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Hilton Hotels Responds To Claims of Attempt To Rip Off 5th Graders
Featuring: Kodak Black Where: Coral Gables, Florida, United States When: 10 Aug 2017 Credit: JLN
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Tanzania, Rwanda Strike a Deal On Truck Drivers
Rwanda and Tanzania have resolved a fallout between long-distance truck drivers and authorities at the Rusumo Border
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Kenya: Five Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Foiled Attack On Sna At Bilis Qooqani
Nairobi — Kenyan soldiers under the African Union Mission to Somalia Saturday quelled a planned attack on Somalia National Army by Al Shabaab militants at Bilis Qoo-qani, a town in the Afmadow district of the Lower Juba region of southern
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Former ‘X Factor’ Contestant Simone Battle Passes Apparently by Suicide
X Factor alumni Simone Battle was found deceased in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home this past Friday
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China says targeting Huawei threatens global supply chain
China said new US export restrictions targeting companies including Huawei Technologies may threaten the global supply
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Tunisia: COVID-19 - One More Contamination in Mahdia Out of Over 1,200 Tests Carried Out (Health Ministry)
Tunis/Tunisia — Seven cases have tested positive for
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ESSENCE Releases First Comprehensive Survey on How Black Women Are Impacted by COVID-19
Financially, over half (52%) of black women in the study are currently facing or anticipating a negative financial impact as a result of the pandemic, as compared with only 20% who are not, and half (50%) say that their ability to work effectively has been negatively affected by the
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Namibia: Evicted During COVID-19 Crisis
Tenants at a dilapidated government building at Khorixas have until Saturday to move
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Ghana: MP Salutes Constituents for Asking Relevant Questions
The sitting Member of Parliament for Tema West in the Greater Accra Region, has applauded delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), for what he calls spirit of discernment that is characterising their assessment of
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Jah Prayzah Unveils 'Hokoyo' Album
Award-winning contemporary musician Jah Prayzah yesterday released his much-anticipated 10th album
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A Cultural History of the Zoot Suit
In the 1944 Tom & Jerry short The Zoot Cat—only the thirteenth cartoon ever made starring that famous duo—Toms would-be girlfriend lays it on him straight: Boy, are you corny! You act like a square at the fair, a goon from Saskatoon. You come on like a broken arm. Youre a sad apple, a long
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COVID-19: Algeria imposes wearing of masks
Algerian authorities have made the wearing of masks compulsory as part of new measures to contain Covid-19, in the run-up to the Muslim Eid al-Fitr
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#LHHATL’s Arkansas Mo Charged With Fraud After Spending PPP Loan On Jewelry, Rolex
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Rwanda: Civil Weddings Permitted but Taxi-Motos, Upcountry Travel Still Banned for 15 Days
The cabinet on Monday, May 18, further eased the nationwide novel coronavirus lockdown but largely maintained existing measures to control the spread of the
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Nigeria: Bandits Attacks - Presidency Announces 'Major Proactive' Military Operation in Katsina
A day after scores of residents of a Katsina community blocked a highway to protest incessant attacks by armed bandits, the presidency announced the commencement of a major military operation to sweep bandits and kidnappers out of the
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Tanzania: Magufuli's Bold Plan to Reopen Colleges
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday said he was ready to open schools, sports leagues and airlines as the country continues to fight
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Bodies of sisters found under Georgia bridge ruled a homicide
Sisters Vanita Richardson (left) and Trevena Clarece Campbell (right) were found dead under a Georgia
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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine
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Adventure ship workers touch soil today
After weeks of voyaging on the high seas as high-level negotiations dragged on between the Government of Jamaica and their employers, the more than 1,000 Jamaican cruise ship workers who sailed into the Falmouth Pier on Tuesday will finally set foot on local soil
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Lesotho: Embassies Call for Speedy Installation of New Govt
Foreign missions in Maseru yesterday urged the country's political parties to expedite the installation of a new government to enable it to get down to the task of addressing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and other pressing developmental
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Jagdeo calls on GECOM to push for Carter Center’s return
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to request the return of international observers for the ongoing recount of votes from the March 2 polls, while saying that the three-member CARICOM team that has
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
FID targets assets after five convicted in $400m Manchester municipal fraud trial
THE WAY is now clear for the Government to begin the legal process of seeking to take possession of properties and other assets valued at more than $220 million that have been traced to former Manchester Parish Council official Sanja
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Black Delivery Drivers Fired For Posting Confrontation with Customer
A black delivery driver employed by a provider for FedEx was fired for posting a confrontation with a white homeowner on social media, according to
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Rwanda: Youtuber Detained Over Fraud, Impersonation
Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day
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Weekend shooting leaves 13 wounded in Louisiana
Thirteen people were shot over the weekend during memorial service for a murder victim in Bogalusa, La., according to local
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Nigeria: Clearing Backlog of Surgeries Will Take 11 Months After COVID-19 - Report
The CovidSurg Collaborative has projected that, based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19, it will take 11 months to clear the backlog of surgeries that have been
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Wike's Spokesperson, Simeon Nwakaudu, Is Dead
Governor Nyesom Wike's media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, is
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Kenya: Coronavirus Drinks Sh2.86 Billion of EABL's Profits
Nairobi — East Africa Breweries Limited has warned of up to 25 percent losses in net sales for the financial year ending June 2020 on disruption of business by the coronavirus
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18 years waiting - Proposed new law to govern private ­hospitals gathering dust
DIRECTOR OF standards and regulation in the health ministry, Cynthia Lewis-Graham, disclosed yesterday that proposed legislation to govern private hospitals has been sitting untouched for 18 years gathering
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