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Global leadership and the search for a vaccine
It said that the voluntary pooling of patents in response to the pandemic needed to be ‘be narrowly tailored in scope and duration to the medical needs of the current crisis’, raising uncertainty about how the US intends to respond if it is the first nation with a viable
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Ida B. Wells - Birthday
Early life and education [ edit ] Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862,[6] several months before United States President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory.
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Trump, Biden Go At It — From a Distance — In Town Halls
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to a pandemic that has reshaped the nation. Coming just two and a half weeks before
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Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’ - The Sacramento Observer
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JOSH BOAK | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs […] The post Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’ appeared first on The Sacrame
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Chakwera satisfied with performance in first year of presidency | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
State House says President Lazarus Chakwera is satisfied with the Tonse Alliance  administration's perfomance in its first year. Press Secretary Brian Banda made the remarks this morning at the State House brief. Banda said the promises President Chakwera made during the campaign wiill be
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Analysis: Obama's most important insight about 2020 - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"I just think there is a way, and the thing that will fundamentally change The post Analysis: Obama's most important insight about 2020 appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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Covid-19 wrap: Over 372 000 global deaths, while Tanzania opens universities despite virus concerns
There have been 1 674 new infections, taking the total positive cases to 34 357
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Mike Pence refuses to acknowledge 'Black lives matter' in TV interview
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USA: Father, son nabbed for killing African American man
Georgia authorities in the United States have arrested a white father and son for the killing of a black man in
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Pro-Trump Protesters Storm U.S. Capitol, Clash with Police
Thousands of President Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as Vice President Mike Pence presided over the Electoral College vote. Carrying Trump banners and American flags and chanting “Stop the Steal,” the protesters blasted their way into the hallowed halls, breaking
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2020 Election Live Updates: Bitter Campaign Closes With Late Rallies, Legal Wrangling and Boarded-Up Windows
… Mr. Trump’s record with African-Americans, mocking him for asserting at … has done more to harm Black Americans than any president in modern … vice president saying that if African-Americans supported Trump, “then you ain …
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'We have already won' - Trump says he'll go to the Supreme Court to stop votes from being counted - Face2Face Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump early Wednesday claimed he had won the election, saying he was going to the Supreme Court to demand that all vote-countingstop while calling the election a 'fraud on the American people.' “Millions of people voted for us tonight. A very sad group of people is trying to
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TSMC to build Arizona chip plant as US, China tech rivalry escalates
The scale and technology is similar to what TSMC did in China, suggesting a balance between the US and China
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Angola: Covid-19 - Government Maintains Prevention Measures
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan government announced Monday the maintenance of measures to prevent and fight Covid-19, as part of the update of the Decree on the State of Public Calamity.
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President Truman issued Executive Order No. 9981 directing equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces.
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1910: US President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for
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‘He Messed It Up’: Read Obama’s Full Scathing Rebuke Of Trump In First Campaign Speech For Biden
Read President Barack Obama's full scathing rebuke of Donald Trump's presidency in his first campaign speech for Joe Biden.
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Britain pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China's controversial telecoms giant
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Rwanda: Nyagatare District Launches City Master Plan
Nyagatare District on Wednesday, May 27 launched a new master plan for Nyagatare City, one of the six secondary cities in
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8 Network Television Shows Starring Black Women
Television shows starring black women have been few and far between on the Big 3 television networks, but that changed after the success of ABCs Scandal, which paved the way for a number of black women to appear on television. Learn which shows starring black predated Scandal and about the programs
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Josh Kanhai elected Chairman of URP - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, On Saturday, July 10, 2021, members of the United Republican Party (URP) held their General Elections at the party’s head office, Liberty House, at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. The article Josh Kanhai elected Chairman of URP appeared first on Stabroek News.
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This Day in History — May 21
1541: Members of a Spanish expedition seeking gold, led by Hernando de Soto, become the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River, south of what is now
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Blue Ivy Hunting for Easter Eggs at the White House Will Give You All the Feels
The Carters head to D.C. for President Obama's last Easter.
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Chisholm, Shirley (1924-2005)
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, an advocate for the rights of people of color and for womens rights, became in November 1968 the first black woman elected to the United States Congress.  Four  years later she became the first black person to seek a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency
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Kenya: Catholic Sister Receives the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award
Nairobi — Sr Winnie Mutuku of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, has received the Presidential Order of service Uzalendo Award for her outstanding contribution to the fight against corona virus in
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#Election2020: Biden shows reconciliatory tone in post-Election Day speech as votes are counted | The Atlanta Voice
Wednesday afternoon, Joe Biden inched ever closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure the White House. The Democratic nominee flipped Michigan and Wisconsin, two states President Donald Trump won in 2016. As the effort to rebuild the infamous 'Blue Wall' of battleground states in
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Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock
Sudan proposed on Wednesday upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level in a bid to break the
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Obama rebukes leaders over Covid-19 response
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald
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Black Construction Companies Working on $350 Million Obama Presidential Center
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Now that Barack Obama is out of the White House, he’s making a statement on support for Black businesses with a huge deal for the Obama Presidential Center. The OPC is set to cost about $350 million, and an alliance of minority firms is set to get a large chunk
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Senate Confirms Nation’s First African American Service Chief – Westside Story Newspaper – Online
In an unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown as the Air Force’s next chief of
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