Newspaper front pages from around the world, Wednesday 5 May 2021

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Newspaper front pages from around the world, Wednesday 5 May 2021

We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Wednesday 5 May 2021.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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Protesters: Remove Statues of Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln - Black News Channel

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincolns feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through

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Mob justice has no place in Sierra Leone madam Fatima Bio must take note

Yankuba Kai Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2020: Mob justice undermines the rule of law and makes the work of our police more difficult. Standing next to her husband the president of Sierra Leone, Mrs Fatima Jabbie Bio two days ago, called on people to strip naked and [Read More]

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

LA Oscars Diversity - Black News Channel

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which hands out the Oscars says it has made major progress in its efforts to increase diversity in the group. On Tuesday, the Academy announced it invited 819 new members to join, saying that fulfills its quest to double the number of women and

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Durban journalism students express mixed reactions to media cuts

Announcement of possible closure of five Media24 newspapers and magazines leads to concerns about a journalism career.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Meteorological agency calls for action to avert mudslide disasters in Freetown

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2020: Sierra Leoneans should brace up for frequent thunderstorms and heavy winds this rainy season, resulting from the direct impacts of climate change on the environment. The likely unprecedented nature in which these occurrences will take place

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Florida ICU Beds Near Capacity With COVID-19 Patients

According to multiple reports, Florida ICU beds are nearing capacity as COVID-19 quickly spreads throughout The Sunshine State. More than 84 percent are now occupied and the rate of coronavirus [] The post Florida ICU Beds Near Capacity With COVID-19 Patients appeared first on Essence.

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

WNBA players to spotlight female violence victims on jerseys - Black News Channel

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer/BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA players will wear uniforms for the opening weekend of the season featuring the names of women who have died because of alleged police brutality or racial violence — including Breonna Taylor, Vanessa Guillen and Sandra Bland

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Catholic Priest Suspended for Comparing BLM to Maggots - Black News Channel

By AP/ BNC Contributor CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — A bishop suspended a suburban Indianapolis Catholic priest from public ministry on Wednesday for comparing the Black Lives Matter movement and its organizers to maggots and parasites in a recent church bulletin. Bishop Timothy Doherty, of the Diocese of

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Redskins to have thorough review of name amid race debate - Black News Channel

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Redskins began a thorough review of their nickname Friday, a significant step toward moving on from what experts and advocates call a dictionary-defined racial slur. Even though owner Dan Snyder had shown no willingness to change

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FBI Investigates Reported Assault on Black Man as Hate Crime - Black News Channel

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America/BNC Contributor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI is investigating as a hate crime the assault of a Black man by a group of white men at a southern Indiana lake, the victims attorney said Tuesday. Vauhxx Booker, a local civil rights activist and member

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Justices rule states can bind presidential electors votes - Black News Channel

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a decision flavored with references to Hamilton and Veep, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, in cases in

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Presidential Candidate Amadou Coulibaly Dies - Black News Channel

By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the presidential candidate of Ivory Coasts ruling party, died Wednesday just days after returning from two months of medical treatment in France, where he

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Olentangy conducts anti-racism town halls - Delaware Gazette

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DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic - Black News Channel

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be fully operational even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Anything less, she says, would fail students

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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America's Attorney General | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most recently, Crump has represented three of the most high-profile cases in America today in his representation of the families of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, and Breonna Taylor, gunned down in her bed by Louisville police in

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Clemson Has 14 More Football Players Test Positive - Black News Channel

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. Clemson said Friday it has conducted 430 tests of its

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Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy - Black News Channel

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer/ BNC Contributor Chuck E. Cheese where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus

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(BPRW) Fighting The Good Fight and More Featured on Brown Sugar in July | Press releases

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Botswana coronavirus: successful mandatory cross border testing | Africanews

Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict

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OP-ED: Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black and Latinx seniors are more likely to be affected by health conditions that can heighten the risk of coronavirus-related complications. Black adults are 20 percent more likely to have asthma, 72 percent more likely to be diabetic, and eight times as likely to be diagnosed with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Biden-Sanders Task Forces Unveil Joint Goals for Party Unity - Black News Channel

By WILL WEISSERT and BILL BARROW Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — Political task forces Joe Biden formed with onetime rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Partys progressive wing recommended Wednesday that the former vice president embrace major proposals

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM BNC - Black News Channel

When the Black News Channel was launched earlier this year on February 10th, no one could have known how important this year would be for social change. This fourth of July, we are proud to be part of the national media landscape that is making sure our voices are heard. We are especially thankful

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Indiana Governor Defends Officer Response to Assault Report - Black News Channel

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America/ BNC Contributor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb defended the states Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday amid criticism that the agencys conservation officers did not adequately respond to the reported assault of a Black man

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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Even though parts of the state are reopening, it does not mean that the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in jails has vanished,” said Benjamin Stevenson, staff attorney at the ACLU of Florida. “Broward County Jail has failed to adjust its facilities to health guidelines during this

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21 Savage Launches Free Online Financial Program for Youth - Black News Channel

AP/BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 21 Savage will be launching a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grammy winner announced his new Bank Account At Home nationwide initiative on Wednesday. His efforts will

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Funeral for Robert Fuller, hanged black man in California - Black News Channel

Funeral services were held on June 30, for Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California on June 10. Anita Bennett reports the service was filled with tributes and calls for answers from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs

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NFL Kicking Off Voter Registration and Education Initiative - Black News Channel

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer/ BNC Contributor The NFL is kicking off a voting education and registration initiative. Commissioner Roger Goodell told the 32 team owners on a conference call Thursday that the league is developing programs and working with the players association, Players

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Robyn Jones On Black Maternal Health And How Societal Stressors Impact Our Bodies

As part of the 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture last weekend, trailblazing journalist Mara Schiavocampo and Robyn Jones, M.D., senior medical director of women’s health at Johnson Johnson, got

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Judge Deals Setback to Key Trump Policy Limiting Asylum - Black News Channel

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through other countries to reach the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in those

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Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Dont Reopen - Black News Channel

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor Determined to reopen Americas schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts dont bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public

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