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Marking International Women’s Day 2025: Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej & First Ladies of Africa Empower ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘International Women’s Day...
8 Pioneering Afro-Latinx People Who Shaped US Politics And Activism
Blavity
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Latinx Heritage Month, or National Hispanic Heritage Month, concludes on Tuesday. This month-long celebration, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, honors the history, culture and contributions of people of Latin American descent. It also emphasizes the...
LETTER: The Risk of Tobacco
Chronicle-Tribune - Indiana
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Maduro and His Crony Made Millions While Venezuelan Children Starved
Reason Magazine
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October 25, 2024
Growing up in Venezuela, I saw how the country's socialist economic policies made it a struggle to survive. Every day, I would look out my dad's car window and see people rummaging in the trash for food—a reminder that it could be much worse. In...
Help Mission Church fill shoeboxes for Christmas
Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser
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October 16, 2024
Now that the Thanksgiving dishes are put away, look for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes around town this week. Article content Wetaskiwin Mission Church’s administrative assistant Char Houghton said they will be distributing empty shoeboxes to...
Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of immigration | Essay
Haitian Times
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October 13, 2024
Overview: This essay explores the history of immigration to the United States drawing parallels between the current situation faced by Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and previous waves of immigration. Littane Illfrad emphasizes the...
Moving To Brockton MA: Things To Know
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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July 30, 2025
If you’re considering moving to Brockton MA, you’re not alone. This growing city in Plymouth County offers a unique blend of affordability, diversity, and convenient access to Boston. Whether you’re relocating for work, family, or simply a change...
Double Weekend Celebration of Lusophone Cultures and Communities
Macau Business
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October 12, 2024
The much-anticipated annual celebration of Portuguese-speaking communities returns to the Taipa Houses, offering a two-weekend cultural extravaganza brimming with music, food, and vibrant cultural experiences First launched in 1998, the Lusofonia...
More than just a festival
The Portugal News
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From July 9 to 11, the one-of-a-kind festival marked half a decade in style, bringing together the global Afrobeats and Amapiano community on the beach. Now, Afro Nation has made the first announcement for next year’s event, revealing new dates...
Italian Constitutional Crisis as Activist Judges order Return of Illegals Sent to Albania by Meloni
Breitbart
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October 19, 2024
A constitutional battle has erupted in Rome as judges shot down a key element of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Albanian migrant detention centre scheme and sent migrants back to Italy. Judges in Rome ordered the return of 12 migrants, ten from...
2024 ‘ ’ to highlight culture of Goa, Daman, and Diu
Macau Daily Times
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October 10, 2024
Macau is set to host the 6th edition of the “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries,” a dynamic celebration of the city’s unique Sino-Portuguese heritage and its role as a cultural...
Gongloe criticizes Boakai’s prayer holiday
The New Dawn Liberia
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August 1, 2025
Former Presidential candidate, Cllr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe says nations are not built by prayer and fasting; rather, it is political will that brings transformational changes. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, Liberia; August 1, 2025 – The political...
Community members honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day with celebration of culture, solidarity, and resistance
The Berkeley Beacon - Massachusetts
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October 15, 2024
While schools and federal workers in Massachusetts have Monday off for Columbus Day, Tufts University students used the long weekend to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The Indigenous Students Organization at Tufts University (ISOT) hosted an...
A fusion of cultures featured in Ringling Art of Performance series
Sarasota Herald Tribune - Florida
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Editor’s Note: The impact of Hurricane Milton could lead some events in the Sarasota area to be canceled or rescheduled after a story is published. Please check with the venue. The Ringling’s annual Art of Performance series has been something of...
Wealthier immigrants putting "brutal pressure" on housing
The Portugal News
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"Immigration has doubled in the country since 2018" and this influx of foreigners "is mainly concentrated in Lisbon", admitted the Social Democrat councillor, highlighting that access to housing in the capital is made more difficult by the...
“Portugal needs immigration … in a controlled manner” – study
Portugal Resident
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October 2, 2024
Main political parties seemingly come together over immigration A study by the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto has concluded that Portugal needs more immigration if it wants to increase its economic growth and standard of living in...
10 Most Beautiful Places in Africa with Beaches
Daily Trust
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July 31, 2025
So I’ve been going down this massive rabbit hole researching the most beautiful places in Africa with beaches, and honestly? I started this project thinking I knew what I was talking about. Two months and probably 200+ Instagram accounts later,...
What economists say about JD Vance's claim that immigrants drive up housing costs
NBC News
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October 3, 2024
America’s two vice presidential candidates agreed Tuesday night that America is in the midst of a housing crisis in which too few homes and steady demand have led to soaring costs. But Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz presented...
Zimbabwe faces malaria crisis
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 31, 2025
Zimbabwe is grappling with a sharp and alarming rise in malaria cases, with nearly 112,000 suspected infections and over 300 deaths reported in the first half of 2025 alone - a surge that has sparked urgent calls for action from health experts and...
President Wavel Ramkalawan meets education advocate Zuriel Oduwole at UNGA
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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October 2, 2024
When the US Secretary of State John Kerry met with then 14 year old Zuriel Oduwole in January 2017 in his office at the State Department in Washington DC and the images made some Newspaper covers in parts of the world, very few knew that prior to...