Olympic fans may be banned from cheering in Tokyo

World Record Holder Dalilah Muhammad On The Cancelled Olympics, Racism In Sports And Practicing Islam

Earlier this year, gold medalist and world record holder Dalilah Muhammad had imagined that in mid August she'd be flying home from the Summer Olympics Games in Tokyo with another

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Maxine Waters sounds alarm on coming wave of evictions | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Lauren Victoria Burke, For New Pittsburgh Courier (NNPA)—Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who is the Chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, is sounding the alarm on what … Continued

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Naomi Osaka comes back, beats Azarenka for 2nd US Open title | The Atlanta Voice

Naomi Osaka came to the US Open looking for a third Grand Slam title. She got it by beating a rejuvenated Victoria Azarenka 1-6 6-3 6-3 - after trailing by a set and nearly 3-0 - but leaves New York as much more than just a fabulous tennis player. Indeed, Osaka has combined her prowess on court

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Kenya: How Foreign Athletes Are Making the Best of 'Lockdown' in Iten

Like India's Amresh Durrell, who was among the few athletes who benefited from food rations distributed by world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge on

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‘Dead’ Lift! - Stabroek News

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) has suspended its season indefinitely due to the ongoing COVID-19 concerns. The article ‘Dead’ Lift! appeared first on Stabroek News.

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I cry almost every night, says COVID-positive woman - Dehring, Parchment Brown also give peek inside their journeys

It’s one of the most frightful concerns for many Jamaicans at the moment. With infection numbers soaring over the past month, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new dimension locally, health officials announcing that the country has entered the...

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Trump Administration Officials to Black America: 'Coronavirus Pandemic is Your Fault'

According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Trump on virus; Biden missteps - Black News Channel

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Explaining his deceptive assurances about the pandemic, President Donald Trump suggested he was doing what Winston Churchill had done, soothing the public in a time of danger. That's not how it went down in World War II. Churchill

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Schools appeal for PPE donations

BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry has appealed to the corporate sector to assist in the provision of COVID-19 equipment as schools open for examination classes later this month. Speaking during NetOne’s handover of COVID-19 protective wear and groceries to

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Thousands left homeless by Greek refugee camp fire protest - Black News Channel

By ILIANA MIER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press MORIA, Lesbos (AP) — Thousands of asylum-seekers have spent a fourth night sleeping in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos, after successive fires destroyed a notoriously overcrowded migrant and refugee camp during a coronavirus

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World Trade Organization: How an African head could make a difference | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

With three of the eight candidates to become the next leader of the World Trade Organization (WTO) coming from Africa, BBC Africa business editor Zawadi Mudibo looks at what difference having one of them at the helm would make for the continent. There is a growing feeling among African diplomats

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The story of five doctors rising above it all

WESTERN BUREAU: Shasha-Marie Williams could have been a pregnant teen, because that was the norm in Flankers, St James, where she grew up; while Shellian Blagrove was expected to scorn her problem-plagued community of Mt Salem. Their friends –...

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Africa: Global Trade System Unfair for Africa - Report

[New Times] The current global trade system overseen by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is unfair to Africa, a report that surveyed chief executive officers from across the continent, has shown.

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Women's month: Four South African women who have won Olympic gold

In August, Women's month around South Africa, we celebrate the women who have claimed gold medals at the Olympics.

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Africa’s jittery wait for tourists to return

RAINO Bolz quickly diversified when his tourism business in South Africa’s winelands crashed to a halt in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. He sold a minibus — useless without tourists to ferry

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#Election2020: Georgia officials tweak standard for marks to count as votes | The Atlanta Voice

Election officials in Georgia approved a new rule Thursday that changes the standard for how much an oval needs to be filled in on an absentee ballot to count as a vote. Under the rule, passed by the State Election Board in a 3-1 vote, scanners will be changed to tabulate all selections where at

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Zimbabwe: Tyson Runs to Court As War Vets Invade, Help Selves On Farm Produce

Exiled former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to evict some war veterans who have invaded his Mazowe farm and started helping themselves to his orange

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When to the sessions of sweet Silent thought, I summon upRemembrance of things past, I sighThe lack of many a thing I sought.- Shakespeareï¿½

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Wildfire deaths climbing along US West Coast

(AP): Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as fire fighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some towns and displaced tens of thousands of people, the latest in a series of calamities this...

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Trump's HHS alters CDC documents for political reasons, official says | The Atlanta Voice

Trump-appointed communications officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services pushed to change the language of weekly science reports released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention so as not to undermine President Donald Trump's political message, according to a federal

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Georgia leaders blast Trump for lying about COVID-19

Donald Trump for Deliberately Misleading Americans About The Coronavirus Threat Excerpt from Vice President Joe Biden’s interview on CNN with Jake Tapper: “Disgusting. We learn this on a day that … Continued

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Kenya: Youngster Keter Ready to Dine With Metric Mile Kings

That proverb perhaps resonates well with Africa Under-18 1,500m champion Vincent Keter, who has already washed his hands and now dinning with the world's best metric mile

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Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter

Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter race and Edwin Moses wins a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

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Burundi: WHO Seeking Further Details On Staff Expulsion From Burundi

The World Health Organization (WHO) was on Thursday seeking to clarify why authorities in Burundi have expelled its top official in the country and three other staff members, the UN agency's Regional Director for Africa told journalists during a press briefing on

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Biden audio first shared by 'Russian agent' thrives online - Black News Channel

By AMANDA SEITZ and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent phone conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine's then-president largely confirm Biden's account of his dealings in Ukraine. But the choppy audio, disclosed by

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Beaches complains of Turks and Caicos Government inaction

Beaches Resorts is lamenting that more than a year after it filed a lawsuit against the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) over what the company said were breaches of a development agreement, the matter is still hanging, despite numerous attempts by the resort chain to reach

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Business Owners May Not Have To Pay Back PPP Loan | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

St. Marys, GEORGIA – Did you know that small business owners affected by COVID-19 may not have to pay back that government loan? Centerpoint Tax Services, an accounting firm that specializes in tax resolution, is helping small business owners navigate through forgiveness requests for the Paycheck

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Thousands back Ivory Coast opposition candidate Bedie - Black News Channel

By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Thousands of opposition supporters in Ivory Coast gathered Saturday in the city of Yamoussoukro to support Henri Konan Bedie becoming their candidate for the Oct. 31 presidential election. Bedie's PDCI-RDA political party celebrated

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Mom and Daughter Make History, Open Black-Owned Shell Gas Station in Florida

Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the only Black-owned gas station in all of South Florida. As Shell franchisees, they are making history as women entrepreneurs and

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William Harrison “Bones” Dillard: Track and Field Olympic Gold Winner (1948)

William Harrison 'Bones' Dillard is an American former track and field athlete. He is the only male so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events. Dillard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended East Technical High School. He was given the nickname 'Bones' for his slender

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