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'New start:' Medics juggle surgery backlogs and virus fight - Black News Channel
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Chatting before they go under the knife, the two women picture their lives after surgery. Caroline Erganian hopes to be rid of her pain. Lolita Andela imagines being able to be active with her kids. After multiple false dawns, they scarcely dare
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Clergy group moves to loosen grip of ‘payday loans’ - TSDMemphis.com
Barely a year old, the Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis (BCCM) has a collective focus on delivering a crippling blow to predatory lending companies that offer payday loans.  “It’s really legalized loan sharking,” said Pastor Darrell Harrington of New Sardis Baptist Church during an Aug. 18
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Revealed: The busiest dates and times to travel by car this December
Planning a car journey over Christmas? Well, if a road trip is on your radar, it's worth knowing what the busiest travel dates will be for December 2020.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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X1 Fold: The world's first foldable laptop is now available in South Africa
Lenovo unveiled the world's first foldable laptop on 9 December 2020. The ThinkPad X1 Fold will be available in South Africa in 2021.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Early voting begins Monday
Early voting in a crucial runoff for the state of Georgia begins Monday. On the ballot are two races for Senate, which could flip the chamber if Democrats, who already control the House, win. On the ballot will be incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue and his Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff as well
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Black man shot by deputy held a sandwich, not a gun - Los Angeles Sentinel
Civil rights and FBI investigators will help look into the fatal shooting by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding not a gun, but a sandwich, and that he was shot in front of two toddlers and his grandmother while inside his home, not outside it, as
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UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses as virus cases surge - TheGrio
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, the start of an... View Article The post UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses as virus cases surge appeared first on TheGrio.
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After a decade, attorney pleads guilty and must repay R4m to clients
According to the Hawks, the crime dates back to Brits in 2010, when the 46-year-old attorney was hired to buy and register properties on behalf of his clients.
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Americans, Obvious Need For Food And Shelter.
The current COVID-19 Pandemic, or more accurately the government’s inadequate response to it, reminds me of what my good friend Dick Gregory used to say about the state of our union.
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Biden lays out three-point plan to combat coronavirus - TheGrio
President-elect Joe Biden has announced a three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic within the first 100 days of his administration. READ MORE: Biden... View Article The post Biden lays out three-point plan to combat coronavirus appeared first on TheGrio.
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Vrede dairy: No court date for DA’s bid to have beneficiaries recognised
In October 2020 the DA in the province led by Roy Jankielsohn, launched their application with the Bloemfontein High Court, to compel the Free State Development Corporation (FDC) and Provincial Agriculture Department to recognise, verify and appoint the beneficiaries officially.
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Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win - Black News Channel
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Happy Safe Harbor Day, America. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that will be cast next week and sent to the Capitol for counting on
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Waters Remembers Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings on Eve of Country's Election | Dallas Weekly
“As a leading congressional advocate of debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries and a supporter of the Jubilee movement, I am especially proud of President Rawlings’ advocacy for African nations to have their international debts cancelled. Debt relief was critical to free more than
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Which brand sold the most 'illegal cigarettes' during SA's tobacco ban?
As illegal cigarettes continue to pour into South Africa, we're looking at the brands that boomed during our ill-fated tobacco ban.
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A Slave’s African Medical Science Saves the Lives of Bostonians During the 1721 Smallpox Epidemic | National News | The Michigan Chronicle
(Read the entire series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia “I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” — Frederick Douglass “I am not
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La Virgen de Cotoca, la figura que mueve a Bolivia – The Wilmington Journal
¿Por qué el 15 de diciembre es el Día de la Virgen de Cotoca en Bolivia? Su nombre corresponde a la municipalidad de Cotoca, ubicada en Santa Cruz de la Sierra, en Bolivia. El lugar [...]
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NY Senator Parker drafts bill to declare racism 'public health crisis' - TheGrio
New York State Sen. Kevin Parker has drafted a bill to have the New York State Health Department declare racism... View Article The post NY Senator Parker drafts bill to declare racism 'public health crisis' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Supreme Court tears into KwaZulu-Natal judge: Here's why
In the ruling, penned by Acting Judge Glenn Goosen, the court says it was 'an unconscionable dereliction of duty'.
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Mbalula throws weight behind ANC ‘step aside’ resolution
The ANC’s ‘step aside’ resolution is now in focus after party president Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that party’s secretary general Ace Magashule would be subjected to the ANC integrity commission over the R255 million asbestos contract
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Timeline of Birmingham’s 150-Year History
The Birmingham Times 1871  –City of Birmingham founded; now the state’s most populous city, Birmingham was founded at the crossing of two rail lines near one of the world’s richest deposits of minerals. 1873 - Birmingham becomes seat of Jefferson County. -First Colored Baptist Church
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AP Sources: Biden Picks Lloyd Austin As Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon. Biden selected Austin over
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Downtown Christmas parade slated for Saturday
The theme for the Downtown Waynesboro Christmas parade isn’t “A COVID Christmas,” but it very well could be as the virus has changed much about the annul event, which is this Saturday. While there won’t be any dancing or float competitions, as the parade was initially canceled due to lack of
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Awards $19.3 Million in Affordable Housing Program Funds – Dallas Post Tribune
The Subsidies Will Result in the Creation or Rehabilitation of Nearly 3,000 Housing Units DALLAS, TEXAS, December 1, 2020 – The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that, in partnership with its member financial institutions, it has awarded $19.3 million in
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adidas Teams Up With Celeb Stylist Kwasi Kessie For Limited-Edition “New York Is Not Over” Headphones
Not too long ago, current lame-duck president, and exiled New Yorker, Donald Trump, ridiculously claimed that NYC was a ghost town. adidas has teamed up with runner Kwasi Kessie for the perfect response.
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SAA: Department of Public Enterprises appoints interim board
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UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine - Black News Channel
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn't receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country's mass
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NGARE: Let tech handle routine as people deliver innovation
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Ethiopia's forces shoot at, detain UN staffers in Tigray - Black News Channel
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's government says its security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region. Senior official Redwan Hussein told reporters that the U.N. staffers were to blame because they
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Zambia president meets IMF in wake of debt default
The office of the Zambian President Edgar Lungu has released this photo showing Mr Lungu (centre) meeting the Africa head of the International Monetary Fund, Abebe Aemro Selassie (second from right). Mr Lungu did not release any statement but the meeting comes after Zambia became the first African
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Kanye West's Sunday Service choir seeks $1 million in unpaid wages - TheGrio
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