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“These next few months might be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Despite the grim outlook, the CDC announced it had reduced the recommended minimum quarantine time for those exposed to the virus from 14 days.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Republicans launch Get Out The Vote effort for Black voters.
The man who drove his gas tanker into a crowd of peaceful protesters on a closed-down Minneapolis interstate in May... View Article
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The almighty tee-shirt has evolved from rock group and slogan boasting urban trend wear into now a universal fashion statement appearing on the runways of New York Fashion Week and European catwalks. They can range in cost from a few dollars to big bucks. The casual wear with the long, long longevity is part of … Continued
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Animals in the wild are at risk of going extinct due to illicit poaching, and a new breed of rangers is not having any of it. An armed all-female ranger unit in Zimbabwe, the women have made it their job to save the wildlife for future generations while making a new life for themselves as...
The post Meet the 'Brave Ones': The first armed, all-female ranger unit in Africa hunting poachers appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
P.J. Patterson, Former PM Jamaica Dear Mr. Dinkins, I am truly saddened by the news of the passing of your dear wife, Joyce Dinkins. Joyce Burrows Dinkins, the younger daughter of Daniel and Elaine Burrows, was an outstanding figure at the Howard University and First Lady of New York, among the many other services to which she contributed towards increasing […]
VIGO, Spain - A couple who left their careers behind in Argentina to move to Spain didn't know how bad things were until they found a new life. The story of Veronica Kleiman and her [...]
By Associated Press Undefined STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over the region. The heavy shelling forced residents of Stepanakert, the regional capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, into shelters, as emergency teams rushed to extinguish fires. Local officials said the city was struck with Azerbaijan's Smerch long-range multiple rocket systems, a devastating Soviet-designed weapon intended to ravage wide areas with explosives and cluster munitions. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said other towns in the region were also […]
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Government architecture is not a subject that typically gets much public attention. That changed in February with the leaking of a draft presidential executive order that would re-orient federal architecture in a traditional direction, including a requirement that new office buildings in Washington be classical in design.
MOST Jamaicans agree with the postponement or cancellation of mass gatherings and events as a means of limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus, a survey by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has found.
[IPS] New York and Sussex -- This week the world's Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors meet virtually at the 2020 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and decide on the fate of the world.
President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden are intensifying their efforts to persuade uncommitted voters to pick sides in the closing days of the presidential election campaign.
More than 100,000 COVID-related deaths could be prevented in the next few months if 95% of Americans wear masks in... View Article
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Faith Education Centre has settled into its new location. The special-needs institution, which launched a GoFundMe campaign on May 21 to relocate from its Willodene, Spanish Town, location, has moved to Innswood Village, also in the Old Capital. “...
For Black History Month, The Voice is asking a diverse range of Black people what it means to embrace a bold, Black British future. This week, Tobi Kyere discussed how Black British people are building spaces for themselves, in difficult circumstances
Simply one of many WEIRDEST political adverts you will discover in your mailbox. From “No on Measure 26-218” flyer Here is your day by day roundup of all the most…
WASHINGTON (CBS) — A group of Black men in Nashville aren’t taking their fitness or voice for granted. “We’re building health and wellness. We’re also building brotherhood,” Demetrius Short told CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion. Every week, Short leads runners through the streets of Nashville, but it’s the race for president that has the intergenerational group going […]
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Narine Singh has acknowledged that the home isolation system for COVID-19 patients is “not a fool proof system,” but says Guyana does not yet have the capacity to institutionalise all persons who test positive for the virus.
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The policy pursued by the US president has a huge impact on people's lives both at home and abroad, so the outcome will matter to everyone when Americans go to the polls on 3 November,
This week a Georgia teen accused of plotting toattack a predominantly Black churchin 2019, issued an apology in court before... View Article
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Lynda Edwards and George Graham, two Jamaica-born writers a generation apart, interview interesting Jamaicans living abroad. George was born in 1934 in Black River. Lynda was born in 1967 in Mandeville. Both live in Florida. This week, they...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kristen Welker of NBC News moderated the debate, presenting Trump a challenge to follow a Black and confident journalist’s directions – the President has routinely disparaged women of color, including reporters and lawmakers. Before the 90-minute debate began, the President emerged on Twitter to insult Welker.
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC - Kornisha McGill Brown has been elected as the 27th National President of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. With more than 245 chapters nationwide, representing more than 40,000 family members, Jack and Jill of America is the nation's oldest African American family organization. Founded in 1938, Jack and Jill […]
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Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Commissioner Rosa Escareno to announce a re-tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in response to a recent, rapid rise in cases and hospitalizations over the past two weeks. Beginning Friday, October 23rd at 6:00 … Continued
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[Africa Renewal] United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will launch a groundbreaking global online action tomorrow (21 October), calling on people around the world to #PledgetoPause before they share content online. The activation is part of a wider behavior change campaign that aims to create a new social media norm to help combat the rising impact of viral misinformation.
