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Rwanda: Regulator Orders Airtel to Halt Controversial Brand Campaign
[New Times] Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has ordered Airtel Rwanda to stop a controversial advertising campaign that the telecommunications firm has been running for weeks.
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Drake Recovers From Knee Injury, Vacations In Turks & Caicos With His Buddy French Montana
After going down with a significant knee injury back in October, Drake is back on his feet and enjoying a Turks & Caicos vacation with French Montanas in the middle of a pandemic.
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Do You Want Sex And The City Without Samantha Jones?
HBO Max has confirmed that a "Sex and the City" reboot is coming to the platform. Sadly, it will not include Kim Cattrall's dynamic character Samantha Jones. Making us wonder if we need it at all.
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Office parties prohibited for public sector entities
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says that all office parties related to the Government or its agencies and departments are prohibited, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The announcement was made during the sitting of the House of...
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Kobe Bryant’s Widow Vanessa Bryant Slams Mother’s ‘Hurtful’ Lawsuit To ‘Extort’ Her Family
Sources close to Vanessa Bryant shared a statement with NewsOne attributed to her that provides a glimpse into the unfortunate family drama with her mother that includes allegations of extortion over unfulfilled promises of material items.
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Scholars pledge not to speak at Ole Miss until it reinstates a colleague
… Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Instead of being so … profile in the field of African-American history.’” Requests Denied So what … -Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University, said …
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Paris city hall fined for naming too many women to top jobs
PARIS (AP) — Paris city hall has been fined 90,000 euros ($109,408) for having appointed too many women to top positions in 2018, in breach of a law aimed at ensuring gender balance. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo denounced the fine as “...
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Africa: Journalists Jailed for Social Media "Terrorism" Highlight Content Moderation Challenges
[CPJ] A journalist in China uploaded a video to YouTube criticizing the Chinese government's response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Another, in Vietnam, left a state-owned newspaper but continued posting stories they wouldn't let her cover on Facebook. In Egypt, a freelance photographer
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Cyberpunk 2077 hotfix 1.05 now live on consoles and PC
CD Projekt Red announced that Hotfix 1.05 for Cyberpunk 2077 is now available for PC, after being released for Xbox and PlayStation.
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Malika Haqq Shares The Most Fabulous Christmas Photo
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NY governor signs law limiting arrest of Caribbean nationals in state court houses
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Illegal! Court slaps KSAMC, NEPA for authorising Birdsucker development
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Forbes editor warns against hiring officials who continuously lied for Trump
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CNN's Don Lemon Has Just A Few Words Left For Kayleigh McEnany: 'Girl, Bye'
The anchor noted that the White House press secretary -- who, per usual, criticized the media on Tuesday -- once worked as a commentator for the network.
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ECLAC says positive growth in the C'bean in 2021 still insufficient to recover pre-pandemic levels of economic activity
SANTIAGO, Dec. 17,  CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecasts that while Latin America and the Caribbean will experience positive growth in 2021, it will still not be enough to recover from...
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Breonna Taylor’s Mother Writes Open Letter To Joe Biden On Police Accountability
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Florida's Keyontae Johnson breathing on his own following collapse
After collapsing during a game, University of Florida Gators basketball player Keyontae Johnson is breathing on his own. Read More:... View Article The post Florida's Keyontae Johnson breathing on his own following collapse appeared first on TheGrio.
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Covid-19 chaos in Zimbabwe | Citypress
In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, the main funeral parlours and cemeteries are overrun and the city’s biggest hospital is in a shambles, while the Beitbridge border with South Africa is a mess.
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Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory - Black News Channel
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a month after the election, top Republicans finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the next U.S. president, a collapse in GOP resistance to the millions of voters who decisively chose the Democrat. Foreign leaders joined the
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Porsha Williams Explains Why She Got Pregnant By Dennis McKinley
In a preview for episode five of “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Porsha Williams gets candid with her mother and sister about her daughter Pilar’s conception. In the clip, Williams explains that she essentially got pregnant on purpose because her on-again-off-again fiancé, Dennis McKinley, met
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Caribbean Airlines to extend layoffs for three months
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that it will extend layoffs for an additional three months. The period is now set to end on April 15; the original date was January 15. According to an internal memo...
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December 17, 2020 - DefenderNetwork.com
In this week’s Defender… The second wave of COVID-19 has hit the U.S harder than expected. Recently a number of vaccines have been released and recommended. As public officials work to build trust in the Black community, Defender Managing Editor ReShonda Tate Billingsley takes a look at the
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Chicago officials tried to block release of bodycam footage that showed police handcuffing naked woman in botched raid
City officials in Chicago tried to prevent a local CBS station from airing police bodycam footage that shows officers carrying out a raid on the wrong home and handcuffing the homeowner while she was naked.
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Black Capitol Police officerEugene Goodmanis being praised on social media for bravely stopping rioters from entering the Senate chambers during the Capitol riots on Wednesday. Igor Bobic, Huffington Post politics reporter, tweeted a screenshot of the video of Goodman confronting protestors and
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MEC brands Cele a ‘mampara’ over Cape Town beach closures
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Serena Williams’ Husband Hits Back at Racist/Sexist Billionaire for His Comment Over Her Age and Weight
By Victor Omondi Serena Williams' husband, Alexis Ohanian Sr., a co-founder of digital giant Reddit, has come out guns blazing at billionaire Ion Tiriac, who criticized the tennis legend over her age and weight. In a recent interview on Romanian television, Tiriac, an 81-year-old former Olympic
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By AMANDA SEITZ and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public health officials, fact checkers and doctors tried to
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