Zimbabwe: Chinese Miners Turn Hwange’s Deka Road Into a Death Trap

Zimbabwe: Chinese Miners Turn Hwange’s Deka Road Into a Death Trap

Africa: What the Nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Means for U.S. Global Engagement and the U.S. Partnership with Africa

Africa: What the Nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Means for U.S. Global Engagement and the U.S. Partnership with Africa

December 6, 2020
Washington, DC — President-elect Biden’s nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield sends a strong message that the incoming administration is serious about re-engaging the world not only with strong policy leadership and national security skills, but also ensuring that America acts in line with its core values when working with our partners. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is the […]
AFRICA : European Investment Bank ready to provide fresh funds for start-up investor Janngo

AFRICA : European Investment Bank ready to provide fresh funds for start-up investor Janngo

December 5, 2020
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has for the last month been studying the case for making a fresh €10m contribution to social start-up studio Janngo, which was set up in 2018 by Senegalese businesswoman Fatoumata Bâ. Source link
75 PA House Republicans Urge Objection To Biden Getting Electoral College Votes

75 PA House Republicans Urge Objection To Biden Getting Electoral College Votes

December 5, 2020
After Rudy Giuliani threw a fit, 75 Pennsylvania House Republicans sent a letter urging the state’s congressional delegation to object to the state’s electoral college votes being given to Joe Biden. The letter: 75 GOP Members of Pennsylvania’s House of Reps –including Speaker Bryan Cutler and Maj Leader Kerry Benninghoff — sign letter to state’s […]
Africa: Gender-Based Violence – We Must Flatten the Curve of This Shadow Pandemic

Africa: Gender-Based Violence – We Must Flatten the Curve of This Shadow Pandemic

December 5, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic and a prevailing culture of impunity threatens progress achieved on gender equality and ending violence against women and girls, UN Women is calling for robust and decisive action in response to this unprecedented crisis on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In the run up to the […]
Africa: Time for a Reset for U.S.-Africa Trade Relations

Africa: Time for a Reset for U.S.-Africa Trade Relations

December 4, 2020
Washington, DC — The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a Game Changer Key Points: The new African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will bring economic development across the continent, as well as significant opportunities for American companies looking to do business there. The United States should negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Africa. […]
House Passes Landmark Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana

House Passes Landmark Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana

December 4, 2020
WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed sweeping legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and expunge nonviolent marijuana-related convictions, as Democrats sought to roll back and compensate for decades of drug policies that have disproportionately affected low-income communities of color.The 228-164 vote to approve the measure was bipartisan, and it was the first time either a […]
A Deadly Attack On Our Democracy – BillMoyers.com

A Deadly Attack On Our Democracy – BillMoyers.com

December 3, 2020
National security adviser Mike Flynn listens to President Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)December 2, 2020 Yesterday evening, Trump’s disgraced former National Security Advisor, retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn– whom Trump recently pardoned after he […]
The Best Looking, Most Influential and Loathed People of 2020, According to Ranker Voters

The Best Looking, Most Influential and Loathed People of 2020, According to Ranker Voters

December 2, 2020
Since 2018, at least five Kardashians have been in the Top 10 of the list Celebrities You’re Most Sick Of. Also, Ranker voters had Jake Paul at #1 even before his fight versus Nate Robinson in the Tyson v. Jones Jr. Pay-Per-View event. LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) December 02, 2020 Ranker, known as the world’s […]
Trump Is Using Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories To Raise Money For A Personal Slush Fund

Trump Is Using Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories To Raise Money For A Personal Slush Fund

December 2, 2020
Donald Trump is raising money more quickly as an election loser than he did as a candidate during the presidential campaign. On Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow pointed out that since the election, Trump has raised $170 million – most of which is going into a slush fund that the outgoing president can use to fund […]
Go Wild on Iran, Just Don’t Risk ‘World War III’

Go Wild on Iran, Just Don’t Risk ‘World War III’

December 1, 2020
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyPresident Donald Trump may only have seven weeks left in office, but he’s given his top advisers the green light to batter the Iranian regime—anything that doesn’t hazard a full-on war before Joe Biden is inaugurated.According to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter, in recent weeks Trump has taken […]
Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams In Running For Time Magazine 2020 Person Of The Year

Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams In Running For Time Magazine 2020 Person Of The Year

November 30, 2020
Two Black women are in the running for Time Magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year in a watershed year for race and politics. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams are among the names on a list of possible nominees for the annual honor, which the magazine has been handing out since […]
Leaving Loaded Dice on the Table for Biden – BillMoyers.com

Leaving Loaded Dice on the Table for Biden – BillMoyers.com

November 28, 2020
As he lays out his plans for his first hundred days in office and begins to fill positions, President-Elect Joe Biden is making it clear he intends to rebuild the institutions and alliances Trump has gutted. At the same time, his focus on rebuilding the economy for ordinary Americans as a community, rather than as […]
Donald Trump’s Requested Milwaukee Recount Has Resulted in Even More Votes For Joe Biden

Donald Trump’s Requested Milwaukee Recount Has Resulted in Even More Votes For Joe Biden

November 27, 2020
The state of Wisconsin has been the tightest during the last two presidential elections. In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton there by around 24,000 votes. And in 2020, Joe Biden defeated Trump in the state by slightly under 21,000 votes. Hillary Clinton asked for a recount in 2016 and things barely changed. Donald Trump, […]
Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

November 27, 2020
President Trump said on Thursday that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College formalized Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s election as president, even as he reiterated baseless claims of fraud that he said would make it “very hard” to concede.Taking questions from reporters for the first time since Election Day, Mr. Trump also […]
Agitated Trump Supporters Coalescing into Distrustful New Election Integrity Movement – BillMoyers.com

Agitated Trump Supporters Coalescing into Distrustful New Election Integrity Movement – BillMoyers.com

November 25, 2020
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – NOVEMBER 07: Election personnel check in provisional ballots at the Gwinnett County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections offices on November 7, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Several counties in Georgia continued to count ballots even as news outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the race for President. (Photo by Elijah […]
National Non-Partisan Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE/866-687-8683) Available For 2020 General Election

National Non-Partisan Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE/866-687-8683) Available For 2020 General Election

November 24, 2020
Election Protection “Our Election Protection program and 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) hotline provide critical support for voters across the nation,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “Our goal is ensuring every voice is heard in our democracy.” Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) November 01, 2020 Election Protection, the […]
Georgia Is a Purple State, but Don’t Expect Centrist Politicians

Georgia Is a Purple State, but Don’t Expect Centrist Politicians

November 23, 2020
PERRY, Ga. — The Republican Senate candidates in Georgia are spending tens of millions of dollars on an almost entirely negative advertising campaign, embracing a strategy of riling up the conservative base in hopes of generating enough turnout to win two critical runoff elections that will decide control of the Senate.Despite President Trump’s loss here, […]
He may have lost, but Donald Trump does not intend to go quietly

He may have lost, but Donald Trump does not intend to go quietly

November 22, 2020
The most immediate concern, of course, is vengeance. Trump is preoccupied this weekend with attacking Republican governors who he sees as not doing as much as they should be to overturn their states’ elections to reinstall him as Dear Leader Because Reasons. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who is now being accused by Trump “lawyer” Sidney […]
Trump campaign files petition for Georgia recount

Trump campaign files petition for Georgia recount

November 22, 2020
President Trump’s campaign announced Saturday that it has filed a petition demanding a recount in Georgia — a day after officials certified Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R-Ga.) on Friday certified the election results, which showed President-elect Joe Biden won the Peach State by more than 12,000 votes following […]
China’s ‘bat woman’ says COVID didn’t originate in Wuhan lab

China’s ‘bat woman’ says COVID didn’t originate in Wuhan lab

November 21, 2020
China’s “bat woman” says that a new batch of tests prove that the coronavirus did not originate at her Wuhan virology lab. Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology who is well known for her work on the virus, said that updated tests of blood samples taken eight years ago from […]
Trump could halt birthright citizenship as presidency wanes

Trump could halt birthright citizenship as presidency wanes

November 21, 2020
President Trump may outlaw birthright citizenship — a long-promised victory for his base — in a last-minute executive order, according to reports. The Department of Justice has been asked to weigh in on the legal implications of an order ending an automatic right to US citizenship for children born on American soil to illegal immigrants […]
Scientists reverse human aging process in breakthrough study

Scientists reverse human aging process in breakthrough study

November 21, 2020
The fountain of youth may be made of air, not water. Scientists say they’ve successfully reversed the aging process of elderly people through “oxygen therapy” in a first-of-its-kind study. Researchers from Tel Aviv University used hyperbaric oxygen chambers to target specific cells and DNA linked to shorter lifespans — and found the “Holy Grail” of […]
Police body-cam footage shows standoff between cops and suicidal teenager

Police body-cam footage shows standoff between cops and suicidal teenager

November 21, 2020
Newly-released police bodycam video captures a dramatic standoff between cops and a suicidal Florida teenager who then shoots himself moments before police riddle him with bullets. One of the bullets that struck 18-year-old Devon Gregory was from his own gun, the Jacksonville medical examiner announced, though coroners have yet to determine if that was the […]
NYPD officer hospitalized after getting beat up by mob in Queens

NYPD officer hospitalized after getting beat up by mob in Queens

November 21, 2020
An NYPD officer was hospitalized early Saturday after he was beat up by a gang of men as he jogged in civilian clothes during his dinner break in Long Island City. The officer, whose name was not released, was in stable condition after the 6:30 p.m. Friday attack by a group of six to nine […]
Ricky Schroder helped get Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse out of jail

Ricky Schroder helped get Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse out of jail

November 21, 2020
Actor Ricky Schroder and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell both helped get Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse out of jail on a $2 million bond Friday, according to a report. The baby-faced gunman — who faces murder charges in the Aug. 25 shooting during Black Lives Matter protests in the Wisconsin city — posed for a […]
‘fossil galaxy’ discovered within Milky Way

‘fossil galaxy’ discovered within Milky Way

November 21, 2020
Ten billion years ago, another galaxy slammed into the Milky Way. But it has taken until now for astronomers to discover the massive, “fossil galaxy” still in our midst, according to a report in the Independent. Researchers at the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment project (APOGEE) announced the discovery on Friday, the Independent reports. […]
Arrests made in murder of missing college student found in grave

Arrests made in murder of missing college student found in grave

November 21, 2020
Two suspects have been arrested in the murder of a missing college student who was found in a shallow grave near a highway in California, authorities said Friday. Ethan Astaphan and Sonita Heng were arrested Thursday in connection with the slaying of 21-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez, a student at El Camino College in Torrence who […]
Kentucky Attorney General sues governor regarding in-person school ban

Kentucky Attorney General sues governor regarding in-person school ban

November 21, 2020
Kentucky’s attorney general and a Christian school have sued the state’s governor — charging that a ban on in-person classroom teaching violates the First Amendment and religious freedom. Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Danville Christian Academy claim in the lawsuit filed in federal court Friday that Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order to combat the coronavirus […]
Violence erupts after black man beaten to death in Brazil store

Violence erupts after black man beaten to death in Brazil store

November 21, 2020
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store. The killing, which has sparked protests across Brazil, occurred late on Thursday when a store employee called security after the […]
Twitter to transfer @POTUS account to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day

Twitter to transfer @POTUS account to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day

November 20, 2020
Twitter announced it will hand the @POTUS account over to President-elect Biden on Inauguration Day — even if President Trump refuses to concede. “Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on Jan. 20, 2021,” a Twitter spokesman told The Post on Friday. “As we did for the presidential […]
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