Africa COVID-19 stats: 578,307 cases; 12,989 deaths; 284,972 recoveries | Africanews
There are now more than over 550,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Ten new recoveries from COVID-19 bring percentage of people well to 81 per cent
Ten people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the percentage of persons who are now well to 81 per cent, or a total of 615 people since March 10.   However, there have been five new cases of the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
London, Bristol bustle with 'Black Lives Matter' protests | Africanews
The United Kingdom has become a protest center in recent days. The protests are an offshoot of the anti-racism demonstrations that kicked off in the United States following the death of George Floyd in
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Somalia: Walz Announces U.S.$56 Million in Federal Funds for Child Care Providers
[Shabelle] Child care provider relief. The Forum News Service's Dana Ferguson reports (via the Bemidji Pioneer): "Thousands of Minnesota child care providers will be eligible for federal grant funds to offset the cost of guarding kids and staff against the coronavirus, Gov. Tim Walz announced
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How KC boys came to Wheatley's rescue at UWI
THERE are still those who believe that Kingston College (KC), the largest all-boy institution of learning in the Caribbean, is a cult.And even though stories were put to him while he attended St Jago High School about how 'cocky' KC boys could be, little did Andrew Wheatley know that it was the
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This group is donating wedding gowns to front line health care workers - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Brides Across America has been gifting wedding dresses and even weddings to members of the military and first responders for more than 10 years. But in May, the Massachusetts-based organization launched an initiative to expand its reach to health care
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Costa strike guarantees Atletico top-four finish - Stabroek News
MADRID, (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid sealed Champions League qualification for the eighth consecutive season by beating Real Betis 1-0 at home yesterday thanks to a late Diego Costa goal after having a player sent off and seeing two goals ruled out following VAR
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DENTAL veneers are thin shells of porcelain that are bonded to the front of the teeth, providing a natural, attractive look.They can be used to fix chipped, stained, misaligned, worn down, uneven, or abnormally spaced teeth.�Why veneers?
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Trinidad moves to bring home more nationals - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of National Security is moving to bring home citizens from Grenada, Canada and the United Kingdom, including Europe and the Middle East. The article Trinidad moves to bring home more nationals appeared first on Stabroek News.
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South Sudan's Machar, wife recover from COVID-19 | Africanews
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, have resumed their official duties on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, an official statement
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The ghost gun mystery - Nine-year mayhem of a killing machine that has the police baffled
Its first known murder in Jamaica was committed nine years ago. The last time the Jamaican police found evidence of its use was four years ago through spent shells found at the scene of a double murder in Portland. The two men killed in that...
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Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Wings Begin Season in Florida “Bubbles”
By Dorothy J. GentrySports Editor Both of Dallas’s professional basketball teams are in the state of Florida at separate, single-site campuses for the next few months as sports makes its
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South Sudan president's relative shoots, kills 5 persons in Juba | Africanews
The office of the president in South Sudan confirmed a shooting incident in the capital Juba, early Wednesday morning. A statement signed by press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny said the president was “saddened about the shooting incident that occured in
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Some California schools delay in-person classes as coronavirus surges - Black Voice News
In summary Schools across the state aren’t sure they can come up with procedures — and the money to implement them — to keep kids safe before class is scheduled to begin this fall. In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County
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Outrage over reported death of Cameroonian journalist Wazizi | Africanews
Journalists in Cameroon have taken to the streets of Buea in the South west region to protest and demand an account of their missing colleague, Samuel Wazizi, after local media reported he had died in military
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UAE authorities tackle rising cybercrime during COVID-19 pandemic | Africanews
Big Data, blockchain and the Internet of things (IoT) have positively disrupted many Middle East and North African societies, economies and industries in recent
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Ghana coronavirus: 9,910 cases; bar operators appeal for reopening | Africanews
Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case load. June has started with progressive lifting of more virus
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Mozambique sex workers struggle to survive | Africanews
In Mozambique, prostitutes continue to work in the midst of a health
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Barr, Epsy Campbell (1963- )
Epsy Campbell Barr is a black Costa Rican politician and trained economist.  In 2000 she became one of the founders of the Citizen’s Action Party (CAP), a group of leftist politicians who challenged the then ruling political party.  She later ran for President of Costa Rica in 2010 and 2014 under
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Sunday Brew — May 24, 2020
Bailey, the Bayer Leverkusen offensive player, took a long time to get into the national squad, caused by football politics and a lingering dispute between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and his father figure, the outspoken Craig
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Universities move classes online for new academic year
THREE of Jamaica's four major universities are moving all classes online with a complement of blended modalities as they prepare to reopen next month at the start of the 2020/2021 academic year.The institutions - The University of the West Indies (UWI), University of the Commonwealth Caribbean
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Nigeria coronavirus: 12,801 cases; Kano deaths virus-related, 4,000+ recoveries | Africanews
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, became the third African country to record over 10,000 cases of COVID-19. The milestone was reached on May 31 when 307 new cases took its tally to
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Restrictive measures leave Northern Senegalese herders stranded | Africanews
Herders in Northern Senegal can no longer move their livestock. They are thousands of semi-nomadic Fulani stuck in the Louga region, where they have been since the beginning of the coronavirus
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Botswana coronavirus: final 'day of prayer' amid health protocol campaign | Africanews
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict
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Senegal eases curfew following protests | Africanews
The Senegalese government announced Thursday that it was easing a night curfew and resume intercity transport across the country, after two nights of protests against strict measures to contain
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World Cup qualifiers postponement in best interest of Caribbean - Stabroek News
Former Golden Jaguar international Vurlon Mills says that the decision by Concacaf to reschedule the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers to March 2021, was in the best interest of Caribbean nations, who would have struggled financially to encamp and prepare their respective teams during the Covid-19
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China’s CanSino in talks for COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trial in Brazil, Chile - Stabroek News
SUZHOU/BEIJING,  (Reuters) - Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its co-founder said
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Burundi: Timid Steps for a Break With the Past
[DW] Burundi's turnabout in handling the COVID-19 pandemic raised expectations of change in the country. But hopes were dampened by President Evariste Ndayishimiye's appointment of controversial figures to the government.
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