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Francis Ngannou has been the next big thing in the UFC heavyweight division for several years. Just about everyone believed... View Article The post Francis Ngannou stops Miocic, claims UFC heavyweight title appeared first on TheGrio.
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Zuma judgment 'of great importance for the rule of law' - Zondo Commission | News24
The State Capture Inquiry welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment which sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to 15 months behind bars.
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Eighteen million barrels of Venezuela’s ‘untouchable’ oil languishing at sea
As if Venezuela’s economic woes were not enough to demand the full-time attention of President Nicholas Maduro and his government, the administration in Caracas must contend as well with the pressures of working out just how it extricates 18.1 million barrels of the country’s oil stuck at sea on an
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Hopewell cemetery in Hanover to be expanded
The Hanover Municipal Corporation is to undertake the expansion of the Hopewell cemetery. According to Councillor Devon Brown of the Hopewell Division, there are few vacant plots remaining, as a considerable section of the cemetery is rocky ground...
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Uganda and Rwanda Jostle to Woo DRC - the Region's New Attraction
[East African] There are many angry voices in Uganda today, because President Yoweri Museveni's government is building roads next door in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, while some back home have become unusable lunar surfaces.
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Justice in Taylor’s death fell victim to ‘law and order’ politics – Florida Courier
There will be no justice for Breonna Taylor. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made sure of that. He failed to make the case that Taylor’s life mattered. So, a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, did what panels in the police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner
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Congresswoman Who Sheltered In Place Alongside Maskless GOP Colleagues During Capitol Riots Contracts COVID-19 - Blavity
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Coronavirus spikes again in rush to reopen. But lockdowns are more complex second time around - L.A. Focus Newspaper
After months of closures, governments are eager to reopen schools and businesses to allow people to get on with their lives. But fresh clusters of infection have seen leaders forced to reimpose restrictions in some hotspots, even as rules are eased elsewhere in the same
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Hope Zoo reopens - Implements physical distancing and sanitisation procedures
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Oakland University to Offer $2,500 Scholarship for Frontline Workers | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
Oakland University’s new Frontline Workers Scholarship program will support workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in their pursuits of education, including obtaining their bachelor’s degree. The program will provide a $2,500 award — $1,250 per year over two years or $625 per semester
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Hoteliers optimistic about good winter as occupancies trend upwards – Bartlett
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Nigerian Mission UK Clarifies Passport Administrative Charge on Grounds of Probity - African Voice Newspaper
By Milton Tella - The impact of Covid-19 pandemic has affected businesses around the world differently, with many unable to return to business as usual. When the new administration at the Nigeria High Commission London took over on 5th May 2021, there were 18,000 applications for passports pending
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Seniors camp out overnight in Daytona to get coronavirus vaccinations – Florida Courier
FLORIDA COURIER STAFF By 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Daytona Stadium had reached its 1,000-person capacity for people 65 and over to get the Moderna vaccination. The entrance of the Daytona Beach stadium was closed by local police for the first-come, first-serve distribution. It was the second day of the
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Biden Campaign, DNC Announce New Vote-By-Mail Features
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National Merit Scholarship Corporation Renews Commitment to HBCUs with Donation to UNCF | Dallas Weekly
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Africa: Call for Urgent Action By 275 World Leaders On Global Education Emergency in Face of Covid-19
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Black Americans laud Juneteenth holiday, say more work ahead | The Atlanta Voice
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Mississippi voters overturn two Jim Crow-era decisions at ballot box - Atlanta Tribune
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Africa: Five Ways Emojis Have Reflected Covid Culture
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Bernie Sanders Give Democrats A Grave Warning About 2022
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