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Gov. Kemp sues City of Atlanta for defiance on mask rules | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday in Atlanta, argue that Atlanta Mayor Keisha
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
DPP advises Enmore knifing suspect be charged - Stabroek News
The suspect in the murder of 19 year-old Barneth McKenzie is to be charged and arraigned before the court, according to advice received by the Guyana Police Force from the Director of Public Prosecutions
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Spain orders cull of nearly 100,000 farmed mink after animals test positive for Covid-19 - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment of Spain's Aragon region said in a statement on Thursday that it had ordered the slaughter of the 92,700 mink after seven workers on the farm tested positive for Covid-19 and the animals were found to be infected with the
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
Sierra Leone parliament debates new laws to replace seditious libel law
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2020: There is at long last, a ray of hope in Sierra Leone for journalists as members of parliament yesterday debated the repeal of Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 (Act No.46 of 1965) which has been used by politicians of varying [Read More]
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Without a trace: This California county has stopped contact tracing as coronavirus surges - Black Voice News
In summary Merced County promised 42 tracers to interview infected people. But it’s not actually tracing. “All of us got sick, and the county didn’t do anything to help us.” A month ago, everyone in Merced County infected with the coronavirus got a call from county officials, asking questions about
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
'We need to move from tearing down statues' - Voice Online
IN THE wake of the protests against racial injustice, a Nottingham-based church minister and activist... The post 'We need to move from tearing down statues' appeared first on Voice Online.
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Clifton Boys’ Home rebuilding nears completion - Project faces $10 million funding shortfall
Following delays resulting from the suspension of work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial challenges and difficulties in accessing some building materials, construction of the new Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, is now...
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White Woman Who Got Hit By A Truck After Hurling Racial Slurs At Black Woman Dies
By Victor Omondi A white woman caught on camera hurling racial insults to a black teenager and woman in hijab has died after being hit by a fire department pickup. On Monday officers responded to reports of a pedestrian being knocked down by a vehicle in the roadway at Patton Avenue, according to
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Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Has Endorsed the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Navy Veteran in Mississippi Who Had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos Gets Compensation That Might Exceed $100, 000
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, USA, July 16, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate has endorsed the lawyers at the law firm of Karst von Oiste to a make certain a Navy Veteran or person with lung cancer in …
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Defence Minister Mapisa-Nqakula and her husband recover from Covid-19 | News24
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her husband Charles, who is the national security advisor to the President, recently tested positive for Covid-19, but have recovered.
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Hana is on the market! - Stabroek News
Back in March the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) staged a relatively low-key event at its Parika agro-processing facility to mark the ‘birth’ of Hana, its new ‘lightly salted’ packaged plantain chip. The article Hana is on the market! appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Angola: Catumbela's Industrial Hub Gets New Plastic Container Factory
[ANGOP] Benguela -- The Benguela-based Catumbela Industrial Development hub has since july a new factory of water and fuel plastic containers, its human resources director, Sérgio Rodrigues, told ANGOP on Thursday.
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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
As long as I have breath in my body, I will do what I can. – Congressman John Lewis Congressman John Lewis is known and revered worldwide for his social justice activism as a young man during the modern Civil Rights movement which sparked large scale civic and social change in America. Many have
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Understanding what is going on
CONVENTIONAL economics do not often apply to the Zimbabwean economy. If we take as an example the period during the government of national unity (GNU) from 2009 to 2013, the hard currency revenues to the State (without changing the rates applied) grew by an average of over 70% per annum. In
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Shaw awaiting briefing on Appleton before commenting
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Industry, Commerce and Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw says he is waiting to be 'properly briefed' before commenting on reports that the Appleton sugar factory in Siloah, northern St Elizabeth, may cut staff or even shut down because of heavy losses.'Until I am properly
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Center Offers Help With Bills, Rent, Food Local Victims of Pandemic May Receive Stipends
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The gathering storm: How the state seized control of two troubled nursing homes as coronavirus crisis loomed - Black Voice News
In summary Once a rarity, state takeovers of on-the-edge nursing homes are expected to become more common as the pandemic tips facilities further into chaos. His paycheck was more than a week late, and by January, Kritsana Liamkrajang was growing more and more worried about the situation at the
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COVID-19 leads to freeze of tuition and some hall fees at UWI Mona
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Chuck Woolery's son has Covid-19, spokesperson confirms - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Georgia governor sues Lance-Bottoms over mask mandate following ban : TheGrio
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for enforcing a mandate to wear a mask in... View Article The post Georgia governor sues Lance-Bottoms over mask mandate following ban appeared first on TheGrio.
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UK Foreign Secretary urges GECOM to announce results using recount - Stabroek News
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab yesterday added his voice to the continuing calls for the declaration of the March 2nd elections results using the figures from the pain-staking recount done in the presence of CARICOM
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Child marriages & the girl child - Stabroek News
Despite society’s reliance on the law and its punitive elements to direct behaviour, there are many gaps between our laws and what our culture continues to allow. The article Child marriages & the girl child appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Seprod donates baskets to Youthlink teachers
The Gleaner’s Youthlink magazine collaborated with Seprod to show heartfelt appreciation for the hard work and diligence of several teachers who consistently contribute to the magazine’s CSEC Study Guide. The study guide is published in the...
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Canada to spend C$19 billion on ‘safe restart’ after lockdown, Trudeau says - Stabroek News
OTTAWA,  (Reuters) - Canada’s federal government will give the 13 provinces and territories more than C$19 billion ($14 billion) to help pay for the costs of restarting the economy after several months of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the prime minister said
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PNP says Tufton must clarify allegations in public domain
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