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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
George Floyd’s family lobbies Biden for U.S. police reform

George Floyd’s family lobbies Biden for U.S. police reform

WORLD
JEFF MASON and NICK PFOSI A year after his killing unleashed a national reckoning over racial injustice, George Floyd's relatives met with President Joe Biden at the White House and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge passage of police reform legislation in their loved one's name. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in handcuffs with a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes, became the face of a national movement challenging police brutality and bias in the U.S. criminal justice system. His dying words, "I can't breathe," have echoed as a slogan in…
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Mar
22
2021
By The African Mirror
From 1st woman to 1st woman…

From 1st woman to 1st woman…

NEWS
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has congratulated Tanzania's new president Samia Suluhu Hassan, the first woman to hold that office, and said the United States was ready to strengthen ties between the two countries. Harris, the first woman and first person of color to serve as U.S. vice president, made the comment in a posting on Twitter. "Sending best wishes to @SuluhuSamia following her swearing in as Tanzania's new President - the first woman to hold the office. The United States stands ready to work with you to strengthen relations between our countries," she wrote. Hassan, who had been vice…
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Mar
14
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. vice president, WTO chief agree on need to reform global trade body

U.S. vice president, WTO chief agree on need to reform global trade body

BUSINESS
VICE President Kamala Harris and the head of the World Trade Organization have agreed about the need to reform the global trade body and pledged to work together to boost momentum for the global economy, the White House said. Harris, the first Black and Asian U.S. vice president and the first woman to hold the office, offered strong support to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first African and first woman to head the Geneva-based organization, in a phone call on Thursday, the White House said. Okonjo-Iweala is a former Nigerian finance minister. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala "They committed to work together to address the…
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Mar
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Madam president? Most Americans think a woman could reach the White House by 2030

Madam president? Most Americans think a woman could reach the White House by 2030

WORLD
SONIA ELKS  MORE than 90% of Americans think the United States could have its first woman president within a decade, a poll has shown, as Vice-President Kamala Harris is increasingly tipped as favourite for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024. A Gallup poll conducted in 74 countries showed Americans were the most likely to say they thought a woman could lead their nation by 2030. The majority of respondents in only three countries - Mauritania, Belarus and Sri Lanka - said they did not expect to see a woman leader in the years ahead, found the poll conducted from 2019…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Post-COVID-19 world needs more women leaders

Post-COVID-19 world needs more women leaders

NEWS
EMMA BATHA COUNTRIES must put more women into leadership roles to build a stronger post-pandemic world, a top U.N. official has said as data showed women could be waiting more than a century to see equality at the highest political echelons. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who made history as South Africa's first female deputy president in 2005, said gender-balanced cabinets made better decisions not just for women, but for society as a whole. Global progress on getting more women into top roles is frustratingly slow, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. But she believes Kamala Harris's appointment as the first female U.S.…
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Jan
30
2021
By The African Mirror
A White House partnership: Biden, Harris share center stage

A White House partnership: Biden, Harris share center stage

WORLD
US President Joe Biden promised after November's election that he and Vice President Kamala Harris would govern as a "simpatico" team. In their first days at the White House, the two are crafting a partnership that recalls Biden's own service as former President Barack Obama's No. 2. It starts most days with a White House briefing by the national security adviser. At nearly everyone of Biden's public events, Harris stands prominently nearby. Behind closed doors, they are briefed on the coronavirus pandemic and other issues together. "Nobody knows better than President Biden how important it is and valuable it is…
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Nov
17
2020
By The African Mirror
With spotlight on the economy, Biden confers with leaders of corporate America

With spotlight on the economy, Biden confers with leaders of corporate America

WORLD
TREVOR HUNNICUTT and DOINA CHIACU BUOYED by further progress in COVID-19 vaccine development, President-elect Joe Biden planned on Monday to consult with the CEOs of top U.S. companies and labour leaders before making a speech on reviving the nation's pandemic-battered economy. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were due to hold a midday conference call with several chief executives including General Motors Co's Mary Barra, Microsoft Corp's Satya Nadella, Target Corp's Brian Cornell and Gap Inc's Sonia Syngal. Also scheduled to take part, according to Biden's transition team, were AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and the heads of the Service Employees…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
With Twitter pronouns and victory speech, Biden-Harris signal new era for trans rights

With Twitter pronouns and victory speech, Biden-Harris signal new era for trans rights

LGBT+
RACHEL SAVAGE WITH vice president-elect Kamala Harris including her pronouns in her Twitter bio and president-elect Joe Biden thanking trans supporters in his victory speech, trans-Americans have already won exceptional backing from the incoming U.S. administration. Harris describes herself not only as a wife and auntie but also "she/her" on Twitter, signalling that one of the world's most powerful politicians is an LGBT+ ally who recognises the need to respect trans people by addressing them correctly. "It normalises the practice of stating pronouns," Zeke Smith, a trans U.S. writer and former reality TV star, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "It…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Harris’ VP win makes history, but attitudes to women’s leadership shows room to grow

Harris’ VP win makes history, but attitudes to women’s leadership shows room to grow

WORLD
EMMA BATHA FROM New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern to Germany's Angela Merkel, women leaders have won praise for their handling of the COVID-19 crisis, but more than half of men are still unconvinced about having a woman at the helm, a study showed on Monday. The survey found only 52% of people across the G7 group of wealthy countries - 46% of men and 59% of women - would feel "very comfortable" with a woman as head of their government. While that did mark a six-point rise from 2019, research company Kantar said its Reykjavik Index for Leadership showed no change…
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