TikTok owner picks Oracle over Microsoft as US tech partner

Obama rebukes leaders over Covid-19 response

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald

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A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro

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Kandeh Yumkella’s “Garden of Eden Syndrome” theory on corruption – Op ed

KKY’s theory on why corruption in Sierra Leone (and nearly all of Africa) has festered – he dubbed the “Garden of Eden

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US sees 1,260 coronavirus deaths in a day

The United States recorded a further 1,260 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, bringing its total to 95,921 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins

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President Truman

President Truman issued Executive Order No. 9981 directing equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces.

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Jul

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1948

Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist,[1] Georgist,[2] and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National

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What should the West learn from China?

Fortunately, while the COVID-19 is spreading around the world, China has achieved progress in controlling the epidemic, and has gradually resumed the economic and social operations, enabling it to free up its hands to accelerate the production of epidemic prevention materials to aid those countries

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Somalia: Regional Leaders Set to Meet Over Plans to Postpone Elections, Isolates Federal Government

[Dalsan Radio] The stand over plans to postpone elections seems to deepen after leaders of Somalia's federal member states have set a meeting will be on Thursday in Dhusamareb to discuss the upcoming election without the federal government attendance.

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We can’t breathe: Chamisa

OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has psyched up hard-pressed Zimbabweans to liberate themselves from the heavy Zanu PF yoke which he claims has shrunk the democratic space and deprived citizens of the much-needed

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Executive Order 11246 (1965)

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as

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Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism

She arrived in America with her father and family seeking liberty from an authoritarian black hearted oppressive regime that denied individual

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Andrew Brimmer appointed to Fed. Reserve Bd.

Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African-American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Johnson

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Feb

10

1966

TSMC to build Arizona chip plant as US, China tech rivalry escalates

The scale and technology is similar to what TSMC did in China, suggesting a balance between the US and China

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This Day in History — June 11

2009: The World Health Organization says swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration that speeds vaccine production and spurs government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41

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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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Trump wants Biden to take drug test before first debate

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - US president Donald Trump says he will call for a 'drug test' for himself and Joe Biden before the first presidential debate, but did not offer any evidence for his suspicions about his Democratic opponent.Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner

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Barack Obama Turns Presidency Into One Big Sports Analogy

POTUS gets real with Bill Simmons for GQ.

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Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury

Another Confederate monument has fallen — this time in a city where such memorials were understandably rare to begin with: the

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J'can calls on UK to drop diplomacy in dealing with racism, inequality

ONE of Britain's recognised influential blacks — Jamaican Paulette Simpson — has called for a movement away from heavy reliance on diplomacy to treat with racism and inequality in

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#Election2020: Trump warns of 'rigged election' | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump's darkly portentous campaign message came into stark focus Monday as he launched his most intensive campaign swing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of 'fascist' Democrats with a 'Trojan horse' candidate during stops in the Upper Midwest. The dire warnings

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

The US election is entering its final stretch – here are the key areas to watch

… is considering are African American. There has never been an African American female nominee … blocks such as women or African Americans. Daniel Strauss Swing states The …

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U.S. Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands, consisting of nine main islands and some 75 islets, were explored by Columbus in 1493. They were originally inhabited by the Carib Indians. Since 1666, England has held six of the main islands; the remaining three (St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John), as well as about 50 of the

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Covid-19 wrap: 1 127 new US deaths, Wuhan lab had '3 live bat coronaviruses' and DRC denies manipulation

Beijing – The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations it may have been the source of the Covid-19 pandemic has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new global contagion, its director has

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Black becomes governor of Virgin Islands

Former federal judge William H. Hastie was confirmed as governor of the Virgin Islands. Hastie became the only Afro-American to govern a U.S. state or territory since Reconstruction.

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May

1

1946

Carney, William H. (1840-1908)

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(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”

By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against

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Celebrating Bro. Malcolm X, A Warrior and Master Teacher

That’s why I believe that the best way to celebrate Brother Malcolm’s 95th birthday on May 19, 2020 is to honor his role as a superb deliverer of

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Somalia: Qatar Rolls Out Education and Development Projects in Jubaland

[Dalsan Radio] Jubaland has benefited from educational and development projects by the Qatar Charity which were inaugurated on Saturday.

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Egypt

Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the

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Third Enforcement Act

Third Enforcement Act defined Klan conspiracy as a rebellion against the United States and empowered the president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and declare martial law in rebellious areas.

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