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How Covid-19 pandemic has affected layoffs

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a health crisis and disrupted businesses.

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms extends hazard pay for frontline city employees

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Zuckerberg Defends Approach to Trump's Facebook Posts

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How The Death Of The Office Building Can Unlevel The Playing Field For Black Professionals - Blavity

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Angola: Entrepreneurs Call On Government for Immediate Solutions

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FedEx Worker Claims He and His Coworker Were Fired After Posting Video of Them Confronting Racist Customer, Company Denies Firings

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COVID-19 hospitalization numbers continue decline as testing sites reopen | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Macmillan CEO Steps Back From Day-To-Day Operations

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Ecuador bets on a return to normal

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'A betrayal': Early Facebook staffers denounce Zuckerberg

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Minority Officers Allege Discrimination Over Chauvin Booking | Afro

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Atlanta’s unemployment rate is dropping | Atlanta Daily World

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Covid-19 leaves the airline industry in financial turbulence

The effects have been so dire that the domestic operators now require a financial loan of Sh3 billion to resume operations once the coronavirus containment measures are relaxed, with the industry data projecting that African airlines have so far lost Sh860 billion as at last

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Uganda: 50 Percent Residents of Kagadi, Kyenjojo Hungry

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