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Scorchers hope to deal with jet lag
The Malawi Women’s National Football arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, Tuesday after travelling for 15 hours ahead of Thursday’s international friendly match against the Atlas Lionesses. The team flew out of the country on Monday through Chileka...
Today in High Prairie; July 3, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....

Meet the Oropouche virus. It may be visiting your city soon.
Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America. Sporadic reports of an infection causing fevers, coughs, chills, and body aches emerged among...

Juneteenth celebrations happening around New Orleans
On Thursday, many in New Orleans will celebrate the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, which was recognized as a federal holiday four years ago. Juneteenth commemorates the date when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received news of the...

'Smarter' but still harmful: Advocates push back on Trump's new ban
Legal groups say the new Trump travel ban is more legally sound than the one hastily rolled out in 2017, but they are monitoring its impact for possible legal challenges. Activists have been overwhelmed fighting a host of Trump Administration...

Thank God for a 'Land That’s Free'By Gene Shelburne
Does the name Irving Berlin ring bells for you? For my generation of old geezers, it does. He may be our most famous song writer. Born on Siberia on 1888, breast-fed in Germany, Berlin made it to Ellis Island when he was 4. Just that snippet of...

Prohibición de entrada a cubanos y venezolanos en Estados Unidos: qué sabemos de las excepciones establecidas en la proclama de Trump
Si sólo tienes unos segundos, lee estas líneas: El presidente Donald Trump emitió el 4 de junio de 2025 una proclama que restringe total o parcialmente la entrada a Estados Unidos de nacionales de 19 países, incluyendo de Cuba y Venezuela y que...

"Don't Tell People Who Work on Star Wars": 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Director Reveals Everything the D-Rex Is Made Of
[Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Jurassic World Rebirth.] Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff chats with director Gareth Edwards and producer Frank Marshall for Jurassic World Rebirth. During this Collider Screening Series Q&A,...

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends
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Paramount+ Just Added an Underrated ’90s Hit That’s Perfect for Jurassic World Fans
Alongside the likes of A Quiet Place: Day One, Mission: Impossible, Smile 2, and many more movies, viewers can now catch an underrated classic from the 1990s on Paramount+. To kick off the month of July, movies like Airplane!, Chicago, Zero Dark...

Musician teams up with dancer to help children flee warzone
A classically-trained musician is hoping her compositions will go some way to helping children escape war. Eleanor Turner has spent much of her career travelling the world to perform to audiences as an internationally-acclaimed harpist. Now, as a...

Cutting US Aid Jeopardizes the Lives of Ukrainian Civilians
At the rendezvous point outside the city of Kupiansk, the vehicles park under whatever tree cover is available. The brilliant, cloudless blue sky means Russian reconnaissance drones can easily spot the approaching small convoy, containing 11...

The End of Fireworks? Most Cities Replace Explosions with Silent Drones
Several U.S. cities are replacing traditional fireworks with high-tech drone shows this Independence Day, citing safety, pollution, and community concerns. Key Facts: Lincoln City (OR), Redwood City (CA), Waynesboro (VA), and Pasadena (CA) are...

Tikkun Olam and Iran
Jews frequently quote the Hebrew phrase, Tikkun Olam, repair of the world. Tikkun Olam is an important and spiritually uplifting concept that first appears more than 2,000 years ago in Rabbinic literature, specifically, the Mishnah. The phrase is...

Tinubu deepens Nigeria-OECS ties with scholarships, visa waivers, cultural diplomacy in Saint Lucia
President Bola Tinubu’s historic state visit to Saint Lucia has marked a significant milestone in Nigeria’s relations with the Caribbean, as both regions rekindle centuries-old ancestral, cultural, and political bonds rooted in shared African...

Mia X drops out of Master P celebration at 2025 Essence Fest; he cites 'miscommunication'
Master P’s heavily promoted “farewell” appearance at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome this weekend will be missing one of its most potent No Limit soldiers: Mia X. “It’s still unbelievable that I’m actually saying...

Frederick Jackson - the Alcester man who explored the Arctic and Australia
Every now and then, a figure from history pops up who you could genuinely say has done it all. Alcester has this claim with a man born 165 years ago. Frederick George Jackson was born on Alcester Lodge Farm in March 1860 and was the eldest son of...

Nigeria establishes diplomatic ties with St. Lucia
‘Most St. Lucian former slaves were Nigerians’ President Bola Tinubu announced, yesterday, the establishment of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia, describing it as a “symbolic bridge that will provide a gateway in fostering closer ties between...

Juanita & Juan Bring ‘Jungle Cruise’ to Cactus Club
Even though they were part of the same small circle, when Brian Tristan first met Alicia Velasquez, he says he was very much in “admiration and fear” of her. “What? You’ve never told me that part of it,” says Velasquez, known professionally as...

The day Sandy Gall was marched to an execution cell splattered with blood
Died: June 29, 2025 Sandy Gall, who has died aged 97, was a Scottish journalist and author who became known to millions for his war reports and as an ITN news anchorman. Gall’s career spanned six decades. He was present at the British withdrawal...