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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia stands for extending the pact and is waiting to see the details of the U.S. proposal. The White House said Thursday that Biden has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty. 'We can only welcome political will to extend the document,' Peskov said in a […]
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
A GROUP of indigenous churches led by Zanu PF-aligned businessman Jimaya Muduvuri has called for a multi-sectoral dialogue to end the country’s economic woes, saying the anti-government protests planned for July 31 would only stoke political tension. BY PRECIOUS CHIDA The Zimbabwe Amalgamated Council of Churches’ dialogue call come at a time some citizens, backed by opposition political parties, were plotting to protest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government on July 31. Zanu PF has threatened to ruthlessly crush the protests, accusing opposition parties, particularly the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, of plotting to unconstitutionally remove Mnangagwa from power. Muduvuri said only dialogue could bring about peace and stabilise the economy, characterised by runaway inflation, shortages of goods and an unstable currency. “We are concerned that there are people who still believe that public protests and demonstrations are a viable method to resolve perceived national problems,” Muduvuri told journalists on Friday. “Our view is clear that protests and demonstrations, when used for purposes other than national interests and development, become less connected to the populace and do not add value to the consolidation of democratic processes.” The indigenous churches patron added: “There is no evidence that putting people on the streets will diminish the support for the President and the ruling party because all demonstrations ever achieve is sponsoring public disorder. “President Mnangagwa has kept his doors wide open for dialogue. He has demonstrated not once, but numerously, his willingness to build a nation based on consensus and unity of purpose. “We, therefore, believe that protests and demonstrations can and should never be used as a tool of political advocacy. “We, therefore, condemn outrightly and unreservedly this wanton propensity towards unbridled and thoughtless public demonstrations in the name of constitutional rights.”
Volusia County is preparing to roll out two more assistance programs to boost the community’s continuing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic after the County Council allocated $3 million in emergency financial support to help home-based businesses and another $1 million to purchase protective equipment for local businesses.
Owners of home-based businesses in Volusia County that have or are in the process of receiving a COVID-19 rent or mortgage assistance grant from the county don’t qualify for the home-based business grant program.
The application and along with a complete list of the eligibility criteria are posted online at county also is launching a program to help local businesses acquire personal protective equipment like gloves, face masks, hand sanitizer, sanitary wipes and thermometers.
the County Council approved a $1 million allocation of recovery funds to provide businesses with some of the protective equipment they need to ensure the safety of employees and customers.
In addition to the $4 million approved on Tuesday, the County Council has previously allocated $35.5 million for rent and mortgage assistance, food aid, grants for small businesses and non-profit agencies and help for local cities with expenses they’re incurring related to the coronavirus.
Lauren Wilkinson – American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and has taught writing at Columbia and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was a 2013 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer’s Fellow, and has received support from both the MacDowell Colony and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Believer, New York magazine and The New York Times, among other publications. American Spy, her first novel, was a Spring 2019 Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” pick, is on the long list for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was included on Barack Obama’s 2019 Recommended Reading List. Lauren grew up in New York and currently lives in Los Angeles where she works as a TV writer.
Here are five voter suppression tactics to watch out for before the 2020 elections.
DAME CRESSIDA Dick has denied that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist. The Met commissioner...
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Voters in Texas made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate. The race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden concluded Tuesday as the nation remains in the throes of a global public health crisis and mired in the economic downturn it brought on. AP […]
Guyana has received $19.8 Billion from the European Union (EU) as part of ongoing budgetary support for the country’s Integrated Coastal Management Programme.
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Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the nation, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1794 by Richard Allen, a former slave. Allen founded Mother Bethel AME after the church he had been attending, St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) in Philadelphia, began segregating its parishioners by race.
The perceived need to segregate white and black parishioners at St. George had its roots, ironically, in the preaching of Richard Allen who had been an itinerant preacher and in 1786 began preaching a 5 a.m. sermon at St. George. Allen’s sermons proved so popular with black Philadelphians that St. George soon became overcrowded. As black attendance at the church increased, however, so too did race prejudice. When the ruling body at St. George decided that blacks should be segregated and seated in a newly constructed balcony, Allen and his followers decided it was time to leave and start a new church.
With financial assistance from individuals such as Dr. Benjamin Rush and President George Washington, Allen purchased a piece of land at 6th and Lombard streets in Philadelphia. He also bought an old blacksmith shop and moved it to the 6th and Lombard location. The Blacksmith Shop Meeting House, as the structure came to be called, was remodeled into a house of worship and dedicated on July 29, 1794. The pastor of St. George, the Reverend John Dickins, suggested that the new church should be called “Bethel” for the gathering of thousands of souls. The church still carries this name today.
Just one year after its founding, Bethel’s congregation numbered 121. Ten years later, in 1805, the congregation had grown to 457, and the church decided to expand. Two lots adjoining the original 6th and Lombard site were purchased and a new building was constructed to replace the original Blacksmith Shop Meeting House.
Although technically still part of the predominantly white Methodist Episcopal Church, the Bethel congregation limited
Black people across America are reconnecting to their roots – literally. Though large numbers of Black people have historically been excluded from land ownership, an emerging group of Black Americans are turning to gardening, farming and [...]
By Miriam Mangwaya TEN general hands at Chivhu General Hospital were recently suspended from work barely a month after they joined the institution amid allegations of nepotism in their recruitment. Allegations are that the authorities who presided over the recruitment process disregarded applicants recommended by the Ministry of Health and Child Care and ordered their preferred aspirants to pay US$5 “interview fees”. According to sources at the hospital, seven out of the 10 newly-hired employees were closely related to some senior staff members at the hospital and two of them were known girlfriends of a named senior doctor. Mashonaland East acting provincial medical director (PMD) Paul Matsvimbo confirmed the developments yesterday saying the matter was now under investigation. “Yes, I am aware of allegations of some alleged anomalies during the recruitment of staff at Chivhu General Hospital, but the matter is still under investigation. The 10 recruits have been suspended pending determination of the investigation,” he said. Health deputy minister John Mangwiro also said he was aware of the issue although he did not have the finer details. The alleged scam came to light after a nurse whose daughter had been turned away lodged a complaint with Matsvimbo, leading to the suspension of the recruits. The interviews were conducted by then acting medical superintendent Gift Munjanja and other five staff members. Munjanja declined to comment on the issue, and referred all questions to one Alice Kanyemba. “I was in charge of the interviews to recruit the general hand employees, but I cannot comment on the issue. What I can say is everything was conducted following the proper procedures. Kanyemba is the one who is authorised to speak to the media on all issues at this institution,” he said. Kanyemba also declined to comment.
When Cloyd Steiger was placed on administrative leave from the Washington Attorney General’s Office for causing a public scene over a waitress’s Black Lives Matter pin, it wasn’t the first time his conduct had been called into question. Steiger, a homicide investigator, was placed on leave Sept. 8 after Reese Vincent, a waitress at the Tacoma … Continued
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United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). Mayflower of Liberia sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.
Ever since this coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic started, everybody has been extra intent on being clean and having a sanitized and healthy environment. With that, last month we reported on the two Lysol-brand cleaners that the EPA approved to kill the virus. Once that report came out, it became harder to find the cleaners since they were, and still are, in […]
Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker released new guidance to remind all Oaklanders that local, state, and federal civil rights protections remain in full force and effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The FAQs remind us of all of the civil rights laws that remain in effect and provide specific examples of the kinds of behaviors that are particularly problematic forms of unlawful harassment or discrimination during the pandemic.
The FAQs also walk readers through the penalties that are provided for violations of civil rights laws, provide persons experiencing harassment and discrimination with resources to vindicate their rights list additional sources of reliable COVID-19 information.
Oakland is releasing these FAQs against the backdrop of thousands of reports of discrimination against Americans of Asian descent based on wholly false assertions that Asian Americans are responsible for or carriers of COVID-19, and with the reality that many are shaming or shunning disabled people based on misunderstandings about infection.
The guidance should serve as a warning to anyone who violates their fellow Oaklanders’ rights that the City Attorney remains committed to addressing illegal discrimination in all of its forms.
*Says Nigeria will work with other leaders, stakeholders to ensure Adesina's reelection
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his bid to get re-elected as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari said, \"In 2015, when you were to be elected for the first term, I wrote to all African leaders, recommending you for the position.
The statement said the President pledged that Nigeria would work with all other leaders and stakeholders in AfDB to ensure that Dr Adesina was elected for a second term built on the record of his achievements during his first term.
The statement noted that African Union had already endorsed the incumbent AfDB President as sole candidate for the continent, but some other stakeholders were trying to ensure that Dr Adesina was re-investigated on some allegations, and rendered ineligible to run.
I was exonerated, and any other investigation would amount to bending the rules of the bank, to arrive at a predetermined conclusion,\" Dr Adesina was quoted as saying
Stressing that the motive was to soil his name, and that of the bank, the statement stated that the AfDB President said he was proud to be Nigerian, and thanked President Buhari for his unflinching support.
Newsweek has come under fire for publishing an op-ed questioning whether Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as the vice president of the United States based on the circumstances surrounding her birth in California.
On Tuesday, CNN’s Jim Acosta spent his final day as chief White House correspondent reveling in having accomplished his life’s mission of celebrating himself and playing the role of general in helping to removing President Trump from office, a man he’s so deeply hated.
As Acosta and CNN shared on January 11, he’ll leave the White House beat to become a weekend anchor (presumably of CNN Newsroom) and take on the title of “chief domestic correspondent.”
The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that it has scaled back some of its operational activities at its Marescaux Road branch in St Andrew as part of COVID- 19 precautionary measures. \tThe NWC says the building is undergoing deep...
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — All those warnings from public health officials begging Americans to limit gatherings this holiday season amid a surge in coronavirus cases aren't stopping the White House from planning a host of festivities and holiday parties in the midst of a pandemic. Monday's delivery of an 18-and-a-half foot tall Fraser Fir by horse-drawn carriage signaled the kickoff of the usual array of White House holiday events that will include the annual turkey pardon and Christmas and Hanukkah events. 'Attending the parties will be a very personal choice,' said Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania […]
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NEW JERSEY, US, CMC – A Jamaican man faces the possibility of up to 40 years in prison in the United States and a massive fine after being charged with smuggling a kilogramme of cocaine in coffee bags and picture frames.\tPerez Omar Gibbs, 37...
