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With Saturday's UFC 263 middleweight bout between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori on the horizon, bettors are looking to cash in on the many UFC 263 prop bets available for…
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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.
With life-saving oxygen in short supply, family members in India are left on their own to ferry coronavirus patients from... View Article
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[UN News] Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
BY HENRY MHARA ZIMBABWE boxing superstar Charles Manyuchi has admitted he had to dig deep to defend his World Boxing Federation (WBF)
The post Manyuchi digs deep to retain title appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was read by Chief Justice Earl B. Warren.
'If the finger of evidence points at you, you are going to jail.' Police in Lilongwe this week arrested yet another top official at Ministry of Information suspected to be involved in abuse and mismanagement of K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds. Deputy Director for Publications, Edson Mwamvani was apprehended on Wednesday in the capital for […]
The post Ministry of Information Deputy Director arrested over Covid-19 funds first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
The punch exploded on the chin of Jose Aldo and reverberated across the mountaintops of mixed martial arts. When Conor McGregor knocked out the previously shatterproof UFC featherweight champion with…
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The governors will also give a status report of their preparedness to handle the spike in Covid-19 infections with 44 counties confirming cases.
The government, however, said it would continue to intervene in determining the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to safeguard consumers of the commodity from being exploited by oil marketers.
Sylva disclosed that the decision of the government to continue to intervene in fixing fuel price was a result of the ugly experiences the government was having with oil marketers who have deliberately refused to bring down the cost of diesel and other petroleum products whose landing costs had reduced.
No impact of fuel price reduction on food prices, others
He bemoaned the fact that the reduction in the price of PMS had not impacted prices of food items and, transportation costs among others, while he called on Nigerians to hold market players accountable when the price of PMS begins to rise again.
Sylva further stated that the Federal Government was kick-starting the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) penetration policy, June ending, hopefully, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to postpone the commencement twice, in April and May 2020.
Sylva further stated that the petroleum ministry had gotten approval from the Presidency for the award of marginal oilfields, which would certainly be conducted this year; while he noted that on passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) the Federal Government would conduct a major oil bid rounds, especially after issues surrounding the fiscals and other issues had been addressed.
US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.
Moderna released early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants, after American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech last week said their vaccine was 90 percent effective.
The news came as virus infections surged across Europe and the United States.
Both vaccines are based on new technology that uses synthetic versions of molecules called \"messenger RNA\" to hack into human cells, and effectively turn them into vaccine-making factories.
\"This positive interim analysis from our Phase 3 study has given us the first clinical validation that our vaccine can prevent COVID-19 disease, including severe disease,\" said Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel.
\"Today's news of a second vaccine is further reason to feel hopeful,\" tweeted President-elect Joe Biden, but he cautioned that its widespread distribution was months away.
\"Until then, Americans need to continue to practice social-distancing and mask-wearing to get the virus under control,\" he said.
Moderna plans to submit applications for emergency approval around the world within weeks, and says it expects to have approximately 20 million doses ready to ship in the US by the end of the year.
The company, which has received $2 billion from the US government under \"Operation Warp Speed,\" added it is on track to manufacture between 500 million to a billion doses globally in 2021.
Global infections from Covid-19 have soared past 54 million with more than 1.3 million deaths since the virus emerged in China late last year.
China and Russia also say that they have manufactured effective Covid-19 vaccines.
China is developing several vaccines, of which five are undergoing large-scale global trials
Questions remain
The promising results of both vaccines are seen as a validation for mRNA technology, which has never before been brought to regulatory approval.
It works by providing human cells with the genetic instructions to make a surface protein of the coronavirus, which trains the immune system to recognize the real virus.
Making a traditional vaccine is a longer process that normally involves developing a weakened form of a pathogen.
It is not yet clear how long lasting the protection will be from either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, nor how well they work for the elderly, the age-group at highest risk from Covid-19.
Another open question is whether they stop people who are exposed to the virus from transmitting it on to the other people, even though they may be themselves protected from the disease.
According to a recently published report from the CDC, Black, Latino and Native American children are dying at a disproportionately higher rate than their white counterparts from COVID-19. The study, published on September 18, documented 391,814 known cases and 121 deaths among people under the age of 21 […]
The post Children Of Color Constitute The Majority Of COVID-19 Deaths Among Kids appeared first on The New York Beacon.
Israel Adesanya is a Nigerian UFC fighter and the current UFC middleweight champion. He is one of the fastest-rising superstars in the fight business. Nicknamed The Last Stylebender, he retained his middleweight title after he defeated Marvin Vettori for UFC 263 on Saturday night. Adesanya has a record of 20 wins and only one loss...
A shattered Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen has vowed to come back stronger after suffering a stunning first professional loss Saturday night.
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Two Kenyan doctor, who had travelled to India to visit their family, are stranded after they were forced to give up their seats to the sick on a Kenya Airways flight last week.
\"I received news about a repatriation flight, I was excited and immediately booked tickets for my wife, our six-month-old daughter and I, but unfortunately KQ cancelled my reservation at the last minute,\" Dr Rachir said.
Kenya's High Commissioner to India Willy Bett confirmed that 17 Kenyans, who wanted to travel back home, were ejected from the KQ flight and replaced with patients and their care-givers before the plane took off.
Kenya Airways operated a single flight that picked up patients from India at a subsidised rate of Sh 85, 894 for a business class ticket and Sh45,635 for economy.
Linda Mugo, 26, a student who came to India in February 2020 for internship, which ended in April, says Kenyan officials told her she could not fly home.
The novel coronavirus has prompted unprecedented cybersecurity threats in all parts of the economy, says Roi Yarom, head of industry empowerment at the Israel National Cyber Directorate. Israel's cybersecurity startups have jumped to the challenge - posting a 70 percent growth in funding in 2020, raising a record $2.9 billion in 100 transactions. Israel's cybersecurity industry accounted for 31% of […]
The post Pandemic Unleashes More Cyber-Threats, Fears On A Global Scale first appeared on The Florida Star | The Georgia Star.
NAIROBI, Kenya — A petition signed by more than 160,000 Kenyans protesting alleged corruption by top government officials did not dissuade the International Monetary Fund from approving a $2.34 billion loan last week “to support Kenya’s pandemic response and economic-reform program.” The country has been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Kawangware slums west of Nairobi, residents are forced […]
The post Despite Petition By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kenyans Against IMF Loan, Government Borrows Billions first appeared on The Florida Star | The Georgia Star.
It was far from the most thrilling zombie movie ever made. And that earns Chan Sung Jung a glowingly positive review. At no point during Saturday's UFC main event was…
The post UFC Fight Night results - Chan Sung Jung wasn't zombie-like in beating Dan Ige, he was better appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
Here’s a reminder: Since the Supreme Court was formed in 1789, it has significantly altered American lives, particularly Black lives, with its decisions on important topics such as segregation and voting rights.
Donald Trump has already placed two Supreme Court justices on the bench (Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh) since he was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States in January of 2017.
The current nine-member roster of Supreme Court justices, their perceived political leanings, and the president who nominated them is as follows:
John G. Roberts, Jr.- Moderate Conservative (nominated by George W. Bush)
Clarence Thomas – Conservative (nominated by George H. W. Bush)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Liberal (nominated by Bill Clinton)
Stephen G. Breyer – Liberal (nominated by Bill Clinton)
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. – Conservative (nominated by George W. Bush)
Sonia Sotomayor – Liberal (nominated by Barack Obama)
Elena Kagan – Liberal (nominated by Barack Obama)
Neil M. Gorsuch – Conservative (nominated by Donald Trump)
Brett M. Kavanaugh – Conservative (nominated by Donald Trump)
Though strategic moves such as mobilizing the “Black agenda” and “holding the Black vote” are popular discussions, the consequence of the latter could have dire results.
The winner of the 2020 presidential election will be able to tip the scales in the Supreme Court, which currently has four conservatives, four liberals and a chief justice who is a moderate conservative.
Supreme Court justices serve life-long terms and their decisions can have impacts for decades, sometimes centuries.
MEXICO CITY — An air of nostalgia floats through Mexico City when a street organ starts playing. Despite coming from a different era, these instruments are still part of the cityscape. Street organs arrived in Mexico in the 1880s. An immigrant family from Berlin brought different instruments made in Germany, street organs among them. They gained popularity among Mexicans in […]
The post Organ Grinders: A Mexican Tradition On The Verge Of Disappearing first appeared on The Florida Star | The Georgia Star.
In 2020, our superheroes wore lab coats. The brilliance of Black women doctors and scientists has been at the forefront of the global race to develop the COVID-19 vaccine, and […]
The post Women's History In The Making: Meet Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, The Viral Immunologist Who Co-Developed The Moderna Vaccine appeared first on Essence.
Staff The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to redress decades of loan discrimination by handing out $4 billion in payments to an estimated 16,000 Black farmers has been thwarted by a group of white farmers who have sued the USDA claiming its reverse discrimination. Last week, a U.S. District court issued a temporary restraining order […]
The post White Farmers Thwart Plan to Provide Relief to Black Farmers appeared first on L.A. Focus News.
By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office The County of San Diego announced Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccinations will open Saturday, Feb. 27, to people who work in emergency services, child care and education, and food and agriculture (including grocery stores). Currently, health care personnel, long-term care facility staff and residents, and those who […]
The post Vaccinations To Open to Teachers, Law Enforcement, Food Workers on Saturday appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
