A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for doing the same.
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UK: Campaigner Loses Court Battle For Gender-Neutral Passport
A gender-neutral campaigner has lost a Supreme Court challenge against the UK government over not allowing gender-neutral passports.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Threat Of Violence As Court Revoke Zuma’s Medical Parole
Security forces in South Africa are on high alert following a High Court order for former president Jacob Zuma to be returned to jail after setting aside the decision that release him on medical parole.
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UK: Kenyan-Born Academic Makes History @ Oxford University
Kenyan-born academic Patricia Kingori has made history by becoming the youngest Black professor at the UK’s prestigious Oxford University.
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AUSTRALIA: Sydney Entrepreneur Loses Legs To Cerebral Malaria following Mosquito Bite
A Sydney socialite has shared her story of near death situation following a mosquito bite on a trip to Nigeria resulting in being struck down with malaria so serious she had to have her limbs amputated in order to live.
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NIGERIA: Zoom Joins Facebook In Charging Value Added Tax
Video conference app, Zoom has notified its users in Nigeria it will start charging value-added tax, VAT, on its use. The information is coming in a few days after the social media giant Facebook, states it will charge 7.5% VAT on all Advertisements (Ads) done on its platform.
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UK: Lawyers Challenge Government’s Hotel Quarantine Policy
A London-based law firm has issued a court proceeding against the UK government’s quarantine hotel policy.
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Plumber Gets $20k Reward From Stash Of Stolen Church Money He Found In Wall
A plumber who discovered stash of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church last month has been awarded $20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston.
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NY: Pfizer May Settle Lawsuit Against Ex-Employee Accused Of Stealing COVID-19 Vaccine Secrets
It appears Pfizer Inc has reached a truce with a former long-time employee it sued two weeks ago for allegedly stealing confidential documents related to its COVID-19 vaccine and other drugs.
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SWITZERLAND: Approves Painless Assisted Suicide Capsule
Switzerland’s medical review board has authorized the use of a coffin-shaped capsule, which promises relatively painless and peaceful death in under one minute as a new way to die by assisted suicide.
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