Cuba shuts some schools after a week of classes

What’s Good in Sports 2020 NBA Awards Winners

It’s a well-known fact COVID-19 has severely hampered the 2019-2020 season of the NBA. The NBA was the first professional sports league to shut down due to the Coronavirus, and they have finally resumed their season, over four months later, on the campus of Walt Disney World in

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Cuba

National name: República de Cuba

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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola With Three New Infections

Luanda — Angola has detected three more cases of local transmission of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number to

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Angola Spends Over Akz 1billion On Scholarships

This information was provided last Monday by the minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria do Rosário Sambo, during a meeting with deputies of the 3rd commission of the National Assembly that served to analyze the situation of external scholarship

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KABAARA: It is time to learn about living with coronavirus

The world is gradually coming to the grim realisation that Covid-19 might be here to stay.

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Thenjiwe Mtintso

Thenjiwe Mtintso , (born November 7, 1950, Soweto, South Africa), South African antiapartheid activist and journalist who occupied various leadership positions within the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) and later served in multiracial governments in

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Rwanda’s rising virus cases dampens plan for a full reopening

The cases are spread over five districts in Kirehe, Rusizi, Kigali, Nyamasheke and Rubavu, largely attributed to truck drivers from the region and their

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Coronavirus disrupts HIV prevention efforts in Africa

By LYDIA NAMUBIRU, KHATONDI SOITA, KERRY CULLINAN, ARYA KARIJO, ES-TACIO VALOI, STEPHANIE OHUMUIn the days before the Covid-19 crisis, Ugandan sex worker Lillian Namiiro worked on the Tanzanian border, educating fellow sex workers and connecting her community to the national HIV

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GBA still fighting for safe return of boxers

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Two suspects killed, 11 arrested, officers injured in 'after tears' shootout

Guests attending an 'after tears' event following a funeral engaged in a shootout with SAPS officers, injuring two officers over the weekend.

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Outrage over Ouattara's 3rd term candidacy | Africanews

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term in October's presidential election has triggered outrage from the

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Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate - TSDMemphis.com

by Kathleen Ronayne and Will Weissert - WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his

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Cuba

In 1961, a U.S.-backed group of Cuban exiles invaded Cuba. Planned during the Eisenhower administration, the invasion was given the go-ahead by President John Kennedy, although he refused to give U.S. air support. The landing at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961, was a fiasco. The invaders did not

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Cuba

A Soviet attempt to install medium-range missiles in Cuba—capable of striking targets in the United States with nuclear warheads—provoked a crisis in 1962. Denouncing the Soviets for “deliberate deception,” President Kennedy promised a U.S. blockade of Cuba to stop the missile

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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane , (born Nov. 1, 1871, Newark, N.J., U.S.—died June 5, 1900, Badenweiler, Baden, Ger.), American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short stories “The Open

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Refusing to enforce mask-wearing has a Washington sheriff in hot water | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

Thurston County's sheriff may face recall for failing to sufficiently enforce a mask mandate enacted by the Washington Health Department. The health department's Amending Order 20-03 follows Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's declaration of a State of Emergency to deal with the novel

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Jack Johnson, boxer born

Born: Mar. 31, 1878

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Odell Beckham Jr. Thinks The NFL Season Should Be Canceled Due To The Rona | The Urban Daily

Though so far the NBA has been able to avoid any COVID-19 infections (fingers crossed), the MLB experienced new infections almost out the gate when the Miami Marlins suddenly had an explosion of positive tests amongst it's players and staff which was eventually followed by players on the St. Louis

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Activists call for justice after BLM protester Tianna Arata charged with five felonies

A 20-year-old Black Lives Matter organizer was arrested on July 21 after organizing a protest against police brutality. She was charge with five felonies. The post Activists call for justice after BLM protester Tianna Arata charged with five felonies appeared first on TheGrio.

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Zoe Kravitz Calls Out Hulu's Lack of Diverse Talent After Cancellation of 'High Fidelity'

Zoe Kravitz is not happy about Hulu pulling the plug on "High Fidelity" after only one season and is calling the network out for nixing one of its few

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US faces severe economic downturn

The world's biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns

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VBS saga: Motau should have ensured rule of law and given Msiza right to respond - High Court | News24

Advocate Terry Motau SC, who investigated the looting at VBS Mutual Bank, was "obliged to ensure that the rule of law and the rules of natural justice" were observed.

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Coronavirus Cases Are Rising in 40 of 50 US States

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 per day on Thursday, with the infection curve rising in 40 out of 50 states in a reversal that has largely spared only the Northeast. In yet another alarming

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WPEC Launches ‘Titans Tank’ To Reward Best African And African American Female Entrepreneurs - African American News Today - EIN News

… designed to help African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners … campaign will invite African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners …

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New films to help pregnant BAME women recognise risks from coronavirus - Voice Online

THE WEST Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity System hascreated a series of films in community... The post New films to help pregnant BAME women recognise risks from coronavirus appeared first on Voice Online.

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CDC director pleads with younger Americans to wear masks while many states pause reopenings | The Atlanta Voice

A top US health official made another plea Tuesday for Americans especially younger ones to wear masks to curb the spread of coronavirus as case numbers surge across much of the country. The comments to a US Senate committee hearing on the virus came as at least 17 states have paused or rolled

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Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Hit Single-Day High: Report

The number of single-day coronavirus cases in the U.S. hit a high Wednesday not seen since April, according to a new report.

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Marketing Exec Sheila Coates Creates a Drinking Mask for Social Distancing Happy Hours

Marketing executive Sheila Coates has launched the patent-pending BYOB “Drinking Mask” to help with social distancing protocols while out and about

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Black Pirates

One of the greatest and most successful pirates of the Carribean was the son of a Black slave named Diego Gullo. He learned his trade from Sir Franics Drake, the hero of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Headquartered on a small island off the coast of Cuba, her terrorized European shipping.

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Angola: COVID-19 - Cassenda Residents Sigh With Relief

Luanda — Luanda's Cassenda neighbourhood residents have breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday, after the authorities decided to lift the sanitary lockdown they were in for lingering 16

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