Joe Biden says 'voters should be heard' on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court replacement

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US faces Memorial Day like no other

ATLANTA, United States (AP) — Americans marked a Memorial Day like no other yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations and forced communities to honour the nation's military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies like car convoys and online tributes instead of

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From Peaceful Protesting to a President Posing | Afro

After a weekend filled with demonstrations, looting and burning, which led to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser implementing a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, peaceful protestors chanted, marched, distributed water and snacks and presented art in the name of antiracism and police

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Lawmakers Call Out The Higher Risk To People Of Color As States Reopen

Democratic Reps. Karen Bass (Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) are joining the many activists and journalists of color drawing attention to how states reopening businesses too soon amid the coronavirus pandemic are likely placing workers of color at disproportionate

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'We're sick of it': Anger over police killings shatters US

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Americans awoke Sunday to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after another night of unrest fueled by rage over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police, who responded to the violence with tear gas and rubber

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Biden Knocks Trump for ‘This Macho Stuff’ in Shunning Masks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President Donald Trump a “fool” who was “stoking deaths” for suggesting

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Biden Says 'We Must Not Allow This Pain To Destroy Us' of Violence in U.S. Cities

Biden Says ‘We Must Not Allow This Pain To Destroy Us’ of Violence in U.S. PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden is seen at War Memorial Plaza during Memorial Day, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New

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Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors | Afro

But while it is states’ governors and not President Donald Trump who have the final say in imposing and ending lockdowns and “shelter in place” orders in the U.S., in Indonesia, Widodo makes the call, which has the governors of the 34 provinces in the country up in

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Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race

In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil

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More Protesters Across The Country Demand Justice For George Floyd

Protests prompted by the police killing of George Floyd popped up in even more cities across the U.S. on Saturday as thousands of people continued to demand justice for Black victims of police

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Kamala Harris warns President Trump against attempt to suppress vote

Sen. Kamala Harris scolded President Donald Trump for threatening to withhold federal funds from states over absentee ballots, warning such an act would be

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South Africa coronavirus: avoid churches, reopening is death trap - Malema

Key statistics as at May 28, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD

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Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - PTF Warns As Nigerians Buy Hydroxychloroquine in Large Quantities

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against large purchase of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, saying the drug had not been certified for

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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to

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Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

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Trump to tour Ford's ventilator assembly plant near Detroit

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after threatening to withhold funds over Michigan’s mail-in ballot effort, President Donald Trump was set to visit the electoral battleground Thursday to learn how the medical breathing machines governors begged for during the height of the coronavirus pandemic are

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Former National Security Adviser Susan rice Wants To be Joe Biden’s Vice President – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Christina Zhao – Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice has made her case for why she should be picked by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to serve as his running

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Don Lemon Warns Trump Will Try To Hoodwink Public Over His 'Abysmal Failure’

CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night tore into President Donald Trump’s “campaign of distraction and disinformation” amid the coronavirus

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Latin America named virus epicentre

The World Health Organization declared Latin America "a new epicentre" of the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on state and local governments to speed up the reopening of the reeling American

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Deadlocked Congress Shifts Virus Focus To Small Business Aid | Afro

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press

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Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises

Aides said Obama will call for turning the protests over Floyd’s death into policy change and will urge specific reforms to ensure safer policing and increased trust between communities and law

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Somalia: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Wins Dfl Endorsement in Reelection Bid

First-term U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won the DFL endorsement Sunday to run in the Aug. 11 primary election for a Minneapolis-based congressional seat that has been in Democrats' hands since

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Trump said a second coronavirus outbreak will not stop the economy

President Donald Trump, who acknowledged there could be a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic later this year, stated he wouldn’t let a second outbreak stop the

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US Cities Erupt In More Violence Amid Threats From Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from President Donald Trump to send in troops to “dominate the

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Trump will not be unveiling Obama White House portrait

President Donald Trump will not be unveiling former President Barack Obama’s portrait at the White House, a break in the 40-year tradition following a contentious exchange between the two over the

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Trump Threatens 'Funding' To States Expanding Mail-In Voting During The Pandemic

Trump, who previously said he was “allowed to” vote by mail in Florida’s March 17 primary, has railed against Democratic-led states offering that same opportunity to their

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Johnson Smith bristles against headwinds of COVID-19 nationalism

How Jamaica prepares for potential geopolitical shifts in multilateral relations and trade in response to COVID-19 is a challenge that will have to be met with robust cooperation, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has

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Minneapolis police arrest cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck

MINNEAPOLIS — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of

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