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Malawi and Colombia explore higher education collaboration
Maravi Express
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July 5, 2025
Kabwila withAmbassador Mina-Rojas * Colombia has strong commitment to international relations, particularly in education—Ambassador Mina-Rojas * Exchange programs for staff and students include in research, postgraduate training, and youth skills...
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation: Report
Iran Front Page
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July 2, 2025
More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are facing extreme hunger after record-breaking drought across many areas, ensuing widespread crop failures and the death of livestock. In Somalia, a quarter of the population is now...
The Bear Season 4: Every New And Returning Cameo
/FILM - Indiana
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June 26, 2025
Note: while we make sure not to give away major plot points here, the very nature of this article requires a spoiler warning for season four of "The Bear." Ever since its second season, "The Bear" — the Emmy-winning comedy that's a co-production...
Multi-Year Drought Gives Birth to Extremist Violence, Girls Most Vulnerable
Inter Press Service
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July 2, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Biodiversity, Child Labour, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Development & Aid, Disaster Management, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Europe,...
AP News: Award-winning international correspondent launches a new journalism platform
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Ferguson has won awards for unflinching reporting from dangerous lands including Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen. So she was unlikely to be intimidated by seeking financing for a new journalism platform, despite tough times for...
Dear Obama: You’ve Graded the Test Long Enough. Where’s the Answer Key?
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 5, 2025
Dear President Obama, If we compared your Fourth of July message with a family picnic, we would see the familiar ingredients: somber reflection here, elegant phrasing there. All brought together with a pinch of hope. Writing at our sister site,...
Matawalle Urges Military to Embrace Innovation, Strategic Foresight In tackling Insecurity
Arise News
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July 2, 2025
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has urged military authorities to shift their mindset to embrace innovation, sustainability, and strategic foresight in tackling emerging security threats in the country, as well as addressing...
Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
BBC
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Tim DoddClimate and science reporter ShareSave Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in...
Jobs Boost As The United Kingdom (UK) And Kenya Bolster Economic And Security Partnership
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Trade and investment deals agreed during the visit will contribute over £1bn to the UK economy and create UK jobs in engineering, defence industries, technical and advisory services, and financial services The UK and Kenya will...
Here’s How You’ll Feel the Loss of Federal Workers
Slate Magazine
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July 4, 2025
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. If you, like me, are close to someone who is employed by the federal government, the past six-ish months have been a...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Xena: Warrior Princess star reveals stunt which went horribly wrong
Daily Express
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July 5, 2025
If the 1990s had a Mount Rushmore of TV icons, the face of Lucy Lawless would be chiselled right next to Mr Blobby, David Duchovny and the Fresh Prince with his sideways cap. From 1995 to 2001, Lucy played the title role in Xena: Warrior Princess....
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
Canada directs Hikvision to stop local operations
Biometric Update
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July 2, 2025
Canada has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations in the country and close its Canadian business. Canada’s Industry Minister Mélanie Joly ordered the closure following a government review that determined Hikvision Canada’s continued...
Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance
Biometric Update
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July 5, 2025
Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management and oversight to avoid a raft of potential risks to privacy and other rights. The biggest industry...
Al-Shabaab Alliance With Houthis Continues to Grow
Africa Defense Forum
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June 24, 2025
In 2024, a United Nations monitoring team reported that the relationship between Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels was “transactional or opportunistic, and not ideological.” In a 2025 report, the U.N. said those ties...
Egypt raises the stakes against Ethiopia over Nile dam row
The New Arab
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July 1, 2025
Since the beginning of its construction in 2011, the GERD has fallen at the centre of tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia. [Getty] Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has raised speculation about what his country might be up to in its...
Northern Tensions on the Rise: Where Is It All Headed?
The Reporter Ethiopia
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July 5, 2025
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are escalating, marked by mutual accusations and strategic positioning along their shared border. Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of territorial violations, while Eritrea claims Ethiopia harbors unlawful...
Five men whose shackled bodies washed up on holiday island died at sea after being forced to drink salt water and urine
The Sun
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July 4, 2025
FIVE men found dead in the sea off Mallorca with their hands and feet bound starved after drinking their own urine and sea water, distraught relatives have revealed. As suspected, the bodies were those of African migrants who had tried to get to...
Why oral health is crucial for peak physical performance in extreme conditions
Dentistry.co.uk
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June 24, 2025
A former Navy combat diver and sniper explains why good oral health is essential for survival when facing extreme conditions. Janne Lehtonen, known from Finnish Special Forces and the Amazing Race reality TV series, has operational experience in...