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South Africa set to close its borders amid doubling of COVID-19 cases
With coronavirus cases doubling overnight, South Africa will go into a three-week lockdown starting Thursday. The southern African nation...
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Mar 24, 20201 min read
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Canada says no to Tokyo Summer Olympics
The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committee issued a joint statement on Sunday notifying the International Olympic Committee of their...
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Mar 23, 20201 min read
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Police officer killed in a double suicide bombing outside U.S Embassy buried
Family and community members held a funeral for a 52-year-old police officer in Tunisia killed in a terrorist attack on Friday. The...
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Mar 7, 20201 min read
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Five-storey makeshift hospital collapses with people inside
A hotel transformed into a makeshift hospital to quarantine people who might have come into contact with people infected with the...
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Mar 7, 20201 min read
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'Every woman should have six children for the good of the country,' Maduro says
Venezuela's president appeared on state tv urging women to "give birth." President Nicolás Maduro made the remark during an event...
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Mar 4, 20201 min read
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Fistfight erupts in Turkish parliament over criticism of Erdogan
All hell broke loose once a Turkish MP, who earlier called Turkey's president "dishonorable, low, and treacherous," stood up to speak in...
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Mar 4, 20201 min read
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Turkey will no longer commit to stopping Syrian refugees from reaching Europe
As fighting between Turkish forces and Syria's Russian-backed military took a more deadly turn this morning, Turkish officials in Ankara...
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Feb 28, 20201 min read
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23 people confirmed dead in violent protests in India
Muslim protesters in India were met with tear gas, smoke grenades, pellets, gunfire, and stone-throwing, as clashes with police and...
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Feb 26, 20201 min read
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Know your history: Katherine G. Johnson
Author’s Note: On February 24th, 2020, as I was making the final edits on this article I got a news update on my cellphone. Today, at the...
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Feb 24, 20203 min read
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Know your history: Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks, born June 7th, 1917, was a Pulitzer prize winning author from Chicago. Publishing her first poem “Eventide” in the...
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Feb 19, 20203 min read
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U.S to evacuate passengers quarantined on cruise ship
The U.S Embassy in Tokyo said in a letter to American passengers quarantined on board the Princess Diamond cruise ship, that an American...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
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The award of a lifetime
Last night in Toronto Academy Award winning film producer Spike Lee was presented with the Toronto Black Film Festival Lifetime...
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Feb 14, 20202 min read
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One cycle of IVF at a time
Tiffany Lewis is a nurse, author, endometriosis warrior, and the founder and CEO of the charity The Grace of Hannah. Started as a passion...
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Feb 13, 20203 min read
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Sanders wins New Hampshire, two dems drop out, division worsens
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, beating his contender by 1.3% of the vote. With a record 287,000...
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Feb 12, 20201 min read
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The community's sister
“Knowledge is the Key” reads the awning of Sister’s Uptown Books, one of the only black-owned bookstores in Manhattan, New York. Opening...
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Feb 8, 20203 min read
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'Good Samaritan' accidentally kills neighbour in rescue attempt
It all started with two pit bulls mauling a 27-year-old man, then led to an accidental death by crossbow. Police say the good Samaritan...
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Feb 7, 20201 min read
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How do you become a successful young woman?
One lesson at a time, Verkeya Holman-Davis is doing her part to help the young women of New York City. A forty-year-old woman from...
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Feb 5, 20203 min read
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Trump and Pelosi salty at State of Union
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill gathered for the annual State of the Union address, last night, on the eve of President Trump's...
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Feb 5, 20201 min read
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U.K confirms first two cases of the coronavirus
England's chief medical officer says two people from the same family have been diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus that has killed...
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Jan 31, 20201 min read
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U.S asks Iraq for permission to install missile defence systems
The Pentagon is asking the Iraqi government to allow installations of U.S surface-to-air missile systems at Iraqi bases housing American...
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Jan 30, 20201 min read
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