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Kamuzu, The BoyIn 1915, Kamuzu Banda was just another African boy aspiring to get into Nyasaland’s Overtoun Institution for teacher training. He had a small frame, a big brain and a lot of spirits. Banda’s uncle, Hanock Msokela Phiri had walked the same road and excelled only a few years earlier. Phiri influenced the elders to let Banda go to school thus in 1915, young Kamuzu found himself sitting at the back of an examination hall at Livingstonia Mission, straining his eyes to see the questions on a blackboard which was a little too far for someone his size. He…

The Espinillo Indigenous community is 13 miles from the nearest polling station — and no one in the village has a car.So two weeks ago, on the eve of Paraguay’s election, Miguel Paredes, a retired ambulance driver turned local politician, loaded the Indigenous families onto a bus and brought them to the side of a highway, a short walk from the polls. “We want to look after them,” said Mr. Paredes, 65, standing watch with six young men he called colleagues.Then, after dark, Mr. Paredes and his colleagues gathered some of the Indigenous people and took down their identification numbers.…

Migrants face uncertain future after end of Title 42 – CBS News Watch CBS News Many migrants arriving at the U.S. border thought the end of Title 42 meant they would be allowed to cross the border. But tens of thousands are still stuck in limbo. Nicole Sganga has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A puppy was turned into an animal shelter in Missouri with her fur shaved, revealing swastikas and expletives drawn on her skin. The 3-month-old pup was rescued by law enforcement and handed over to Rescue One, a nonprofit animal rescue and vet clinic in Springfield, Missouri.Rescue One said in a Facebook post on May 9 that the dog had swastikas drawn all over her body. She also had a message on her back that read, “Don’t feed this (explicit) dog.””She is heading for the tub to scrub-a-dub-dub all of this hate off. Only love here,” the rescue wrote.NEW JERSEY COUPLE LETS…

An evacuation order was issued Sunday night for Chipewyan Lake, a small community in northern Alberta in the Municipal District of Opportunity, and the surrounding area. The evacuation order was issued at 9:30 p.m. due to wildfire.“The community of Chipewyan Lake and surrounding area has issued an evacuation order. Everyone in the affected area must evacuate immediately,” the Alberta Emergency Alert reads.The alert did not define the “surrounding area in the MD of Opportunity” but a Facebook post on the MD of Opportunity No. 17 Emergency Management page Sunday night the evacuation zone was the Hamlet of Chipewyan Lake. It advised…

Oneok (NYSE: OKE) stock price has moved sideways in the past few days as crude oil and natural gas prices retreats. The stock was trading at $63 on Friday, 31% above the lowest level in  2022. Now, the $28 billion company has agreed to acquire Magellan Midstream Partners in a $19 billion deal. So, which are the best MLP stocks to buy? Western Midstream Partners Western Midstream Partners (NYSE: WES) is a leading MLP valued at more than $9.7 billion. The company has operations in the Delaware Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. Like other MLPs, the company has…

European and Asian stocks rose on Monday as investors cheered German economic data that indicated inflation in Europe’s largest economy was slowing.Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 rose 0.2 per cent, extending its rally from last week, while France’s Cac 40 edged up 0.4 per cent and London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.3 per cent in the first hour of trade. The moves came after Germany said its wholesale price index recorded its first year-on-year drop since December 2020. The decline added to signs the European Central Bank’s tightening campaign was cooling the region’s economy.Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, meanwhile reported that the…

Brookfield has put UK holiday resort Center Parcs up for sale, in a deal that will test investors’ willingness to bet on an economy hit by high inflation and rising interest rates.The Canadian private equity group is seeking between £4bn and £5bn for Center Parcs, according to people familiar with the matter, after examining an exit from the investment in recent months.The decision to go ahead with the sale marks a bold move for Brookfield as the UK faces falling property values and higher interest rates. But a sale could potentially net a windfall for Brookfield, which acquired the resort…

Source: AdobeStock / gustavofrazaoCrypto companies are increasingly turning away from the US in search of clear digital asset regulations, and some of the major companies are finding a home in Bermuda. Still, some experts warn that this may be a short-term solution as the issues in the land of the free are not getting fixed. One of the biggest crypto companies recently revealed its Bermuda arm. In April, Coinbase announced that it got a license under the Digital Asset Business Act from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), stating that,”Bermuda was one of the first financial centers to pass comprehensive digital assets…

Vice Media offices display the Vice logo in Venice, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesOnce a digital media darling, Vice Media Group on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection after years of financial troubles.A consortium of Vice’s lenders which includes Fortress Investment, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital is looking to acquire the company following the filing.The digital media trailblazer, once valued at $5.7 billion and known for sites including Vice and Motherboard, had been restructuring and cutting jobs across its global news business over recent months.The group set to buy the company will provide $225 million in the form of a…