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ANALYSIS | Covid-19 has shown that readers are (again) willing to pay for quality journalism | News24
Over the past three months since the coronavirus pandemic started, confined to their homes, audiences have been flocking to credible sources of online news.
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Joe Biden’s Campaign Staff Is One-Third People Of Color
The Biden campaign released its diversity data on Saturday night after months of delay.
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NBA & NBPA Will Allow Players To Have Social Justice Statements On Back of Jerseys: Report
Yesterday (Jun.28), Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic reported the NBA and National Basketball Players Association is planning to give players the option to replace their names with social justice messaging on the back of their jerseys when the league restarts in July.
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Covid-19: Mbalula takes sho't left on meeting with taxi operators | News24
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has cancelled a meeting with taxi operators who have been negotiating to be able carry more passengers, and to cross provincial borders during the coronavirus restrictions.
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Technical glitch adds to Byo water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water pumps supplying water from Ncema Dam to the Tuli Reservoir due to a technical fault, forcing prolonged water supply interruption in the city. BY SILAS NKALA The problem comes at a time the city is already under a 144-hour water-shedding schedule, which has
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EDITORIAL: Address farmers’ woes
Calls by thousands of small-scale tea farmers for the government to supply them with subsidised fertiliser after importation of the commodity was suspended should be addressed.
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Clarendon man arrested after gun found in backpack
A Clarendon man is in custody after a .40 pistol with a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition was taken from his bag.  The weapon and ammunition were seized in the community of Gimme-Me-Bit on Friday.  In a post to...
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Belnavis tied to building breach - St Ann structure demolished amid Sunday Gleaner probe
Embattled St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis is a director of a private company that captured government land and constructed a building in a daring disregard of the country’s laws which the corporation he leads is expected to enforce, a Sunday...
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Teyana Taylor Announces Closure Of Her Junie Bee Nail Salon
The Harlem native will be taking her business to another location.
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John C. Norman Jr: Cardiovascular Surgeon and Artificial Heart Pioneer
John C. Norman Jr., a pioneer cardiovascular surgeon was born May 11, 1929, in Charleston, West Virginia. His mother Ruth Stephenson Norman was a longtime educator in Kanawha County; his father John Norman Sr. was an architect and structural engineer. Norman graduated valedictorian from Garnet High
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COVID-19 heroines substitute govt
DISASTERS have a tendency of showing the best and worst of humankind. Wars or natural disasters usually create new heroes/heroines and villains and the COVID-19 pandemic has done exactly that. Disasters expose the inner selves of people — whether they are empathetic or indifferent. In some
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St Catherine and St Andrew girls missing
The police are seeking the help of the public to locate two girls, one 16 and the other 12, who both went missing on Thursday, June 25.   The younger, 12-year-old Laqueensha Ball of Bridgeport in Portmore, St Catherine, was last seen...
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WNBA Star Angel McCoughtry Launches #SayTheirNames Jersey Campaign
WNBA star Angel McCoughtry launched the #SayTheirNames Jersey Campaign to honor victims of police brutality.
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Jewel Scott breaks legal and racial barriers in Georgia
Former Jamaican honorary consul to Atlanta, Jewel Scott, recently created history by becoming the first Caribbean national to be elected to the Superior Court of Clayton County in the southern US state of Georgia. Scott defeated incumbent Katherine...
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Malika Haqqs Pic with Twin Khadijah Haqq McCray Derails When Fans Notice Height Difference
Malika Haqq and her identical twin sister Khadijah Haqq McCray are undeniably close. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality stars share secrets, clothes, and []
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Puma Honors Former NBA Player God Shammgod and His Legendary Shammgod Crossover With Signature Sneaker - Black Enterprise
The former point guard solidified a legacy with his savant-like ball-handling skills and, particularly, his Shammgod move, which is now replicated by the game’s biggest stars
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Charles “Yardbird” Parker, Jr.: Jazz Saxophonist Extraordinaire
Charles Parker, Jr., also known as Bird or Yardbird was an extraordinaire American alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and a lyric artist. He is considered the greatest jazz saxophonist of all time. Parker was born August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas. He grew up during the time when jazz
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Washboard Goals: Fans Crush Over Rasheeda Frosts Tight Midsection In Throwback Pic
Rasheeda Frost couldve stopped traffic with the rock-hard abs she flaunted in an old throwback photo. The cast member of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta []
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The cigarette connection: A look back at the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd - Face2Face Africa
Although notice on cigarette packs warn that smoking the sticks can cause mouth and throat cancer, in addition to being a leading cause of death, African Americans Eric Garner and George Floyd would perish via police brutalities albeit with a cigarette connection. Garner, a 43-year-old father of
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Love the Hair: Quad Webb Shares a Throwback Pic, Fans Obsess Over Her Peekaboo Highlights
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Let us love one another
I WANT to quote a scripture and then discuss its implications about love, especially pertaining to marriage. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the
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Looters, lowlifes, and liars | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—According to the Washington Post, the 45th President told 19,126 lies between his inauguration in 2017 and June 1, 2020. By now, the number has likely edged toward 20,000, as his Tulsa “rally” yielded dozens more. This President has no allegiance to the
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Allegheny County led the state in new COVID-19 cases Sunday, will close businesses for on-site alcohol use June 30 | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported 96 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, its largest single-day increase since the county started reporting the coronavirus case count in March. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Health Department Director Dr. Debra Bogen held a briefing Sunday
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Dancehall artiste Rygin King shot
The police have confirmed that dancehall entertainer Rygin King is in hospital, where he is being treated for bullet wounds. The severity of his condition is not known at this time.  A woman in his company was also shot and...
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Malawi ruling party cries foul over presidential vote re-run | News24
Malawi's governing party has called for a third presidential election, citing irregularities and intimidation in this week's re-run vote as unofficial tallies show incumbent President Peter Mutharika losing to the opposition leader.
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AMHVoices: Majority won’t sympathise with Zanu PF
I WOULD like to urge the people of Zimbabwe to open their eyes. Zanu PF will continue with its empty promises. This time we must say enough is enough to these endless empty promises. Zanu PF launched its manifesto in 2018, which was totally useless considering what the people were promised by
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Cutest Baby Ever: Keyshia Cole and Niko Khale Fans Gush Over Their 10-Month-Olds Darling Snapshot
Keyshia Cole and her boyfriend Niko Khale are gifting social media users with more and more adorable pictures of their baby boy! A photo of baby Tobias
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Young autistic artist defies odds with mARTism
His best-seller is tagged ‘One Nation’, as he gets his inspiration from people of different races worldwide. But autism has not devalued the artistic skills of 24-year-old Martin Thomas, who has created a niche for himself with his paintings,...
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Sharp increase in minors under 10 being raped - May Pen SMO sounds alarm over children being viciously abused during COVID-19 lockdown
Sexual abuse among children as young as two years old has increased due to the COVID-19 lockdown, noted a Clarendon medical practitioner, who labelled some of the cases as “very vicious”. Dr Bradley Edwards, senior medical officer at the May Pen...
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