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Seattle to ban tear gas use for next 30 days
SEATTLE, United States (AP) — The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George
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Russian annual oil output falls for the first time since 2008 on OPEC+ deal, pandemic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Oil production in Russia declined last year for the first time since 2008 and reached its lowest level since 2011 following a global deal to cut output and sluggish demand caused by the coronavirus, statistics showed on Saturday. Russian oil and gas condensate output declined to
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Zimbabwe: Late Opening of Cotton Market Affects Farmers
Some cotton farmers have expressed concern over the late start of the marketing season as Government is yet to announce the producer price for this
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Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection - Voice Online
AWARD-WINNIG podcaster and therapeutic coach Alex Holmes sees his book hit the shelves next month... The post Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection appeared first on Voice Online.
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Councilors struggle to rein in police overtime - The Bay State Banner
Police overtime has increased despite there being fewer court sessions, fewer public festivals and parades and other traditional drivers of overtime. City councilors who are trying to find answers for why the police budget continues to rise have found few
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Urgent reforms - Stabroek News
Yesterday’s online edition of SN contained four separate articles about oil, the most important of which were reports of speeches by the Canadian High Commissioner and the United States Ambassador. The article Urgent reforms appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Eighteen million barrels of Venezuela’s ‘untouchable’ oil languishing at sea
As if Venezuela’s economic woes were not enough to demand the full-time attention of President Nicholas Maduro and his government, the administration in Caracas must contend as well with the pressures of working out just how it extricates 18.1 million barrels of the country’s oil stuck at sea on an
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Ingraham: Trump has delivered results for African-Americans, Biden has delivered 'hashtags' and 'slogans'
Laura Ingraham opind in her "Ingraham Angle" monologue Tuesday that the idea that Joe Biden and the Democratic Party will help African-Americans and minorities is not true -- in the wake of the violent protests and riots following George Floyd's death -- is not
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Somalia: UN Calls for Action to Eliminate Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the United Nations envoy to Somalia today called on Somalia's leaders, communities and partners to do more to assist and listen to victims and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence
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Black voters might hold Democrats accountable for police violence...
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ANEW Hosting Pre-Apprentice Training Program - The Seattle Medium
ANEW, a local, non-profit dedicated to improving the access and advancement of women in non-traditional career pathways, such as construction and manufacturing, is excited to announce the anticipated start of cohorts in Snohomish, King, and Pierce Counties this July. Each training program will be
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Kasim Reed for Atlanta Raises More Than $2.8 Million In Latest Filing | Atlanta Daily World
Kasim Reed for Atlanta Raises More Than $2.8 Million In Latest Filing Today, Kasim Reed for Atlanta announced the campaign has raised more than $2.8 million to date. The campaign’s fundraising efforts make Reed the only candidate in the history of Atlanta mayoral politics to raise $1 million
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SA’s Consumer Price Inflation falls to 2.1% - its lowest level since 2004
SA’s annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) fell to its lowest reading since September 2004, dragged lower mainly by falling fuel prices.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Teams Up With Feeding Program To Provide Groceries To Local Families | The Seattle Medium
Under the leadership of their new CEO Paula Sardinas, who has been serving in the position for about 45 days, BBBSPS has taken the lead on providing much needed food assistance due to food insecurities throughout the Puget Sound region, as they recently launched their Free Fresh Market program in
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Sierra Leone’s human freedom index performance has dropped under SLPP government
According to the 2019 Global Human Freedom index, Sierra Leone  ranked 132 out of 162 countries, scoring 5.99 – dropping 20 places from
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Jamaican creates history among Amazon’s young couriers
Being the eldest of nine children has prepared Cori Gordon to be a natural leader who today manages more than 50 staffers through the Amazon-affiliated company she started just nine months ago. Gordon, 28, migrated from Jamaica in 2013 and is...
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Expanded Rooney Rule to require more interviews
The NFL is amending the Rooney Rule to require more interviews of minority candidates for head coaching and coordinator positions, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated
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Credit card borrowing falls to lowest in level in 4 years
Borrowing by Americans fell in January for the first time in five months, as the use of credit cards fell... View Article The post Credit card borrowing falls to lowest in level in 4 years appeared first on TheGrio.
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Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Infection Rate Creeps Up
[The Herald] The infection rate for Covid-19 started creeping up last week after falling to its lowest level in months by the previous weekend, while since Tuesday only small numbers of frontline workers had been queuing for vaccination.
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Morocco: Inflation Rose to 0.7 Percent in 2020 - Central Bank
[MAP] Rabat -- The Covid-19 health crisis and the restrictions put in place to contain its spread led to a significant weakening of demand and major disruptions in the supply of certain goods and services, with inflation rising from 0.2 percent in 2019, its lowest level since 1968, to 0.7 percent
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Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Upper-casing Race
Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of
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Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve
The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for
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Eighteen million barrels of Venezuela’s ‘untouchable’ oil languishing at sea - Stabroek News
As if Venezuela’s economic woes were not enough to demand the full-time attention of President Nicholas Maduro and his government, the administration in Caracas must contend as well with the pressures of working out just how it extricates
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Expert tips government on broadening Malawi’s ‘narrow tax base’
An associate professor of economics, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS)-based Betchani Tchereni, has tipped key technocrats responsible for tax revenue in the country to consider working out modalities on how they can broaden the tax base saying the one that is there is “too
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$20 Million COVID-19 Rent Relief Program approved | Afram News
The City of Houston has approved a $20 million rent relief package to help Houstonians who cannot pay rent due to economic challenges caused by COVID-19.
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Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Uppercasing Race
(CBM) – Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of
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Frontline Workers, Public Employees Hit Hard By Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
The HR manager then forwarded a letter from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) indicating that she has filed a claim on March
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Nigeria: Naira Falls Amid Foreign Reserves Decline
[Premium Times] The currency plunged further in the 500 region at the parallel market, and also declined at the official market.
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MUTUA: Innovate recruitment for progress during uncertain times
In fact, one of the hypotheses of the impact of Covid-19 in Kenya, and the larger East African region, is its substantive impact on employment, more specifically, job
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