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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be mandatory COVID screening for all passengers arriving in Jamaica this
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Africa records over 88,000 virus cases
The number of confirmed Covid-19 positive cases across Africa rose from 84,634 Monday afternoon to 88,172 by Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on
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TV reporter’s vehicle torched in arson
A newly purchased vehicle belonging to television reporter Travis Chase was destroyed in a fire that was deliberately set in the early hours of yesterday
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Dolly, the fourth named storm of the year, could develop off the northeast coast
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Minneapolis Officers Fired After Video Of George Floyd’s Death Shared On Social Media
The four Minneapolis police officers involved in the deadly altercation between George Floyd, a man who pleaded with officers to breathe during a Monday arrest, were terminated on
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Trump administration ending support for 7 Texas coronavirus testing sites
President Trump’s administration is ending its support for coronavirus testing sites across the country at the end of the month, including seven in Texas, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike in a number of areas
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Powerball and Powerball Plus results for Tuesday, 4 August 2020
There's big money on the line tonight! R39 million is on the line. Here are your Powerball and Powerball Plus results for Tuesday, 4 August 2020.
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Mthwalume serial murders: Suspect 'commits suicide' in police custody
One of the two suspects in the Mthwalume serial murders case has committed suicide while awaiting a court appearance from his jail cell.
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Rumors Of Kwame Kilpatrick’s Early Release From Prison Turn Out To Be Fool’s Gold
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S. Africa records 399 Covid-19 deaths
South Africa recorded a total of 399 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic as of Wednesday, an increase of 27 in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
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Mississippi Drops Confederate-Themed Flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as
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Kenya: Uhuru Orders Flags to Fly At Half-Mast to Mourn Nkurunziza
President Uhuru Kenyatta has on Friday directed that the Kenyan flag and that of the East African Community be flown half-mast from Saturday to honour Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza who died on
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Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death
Prosecutors on Wednesday expanded their case against the police who were at the scene of George Floyd’s death, charging three of the officers with aiding and abetting a murder and upgrading the charges against the officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck to second-degree
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Begs Trump To Just Stop Talking Amid Nationwide Protests
She says POTUS is making a difficult situation "worse."
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Charges for 3 Officers Involved in George Floyd’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported
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From Covid to the cold - Western Cape's disaster management bracing for stormy weather
Monday's driving rain and cold wind are just a taste of what is to come, with snow predicted for the mountains of the Western Cape, the higher ground of the Eastern Cape, and the southern heights of the Northern Cape on
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Uganda: Man Killed After Hacking Wife to Death in Bugiri
Mr Patrick Bakaleka, 60, is alleged to have beaten Ms Teddy Nakaweesa, 50, to death on Monday morning before being killed by angry residents, Mr Benard Mulabi, a detective at Bugiri Police
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Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau, Missing Black Lives Matter Activist, Found Dead
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Breaking: Zindzi Mandela has passed away aged 59
Zindzi Mandela -- the daughter of former President Nelson Mandela -- has died at age 59, leaving behind four children.
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PM Gonsalves gives Windies tour of England his blessing
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the CARICOM sub-committee on cricket, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has thrown his support behind the West Indies’ proposed tour of England once all the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic are
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As early voting wraps up this week, the state of Georgia is preparing for its primary election slated for Tuesday, June
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Nigeria: No Cold War Between Tinubu, Aregbesola - Aide
The media aide to a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has debunked insinuations of a cold war between his principal and the Minister of Interior, Rauf
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Nick Cannon Loses His Job Faster Than Any Of The Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor
Nick Cannon lost his job with ViacomCBS, but multiple police officers who have killed unarmed Black people -- like Breonna Taylor -- remain gainfully employed.
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Ella Jones Elected As First Black Woman, First Black Mayor Of Ferguson
Jones will succeed Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III, who was elected in 2011, unable to run for re-election because he exceeded his term
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Bubba Wallace Debunks Noose Hoax Conspiracy Theories: 'I'm Pissed'
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on Tuesday night responded to the FBI’s conclusion that he was not the target of a racist hate crime by dismissing conspiracy theories spreading
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Nigeria: Olu Jacobs Is Alive, Guild Debunks Death Rumour
Veteran Nollywood actor, Olu Jacob, is alive, hale and hearty, the Actors Guild of Nigeria has
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BET Founder Calls For $14 Trillion In Slavery Reparations | The Oklahoma Eagle
BET founder Robert Johnson argued Monday that “now is the time” for white America to acknowledge damages resulting from slavery, and for the U.S. Government to provide reparations in the sum of a $14 trillion wealth transfer to help prevent the country from splitting into separate and unequal
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Ella Jones is elected first Black mayor of Ferguson, MO
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Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth
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