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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Ohio officer relieved of duty after second fatal police shooting of Black man

Ohio officer relieved of duty after second fatal police shooting of Black man

WORLD
POLICE in Columbus, Ohio, in the US, have relieved an officer of duty after fatally shooting an unarmed Black man, the city's second law enforcement shooting death of a Black man in the past month. The latest incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday after officers responded to a non-emergency complaint about a man turning a car on and off for an extended period, Columbus police said in a statement. Shortly after the officers arrived, a man who had been inside a garage approached them on foot with his left hand holding a cell phone and his right hand…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Families of Italian Covid victims seek $122 million from government

Families of Italian Covid victims seek $122 million from government

WORLD
AROUND 500 relatives of people who died of COVID-19 in Italy are initiating legal action against regional and national authorities, seeking 100 million euros ($122 million) in damages. The civil lawsuit, which the plaintiffs said they would present to a Rome court in the next few hours, is against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Health Minister Roberto Speranza and the governor of the northerly Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana. The spokespeople of all three politicians did not respond to a request for comment. Italy, the first Western country hit by the coronavirus, has seen almost 70,000 deaths from COVID-19 since its outbreak…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Wealth gap yawns wide between UK’s ethnic groups – think tank

Wealth gap yawns wide between UK’s ethnic groups – think tank

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PEOPLE of Black African ethnicity in Britain typically have just one-eighth of the wealth of white British people, an economic think tank said, calling for reforms to narrow the wealth divide between ethnic groups. The Resolution Foundation said the differences impacted the ability of households to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. People of Black African ethnicity had on average 24,000 pounds ($32,000) of family wealth per adult, rising to 31,000 pounds for people of Bangladeshi ethnicity and nearly 42,000 pounds for those with mixed white and Black Caribbean ethnicity. People of white British ethnicity held 197,000 pounds of family wealth…
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Dec
23
2020
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE-Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising

EXCLUSIVE-Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising

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NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH and GRACE MOON THE deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for an inquiry into the fate of migrants known as "little ghosts". At least 522 Thais have died in South Korea since 2015 - 84% of whom were undocumented - found data from the Thai embassy in Seoul obtained via a freedom of information (FOI) request. Four in 10 deaths were recorded as due to unknown causes while others were health related, accidents and suicides. The number of…
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Dec
23
2020
By The African Mirror
What’s in the $892-billion U.S. COVID-19 aid package?

What’s in the $892-billion U.S. COVID-19 aid package?

WORLD
THE U.S. Senate has passed an $892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation's pandemic-battered economy, while also funding federal government activities through September 2021. The House of Representatives passed the measure earlier on Monday. It now heads to President Donald Trump to sign into law.  Here's what is in the package, according to a summary released by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, and interviews with several congressional aides who provided additional details: Cheques in the mail: The bill includes $166 billion in new direct payments of up to $600…
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Dec
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Vietnamese truck deaths: 2 men found guilty of manslaughter of 39 people

Vietnamese truck deaths: 2 men found guilty of manslaughter of 39 people

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KATE HOLTON TWO people smugglers have been found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck in October last year as they tried to make their way to Britain. The discovery of so many dead people - some as young as 15 - shocked Britain and Vietnam, and shone a spotlight on the illicit global trade that sends the poor of Asia, Africa and the Middle East on perilous journeys to the West. As oxygen levels fell in the back of the truck, some tried desperately…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic

World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic

WORLD
GERHARD MEY and BEN MAKORI MORE countries have closed their borders to Britain over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK food shortages just days before the Brexit cliff edge. India, Poland, Switzerland, Russia and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that a mutated variant of the virus up to 70% more infectious had been identified in the country, while Japan and South Korea said they were monitoring the situation. A slew of countries have already suspended travel, including France, Germany,…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?

The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?

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KATE KELLAND A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of which have cut transport links. The strain, referred to by some experts as the B.1.1.7 lineage, is not the first new variant of the pandemic virus to emerge, but is said to be up to 70% more transmissible than the previously dominant strain in the United Kingdom. ARE THE CONCERNS JUSTIFIED? Most scientists say yes. The new variant has rapidly become the dominant strain in cases of COVID-19 in parts of southern England,…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050

Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050

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MEGAN ROWLING THE growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple in three decades if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday. Nearly 63 million people could be forced from their homes by 2050 in the region as rising seas and rivers swallow villages, and drought-hit land no longer supports crops, said ActionAid International and Climate Action Network South Asia in a report. The projection does not include those who will be forced to flee sudden disasters such as…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
European neighbours shut doors to Britain as new coronavirus strain spreads

European neighbours shut doors to Britain as new coronavirus strain spreads

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SEVERAL  European countries placed new restrictions on travel to and from the United Kingdom on Sunday due to concern over a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly there. Belgium said it would close its borders to trains and planes coming from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands also suspended flights. Italy said it was planning a similar ban. Germany could also impose restrictions on flights from the United Kingdom and South Africa - which has also detected a new coronavirus strain, a German Health Ministry official said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists announced on Saturday…
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