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61 missing after boat sinks near Indonesia’s Bali – rescue agency
Cebu Daily News
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July 3, 2025
DENPASAR, Indonesia — At least 61 people were missing after a ferry sank off the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, a local search and rescue agency said Thursday. The vessel sank around 11:20 pm (1520 GMT) on Wednesday in the Bali Strait...
Afro Nation Portugal celebrates fifth-year anniversary
The Portugal News
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This year, Afro Nation takes place from July 9 to 11 at Praia da Rocha in Portimão, drawing together global diaspora communities with some of the most exciting names right now. The festival is set to be a landmark event uniting artists and the...
Europe’s ‘chocolate capital’ is only a £33 bus ride from the UK
Metro
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July 8, 2025
The Royal Galleries in Brussels’ historic centre (Picture: Getty Images) When the sugar cravings hit, there’s no better place to be than Brussels. Belgium’s historic yet hip capital knows how to do chocolate. Colonial ties to the Congo gave it...
Photos of cute baby animals might be the only therapy you need today
AOL
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Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a beach or a panda somersaulting, actually lights up the same brain areas as looking at a loved one. These 50 baby animals...
Davey Highben clears the chaos with ‘Future Salad Days’
Matternews - Ohio
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July 1, 2025
In conceptualizing “Future Salad Days,” which kicks off with a free, daylong celebration at the downtown gallery Blockfort on Friday, July 4, artist Davey Highben traveled backwards through time. First, it’s 1991 and Highben is a 17-year-old...
World Cup in America plunged into chaos
The Geelong Advertiser
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June 23, 2025
Iran could be spectacularly banned from participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup amid the threat of war between the Islamic Republic and tournament host nation USA. The national team back in March were the sixth team to qualify for the tournament...
Sandy Gall obituary, unflappable journalist
The Times
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Sandy Gall earned his stripes as a foreign correspondent covering several vicious skirmishes in the Congo in the early Sixties, when he narrowly avoided being shot. Arrested and accused of being a spy, he was plunged directly into Congo’s “Heart...
Armwrestling African Championship: Over 400 athletes, officials from 20 countries set to storm Abuja
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
The countdown is real — just 16 days to the biggest show of strength Africa has ever seen! From July 23–27, 2025, Abuja will become the battleground for elite warriors as the 14th African Armwrestling Championship and 7th Para-Armwrestling...
Most African slaves brought to Saint Lucia were from Nigeria, says Alvina Reynolds
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
Alvina Reynolds, president of the Saint Lucian senate, says historical records show that most of the African slaves brought to the island during the transatlantic slave trade were from Nigeria. Reynolds referenced a British census conducted in...
Violence And Herding In The Central African Republic: Time To Act
The Nigerian Voice
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What’s new? Ten years of crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) have fostered new dynamics in the livestock sector, exacerbating conflict between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers. The government, which has treated transhumance primarily...
Inside the real-life scandal of Benidorm as ITV show return is 'in crisis' after creator's divorce
The Mirror
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June 24, 2025
Fans of hit ITV comedy Benidorm were delighted earlier this year when rumours suggested the iconic show was close to returning. Written by Derren Litten, the sitcom following holidaymakers at the Solana all-inclusive resort had been brutally axed...
At least 164 workers killed on the job in June as six-month toll nears 1,000
Bianet
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July 8, 2025
At least 164 workers lost their lives in workplace-related incidents in Turkey in June, according to the monthly report released by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG). The number of workplace fatalities in the first six months of 2025...
Congress demands PM Modi's response to Trump's claims on India-Pak ceasefire
Mint
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July 8, 2025
The Congress party on 8 July asked when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would break his ‘silence’ over US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of having brought about a ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan after the four-day military action in...
Trump calls for ceasefire deal in war in Gaza as signs of progress emerge
9News
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June 29, 2025
A top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, was set to travel to Washington this week for talks on a ceasefire, an Israeli official said, and plans were being made for Netanyahu to travel there in the coming weeks, a sign there...
The Real-Estate Sons Have Taken Over
Curbed - New York
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July 7, 2025
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty It’s been a hectic few months for the real-estate developers, financiers, and golf champions tapped to help run the second Trump administration. Consummate loose cannon Howard Lutnick has orchestrated the...
A surprising visit to Georgia's Jewish community
Ynet
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July 7, 2025
Even during challenging times for Israelis, affection for Israel radiates throughout Georgia. Locals speak Hebrew, street signs appear in Hebrew – sometimes even in small villages outside major cities. During a visit to one town, a Georgian man...
Beyond the hope: The unspoken transportation risks of the 24-Hour Economy
Graphic
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July 7, 2025
In the latest chapter of ambitious national blueprints, Ghana is being sold the 24-Hour Economy. The vision, as always, is breathtaking: a bustling Volta Lake transformed into a superhighway for commerce; modern ports clearing goods in minutes,...
Former Cumberland County corrections officer in ICE custody at New Hampshire jail
WABI - Maine
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June 19, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - Gratien Milandou-Wamba, a former Maine corrections officer, was on his way to work at the Cumberland County Jail when he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to his lawyer. His attorney Wade...
Almost One Million Cigarette Butts Collected on Global ‘No Butts Day’
Pressenza
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July 7, 2025
Utrecht, July 6th, 2025 On July 5th thousands of volunteers around the world collected 964,000 cigarette butts from their streets and nature. No Butts Day is an annual event that mobilises people from every continent. They call on governments to...
The World Cup Is a Year Away. Will We Be Good Hosts?
New York Mag
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June 26, 2025
Los Angeles FC forward Denis Bouanga (99) attacks with the ball in the second half during the Club World Cup match between CR Flamengo and Los Angeles FC on Tuesday at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, FL Photo: Peter Joneleit/Icon...