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World mourns passing of Babatunde Osotimehin, ‘a champion of health for all’
Secretary-General António Guterres and other senior United Nations officials have paid tribute to Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),...
Minneapolis Mayor delivers State of the City address at a mosque, pledges to keep...
Mayor Betsy Hodges of Minneapolis held her State of the City address at the Masjid An-Nur in Minneapolis, the first time the address has...
Sharon Sayles Belton bronze bust unveiled at Minneapolis City Hall
About 300 people squeezed into the third floor balcony of Minneapolis City Hall on Monday to witness the unveiling of a bronze bust honoring...
New York Times East Africa Bureau Chief to speak in Minneapolis
The New York Times East Africa bureau chief and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for international reporting, Jeffrey Gettleman, will speak...
Protecting babies from Hepatitis B infection
Having a baby is an exciting time for a family. There are many things to prepare and many new things to learn. It can...
Executive Chef Jamal Hashi is back in Minneapolis as Jambo Kitchen opens
I am a writer by discipline, although discipline lately hasn’t been my companion nearly often enough. It’s much too easy to fritter away time...
Business Spotlight: Goodir Realty
The National Association of Realtors released its monthly membership report at the end of April and said it has just over 1.2 million members....
On Law Day, Minnesotans pledge support for rule of law in Africa
MINNEAPOLIS - The Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Lorie Skjerven Gildea, joined with former Vice president Walter Mondale and other top judicial...
U.S. immigration to issue redesigned green cards starting May 1
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced this week that it will begin issuing redesigned Permanent Resident Cards (Green cards) starting May 1,...
African Union and United Nations sign new partnership framework
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, today signed a new landmark framework to strengthen partnership...
Alarm bells go off over Census 2020
With the 2020 Census three years out, civil rights groups and census experts are sounding the alarm that pending actions by the Trump administration...