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Soldier, cop in court for assault
A SOLDIER stationed at Induna Barracks 11 Combat Group and a police officer stationed at Njube Police Station in Bulawayo last week appeared in court facing charges of assaulting a resident during the COVID-19 lockdown. BY SILAS NKALA Obvious Nkomo (33), a soldier and Dennis Maturi (45), a police
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National unrest reaches Dallas streets - North Dallas Gazette
By David Wilfong NDG Contributing Writer The death of an African American detained by police in Minneapolis has sent shockwaves around the country; indeed, around the world. On May 25, George Floyd was apprehended by police after being accused of passing a counterfeit bill. In the minutes
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Atlanta mayor calls Ahmaud Arbery’s death a ‘lynching of an African American man’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday called the shooting death of an unarmed African American jogger a “lynching” and said arrests of two accused men would not have been made if there was not video of the
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A storm in the midst of a storm –
Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said last week his agency is redeveloping plans about evacuations and shelters, while also adding facemasks to the state’s stockpile of storm
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Texas: 'I think the numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week,' governor says - L.A. Focus Newspaper
A total of 6,991 people are hospitalized because of the virus, the state's Agency for Health Care Administration said
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PROTEST VIDEO: Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA
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Mali political crisis: ex-Nigerian prez appointed ECOWAS mediator | Africanews
July 15: Goodluck Jonathan named ECOWAS mediator
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OPINION | When Will There Be Justice For Breonna Taylor?
Why is her story somehow different?
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Jessica White Explains How Her Squats Give Her Orgasms
She also talks Nick Cannon, and her favorite part of a man.
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Scott $75B Homeowner Assistance Bill Included in HEROES Coronavirus Relief Package
Scott welcomed the inclusion of his legislative proposal to establish a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund to offer relief to consumers and prevent
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Black Twitter drags Ivanka Trump after she posts photo with Goya beans : TheGrio
First daughter and special advisor Ivanka Trump is facing backlash after tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can... View Article The post Black Twitter drags Ivanka Trump after she posts photo with Goya beans appeared first on TheGrio.
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Heartbreaking Picture Of Naya Rivera's Mother Visiting Lake Where She Went Missing
Rivera is presumed to have drowned while boating.
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‘Our resources have dried up’ - Jamaicans in US finding it harder to send remittances home as pandemic grips country
Barton has an ailing 88-year old mother living in central Jamaica and several siblings who she tries to assist by sending remittances home on a regular
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Guyanese monk accused of raping three women when they were children in Trinidad - Stabroek News
A Guyanese monk who was attached to a Catholic monastery in Trinidad has been accused by three women of repeatedly raping them when they were children, one from seven years
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PM, Clarke copied as Gaming Assn acts on eve of court hearing
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke are among those copied on a letter written by secretary of the Jamaica Gaming Association Sudu Ramani to executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Vitus Evans seeking to have a study commissioned
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Singing from the same hymn book – To what end?
From Joe Harmon’s extensive statement early in the week, to interviews by Lennox Craig and David Patterson at midweek, then by Amna Ally, Cathy Hughes and Aubrey Norton, all singing from the same hymn book – the elections were rigged by the
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week
May 16: Cases pass 300 mark
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
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Players and staff most at risk when sports resume
But every day it is obvious it will have to take as long as it has to take,” admitted National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Executive Director Michelle Roberts last week in a video appearance at Sports Business Daily’s CAA World Congress of Sports, a four-part virtual
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Republicans are wimping out again on Donald Trump | The Atlanta Voice
Former Vice President Joe Biden has said, as recently as last month, that “we may have to do a virtual convention” due to concerns about the spread of
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South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators; cases pass 11,000
Key statistics as at May 12, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD
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Despite dispute, Ethiopia to fill dam from July
Ethiopia says it will start filling the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in July, after Sudan rejected a request for a partial agreement without
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LL Cool J and Daughter Both Receive Degrees from Northeastern University
Hip hop legend and actor LL Cool J never graduated high school, let alone college after being signed to Def Jam Records as a teenager in
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Video Of Cop Placing His Knee On A Man's Neck Sparks Protest In Pennsylvania - Blavity
A video showing a man being arrested in Allentown, Pennsylvania , has sparked protests after one officer can be seen placing his knee on the man’s neck. The video, taken on Saturday from a passing car, shows three police officers restraining the unidentified man outside of
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Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA
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Europe delicately prepares for life after virus lockdown
People across Europe are preparing in different ways for life after lockdown as strict stay away measures continue to be relaxed across the continent, one of the most impacted by
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Rwanda: 79 Rwandans to Be Received From Uganda
[New Times] At least 79 Rwandans are expected to be received at Kagitumba One Stop Border Post after being released by Ugandan government from detention facilities where they have been held for varying periods of time.
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WATCH | Covid-19: Inside a NMB hospital where dirt lines hallways, doctors clean wards | News24
The crisis at some Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals has reached new lows as doctors are having to clean wards and wash bed linen.
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Kenya: Two Medics Among Several Kenyans Stranded in India
Two Kenyan doctor, who had travelled to India to visit their family, are stranded after they were forced to give up their seats to the sick on a Kenya Airways flight last
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Full Text | Chuck says sorry for ‘insensitive behaviour’ during debate on sexual harassment
Facing strong public backlash, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has issued an apology and is asking for forgiveness over his actions at a parliamentary committee meeting discussing proposed sexual harassment legislation. Chuck has been heavily...
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