one of four states without hate crime legislation.
RELATED: Georgia Senate Passes New Hate Crime Bill
The new law requires additional penalties and sentences for any crime motivated by a victim’s race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability.
“Under this Gold Dome there are plenty of disagreements and division, but today we stand together as Republicans and Democrats, Black and white, male and female, from rural and urban and suburban communities to affirm a powerful but simple motto: Georgia is a state too great to hate,” Kemp said after signing the bill.
