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Britain pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China's controversial telecoms giant

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Covid-19: WHO halts malaria drug trials

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended trials of hydroxychloroquine from its global study into experimental Covid-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all available evidence to

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Source: The East African

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms And Florida Rep. Val Demings Join Joe Biden’s Shortlist Of VP Contenders

After Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, MadameNoire came up with our own list of powerful political women who we thought might make a good Vice Presidential candidate, for Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential

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Covid-19: Global tensions simmer over race for vaccine

Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

OBBO: Why an Ethiopia-Egypt war over River Nile dam might be

The quarrel is over the rate at which Ethiopia fills the reservoir behind the dam and its effect on water supplies downstream in Sudan and Egypt—for who the Nile is the primary water

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Source: The East African

Burroughs, Jr., John Andrew (1936–2014)

John Andrew Burroughs, Jr. was an equal opportunity advocate and diplomat who was born in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 1936. He spent his youth in Washington, D.C. before moving to the Midwest to attend the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. While there he played on the varsity football

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Source: Black Past

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In August 2013, President Boni fired his entire cabinet, including Prime Minister Pascal Koupaki. Part of the reason Boni dismissed his government was due to the allegations that some of them had been linked to Patrice Talon, a Benin businessman accused of trying to poison

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi’s presidential vote - Los Angeles Sentinel

The opposition has won Malawi’s historic rerun of the presidential election, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. The post Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi’s presidential vote appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.

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Senate Confirms Nation’s First African American Service Chief – Westside Story Newspaper – Online

In an unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown as the Air Force’s next chief of

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Source: Westside Story Newspaper – Online – The News of The Empire – Sharing the Quest for Excellence

Africa: Beyond Trump - Us, UN & Global Health Governance

One, the long running love-hate relationship between the US and the UN, and two, a better understanding of how global public health is governed and in the overall context of global

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ida B. Wells - Birthday

Early life and education [ edit ] Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862,[6] several months before United States President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory.

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Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock

Sudan proposed on Wednesday upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level in a bid to break the

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Pastor Darrell Scott: Trump is the 'most pro-Black president in my lifetime'

(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

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Source: theGrio

African American History and Women Timeline 1980-1989

[Previous] [Next] Angela Davis ran for Vice President on the Communist Party ticket. She became Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, a position she held until 1984. Janie L. Mines graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. She was the first African American

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Malawi: Chilima Says DPP Are Liars, Clueless - ' Adzonzi Another Victim of Being Used'

State Vice President and UTM leader Saulos Chilima has resumed his famous whistle-stop campaign christened imbizo tours on Friday with his first two stops at Kampepuza and Ntcheu Boma - venues dubbed as his home ground - where hundreds of people attended as Chilima campaigned for opposition Tonse

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Source: allAfrica.com

Benin

In August 2013, President Boni fired his entire cabinet, including Prime Minister Pascal Koupaki. Part of the reason Boni dismissed his government was due to the allegations that some of them had been linked to Patrice Talon, a Benin businessman accused of trying to poison

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Former military chief warns Trump drifts from constitution | New York Carib News

Colin Powell, former top military officer and diplomat under Republican presidents accused Donald Trump on Sunday of drifting from the US constitution and said he will vote for Democrat Joe

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Source: The New York Carib News

NFL Legend Herschel Walker Wants to Send Americans Who 'Don't Want Any Police' to 'Countries That Don't Have Police'

Former NFL player Herschel Walker, who is an avid Trump supporter, has a message for people who “don’t want any

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Bolton: Trump moves in office guided by reelection concerns | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Kenya: Catholic Sister Receives the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award

Nairobi — Sr Winnie Mutuku of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, has received the Presidential Order of service Uzalendo Award for her outstanding contribution to the fight against corona virus in

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Culinary Journey of Chef Who Cooked for Presidents

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Source: Business Daily

Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)

Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother. The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much

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A culture war battle Donald Trump can win.

Where the Democratic Party has been a portrait in indecisiveness, Trump has been clear. He stands with the cops who have gone through a hellish six weeks. He stands against defacing statues and destroying monuments. He has denounced the rioting, looting and arson that have accompanied protests the

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Pelosi Trolls Trump Saying Rally Could Have Been A Zoom Meeting Based On Crowd Size

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm , née Shirley Anita St. Hill (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida), American politician, the first African American woman to be elected to the

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Larry Aubry was never afraid to write ‘black’ commentary

I haven’t written my weekly column for five years, moving on to digital content and films, and running a think tank at Cal State Dominguez

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Kenya: Ruto's Office Loses Its Shine, Glamour as Kenyatta Takes Away Power, Privileges

When President Uhuru Kenyatta named his first Cabinet in 2013, he created for Dr Ruto an executive wing known as Executive Office of the Deputy President and which was based at the building that previously housed the Office of the Prime Minister, then occupied by ODM chief Raila

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Source: allAfrica.com

Court rulings keep Trump's financial records private for now

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The US Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict yesterday on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for the time being.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Carson, Benjamin S. (1951- )

Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. Carson was raised in a single parent home when his father deserted the family in 1959 when he was eight years old, leaving his mother, Sonya, and his older

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Source: ThoughtCo

“You Can’t Stop the House”: Chosen Few Picnic Goes Virtual

World’s biggest dance party moves online with daylong Livestream on 4th of July

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