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U.S. Census released June 23, 2016- Black/African American population remains largest population by race after White Population HispanicLatino population continues to increase The latest estimates of population for the United States, states, and counties by race and Hispanic / Latino origin, and for Puerto Rico Commonwealth for July 1, 2015 – were released June 23, […]

United Kingdom: Theresa May to become Prime Minister Theresa May becomes prime minister on 2016 July 13, succeeding David Cameron in Downing Street BBC News Theresa May will barely have time to unpack her bags before she will face her first test – who she will choose to sit alongside her around the Cabinet table. […]

Three African states to join pan-African trade insurer Xinhua NAIROBI- Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast are expected to join the Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) by the end of September, officials said on Wednesday. ATI CEO George Otieno told a media briefing in the Kenyan capital Nairobi that Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast were all […]

Electronic voting machines- A look back at the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election The 1968 presidential election had major voter irregularities in Pennsylvania. Votes for Richard “Dick” Gregory, an American civil rights activist and former comedian, were at the center of the computer voter irregularity. During the 1968 election night computers used by the News Election […]

African Union set to launch e-Passport at July Summit in Rwanda African Union ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – 13 June 2016: The African Union (AU) is prepared to launch the electronic passport (e-Passport) at the next AU Summit tabled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in July 2016. This flagship project, first agreed upon in 2014, […]

The United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% BBC News Leave won by 52% to 48% with England and Wales voting strongly for Brexit, while London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed staying in the EU. The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 as the markets […]

Voters in Britain will decide whether or not to stay in the European Union The Irish Times David Cameron has warned that a decision to leave the European Union in this week’s referendum will be irreversible, with no prospect of Britain rejoining in future. He warned that, if Britain regrets its decision to leave and […]

President Obama signs bill modernizing racial language The federal government will no longer use the terms “Negro” and “Oriental” H.R.4238 was unanimously passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate earlier in 2016. President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4238 on May 20, 2016 which amends two federal acts from the […]

United Kingdom: Sadiq Khan elected Mayor of London BBC News Referring to his council estate roots, Mr Khan, the city’s first Muslim mayor, said he wanted all Londoners to have the same opportunities he has had. It comes as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon defended Conservative Zac Goldsmith’s campaign, describing it as the “rough and tumble” […]

Harriet Tubman to appear on $20 bill WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Treasury Department has selected Harriet Tubman, an African-American who helped thousands of enslaved Africans in America to freedom, will replace the slaveholding U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note. Alexander Hamilton will remain on the face of the […]