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By Karin Strohecker and Matthias Williams | Reuters LONDON – Ukraine’s top prosecutor said on Friday investigations into Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings Ltd, a matter closely tied to a scandal that led to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, have been closed with no plans to reopen them. Ukrainian prosecutors in recent years […]
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
(StatePoint)—The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how business gets done. And when it comes to midsized and small businesses, the importance of investing in new technology, facilitating remote work and maintaining a tech-savvy workforce has never been so clear, according to a new survey. Conducted by The Harris Poll for CIT Group Inc., a leading … Continued
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[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- \"We can not silence the guns in Africa without the inclusion of women in peace processes. - these were the opening remarks by the African Union Special Envoy Bineta Diop at the Virtual Africa Forum on Women, Peace and Security on November 10.
[Nation] Thebattle against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Marsabit County recently got a boost when Borana religious and traditional frontrunners asserted to crusade against the harmful practice.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden Administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his Administration and important to his base.
By Benjamin Jealous, president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation After four exhausting years of President Donald Trump and four excruciating days of vote counting, the election was called for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday. Hallelujah! Those days of counting felt agonizingly slow to many of us, but the momentum was always on our side: Democratic voters—mostly Black voters—in and around Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee and Atlanta delivered the battleground state votes needed to deny Trump a second term. In Nevada and Arizona, Latino and Native American voters provided […]
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A school board president in the San Francisco Bay Area has resigned after his wife’s racist comments about Vice President-elect... View Article
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Red kettles will be out in Milwaukee County from November 13 to December 24 MILWAUKEE –The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County’s Red Kettle Campaign has already kicked off virtually, but on Friday, Nov. 13 they will host a Red Kettle Kickoff to celebrate the physical red kettles being out in the community. The annual kickoff […]
The post The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign Aims to Rescue Christmas appeared first on Milwaukee Community Journal.
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina temporarily brought proceedings in the Senate to a halt on Tuesday when he entered the Chamber clad in the traditional Maasai attire.
Black Women’s Health Imperative Launches Anti-Tobacco and Vaping Program at Seven HBCU Campuses with Support of the Robert Wood Johnson The Two Organizations Collaborate with an Innovative New Program, Aimed at Empowering Black Women Leaders to Lead the Fight Against Tobacco and Vaping Use Washington, DC, November 03, 2020 -(PR.com)- Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) […]
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A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections. By Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson and Caroline Chen, ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest […]
The post Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on Afro.
CSEM’s surprising finding on class size could help drive public dialogue
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Emmy Award-winning director/producer Eric Drath is known for capturing stories about the entertaining sport of boxing. His 2010 film 'Assault In The Ring' captured an Emmy for Outstanding Sports Documentary. Drath has since produced other [...]
… bloody, and 14 African Americans received the Medal of … could change this: the African American Burial Grounds Network Act … reflecting the fact that African-Americans were fighting for world … the Spirit of Freedom: African American Civil War Memorial sculpture …
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Pardon. Need to interrupt the partying now that Joe Biden is the 46th president-elect, and the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. soon needs to carry his a**, as one of my wiseacre colleagues loves to say. But seriously, I need to whisper offstage to a cohort of […]
The post Commentary: Trump is dumped, women of color held it down appeared first on Afro.
Biden named president, Harris makes history
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[Nation] Embattled Migori Governor Okoth Obado has converted his official residence into a makeshift office after the court barred him from the county offices.
Update (November 11, 2020): Actress and activist Eva Longoria apologized on-air for her comments this weekend about the role Black women played in bringing out voters for the Nov. 3 election. Longoria appeared on Joy Reid’s MSNBC show The ReidOut and profusely apologized for trying to downplay the role of Black women in securing President-elect Joe Biden ’s win. . @EvaLongoria : "In my effort to celebrate Latina turnout, I diminished the importance of the Black women's vote in this election. And what I said was wrong. It is a fact that African American women showed up in record numbers and brought us to victory. They saved this country." pic.twitter.com/wbO30cFRlj — The ReidOut (@thereidout) November 11, 2020 "In my effort to celebrate Latina turnout, I diminished the importance of the Black women's vote in this election. And what I said was wrong. It is a fact that African American women showed up in record numbers and brought us to victory. They saved this country," Longoria...
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The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence. Clinton was a Democrat and his vice president, Al Gore, was running against Republican Bush. Gore had been reading the so-called President’s Daily […]
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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden feels at home on Capitol Hill, but the place sure has changed since he left. The clubby atmosphere that Biden knew so well during his 36-year Senate career is gone, probably forever. Deal-makers are hard to find. And the election results haven't dealt him a strong hand to pursue his legislative agenda, with Democrats' poor performance in down-ballot races likely leaving them without control of Congress. The dynamic leaves Biden with little choice but to try to govern from the vanishing middle of a Washington that's been badly ruptured […]
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A viral video shows a driver who crashed at a Trump rally in Santa Maria, California, get assaulted by supporters of the president who are claiming without proof that voter fraud determined the election's outcome.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned the nation that, although the country has endured a lot, the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over.
The goodwill generated by such a gesture will be sorely needed if Trump embarks
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - After a 15-year effort by his family and members of Congress, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill authorizing a posthumous Medal of Honor for U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), the bill waives a […]
Commentary: Biden’s jobs 1-10
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In summary Oregon led with transparency in reporting workplace outbreaks. California shields businesses so as not to shame them. The distinction has workers and public health experts worried. California and Oregon were lauded for their early response to the pandemic, with swift and broad shutdowns aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. In reopening their […]
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Africa’s first COVID-designed dining experience has arrived and can be found in the heart of Cape Town.