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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia stands for extending the pact and is waiting to see the details of the U.S. proposal. The White House said Thursday that Biden has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty. 'We can only welcome political will to extend the document,' Peskov said in a […]
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
This week on the What’s In it For Us? Podcast, Dr. Christina Greer and Dr. Jason Johnson examine Russia hacking... View Article
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Civil War Voices: Records from the National Archives and a Personal Collection (2016 May 25) - YouTube
Civil War Voices: Records from the National Archives and a Personal Collection (2016 May 25)
CORRECTED VIDEO Researcher John Emond presents dramatic, humorous, and poignant “voices” of soldiers from the North and South through their documents and letters.
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Black people across America are reconnecting to their roots – literally. Though large numbers of Black people have historically been excluded from land ownership, an emerging group of Black Americans are turning to gardening, farming and [...]
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that The Schultz Family Foundation, founded by former Starbucks CEO and chairman emeritus Howard Schultz and his wife Sheri Schultz, recently announced that Tyra … Continued
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The viral video showing a white police officer violently arresting a Black woman is no big deal because it’s from 2018.
Or, at least, that’s what the chief of a police department in Washington State would like for us all to believe after he was forced to issue a defensive mea culpa over the footage of his cop body-slamming a Black woman, twisting and contorting her arm and sitting on top of her head — all in the name of trying to restrain her.
Like the Black woman, Floyd was suspected of a nonviolent crime (using a counterfeit bill) before Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin snatched him out of his car, handcuffed him and applied deadly pressure from his knee to the neck of the 46-year-old man.
To recap, it took the resurfacing of an old video of apparent police brutality (and not Floyd’s egregious, world-affecting police killing) for the Bellevue Police Department to “suspend” chokeholds, sometimes.
Even after seeing it (again) used on the unidentified Black woman along with Garner and Floyd, Mylett still apparently isn’t sure whether there are better ways to restrain unarmed people suspected of nonviolent crimes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country has officially registered the world's first COVID-19 vaccine that offers \"sustainable immunity.\"
As the first week of early voting kicked off in Georgia, Dr. Jill Biden, wife of the former vice president and Democrat candidate for President, Joe Biden, spoke to supporters in Downtown Decatur Monday, October 12th. 'Are you ready to turn Georgia blue?' Biden asked supporters. In Dekalb County, 133,151 voters cast their ballots in the first week of the […]
St Catherine South Eastern could not survive the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) tsunami that covered the island on Thursday as Colin Fagan of the People’s National Party (PNP) suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Robert Miller. It is the first time...
ATLANTA—Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the appointment of members to her Use of Force Advisory Council, which was created through an Administrative Order issued last week.
Mayor Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to convene an Advisory Council comprised of community members and partners to examine the City’s use of force policies and procedures.
The Advisory Council will make recommendations for operational or legislative changes to the City’s existing use of force policies.
The Use of Force Advisory Council will be co-chaired Tiffany Roberts, Community Engagement & Movement Building Counsel for the Southern Center for Human Rights; Jonathan Rapping, Professor of Law at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, President and Founder of Gideon’s Promise; and Tharon Johnson, Founder and CEO of Paramount Consulting.
Additional members of the Advisory Council are as follows:
The Advisory Council will review city’s use of force policies and make recommendations for any changes or additions.
Dianne Lugo Attention to the historic Georgia Senate runoff was largely diverted thanks to the chaos following news of a pro-Trump mob attacking Congress. Nonetheless, results from Georgia’s confirmed that Democrats will once again control the United States Senate after both Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock secured their nomination, defeating David Perdue and Sen. […]
Lauren Wilkinson – American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and has taught writing at Columbia and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was a 2013 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer’s Fellow, and has received support from both the MacDowell Colony and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Believer, New York magazine and The New York Times, among other publications. American Spy, her first novel, was a Spring 2019 Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” pick, is on the long list for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was included on Barack Obama’s 2019 Recommended Reading List. Lauren grew up in New York and currently lives in Los Angeles where she works as a TV writer.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Brazil registered an additional 1,156 deaths attributable to the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours and another 55,891 confirmed cases, the health ministry said yesterday.
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It is a virtual currency that tends to be focused on speculative aspects, but it is also used to rescue developing countries and those who are called unbanked who do not have a bank account, as well as for refugees. This article introduces DASH, Stellar and OmiseGo's efforts in developing countries, Bitnation's refugee relief project, and discusses the role of virtual currency in this field. Virtual currency attracting attention in developing countries In developing and emerging countries, unstable political and social conditions and the influence of foreign countries can cause rapid inflation. It is a new memory that the Turkish currency lira and the Argentinean currency peso recorded a big depreciation in 2018. In order to rebuild the economy, it is common to seek support from regional communities, alliances, countries with economic connections, the international community, and the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Citizens try to protect their assets by receiving rewards in foreign currencies such as US dollars or exchanging their own currencies for foreign currencies if possible. However, in Zimbabwe in the latter half of 2017, there was a movement to exchange virtual currency instead of foreign currency. Therefore, during the cryptocurrency bubble centered on developed countries, the price of Bitcoin soared more than developed countries. In developing and emerging countries, mobile devices have become widespread, and financial services using mobile phones have become widespread due to the fact that a certain number of people can access the Internet. According to a survey by the mobile operator industry group GSMA, as of 2017, 44% of mobile phone subscribers were in sub-Saharan Africa, using their mobile phones to store and exchange money. There are 135 mobile money services available in 39 countries. Kenya's Safaricom and South Africa's Vodacom started SMS-based financial services 'M-Pesa' in 2007, which is a pioneer in this field. The service started in Kenya and expanded to African countries and India. About 10 years after the start of Bitcoin operation in 2009, following the first-generation financial services, new initiatives using virtual currencies are emerging. As a concrete example, let's look at Dash's inflation relief in Zimbabwe and Venezuela, and Stellar, OmiseGo, and Bitnation's efforts for those who do not have a bank account called unbanked. Hyperinflation relief, support for entrepreneurs In November 2017, Dash announced Zimbabwe's hyperinflation rescue. It was born as XCoin in 2014, renamed Darkcoin, and then renamed Dash as of the following year. According to Coinmarket Cap, the market capitalization as of October 2018 is approximately 145 billion yen, which ranks 13th. It can be regarded as a major currency. Visit anon-system.live and start trading online. Dash is often mentioned as a virtual currency with high anonymity, but it should be noted that it also functions as the world's first Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). 10% of the newly mined Dash will be pooled in a fund called t
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The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has elected Dr. Hyginus 'Gene' Leon to serve as the next president of the regional institution.
Most Kenyan consumers prefer imported second-hand clothes to locally manufactured ones.
[VOA] Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia in east Africa, has formally recognized Taiwan, another government that lacks United Nations recognition.
On Tuesday, CNN’s Jim Acosta spent his final day as chief White House correspondent reveling in having accomplished his life’s mission of celebrating himself and playing the role of general in helping to removing President Trump from office, a man he’s so deeply hated.
As Acosta and CNN shared on January 11, he’ll leave the White House beat to become a weekend anchor (presumably of CNN Newsroom) and take on the title of “chief domestic correspondent.”
After dropping his protest song "The Bigger Picture" last month, Lil Baby's speaking out about his own experience with police.
DENVER — As the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic descended on Colorado in November, gatherings were limited and restaurants closed to sustain social distance. However, pot shops remained open. Recently at The Green Solution, [...]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos in Lagos, Nigeria, on 28 May 1975. It was created to promote economic trade, national cooperation, and monetary union, for growth and development throughout West Africa.
A revised treaty intended to accelerate the integration of economic policy and improve political cooperation was signed on 24 July 1993. It sets out the goals of a common economic market, a single currency, the creation of a West African parliament, economic and social councils, and a court of justice, which primarily interprets and mediates disputes over ECOWAS policies and relations, but has the power to investigate alleged human rights abuses in member countries.
There are currently 15 member countries in the Economic Community of West African States. The founding members of ECOWAS were: Benin, Côte dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania (left 2002), Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Burkina Faso (which joined as Upper Volta). Cape Verde joined in 1977.
The structure of the Economic Community has changed several times over the years. As of 2015, ECOWAS listed seven active institutions: the Authority of Heads of State and Government (which is the leading body), the Council of Ministers, the Executive Commission (which is sub-divided into 16 departments), the Community Parliament, the Community Court of Justice, a body of Specialized Technical Committees, and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID, also known as the Fund). The treaties also provide for an advisory Economic and Social Council, but ECOWAS does not list this as part of its current structure.
In addition to these seven institutions, the Economic Community includes three specialized institutions (the West African Health Organisation, West African Monetary Agency, and the Inter-governmental Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in West Africa) and three specialized agencies (ECOWAS Gender and Development
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida launched an investigation Wednesday into an upscale nursing home amid reports that it administered coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors and members of a country…
DAME CRESSIDA Dick has denied that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist. The Met commissioner...
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MADISON – Wisconsin organizations that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the WHEDA Foundation. Administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the WHEDA Foundation grants improve housing for community members with complex challenges such as developmental disabilities, domestic abuse, incomes at or below []
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born on January 17, 1964. Brought up in Chicago, Illinois, she comes from a multiracial family. She started her school life in Chicago, more specifically in Whitney Young High School and was on the honor roll for four years as well as serving as treasurer for the school societies.
Inspired by her brother Craig, she wanted to attend Princeton University. She was a sociology major and minored in African American studies and graduated with outstanding results as a Bachelor of Arts in 1985. At Princeton, she was also part of the Third World Center which was a group that supported minority students and conducted activities that included tutoring. This is not where Michelle Obama stopped. Her incessant need for knowledge grew as she earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School in the next three years. She not only worked for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau to help in housing cases but was also an active participant and a solid advocate of hiring professors from minorities.
Michelle Obama met her husband, Barrack Obama at her firm. She was supposed to be a mentor to him. But this relationship turned into something more and they eventual married in 1992. She is now the first African-American to become the First Lady of the United States. Michelle Obama has two daughters Malia Ann Obama, born in 1998 and Natasha Obama, born in 2001 and both girls now go to Sidwell Friends School situated in Washington. After Obama became President, she became part of his campaign and spoke at the Democratic National Convention (2008). In the same year, she signed up to become a member for the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Michelle Obama is also amongst the three First Ladies to have a postgraduate degree.
In terms of her career, she reduced her professional life as much as eighty percent because she wanted to support her husband’s candidacy. She was often seen at events promoting her husband’s campaign such as the Oprah Winfrey
