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Africa: Dozens Arrested in Global Human Trafficking Raids Led By Interpol
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nearly 90 people arrested for trafficking offences in operation spanning 24 countries, from France to Brazil
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Australian State Victoria’s Parliament To Debate Electric Car Tax – The Wilmington Journal
The state government's controversial electric vehicle tax is set to be debated in parliament on May 4. The post Australian State Victoria’s Parliament To Debate Electric Car Tax appeared first on Zenger News.
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Sassa says it is winning the fight against fraud | News24
A recent case of corruption is that of an Eastern Cape couple who were sentenced to eight and 10 years in jail in Eastern Cape for fraud amounting to more than R1.2 million.
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Dear Abby: A masked-up society presents challenges to deaf citizens
A deaf man is having issue speaking throughout the coronavirus world pandemic. A deaf man is having issue speaking throughout the coronavirus world pandemic. Photograph: Ruben Earth/Getty Pictures Photograph: Ruben…
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Procurement and Asset Disposal Act No. 19 of 2015 Circulated for feedback
The Department of Finance is preparing for the implementation of the Procurement and Asset Disposal Act No. 19 of 2015. The Procurement & Asset Disposal Act will repeal the Procurement and Stores Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 37 of
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Unemployment Claims Up in D.C. and Virginia, but Plunge in Maryland
The D.C. region's unemployment picture is a bit of a mixed bag, with new claims for jobless benefits significantly dropping in Maryland while the District and Virginia trend in the opposite direction.
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Coast guard seizes US$69 million in drugs, nabs suspected smugglers in Caribbean Sea
KEY WEST, United States (CMC) - The United States Coast Guard (USCG) says a crew of its cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) returned to its home port in Key West, Florida, after a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea during which four drug vessels were seized, five suspected drug smugglers detained and about
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COVID Relief Funds: How To Get Rent Assistance - Milwaukee Community Journal
As businesses have opened up some Americans have gone back to work, others have filed unemployment, and some have neither. What is that like? Well during the waiting process for unemployment, what’s meant to be a 30 day process, turns to months of waiting. The scare of contracting the disease, has
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'Jealous' boyfriend allegedly stabs 20-year-old woman to death in Eastern Cape | News24
Elliotdale police in the Eastern Cape have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend.
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$8 million of drugs seized in largest heroin bust in Georgia's history, officials say | The Atlanta Voice
An Atlanta man has been indicted on federal charges related to the largest heroin bust in Georgia's history, according to officials. Antonio DeShawn Daniels, also known as 'Freckleface Shawn,' was arrested on July 27 after federal authorities executed search warrants on multiple locations in
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Ruto's silence amid battle speaks volumes
This could ring true for William Samoei Ruto, Kenya’s Deputy President (DP), who has been uncharacteristically quiet amid a simmering political crisis in his Jubilee
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Trafficking in Persons Act to be amended
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Lesotho: Foreign Missions Congratulate Majoro
Mr Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) has since formed a grand coalition government with the Democratic Congress
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Colombian Navy seizes 4,000 pounds of cocaine | The Orlando Advocate
The Colombian Navy intercepted a vessel leaded with 4,000 pounds of cocaine in the Gulf of Uraba off the country’s northern shore. Authorities seized 72 containers holding 1,786 smaller packages of coke on the boat, according to a Navy statement obtained by Zenger News about the Aug. 5 incident. In
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Lesotho: Follow Covid-19 Rules - King
[Lesotho Times] BASOTHO must strictly adhere to Covid-19 regulations and change the way they have been handling events like funerals if Lesotho is to contain the virus, His Majesty King Letsie III has said.
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Woman sentenced to 15 years for kidnapping, sex trafficking of girl, 14 | News24
Verona Kennedy, 27, was on Friday sentenced by the Cape Town Regional Court for human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
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Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in Alabama
Organizers trying to form the first union at an Amazon warehouse are getting support from another big name: Black Lives... View Article The post Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in Alabama appeared first on TheGrio.
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Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade - Black News Channel
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according to an FBI report
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Jobless claims plummet 19% as Donald Trump dares Congress to block new unemployment benefits – The Wilmington Journal
New unemployment claims fell below one million for the first time since March last week, a sign of a national revival after months of COVID-19 related joblessness for tens of millions of Americans. During the [...]
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Echoes of Post-Emancipation Can Be Seen in the Insurrection on the U.S. Capitol
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Georgia unemployment rate rises as economic rebound sputters | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia’s economic recovery from the pandemic sputtered in September, with the unemployment rate raising and employers adding few jobs. The jobless rate rose to 6.4%, up from 5.7% in August. More people flooded back into the labor force, but fewer people reported having jobs. The slowdown means
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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Trafficking - Stabroek News
The number of children being trafficked for forced labour and sexual exploitation is increasing, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) latest Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, which was released a little over a week ago on February
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Parliament takes aim at newspaper for ‘blatant falsehoods’
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Parliament resumes sittings
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA BOTH Houses of Parliament resume sitting today after a COVID-19-induced break which started in January, with the highly-infectious respiratory disease claiming lives of Members of Parliament and Cabinet ministers, among others. Some civic society organisations had already
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Committee passes resolution supporting Gov. Evers’ policing accountability and transparency reforms - Milwaukee Community Journal
At today’s meeting of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee, the committee recommended approval of item #200317 resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for Governor Tony Evers’s policing accountability and transparency reforms. The item was introduced by Common Council President
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Cops release 8 held over Marcus Bisram robbery - Stabroek News
Commander of Region Six Jairam Ramlakhan, yesterday stressed that the investigation into the recent robbery of Marcus Bisram will remain opened until the perpetrators are nabbed.  The article Cops release 8 held over Marcus Bisram robbery appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Dallas Native serves at Commander, Task Force 69 - Texas Metro News
By Stephanie FoxNavy Office of Community OutreachSpecial to Texas Metro News NAPLES, Italy - A Dallas, Texas, native is serving at Commander, Task Force 69. Lt. Anthony Webb is a 2003 David W. Carter High School graduate and a 2015 Columbia Southern University graduate. Today, Webb serves as
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Older workers face higher unemployment amid virus pandemic - TheGrio
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers face higher unemployment than their midcareer counterparts, according to a... View Article The post Older workers face higher unemployment amid virus pandemic appeared first on TheGrio.
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Marines Remove General Investigated Over Alleged Racial Slur
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps has removed a two-star general from command of Marine forces in Europe and Africa based on an investigation into allegations that he used a racial slur during a training event, officials said Tuesday. The decision to relieve Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary of command of
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Lesotho: I'm Done With Politics - Moleleki
[Lesotho Times] Former Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki says he is done with politics.
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