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High-tech UK-US ship launched on 400th Mayflower anniversary - Black News Channel

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press PLYMOUTH, England (AP) — With a splash of Plymouth gin, the U.S. ambassador to Britain officially launched a ship named Mayflower on Wednesday, 400 years to the day after a wooden vessel with that name sailed from an English port and changed the history of two continents. Unlike the merchant ship that carried a group of European Puritan settlers to a new life across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the Mayflower christened by U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson has no crew or passengers. It will cross the sea powered by sun and wind, and steered […]

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Bara hospital treated almost 3 000 patients in its trauma unit in June | News24
The cases related to gunshots, stabbings, motor vehicle accidents, passenger vehicle accidents, burns, assaults, falls, cuts, motorbike accidents and other trauma.
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England’s Denly not good enough, says Vaughan - Stabroek News
SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) - England should look beyond Joe Denly but retain Zak Crawley when regular skipper Joe Root returns for the second test against the West Indies, former captain Michael Vaughan has
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Kenya: Miraa Traders Decry Denial of Entry to Hargeisa-Bound Plane
[Nation] Miraa traders in the country are up in arms after Somalia turned back an aircraft transporting 13.6 tonnes of khat to Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway Somaliland region.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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July 31: West to spread COVID-19 using canisters
DEFENCE deputy minister and Zanu PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed that the planned July 31 protests against government were being funded by the West with the intention of spreading the deadly COVID-19 in the country. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA Civic groups and opposition political
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Commentary: A word about White privilege | Atlanta Daily World
by Oseye Boyd If there’s one thing I’m grateful for in 2020, it’s that people are showing their true colors. People have lost all sense of decorum as well as respect for others when in public and are acting out in appallingly shocking ways. I never thought I’d see adults coughing on other
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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media
Unclaimed Safaricom Bonga points hit Sh3. 9bn in March
About one billion points valued at Sh301 million were redeemed in the two months to June 4 through the Bonga for Good initiative.
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Source: Business Daily
Fight against Covid-19 intensifies - Doctors in Sierra Leone treated with reckless abandon
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: In two separate letters (see below), addressed to President Julius Maada Bio and the National Coordinator of NACOVERC, Brig. (Rtd.) Kellie Conteh respectively, the president of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA), Dr. Delwin
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dialogue can solve the mess of our own making
WE would like to commend the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) for continually pushing to have President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to dialogue. NewsDay Comment The two leaders have the key to unlock the political and economic gridlock that is choking
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Hamilton wins Styrian Grand Prix in Mercedes one-two - Stabroek News
(Reuters) - Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton dominated the Styrian Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two on Sunday to celebrate his 85th Formula One win and move a step closer to Michael Schumacher’s record of 91
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Indiana motorist parading Confederate flag, noose calls rope a dog leash : TheGrio
This time more than ever racists have been emboldened to come out of the woodworks. The latest showing comes from... View Article The post Indiana motorist parading Confederate flag, noose calls rope his 'dog's leash' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Mexico surpasses Italy to post world’s fourth-highest coronavirus death toll - Stabroek News
MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) - Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic rose above 35,000 yesterday, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world’s fourth-highest death total, according to Reuters
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
F1 Star Hamilton Raises Right Fist in Fight against Racism | Afro
By Jerome Pugmire AP Auto Racing Writer Standing on the podium to celebrate his latest win, Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton raised a clenched right fist and then delivered a message to his fellow drivers not to slow down in the fight against racism. It's 52 years since American sprinters
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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Four Common Myths About Slavery
People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t. They think the majority of African slaves came to the American colonies, but they didn’t. They talk about 400 hundred years of slavery, but it wasn’t. They claim all Southerners owned slaves, but they didn’t. Some
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Source: Black Then
Protest at your own risk, says Zanu PF
THE ruling Zanu PF party yesterday said it would deal harshly with the planned protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government on July 31, evoking memories of killings by the army of civilians in 2018 and January last year. BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE Six civilians were shot dead in the
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Kaitlyn Williams got to ‘march’ in her ‘graduation’ after all - TSDMemphis.com
White Station High School senior Kaitlyn Williams was looking forward to marching with her class at graduation, walking across stage when her name was called and shaking her principal’s hand as she received her diploma. “I had played out the scene in my mind many times. It was perfect. People were
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
5 Reasons Why You Need a New Hobby - Milwaukee Community Journal
The Coronavirus Pandemic has changed our lives as we know it, but it doesn’t have to change us for the worse. The depressing space of the world can be contagious. However, there’s a few ways to stay on the bright side of things. Get a hobby. A hobby is an activity done regularly in
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Jamaican mother of five living in 20-foot container appeals for help - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Hungry and homeless, a desperate mother of five is longing for reprieve from a life of hardship unfamiliar to many. The article Jamaican mother of five living in 20-foot container appeals for help appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Standing up for Hong Kong - Stabroek News
An overarching and vaguely worded national security law imposed on Hong Kong this week marks the end of an era. The article Standing up for Hong Kong appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
‘Come clean on human rights abuses’
BY PRECIOUS CHIDA HUMAN rights lobby group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has challenged government to come out clean on its sincerity to investigate and end human rights abuses, mostly perpetrated by State security agents. The grouping said government should conduct itself in a transparent manner
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies | Africanews
The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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'NDZ wins again': Furious politicians slam Ramaphosa's alcohol ban
Senior DA members and some EFF representatives have slammed the new alcohol ban directives, which were issued by Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday evening.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Property is Power! To invest or not to invest | Atlanta Daily World
by Anthony O. Kellum As you may be aware the $2 trillion Cares Act rescue package includes a one-time pay out to individuals and families. And by now many of you if not all have received your stimulus check. While some have spent it, many are determining the wisest ways to invest, spend or
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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media
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Democrats Will Be Lost Without the Senate - African American News Today - EIN News
A Biden win in November 2020 will be insufficient unless Democrats take the Senate and displace majority leader Mitch McConnell.
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Source: The Nation
Houston Black Restaurant Week returns for fifth year - DefenderNetwork.com
Houston will celebrate the Black culinary industry this week. The 2020 edition of Houston Black Restaurant Week will run from July 10-19, featuring 31 Black-owned restaurants. Black Restaurant Week LLC, which started in Houston, is celebrating its fifth year with an eight-city tour, and Houston is
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Free virtual legal clinics for U.S. Veterans - DefenderNetwork.com
The Veterans Legal Initiative is a program that offers free legal advice and legal representation to low-income veterans. Currently during the Covid-19 pandemic, legal clinics are held every Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. over the phone. Applications can be submitted online or requested by
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
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Facing the storms of life
AT times, life throws a curveball at us. We go through a lot of storms despite our background. At times we do good, but life throws bad things at us. It’s taken, one day you will face the unexpected, but you have to face it. It’s one of those unexpected negative things we should brace ourselves
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
iMOM: A 2020 message from a 2010 valedictorian - TSDMemphis.com
by Brittany Holst - I graduated as valedictorian of Middle College High School, Class of 2010. It was one of the biggest milestones in my life. Loved ones gathered at the Orpheum Theatre to watch my fellow classmates and I walk across the stage to receive our diplomas. Fast forward to
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
This is what the Surgeon General had to say about mask mandates - L.A. Focus Newspaper
As coronavirus cases surge across the US, the debate over whether to require Americans to wear a mask to slow the spread of the virus has intensified. Some states and cities have made wearing a mask a requirement in certain situations and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
Florida shatters US record of single-day Covid-19 cases | The Atlanta Voice
The Florida Department of Health reported 15,299 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the highest number of new cases reported in a single day by any state since the coronavirus pandemic began. The previous record - also set by Florida - came on July 4, with 11,434 new cases reported, according to data from
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Smells like November 2017
WHEN harvesting is completed in many parts of rural Zimbabwe, there are many rituals that take place. Villagers hold night vigils, sing and dance, but more importantly for those who love blood sports, it marks the beginning of the hunting season. Zimbabwe has mostly savanna woodlands, a lot of
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

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