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Diamond League back with a bang in Monaco - Stabroek News
LONDON, (Reuters) - After a frustrating summer of cancellations, exhibitions and virtual competitions, athletics is finally able to reveal its shop window as the Diamond League swings into belated action with a star-studded field in Monaco
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Clarke: Kamala Harris VP candidate selection 'a historic milestone' | New York Carib News
On Tuesday night Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke described United States Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s selection of Caribbean American Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, as “a historic milestone”.
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Herman Cain Tweets From Beyond the Grave to Attack Biden and Harris
A message appeared on Herman Cain's Twitter account after Joe Biden announced that Sen. Kamala Harris is his running mate
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EABL eyes carton packed beers to lift Covid-19 sales
The beer-maker has started packaging its bottled beer brands in carton packs of six to allow customers buy as take-away and return bottles once they finish consuming.
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A Whole New World: Things You Should Know If You’re Planning To Travel Now
Your 2020 travel goals may have fallen by the wayside, but that doesn’t mean we can’t plan for the future or be fully up to date on what travel restrictions, safety protocols, and predictions are important to consider around the world.
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Black Police Group: St. Louis Police Department rife with Racism, Corruption | Black Star News
… membership is approximately 97% African-American, but membership is open … retention of African-American officers, impeded the promotion of African-American officers, … African American officer being shot by a Caucasian officer; undercover African-American …
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BREAKING NEWS: Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, first Black woman – Dallas Post Tribune
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and WILL WEISSERT WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to
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Foreign Minister tests positive for COVID-19 - Stabroek News
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Hugh Todd has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and as such widespread contact tracing is expected to take
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Millers fail to import full quota of maize in lower duty window
Millers failed to import the full quantities of maize that the Treasury allowed them to ship in as the lower duty window closed at the end of last month.
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Somalia: Puntland Minister Succumbs to COVID-19
Puntland regional state minister for Environment and agriculture Ismail Gamadiid has died in a hospital in
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Somalia: Mudug Governor Killed in Galkayo Blast
A suicide bomb attack has killed a governor in Puntland state on Sunday, the second top official assassinated in the northeastern Federal State since
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Tanzania: Rooting Out Female Genital Mutilation in Tanzania
[WHO] Efforts to end female genital mutilation are gradually bearing fruit in Tanzania. The prevalence of the ritual that marks a rite of passage among some communities has now fallen to around 10% from 18% in 1996.
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Somalia: Puntland President Says He Will Not Accept the 4.5 Power Sharing Deal As He Was Not Consulted
Puntland state president Said Abdullahi Deni has called for a consensus over the 2020/2021 power-sharing to avert
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Why we can’t wait: Danny Glover’s statement in support of HR-40 - African American News Today - EIN News
Spread the loveBy Danny Glover United Nations Ambassador for the International Decade for People of African Descent The public lynching of George Floyd pierced deep into the “souls of Black folks” compelling a thorough-going examination of the flawed foundation, values, systems and symbols of white
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Kushner claims Kanye West meeting was a 'policy' talk - L.A. Focus Newspaper
West's meeting with Kushner was first reported by The New York Times earlier this week. According to the Times, West was camping in Colorado and flew to Telluride to meet with Kushner and his wife, first daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka
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Uganda: Mubende Evictees Yet to Get Own Homes 10 Years Later
[Monitor] When New Forest Company evicted Ms Shantel Tumubone, 50, and her family from their ancestral home in Kyamukasa Village, Kitumbi Sub-county, Kassanda District, they promised to compensate them to enable them find alternative land for settlement.
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Trump’s big lie about African-Americans and Abraham Lincoln - African American News Today - EIN News
Donald Trump and his operatives haven’t figured out how to go after Kamala Harris. Now that Joe Biden has named her to be his running mate, they are discovering she’s hard to tear down. It would come as no surprise then, if Trump starts to double down on his famous boast: “I’ve done more for Black
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Nigeria: Stephanie Linus' New Habits
Vanessa Obioha writes that actress, filmmaker and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Stephanie Linus, is keen on her mission to promote personal hygiene in Nigeria through her new campaign
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Sh9 billion Covid cash lies idle in CBK vaults
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani Thursday told Parliament that the idle cash includes Sh9.38 billion recovered from graft and money laundering cases.
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Black female VP was a must for Joe Biden | New Pittsburgh Courier
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden picked United States Senator Kamala Harris D-CA, to be his Vice Presidential running mate for November’s Presidential election. The post Black female VP was a must for Joe Biden appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Africa: Global Leaders Advocate for Male Accountability in the Fight to End Violence Against Women At the Generation Equality Forum
[UN Women] Paris -- At a high-level event on the final day of the landmark Generation Equality Forum in Paris, UN leaders, feminist and youth activists, policy makers, and influencers called on men everywhere to step up and take accountability in the fight to end violence against women.
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Uganda: MTN Borrowed Shs368. 5b to Fund Licence Extension
[Monitor] Commercial banks in Uganda are expected to profit off the $100m syndicated loan advanced towards MTN Uganda to pay for its 12 year licence.
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Brazilian state agrees to produce Russian COVID-19 vaccine - Stabroek News
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) - A Brazilian technology institute said yesterday it expects to produce a controversial coronavirus Russian vaccine by the second half of 2021, shortly after the state of Parana signed a memorandum of understanding with
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Black women demand pay equity | Atlanta Daily World
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Sudan Bans FGM, Allows Non-Muslims to Drink Alcohol
[RFI] In an effort to strengthen women's rights, Sudan's Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari has announced that female genital mutilation (FGM) will be banned throughout the country, and women will no longer need a permit to travel. Non-Muslims will also be allowed to drink alcohol in private.
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