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Has Brexit really caused the small boats crisis?
The i paper
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July 10, 2025
Emmanuel Macron has blamed Brexit for the UK’s migration crisis, as a new deal was announced between Britain and France to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel. For the first time, people who arrive on a small boat will be detained and...
Conflicts threaten global crop diversity as seed banks are looted or destroyed
Environmental Health News
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June 27, 2025
A wave of armed conflicts in regions rich in agricultural history is putting critical seed collections at risk, prompting scientists to rush samples to a secure "doomsday vault" in the Arctic before they're lost forever. Fred Pearce reports for...
6 Christian Organizations Making a Global Impact in 2025
Church Leaders
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July 7, 2025
In 2025, the world continues to face a mix of humanitarian crises, cultural tensions, and economic uncertainties. In the midst of these challenges, Christian organizations are stepping up with transformative efforts rooted in faith, compassion,...
Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent back to Prague
Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skula has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague
The Daily Record - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
How Humanitarian Aid Became a Weapon of War | Opinion
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
At its best, humanitarian aid is a lifeline—keeping civilians alive in war zones, famine-struck regions, and disaster zones. But what happens when that aid, instead of alleviating suffering, ends up prolonging it? Recent history shows that...
Tracking Clinical Competency Growth: A Longitudinal Study of Medical Students in a Multidisciplinary Emergency Department Internship Program
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Background Emergency medicine (EM) offers a distinctive and dynamic learning environment for undergraduate medical students, providing opportunities to gain hands-on experience in managing acute and often life-threatening conditions. In this...
Cyril Ramaphosa Urges UN Security Council Reform at BRICS Summit: 5 Critical Points for Global Peace
teleSUR
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AME8361. RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL), 11/17/2024.- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in the Global Citizen Now summit this Sunday at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ramaphosa highlighted the importance of...
Summer crop update
Great Bend Tribune - Kansas
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As of Tuesday, July 8, the drought monitor report indicates two-thirds of the state, the southern two-thirds, is out of drought conditions. Stafford, Pawnee, and Rice counties are totally out of dry conditions. Barton County is still abnormally...
As the world grows more unpredictable, Australia’s defence should be focused on people, not purchases
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
Australians have long taken some comfort in the protection afforded by geography and the tyranny of distance. It was an article of faith that Australia would have 10 years warning to prepare for any conflict, and that the nation the defence...
Rethinking Ethiopia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Comparative Analysis with Emerging Global Models
The Reporter Ethiopia
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July 5, 2025
This article explores Ethiopia’s bilateral investment treaties (BITs) through a comparative lens, drawing from analyses of treaties Ethiopia has signed with Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Finland, Sweden, China, and Egypt. These are contrasted with model...
Seeing Clearly—While Blind: Dangerous Deception & the Church
Patheos
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July 10, 2025
Image by jorgophotography from Pixabay Dear Jesus, I thank you that I am not like others. They may be deceived, but I thank you that I know the truth. They get their news from _____________, but I watch ___________ (the only fact-based news...
Prospects for peace and World Cup lift mood in DR Congo
Deutsche Welle
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July 10, 2025
These are busy times for football in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The women's team played in the African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for the first time since 2012 while the men are currently top of their qualification group for the 2026 World...
Promise and pressure of cost-competitive green hydrogen
ESI Africa
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July 9, 2025
The economic feasibility of exporting green hydrogen from Africa to Europe by 2030 is in question. The study Mapping the cost competitiveness of African green hydrogen imports to Europe provides some answers. As at December 2023, Africa’s green...
For the First Time in Africa: Egyptian Students Launch the “Health Diplomacy” Program
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Cairo has witnessed the launch of the first edition of the “Health Diplomacy for Medical Students” program. It is the first of its kind in Egypt and Africa. The initiative was organized under the auspices of the International Federation of Medical...
First Time in Africa: Egyptian Students Launch “Health Diplomacy” Program
News Diary Online
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July 9, 2025
Cairo has witnessed the launch of the first edition of the “Health Diplomacy for Medical Students” program. It is the first of its kind in Egypt and Africa. The initiative was organized under the auspices of the International Federation of Medical...
Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
Can India stop Pakistan’s river water — and will it spark a new war?
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
Islamabad, Pakistan – Seven decades ago, one of South Asia’s greatest fiction writers, Saadat Hasan Manto, published a short story set in a village in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The plot revolved around rumours of an Indian plan to “shut down”...
The Nubian Vault: Reviving Ancient Techniques for Modern Solutions
ArchDaily
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July 8, 2025
Colorful houses in Aswan showing vault construction. Image © Public Domain Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1031878/the-nubian-vault-reviving-ancient-techniques-for-modern-solutions The colorful...
Surrender or Adventure
Bella Caledonia
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July 9, 2025
SURRENDER OR ADVENTURE: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn. The future of Scotland, in relation to the Union, is either surrender or adventure. Why is this? Well, on current evidence the managers of the UK state – from herein known as...