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2025 Ranger Hall of Fame inductees honored at Fort Benning
Military Families
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June 24, 2025
Fifteen Army veterans will be inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame during a ceremony this week at Fort Benning, Georgia. The induction is being held Wednesday during the Annual Ranger Muster, which is a major gathering for the Ranger community....
Turkiye, Syria Restore Direct Transport Links At Global Forum
Ommcom News
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June 29, 2025
Istanbul: The Global Transport Connectivity Forum concluded on Sunday in Istanbul with the signing of 12 cooperation agreements aimed at enhancing cross-border logistics and regional integration. Among them was a landmark agreement between Turkish...
Head of refugee center in Bowling Green worried about how cuts in federal spending bill will impact new arrivals
WKYU - Kentucky
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July 3, 2025
Political uncertainty has the leader of the Bowling Green-based International Center of Kentucky concerned about how it would impact refugees' access to healthcare and funding for the organization's future budget. Albert Mbanfu has served as the...
Russia Hires Thousands From China, India, Turkey Amid War-Fueled Labor Shortage
Kyiv Post
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June 23, 2025
In 2024, Russian industrial enterprises hired 47,000 foreign workers from countries with which it maintains visa requirements, including China, India, Turkey, Serbia, and others. According to The Moscow Times, Russia’s Ministry of Labor explained...
Türkiye, Syria restore direct transport links at global forum
Xinhua News Agency
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ISTANBUL, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Global Transport Connectivity Forum concluded on Sunday in Istanbul with the signing of 12 cooperation agreements aimed at enhancing cross-border logistics and regional integration. Among them was a landmark...
Pakistan, Afghanistan no longer part of World Bank’s South Asia region
Mint
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June 29, 2025
The people cited above said Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be grouped under the bank’s Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which would leave the South Asia group with six countries—India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri...
Nigeria’s multilateral economic human capital: What next?
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
At the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) of May 5-8, 2025, in Texas, USA, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), confirmed that the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), led...
Why regional peers are upbeat about new Somali securities market?
Zawya
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East African capital markets are optimistic of accelerated integration of regional stockmarkets and an expanded pool of investors for companies seeking to raise capital in the region, especially after the launch of the National Securities Exchange...
Migrant bodies with hands and feet tied found in sea after 'death ritual'
The Mirror
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July 4, 2025
Five men found in the sea off Majorca with their hands and feet bound up with rags died after starving, drinking their own urine and sea water, distraught relatives have revealed. As suspected, the bodies were those of African migrants who had...
Migrants found off Majorca coast with hands tied behind backs were in 'death ritual'
Daily Express
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July 4, 2025
Five men found in the sea off Majorca with their hands and feet bound up with rags died after starving, drinking their own urine and seawater, distraught relatives have revealed. The bodies were those of African migrants who had tried to get to...
Climate Change Fueling 'Most Widespread and Damaging' Droughts in History: UN Report
Common Dreams
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July 3, 2025
Climate change is driving "some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history," according to a report published Wednesday on global drought hotspots. Over the past two years, droughts have fueled increased food insecurity,...
U.S. Pledges $350M to Relief as Indonesia Missions Begin
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 12.30.2004 Courtesy Story As teams assessing the impact of last week's Indian Ocean tsunami report their findings, President Bush has increased U.S. aid to the region to $350 million 10 times the initial pledge made...
Benjamin Lalani wins $100,000 Samvid Scholar award
The American Bazaar
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July 3, 2025
Benjamin Lalani, an Indian American Johns Hopkins alum, has won a 2025 Samvid Scholar award that empowers mission-driven graduate students to enact change for society through leadership development, community, and financial support. Scholars...
Aspen Medical launches defence, national security division
Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
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June 22, 2025
Canberra headquartered Aspen Medical has announced the launch of a new specialist capability: Aspen Medical – Defence and National Security. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in the company’s continued growth and long-standing...
How Much the U.S. Spends on Foreign Aid, and Where It Goes
24/7 Wall St.
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July 3, 2025
Politics breakermaximus / Shutterstock.com One of the most frequently discussed budget items in the United States is the amount the country spends on foreign assistance. Between the fighting in Ukraine and Israel, this is once again a very hot...
The Geopolitics of Grain: Ukraine’s Role in Global Food Security and the Costs of War
Ukraine World
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Ukraine resists the weaponization of food by Russia and protects states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America from food insecurity. Ukraine’s fertile black soil and large-scale mechanized agriculture have made it a cornerstone of global food...
France and Spain join global push to tax private jets and premium flights for climate funding
Euronews
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Published on 03/07/2025 - 15:45 GMT+2 France and Spain have joined a coalition of countries pushing to tax private jets and premium class flights to raise money for climate action and sustainable development. The two European nations have joined...
BRI-backed projects drive East Africa's integration
China Daily Global
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A train for Mombasa waits at a station of the China-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] China's Belt and Road Initiative continues to play a pivotal role in shaping East Africa's...
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FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Joint FAO-WFP News Release Rome – A new joint UN report warns that people in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation and death in the coming months unless there is urgent humanitarian action and a...
Chakwera welcomes new six foreign envoys
The Maravi Post
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July 3, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday, July 3, 2025 received six letters of Credence from foreign envoys accredited to the Republic of Malawi on a non-residential basis at Kamuzu Palace in the capital Lilongwe. The six...