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New Vision Approved for Baghdad Metro Project Execution
Iraq Business News
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July 1, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has directed the completion of all procedural requirements for the Baghdad Metro project under a revised implementation framework. During a high-level meeting on Sunday with the Head of the Iraq...
Iraqi PM Confirms Progress on New Cities
Iraq Business News
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July 1, 2025
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has confirmed that six new cities have been 'awarded for execution', with three more pending, as part of a broader plan to develop 60 new urban centres across the country. Speaking at a...
The National Security Strategy the peacebuilding sector hoped for vs the one the UK delivered
Saferworld
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Blog 30 June 2025 Lewis Brooks There was much hope within the conflict prevention community and beyond that the new UK National Security Strategy (NSS) – published last week – could be a much more comprehensive response to the international...
BRICS leaders at Rio Summit condemn strikes on Iran, call for upholding international law
Memphis Sun - Tennessee
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New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): BRICS leaders convened in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit from July 6 to 7, where they strongly condemned recent military strikes on Iran and emphasised the need to uphold international law and nuclear...
European Union special representatives visit Ethiopia
New Business Ethiopia
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July 8, 2025
Annette Weber and João Cravinho, the European Union Special Representatives (EUSR) for the Horn of Africa and for the Sahel, respectively, visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week. During their visit on Monday they held high-level discussions with...
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PM Modi joins Brics leaders for family photo in Rio; calls for UN reform, zero tolerance on terror
Firstpost
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July 7, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined fellow Brics leaders, partner nations, and outreach invitees for the traditional family photo at the 17th Brics Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. #WATCH | Brazil: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian...
UN chief slams US-led aid retreat as poverty, hunger, debt spiral in Global South
Malay Mail
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June 30, 2025
SEVILLE, June 30 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference in Spain today at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of...
When war follows children to Chicago, we can’t look away
The Daily Northwestern - Illinois
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June 30, 2025
War doesn’t just destroy nations — it destroys our children. It tears through borders and bodies alike, shattering buildings and the very identities of those caught in its path. From Gaza to Ukraine, Yemen to Sudan, and now as tensions escalate...
New commander to lead elite forces in the Pacific
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 8, 2025
1/5 Swipe or click to see more LANCE CPL. JOHN HALL / U.S. MARINE CORPS / 2023 U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jeromy Williams, of U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific passed the baton to Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp, above, on Thursday. 2/5 Swipe or...
Libya talks coincide with migrant surge
Kathimerini
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July 8, 2025
[Makis Kartsonakis/Intime News] More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued in the waters south of Crete and near the island of Gavdos since the weekend, creating a humanitarian crisis as the island lacks organized accommodation facilities. The...
Complexities of introductions
The Cable
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July 8, 2025
BY OSENI OLUWATOBI I recently found myself among a group of young change-makers from Africa in a fellowship, and on average, we introduce ourselves to two new facilitators daily during our exchange program. At first, it was a chore, but it soon...
The World Bank’s alert on rapid growth of poverty in Nigeria
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 8, 2025
One of the cheerleader-organisations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms—The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme poverty in the country. The Bank warned that extreme poverty is...
Upstream Costs, Downstream Gains: Toward a Just Payment System for Ecosystem Services
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
The Blue Nile River, rising from the Ethiopian highlands, is a vital artery of water for the northeastern African region. Contributing nearly 85 percent of the Nile River’s total flow, the Blue Nile is indispensable to the livelihoods,...
At the Rio Summit, signs of BRICS in retreat – just when we need serious anti-imperial muscle
CADTM
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July 5, 2025
Vladimir Putin had hosted 2024’s summit in Kazan, Russia in late-October. In most other years, the dates have been in the busy September-November period, allowing many pre-meetings to set the stage for a more meaningful heads-of-state meeting....
Travel ban risks US relations with Africa
China Daily
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The United States' renewed travel restrictions on many African countries could have far-reaching consequences beyond diplomatic tension, economic experts warn, posing a risk to the region's development by disrupting remittances, trade flows and...
Iraq Mourns Former NIC Chairman Dr. Sami al-Araji
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC), led by Dr. Haider Mohammed Makiya, has expressed deep sorrow at the passing of Dr. Sami Raouf al-Araji, the former Chairman of the Commission. In an official statement, the NIC extended its...
Tea exports dropped by almost 5 million kilos in April
The Standard
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Tea farmers collect fertilizers distributed by Kenya Tea Development Authority(KTDA) at Nyambaria Tea Buying Center in Nyamira County. (Sammy Omingo, Standard) Tea exports declined by almost five million kilos in April from 37.9 million recorded...
Liberté, Égalité, Colonisé
Africa is a country
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The empire France never gave up. Fifteen years after the mass protest decade began, the question remains: what happens when the crisis endures? Recipes for the cookshops of anti-neoliberalism. Sudan’s revolution removed a dictator but left intact...
Business News | Devbhoomi Rashtriya Ratan Puraskar - 2025
Latestly
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July 7, 2025
VMPL New Delhi [India], July 7: The Devbhoomi Rashtriya Ratan Puraskar - 2025 was celebrated with great splendour on 5th July 2025 at the Institution of Engineers (India), Uttarakhand State Centre, Dehradun, to honour exemplary individuals from...
UNDP reaffirms partnership as Adnan Cheema assumes role as Resident Representative in Maldives
Maldives Voice
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The newly appointed Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to the Maldives, Adnan Cheema, formally presented his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdulla Khaleel, during a meeting held at the...