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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the... View Article
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
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At the onset of the Industrial Revolution (circa 1750-1850), European countries began scouring the globe looking for resources to power their economies. Africa, because of its geographic location and its abundance of resources, was seen as a key source of wealth for many of these nations. This drive for control of resources led to the Scramble for Africa and eventually the Berlin Conference of 1884.
At this meeting, the world powers at the time divided up the regions of the continent that had not already been claimed.
Originally, North Africa was settled by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Amazigh or Berbers as they have come to be known. Because of its strategic location on both the Mediterranean and Atlantic, this area has been sought after as a center of trade and commerce for centuries by many conquering civilizations. The first to arrive were the Phoenicians, followed by the Greeks, then the Romans, numerous Muslim dynasties of both Berber and Arab origin, and finally Spain and Portugal in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Morocco was viewed as a strategic trade location because of its position at the Strait of Gibraltar. Although it was not included in the original plans to divide up Africa at the Berlin Conference, France and Spain continued to vie for influence in the region.
Algeria, Moroccos neighbor to the east, had been a part of France since 1830.
In 1906, the Algeciras Conference recognized France and Spains claims for power in the region. Spain was granted lands in the southwest region of the country as well as along the Mediterranean Coast in the North. France was granted the rest and in 1912, the Treaty of Fez officially made Morocco a protectorate of France.
In the aftermath of World War II, many African countries began seeking independence from the rule of Colonial powers. Morocco was among the first nations to be granted independence when France relinquished control in the spring of 1956. This independence also included the lands claimed by Spain in the southwest and in the north
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — In August, AARP launched “Protect Voters 50+,” a comprehensive voter engagement campaign to support and protect Americans 50-plus as they vote in the 2020 elections. The campaign will help Americans over 50 vote safely, whether at home or in person. The “Protect Voters 50+” campaign will provide people with the information they need about this year’s elections, including video voters’ guides, issue briefings, direct mail, text messaging, social media and paid media.
Last week’s Business Talk article highlighted the dismal outlook on employee motivation for firms who erroneously lower staff salaries during Covid-19 without appropriate cause.
Examples of the more egregious coronavirus pay cut scenarios include first, salary and payment reductions that are not uniform across an organisation.
Others are executives receiving the smallest percentage pay cut or none at all but cascading belt- tightening down the chain getting incrementally worse as the employees status, rank, and influence in the firm diminishes, with the lowest level workers receiving the greatest hatchet reduction to their earnings.
Second, some firms disproportionately reduce salaries on the most vulnerable workers which are typically casual, temporary, contract, and part-time employees while blaming coronavirus but not inflicting the same pain on their full-time workforce.
The firm protected vulnerable groups of part-time, casual, and contracted workers the same as full-time regular employees who are still required to put forth the same work output despite the pay cutbacks.
A Pasadena community is mourning the death of Anthony McClain who died at the hands of police during a routine traffic stop. Police claim they noticed a weapon on the victim when fled from the scene. In a fearful pursuit, police opened fire at McClain and killed him. Now his family and the nearby community want justice.
'On The Record," the documentary detailing the rape allegations against music mogul Russell Simmons will stream tonight on Twitter and later on YouTube and HBO Max for free.
When Joe Biden comes up against President Donald Trump tonight at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in the first debate before November 3, the former senator will be shouldering the hopes of millions who have remained stunned by the events of 2016. The night of November 8, 2016, left the most bitter taste...
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The St. Louis man in a viral video speaks out.
In an interview on \"Fox News Sunday,\" Trump also defended his relationship with Fauci, which has been in the spotlight in recent days after a series of comments by the President and moves by the White House raised questions about Fauci's standing with the administration amid the crisis.
\"Dr. Fauci's made some mistakes, but I have a very good -- I spoke to him yesterday at length -- I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci,\" Trump said. \"He's a little bit of an alarmist -- that's OK.\"
Trump in the interview listed several \"mistakes\" he said Fauci has made in recent months, including his original stance on the wearing of masks.
Fauci early in the pandemic had asked the public not to go out and buy the N95 masks because they were needed by health professionals. He has now strongly advocated for people to wear some type of face coverage, and last week urged governors and mayors to \"be as forceful as possible\" to get people to wear face coverings.
During the Sunday interview, Trump ultimately admitted that he himself had made some mistakes in the coronavirus response but said he would \"be right eventually.\"
When host Chris Wallace asked if Trump's errors discredited him, the President said he didn't think so, claiming he has \"been right probably more than anybody else.\"
Last Wednesday, after going more than a month without speaking, Trump had a phone conversation with Fauci, who came under withering attack by Trump's top aides for days before the discussion.
Among the attacks was an opinion article penned last week by Peter Navarro, the senior White House trade official, trashing Fauci. The White House also insisted last Monday that it was not compiling opposition research on Fauci, despite sending a compilation of times they claimed he was \"wrong\" to reporters the previous the weekend.
Speaking to The Atlantic last week, Fauci called White House attacks on him \"bizarre\" and said they ultimately damaged Trump.
\"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that,\" he said. \"I think they realize now that that was not a prudent thing to do, because it's only reflecting negatively on them.\"
CNN's Kevin Liptak and Jim Acosta contributed to this report.
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Editor's note: This story was current at the time of last publication of September 14 and will be updated periodically. However, you should still check with the official state websites before you commit to travel plans. (CNN) - With the Covid-19 pandemic in near constant fluctuation in the United States, the 50 states are having to adapt rapidly with their […]
President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger were on Monday tested for COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made it crystal clear just how much communities rely on their local hospitals and also how much we rely on you.
Longview Regional Medical Center is used to responding in times of crisis.
We are taking extraordinary measures – going above and beyond all of our normal efforts to keep our hospital and clinics clean and safe – because if you need healthcare, we want you to feel confident and to know you are protected.
We are screening everyone who comes into the hospital, providing facemasks and other personal protective equipment to staff and patients, rearranging our environments to enable social distancing, and, in the event we ever do have any patients with COVID-19 at the hospital, we are caring for them in an area that is separate and isolated from the rest of the hospital.
Doug Luckett is the interim chief executive officer at Longview Regional Medical Center
DETROIT, United States (AP) - China Cochran met Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Detroit last year and was swept away by her ambition, charisma and leadership. She hoped the California senator would advance in politics.
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses have closed, never to open again.
Small businesses exhaust their reserves and are forced to lay off the team of workers they have assembled.
It must act to organize our collective response to the attack, to organize needed medical and protective gear, to figure out testing and tracing strategies, to distribute health resources, to galvanize an all-out press for a remedy It must also act to limit the damage — to keep families in their homes, small businesses in their offices or stores, workers in their jobs.
In recent days, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated that he feels no “urgency” to aid states and localities, suggesting that states could go bankrupt, and that the crisis was largely one of “blue-state” mismanagement.
They are Republican and Democrat, liberal and conservative, small business owners and small farmers, meat packers and more.
Kenneth Bancroft Clark, American psychologist (born July 14, 1914, Panama Canal Zone—died May 1, 2005, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.), conducted pioneering research into the impact of racial segregation on children. With his wife, Mamie Phipps Clark, he administered the “doll test” to African American s
Emmanuel Kant, the eminent 18th century German moral philosopher, believed that there was only a single ‘categorical imperative’ in the moral realm: ‘Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.’
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Amid renewed scrutiny of the BPD’s $60 million overtime budget, some criminal defense attorneys are speaking out about court overtime abuses they have witnessed, including the delivery of documents and evidence that could have been safely emailed, saving time and thousands of taxpayer dollars.
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LeBron James and the More Than a Vote nonprofit organization he headlines are looking to recruit young people to work the polls in Black electoral […]
If you've been watching Starz's new strip club drama P-Valley, you've probably had eyes for Tyler Lepley who plays Diamond - the Pynk's tough-as-nails bouncer that ladies just can't get […]
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By Nomaan Merchant and Evens Sanon Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has sharply increased its use of hotels to detain immigrant children as young as 1 before expelling them from the United States during the coronavirus pandemic despite facing outcry from lawmakers and human-rights advocates. Federal authorities said they detained 577 unaccompanied children in hotels through the end of July, up from 240 in April, May and June, according to a report published late Wednesday from a court-appointed monitor for detained immigrant youth. The Associated Press reported on the practice last month, with the Trump administration citing […]
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Gov. Brian Kemp is appointing a district attorney to the bench in a two-county judicial circuit east of Atlanta.
Kemp announced Thursday that he was naming Layla H. Zon to a superior court judgeship in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, which includes Newton and Walton counties.
Zon was hired as a prosecutor in the circuit in 2000 and was named district attorney in the circuit in 2010 by then-Gov.
She briefly launched a run for another superior court seat last year when Judge Horace Johnson Jr. announced he would run for the state Supreme Court.
Zon, a Covington resident, serves as a board member for A Child’s Voice Child Advocacy Center and president of the District Attorney’s Association of Georgia.
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Several leading medical organizations have said racism is a public health issue and that police brutality must stop.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians made their comments in the wake of the May 25 murder of Floyd George, who was murdered while in the custody of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, police.
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The post office shapes American public and private life in cities and towns, large and small.
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If you’re worried about the bond between the members of the Wu-Tang Clan breaking, RZA says it’s all good.
It’s well-know that U-God is suing the iconic Staten Island Hip-Hop group for $2.5 million, and despite that, RZA says everything is all good with the crew.
They did a Wu-Tang tour in Australia [at] the Syndey Opera House, and he gets there, and his credit card isn’t working.”
RZA explained what separated the Wu from other rap groups is the fact they basically grew up with one another,
“We have that love for each other.
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Several needy students of The Mico University College (Mico) are now breathing easier after the institution received $1.5 million to help them with their tuition fees going into the new school year.The money was donated by the the Mico Old Students' Association (MOSA) as part of its efforts to help students who are facing financial challenges.
July 16: Places of worship to reopen amid targeted lockdowns
Places of worship across Rwanda are allowed to reopen but with strict virus control measures according to a cabinet meeting on July 15 led by President Paul Kagame.
A statement from the prime minister’s office said the places of worship may open subject to clearance by local authorities. Places of social gatherings including schools were shut across the country on 14 March, same day the country confirmed its index case.
Worshipers will now have to undergo registration and maintain 1.5m physical distance.
All congregants must wear masks, public wearing of masks is obligatory
Offerings must not be given in cash
Children under the age of 12 will not be allowed in.
Schools, however, will remain closed until September. All traders for reopened businesses are required to accept digital payments as alternative form of payment. Civil marriages must not exceed 15 participants.
Borders remain closed except for exempted service or repatriations. Government announced that airspace will be reopened on August 1. Mass gatherings – public or private – are prohibited, gaming activities and bar operations remain prohibited.
The interior ministry on July 15 ordered reimposition of a lockdown in selected areas in the south-west after a rise in coronavirus cases.
Movement restrictions were subsequently announced for Nyamasheke and Nyamagabe districts – including in a refugee camp which hosts thousands of Congolese, the BBC Africa LIVE page reported. Already areas in the capital Kigali were also put on lockdown last week due to rising cases.
Confirmed cases = 1,435
Active cases = 679
Recoveries = 752
Number of deaths = 4
Total number of tests = 194,802
Rwanda MOH stats valid as of July 15, 2020
Statement on Cabinet Resolutions of 15/07/2020 pic.twitter.com/z0sJ9819AM— Office of the PM | Rwanda (@PrimatureRwanda) July 15, 2020
July 2: street tests, drive-thru testing
Rwanda has began implementing a random testing scheme on the streets of the capital Kigali. There is also a drive through testing scheme at the national stadium.
The Rwanda Biomedical Center, RBC; tweeted that the tests at the Kigali Amahoro National Stadium is expected to serve 5000 people in all districts of the city and at all its entry points.
Personnel suited in Personal Protective Equipment, PPEs; are seen administering tests to people at the drive through section and others seated in a social distanced queue. Authorities say timely results will be issued to participants.
Candidates are randomly selected and asked to consent to the testing. It is a 5-minute drive through, where car occupants are not required to vacate their vehicles.
“This operation will provide factual information about the COVID19 status in Kigali & will lead to tactical response activities. A request is made to all Kigali residents to cooperate with RBC teams for the sake of successful completion of this important activity,” RBC said in a tweet on Wednesday.
Confirmed cases = 1,042
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(Reuters) - U.S. Open organisers said yesterday that they were happy with the slate of competitors for this year’s tournament, despite numerous dropouts by high-profile names amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
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The family also met with Louisville mayor Greg Fischer.
