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Temple University scientists eliminate HIV-1 from genome of human T-cells Building on their groundbreaking research, Temple University scientists make another breakthrough in a potential cure for HIV. Temple Now- Temple University March 21, 2016 In 2014, a team of researchers in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University became the first to successfully […]

Foreign firms in Zimbabwe have till April 1, 2016 to sell shares to blacks or close RT News Companies owned by foreigners face closure unless they sell or give up 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans by April 1, 2016 announced Indigenization Minister Patrick Zhuwao. “Comply by that date or close shop, comply […]

President Barack Obama visits Cuba- A look back at African populated Cuba President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on March 20, 2016. With this visit President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president in 88 years to set foot on the island nation. The last sitting president to visit the country was Calvin Coolidge, who […]

Canada’s population has topped 36 million for the first time – 2016 Statistics Canada According to preliminary estimates, Canada’s population was estimated at 36,048,500 on January 1, 2016, up 62,800 from October 1, 2015. In the fourth quarter, Canada’s population growth rate was 0.17%, twice the rate observed for the same quarter in 2014 (+0.08%). […]

United States elections: A Historical look back on a few mayoral elections Dilemma X takes this time to reflect back on the elections of a few African Americans to become mayors of American cities. The African American to be elected mayor of a U.S. town was in 1868, when Pierre Caliste Landry became mayor of Donaldsonville, […]

Australia: Design for Sydney’s tallest residential tower released ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) SYDNEY- A design has been chosen for a 90-story residential tower in the heart of Parramatta’s CBD, in Sydney’s west. Architecture firm Bates Smart beat three other competitors to win the right to design the skyscraper, which will be the tallest residential […]

Zimbabwe changes visas requirements for Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries African News Agency The Zimbabwean government has, with immediate effect, scrapped visas for all Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries. Immigration department principal director Clemence Masango said the move was meant to facilitate easy movement within the region. “This new position completes the circle […]

U.S. unemployment rate 4.9 percent in February 2016 White men 3.9%, White women 3.9%, Black men 8.6%, Black women 7.9% U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in […]

China: Shanghai’s population dips for 1st time this century CCTV Shanghai has seen its population shrink for the first time this century. The city’s statistics bureau said Shanghai’s permanent population, those who have lived there for six months or more, was about 24 million at the end of 2015– a decline of 0.4 percent year […]

Marijuana officially legal in Washington, District of Columbia 1 Year Anniversary Of Marijuana Legalization In Washington, D.C. Only for those at least 21 years old The law legalizing marijuana in Washington, DC went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, February 26, 2015. The District of Columbia includes both district land and federal land. The new […]