Hundreds of wildfires are burning in California, tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders, and the governor is calling in help from 10 U.S. states, Canada and Australia to tame the blazes that have scorched an area the size of Rhode Island.
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Although the United States represents only 4% of the world’s population, it accounts for a quarter of all COVID-19 cases and 22% of all deaths. https://t.co/Ilw8GepxKE
Mali is currently experiencing a coup. The coup leaders say they have arrested President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Cisse Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga.
People are celebrating. Massive protests have been held against the Government for months over insecurity.
🇲🇱 Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. For the latest African news and culture don’t forget to download the Africa Today podcast 📲
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Before Maxine Waters, before Barack Obama, and before Kamala Harris, there was Shirley Chisholm.
Chisholm was the first black woman to run for president and the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, representing the 12th congressional district of Brooklyn.
Though most of the people who have died from the coronavirus in Florida are older, the number of younger adults who died last month quadrupled, and a disproportionate number of them are Black https://t.co/SraL9mPaKX