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Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year

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NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire (AP) - Tennis star Naomi Osaka has been selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Year. The results were revealed Sunday after a vote by AP member sports editors and AP beat writers. Osaka got 18 of 35 first-place votes. WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart finished second, followed by Sarah Fuller, the Vanderbilt soccer player who kicked for the school’s football team. Osaka won the U.S. Open in September for her third Grand Slam title. She also became a leading voice in her sport by speaking out about racial injustice and police brutality. Also visit our  website:   www.noiretv.com

Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

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  NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire ANOTHER new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed. The discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in Britain and South Africa, leading to the swift return of international travel restrictions and other measures just as the world enters a major holiday season. ‘It’s a separate lineage from the UK and South Africa,’ the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters. He said the Nigeria CDC and the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Di

Africa needs about $6bn for vaccines, and another $3bn to deliver them

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  NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire AFRICA needs about $9bn to finance enough Covid-19 vaccines to halt the pandemic on the continent, but a bigger problem is accessing that supply amid the global race for doses, an Afreximbank official said on Wednesday. Hippolyte Fofack, Afreximbank chief economist, said the Cairo-based bank and other development finance institutions are working with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to obtain vaccines for the coronavirus. But African nations cannot compete with wealthier governments that have secured huge supplies of inoculations, he said. ‘If the supply of Covid-19 vaccines is left to [the] market, many developing countries will be essential

N.Y. comptrollers’ proposals target Amazon, 4 others

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  NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire New York's state and city comptrollers on Dec. 18 issued shareholder proposals to companies they believe have not sufficiently fought against racial discrimination or gender parity within their organizations. Thomas DiNapoli, the state comptroller and sole trustee of the $226.4 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, filed a shareholder proposal at Amazon.com asking for an independent audit to review the company's civil rights, equity, diversity and inclusion policies. Through its proposal, the common fund cites allegations that Amazon has disproportionately paid low wages to its Black and Latino warehouse employees, exposed these employees to CO

China-Funded Africa CDC Begins Construction In Ethiopia

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  NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire A groundbreaking ceremony has been held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commence the construction of a Beijing-funded Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Headquarters building.  The event, which took place in the presence of representatives from the AU Commission, the Government of China, and the Government of Ethiopia further signifies China’s commitment to completing the project.  The landmark project, covering an area of 90,000 square meters and with a total construction area of nearly 40,000 square meters, is expected to be completed within 25 months. It will be equipped with modern office buildings, high-end laboratories, and accessories, Xi

Coronavirus: Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf says coronavirus approach 'has failed'

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NoireTv  Africa     If you live in the USA, NoireTV now showing nationwide on Verizon Fios on channel 269. Press 269 on  your remote control.   NoireTV now on Verizon Fios Channel 269. Press 269 on your remot e control. Follow us on Instagram   @ no i r etv afri ca   and on Fa c ebook  ...  www.facebook.com/caspennoire Sweden's king has said his country "failed" to save lives with its relatively relaxed approach to the coronavirus pandemic. King Carl XVI Gustaf made the remarks as part of an annual TV review of the year with the royal family. Sweden, which has never imposed a full lockdown, has seen nearly 350,000 cases and more than 7,800 deaths - a lot more than its Scandinavian neighbours. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said he agreed with the king's remarks. "Of course the fact that so many have died can't be considered as anything other than a failure," Mr Lofven told reporters. Referring to the government's strategy, Mr Lofven added that "it