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African-American Dating App, Tagged, to Rollout Live Video | Afro
The Meet Group, a leading provider of interactive livestreaming solutions, has created two new features designed to help users connect while maintaining proper dating distance on its popular mobile application, Tagged — the country’s largest dating app primarily focused on African
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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Rwanda: Youngster Tuyishimire to Join PSG Academy
Crespo Tabu Tuyishimire, the son of Amavubi legend late Patrick Mutesa Mafisango, is set to join Paris Saint-Germain's football
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Source: allAfrica.com
Why The World Is More Worried Than Ever About A 2nd Wave | The Oklahoma Eagle
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China, new cases in New Zealand and record infections in parts of the United States show that the pandemic is far from
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Telfair Museums Announces Reopening Plan
Telfair Museums in downtown Savannah will be reopening its three sites—the Telfair Academy, the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, and the Jepson Center for the Arts— beginning Friday, June
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Source: The Savannah Tribune
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(2013) President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address
On January 21, President Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States, beginning his second term in office.  His inauguration address appears
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Source: Black Past
Mother of girl burned in social media ‘fire challenge’ has message for other parents
Young people get a flammable substance — isopropyl alcohol or acetone in the past, hand sanitizer more recently — and set fire to
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
South Africa to trial unique three-team limited overs fixture
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa will trial a new format that will see three teams compete in a single 36-over match as they look to re-start the game with the Solidarity Cup at SuperSport Park in Centurion on June
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Africa: Why COVID-19 Offers a Chance to Transform UN Peacekeeping
This greater need for peacekeeping efforts offers an opportunity for the UN to explore a real spectrum of peace operations beyond the large multidimensional
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Source: allAfrica.com
ECB to release 35.7 million pounds to help counties, clubs hit by COVID
(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday approved an additional financial package of 35.7 million pounds ($44.71 million) to support the professional and recreational game which have been hit by the COVID-19
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Reopening sugar estates would be a disaster
I have argued for nearly fifty years that the viability of sugar rests mainly on the relationship between labour and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
African Innovators Join the Fight Against COVID-19
This new innovation, launched in late March, provides crucial contact tracing data to the Kenyan Ministry of Health as the country moves to curb the spread of
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Source: allAfrica.com
Exam-level students take COVID-19 precautions as classes resume
Exam-level students returned to schools across Guyana yesterday while observing safety protocols to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus disease
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
State Budget Cuts Are Leaving Kids on the Sidelines
Afterschool programs provide safe and enriching environments for children of working-class
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
Africa: WHO Urges Caution As Countries in Africa Ease Lockdowns
Many countries implemented lockdowns and key public health measures early and these appear to have helped slow down the spread of the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Man-Child Donald Trump Reacts BIGLY By Signing “Useless” Excutive Order That Targets Social Media
Doing what he does best, he signed an executive order that put tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google as well as the internet law that gives them legal immunity from the content users may share on their
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Africa: Over 120,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases on the Continent
South Africa has the most reported cases – 25,937, with deaths numbering
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya coronavirus: Tally hits 1,471 after record 123 new cases
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Musician Cameron Sankey Playing Music, Talking Tech
… I had two or three gigs a week, traveling out of the [U.S. and] state with other artists,” said Sankey, a full-time musician, music producer, mixing engineer, writer-arranger, keyboardist, and
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(1948) Bayard Rustin, “Jim Crow Army"
By the early 1960s Bayard Rustin would emerge as a major strategist for the civil rights movement and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King.  In 1948, however, he was less well known among the American population.   By that point, however, most of his views were shaped and well known.  In World War
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Africa: WHO Urges Caution as Countries in Africa Ease Lockdowns
Many countries implemented lockdowns and key public health measures early and these appear to have helped slow down the spread of the
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Source: allAfrica.com
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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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Africa: Don't Let Guard Down, We Must Be Ready for Long Fight - WHO's Moeti
So far, a number of countries have begun easing their lockdowns, and, according to WHO's initial analysis, the impact on doubling time - the number of days for case numbers to double in a given country - appears to be varying depending on the timing and duration of the confinement
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Source: allAfrica.com
Cameron “DJ KC” Childress Putting a Spin on Social Media
Childress has taken his skills to Facebook and Instagram for virtual performances, but it hasn’t been
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Adonis displeased with CrossFit CEO’s remarks
Gregg Glassman, CrossFit’s CEO has stepped down after telling staff on a Zoom call, “We’re Not Mourning For George Floyd,” and Guyana’s fittest woman and CrossFit star athlete, Delice Adonis, has weighed in on the saga which has since sparked
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
US-China tech war 'bigger risk than coronavirus'
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COVID-19 takes a mental toll
Recently repatriated Golden Jaguar International Jeremy Garrett, has declared that the safeguarding of good mental health is essential to the overall wellbeing of everyone during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, which has swept across the globe in
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
CAT Retaining Safety Measures Ahead of Service Increase
As Chatham Area Transit prepares to increase operating hours on Monday, customers should be aware of the safety measures and policies that will remain in place to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19
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(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"
On June 7, 1966, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy became one of the first major American politicians to take a public stand against South African Apartheid when he delivered an address to the National Union of South African Students in New York City.  His address appears
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Mother Emanuel’s Legacy of Hope Five Years Later
What started with a Bible study in the basement of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church on Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, became the scene of mass murder at the hands of
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