2022-03-31: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration. indybay.org The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic California History.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Head of EU Military Committee inspects Georgian troops returning from Central African Republic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMarch 30, 2022 Issues of Georgia-EU cooperation were discussed within the framework of the European Peace Instrument A high-level EU delegation paid a visit to the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The Head of the Directorate of Defense and Security Pavel Herczynski and the Chairman of the EU Military Staff, Vice-Admiral Erve …

Staff (2022-03-30). Africa has special importance in Iran balanced foreign policy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that in Iran's balanced Foreign Policy, Africa holds a very significant place.

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-03-30). Elusive space object imaged with unprecedented precision. peoplesdispatch.org The larger outer circle of ORC1, a gigantic ring of radio waves, is 10 times the diameter of the Milky Way. It was captured with the help of the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic study reports genomic data disparities among racial groups. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas. "We found lower quality genomic sequencing data in self-reported Black patients and patients of African ancestry," says Yan Asmann., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic bioinformatician and senior author of the study. "This finding serves as a reminder that when designing, conducting and interpreting cancer…

ecns.cn (2022-03-30). Chinese envoy calls on DRC to strengthen governance. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to strengthen governance in the eastern part of the country and enhance security through development.

John Gilmore (2022-03-30). The Heat: UN Biodiversity Meeting. america.cgtn.com A big international meeting on biodiversity that took place over the last two weeks in Geneva has wrapped up with further talks set for June in Kenya. About 1,000 negotiators from over 160 countries discussed major issues ahead of the UN Convention on Biodiversity expected …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). NATO naval group drills with Moroccan navy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandMarch 30, 2022 NATO's Operation Sea Guardian concludes Western Mediterranean Focused Security Patrols NATO's Operation Sea Guardian Task Group concluded its first focused security patrols in the Western Mediterranean Sea this year on March 25. *** This iteration of focused security patrols concluded with a port visit to Tangiers, Morocco, and an at-sea …

_____ (2022-03-30). Tunisian Journalists' Union Announces General Strike On April 2. popularresistance.org Journalists in Tunisia will go on a nationwide general strike on April 2 to protest governmental interference in public media and to defend the freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the country. The National Syndicate for Tunisian Journalists (SNJT), Tunisia's main journalists' union, announced on Wednesday, March 23, that it has approved a mass strike by journalists. Union official Amira Mohammed cited the "president's attempts to control public media and the authorities' insistence on hitting the sector" as the main reason for the strike. | The journalists' union has criticized president Kais Saied and…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-30). Russia Ambassador condoles with NRM on death of party's Vice Chairman Oulanyah. plusnews.ug The Ambassador of Russia to Uganda H.E Vladen Semivolos, has Wednesday visited the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party head offices in Kampala where he paid his last respects to the late Rt Jacob L'okori Oulanyah. Oulanyah died on Sunday March 20, 2022 in Seattle, U.S where he was receiving treatment. His candle burned out just …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-30). At the UN, Amongi reitarates Uganda's commitment to address gender equality. plusnews.ug The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi Ongom, reiterated Government of Uganda's commitment to the implementation of International, regional and national frameworks to address Gender Equality and Climate Change. She remarked at the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) held from 14th to 25th March 2022 at …

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