Today's Date: May 18, 2024
Red Door Community Raises more than $300,000 at Their Annual Luncheon Celebrating Women Working and Living with Cancer   •   Xylem Inc. Declares Second Quarter Dividend of 36 Cents per Share   •   May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Partners with American Indian College Fund to Support Native Student Veterans   •   WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE COMPANY WATKINS-CONTI RECEIVES FDA 510(K) CLEARANCE FOR NEW STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE DEVICE YŌNI.FIT&   •   Sacred Heart Celebrates 125th Anniversary   •   Historic Inaugural Class Graduates from OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation   •   Avangrid to Be Acquired by Iberdrola   •   Rockwell Institute Celebrates Highest Real Estate Exam Pass Rates for First-Time Test Takers in the State of Washington   •   HERImpact: Entrepreneurship for Impact Program Kicks Off in Chicago, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs   •   Upneeq® Wins 2024 Shape Skin Award, “Best for Lift”, in the Professional Treatment Category   •   The AZEK Company Receives NYSE Notice Regarding Filing of Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2024   •   Federal, provincial and territorial ministers gather to support culture and heritage at annual meeting   •   L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans Unveil New, Vibrant Community Resource Center in Panorama City with   •   Aramco and Spiritus to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology, Investment by Aramco Ventures   •   Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. Announces Inducement Grants Under NYSE Listing Rule 303A.08   •   Angels Helpers NYC 2024 Charity Gala Raises Funds for Harlem School of the Arts, Highbridge Voices   •   After Launching Massive Camp Giveaway for NYC Families Affected by "Summer Rising" Crisis, Brains & Motion Education (BAM!)   •   Dillard’s, Inc. Announces $0.25 Cash Dividend   •   Statement by the Prime Minister on Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day   •   Historic Bellevue House reopens
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 Here are today's top stories from VOA Africa:
UN Official: Human Rights Situation in Sudan 'Critical' 
Special investigator says Sudanese intelligence, police and military forces carry out arbitrary arrests, often torture or secretly detain those arrested

6 Killed in Fighting Near Somalia Capital   
Spokesman for Islamist insurgent group says they have captured key checkpoint near village of Galgalato, north of Mogadishu; government denies claim

Unintended Births on Rise in Nigeria, says Study   
Lack of sexual and reproductive health information cited

Zimbabwe Faces More Power Cuts Due to Debt 
Zimbabwe does not have the capacity to meet its power needs

Heads of State Gather for Gabonese President's Funeral 
Omar Bongo was Africa's longest-serving ruler when he died last week after 41 years in power

Egypt Names New Ambassador to Iraq 
Veteran diplomat Sharif Kamal Shahine to fill four-year vacancy left after last ambassador was kidnapped, killed by al-Qaida

 



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