This Day in History &mdash; February 4

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump but Interpol

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said yesterday.

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Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) President Donald Trump yesterday came under growing pressure to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan, with Democrats demanding answers and accusing Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin at

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

Guyana's president reaffirms strong ties with US, Western Hemisphere

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) President David Granger has reaffirmed Guyana's commitment to Western Hemispheric values and to the furtherance of mutual goals and ideals.

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Young, Johnny (1940- )

Ambassador Johnny Young was a career diplomat and the third African American to be appointed ambassador by three presidents. In 1989 President George H.W. Bush appointed Young Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone. Five years later President Bill Clinton named Young Ambassador to the Republic

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Source: Black Past

This Day in History — June 4

1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in

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

COMMENTARY: It Has Never Been Like This in America Before

The millionaire Republicans thinks that many citizens in America are looking for a hand out, and they are

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

J'can teachers recruited to teach US students online

WASHINGTON, DC, United States In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc a US-based non-profit organisation is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States online.

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Kanye West Says That Jared Kushner Told him: ‘We Don’t Have Black Leaders, We Just Have Hustlers’

Kanye West, who announced last week that he plans to run for president of the United States, granted Forbes an exclusive interview where he dropped a few lines about current

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Graduation on wheels!

With the measures implemented to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus putting the breaks on many activities, including graduations, Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew got creative to be able to still give their graduands a ceremony yesterday.Instead of the customary gathering, the school

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Birth of a Nation

On February 18, 1915, the silent film Birth of a Nation (originally titled The Clansman) by director/producer D.W. Griffith premiered at Clunes Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The 12-reel, three-hour-long film was a first in American film history for its length, cost, music, and

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Source: ThoughtCo

KPH gets $1 million worth of personal protective equipment

THE Digicel Foundation on Wednesday handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $1 million to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, which will be used by front-line workers at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Denis

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World leaders, stars unite at event aimed at fighting virus

LONDON (AP) A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

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8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high

EIGHT more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715.Five more people have also recovered from the virus since Wednesday and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate.

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Nigerian nationalism

Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Nigerians.[1] [2] Nigerian nationalism is a territorial nationalism, emphasizing a cultural connection of the people to the land — in particular the Niger and Benue rivers.[3] It first emerged in the 1920s

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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The Kerner Report), 1967

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS

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Today's Horoscope July 1, 2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 1, 2020: Highly sensitive and giving, it is essential that you move out into the world to be fully successful. Once there, you are most often adored. That which you love generates a good income. If single, you can become depressed and must overcome this to let

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Can Kanye West run for president? The rappers uphill climb to the White House - African American News Today - EIN News

Kanye West gave his Internet-breaking wife Kim Kardashian a run for her money over the weekend by announcing he is running in the 2020 American presidential election. The election is set for November 3, meaning West has just under four months to get his campaign together.

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Source: London News | London Evening Standard - London's newspaper

Waters: 'Trump more focused on saving statues of slaveholders and Confederate generals than protecting Americans from coronavirus' | The Atlanta Voice

Instead, we are left with Donald Trump, an incompetent and heartless man who is more focused on saving statues of slaveholders, Confederate generals, and racists, than protecting the health of living and breathing

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Next six months will not be easy, says PAHO director

AS the region of the Americas reports 100,000 cases of COVID-19 a day, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa F Etienne is calling for strong coordination across countries, evidence to guide leaders' actions, and for people to protect themselves and others.

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Rep. Maxine Waters: ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’ | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on Donald Trump’s negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders: “One would hope that the president of the United States would

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.The 65-year-old right wing populist, who has been known to mingle in crowds without

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Everything but the N-word

Now in this scenario, would any man, woman, or child in this country stand for such bigoted language from ANY fellow citizen, let alone the President of the United

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'Patience,' says Bartlett

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is urging patience in response to rising anxiety among tourism-related business operators about the need to reopen Jamaica's south coast to overseas visitors.Remember now, we review on a two-weekly basis, the last review was on the first

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Flood kills 55 in Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AP) Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns hit by heavy rains that were expanding across the region yesterday. At least 55 people have died and a dozen remain missing.

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Today's Horoscope July 3, 2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 3, 2020: Observant, sensitive and wise, you must find expression in a creative pursuit. As soon as quarantine lifts, your work will be wildly successful. Never give up on your efforts to be recognised. If single, you need another's emotional support and must learn to

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

Hot news cycle leads CNN to best ratings in 40 years | The Atlanta Voice

An extraordinary stretch of news with the coronavirus pandemic and racial reckoning triggered by George Floyd’s death has led CNN to its biggest audience for any three-month period in the network’s 40-year

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Al Sharpton

Name at birth: Alfred Charles

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Major crimes down over January

Jamaica recorded significant decreases in what the police label Category One crimes last month, data from the constabulary are indicating.In fact, for the January to June period this year, there were 26 fewer murders, 65 fewer shootings, and 78 fewer robberies compared to the same six months last

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Booker T. Washington

Born: 4/5/856 Hales FordDied: /4/95 Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.Booker T. Washington was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 890 and 95, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last

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Todman, Terence A. (1926-2014)

Named Career Ambassador, a title equivalent to a four-star general, U.S. ambassador to six different countries, Terence A. Todman was an outstanding diplomat in the service of the United States. He challenged the racial prejudice he encountered at the State Department, paving the way for hiring of

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