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Burundi presidential election results expected today
Burundi's electoral commission is to announce provisional results from last week's presidential election Monday, with the outgoing head of state's handpicked successor Evariste Ndayishimiye poised to be declared the
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Source: The East African
Mail-in Deluge Tests Elections in Kentucky, New York
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over
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Source: Black America Web
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Even though parts of the state are reopening, it does not mean that the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in jails has vanished,” said Benjamin Stevenson, staff attorney at the ACLU of
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Source: The Orlando Advocate
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Ghana: 30 Health Workers in Ashanti Region Contract COVID-19 - -GHS
Kumasi — Thirty health workers in the Ashanti region have contracted the COVID-19 disease, according to the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service's updated report, as at May
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda Allows Birth Registration Services At Health Facilities
The Government of Rwanda has finally endorsed civil registration services at health facilities around the country where designated members of staff can legally register events such as births and
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Source: allAfrica.com
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FBI investigating reported assault on black Indiana man
INDIANAPOLIS, United States (AP) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Tuesday it's investigating the reported assault of a black man by a group of white men at a southern Indiana lake.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
TPDCo begins COVID-19 health and safety sensitisation among hotels
Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr Andrew Spencer, says sensitisation sessions for the COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols that will be implemented for the reopening of the tourism sector have
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
NBA, NBPA agree to final terms to resume season
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association Fridayday finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season next month at the Disney World campus near
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Soldier injured during August Town firefight
THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is awaiting more details as it continues its probe into the shooting of a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and a civilian in the eastern St Andrew community of August Town, Thursday night.Assistant Commissioner of INDECOM Hamish
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Still Concerned About Covid-19, U.S. Consumers Will Want More From Convenience Stores
Baking staples, for example, aren’t common on the shelves at most C-stores, but sales of the category have been on an upward trend across the U.S. since the week of March 14, 2020, as consumers settled into restricted living
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
World Travel and Tourism Council endorses Jamaica's COVID-19 protocols
THE COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols designed for Jamaica by the Ministry of Tourism have been endorsed by the World Travel and Tourism Council
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Hit the brakes on reform,Kampala's transport workers say
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has used the country's coronavirus lockdown to begin a long-awaited redevelopment of the park, including the installation of shelters, lighting and a tarmac
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Source: The East African
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US mechanic accused of importing cocaine from Jamaica
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) A 52-year-old American Airlines mechanic has been released on US$300,000 bail after he was arraigned for allegedly importing more than 25 pounds of cocaine on a flight from Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, in February.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Rwanda: Genocidal Govt 'Earmarked Over Rwf150 Million for Tutsi Massacre'
The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), on Tuesday, June 9 revealed how the genocidal government approved "strong measures" to accelerate the so-called "auto-defense civile" programme 26 years
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Source: allAfrica.com
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United Airlines could cut 36, 000 jobs
TEXAS, United States (AP) United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees nearly half its US staff they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the novel coronavirus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Coronavirus Update: Attendees At Florida Block Party Claim Racial Bias And Over-Policing
The block party advertised on social media drew a crowd of 3,000 mostly Black people on Saturday as the state reopened businesses and public
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Source: Black America Web
MCCREATH: Ban on mitumba imports to boost local fashion industry
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Gov't reconsiders reopening of entertainment sector
THE Government says it is reconsidering the reopening of the local entertainment sector, in light of information in the public about the operation of several entities.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
‘I CAN’T GO HOME AND TAKE MY SKIN COLOR OFF’
Black people can’t gather in large crowds because some type of violence happens, whether it’s a fight or someone getting
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Assess your risk level when making Father’s Day plans
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Best of Los Angeles Award Winning Author, Adrienne Rubin, Shares Short Piece On Responsibility & Freedom Amidst COVID-19
"In spite of our need for freedom, most of those who responded are choosing responsible behavior"- Adrienne Rubin
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Why I No Longer Think My Children Have to Go to College to Be Successful – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Resign, JLP councillors tell St Ann mayor
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St Ann Municipal Corporation yesterday recommended that their embattled chairman, Mayor Michael Belnavis, resign.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Integrity Commission Oversight Committee gets going today
THE House of Representatives' newly appointed Integrity Commission Oversight Committee will have its first meeting at Gordon House today at 10:00 am.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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South Africa: COVID-19 Restrictions On Personal Care Industry to Stay for Now As DA Court Bid Postponed
The DA's application to the Western Cape High Court to challenge the prohibition on the personal care industry, which includes hairdressers and beauticians, was postponed on
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Source: allAfrica.com
Trident Technical College announces plans for summer semester
Trident Technical College will offer the majority of its classes online for the summer semester the college announced
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
LOC’d in with LOC: A graduate’s perspective
Last weekend my Bachelor of Science degree in biology would have been conferred during LeMoyne-Owen College’s commencement
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Kenya to reopen its airspace despite increasing Covid-19 cases
The number of infected people stood at 7,188 on July 3, with 154 deaths.
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Source: The East African
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