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What Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats Mean for Fashion
The Business of Fashion
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July 9, 2025
The Trump administration’s game of tariff red-light, green-light isn’t over yet. On Monday, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order once again pushing back duties scheduled to go into effect on Wednesday until Aug. 1. The move gives...
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,...
U.S. Border to Reopen to Mexican Cattle
Northern Ag Network
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July 2, 2025
Progress has been made in critical areas of Mexico following the border closing due to the northern spread of New World screwworm (NWS). That led U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to announce on Monday a risk-based port reopening for...
US review makes the AUKUS deal look more like a lemon than a bargain
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 10, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size I still fail to understand why the Australian government remains committed to spending...
Vulgarity of Money
Dissident Voice
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July 10, 2025
Several times, the question arose of whether Menachem Begin saw any comparison between the struggle of the Palestinians and the Jews’ War of Independence. Once, Mike Wallace, the well-known American interviewer asked him directly, “Mr. Prime...
New World Screwworm getting closer to U.S.
KOLD News 13 - Arizona
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July 12, 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A flesh-eating parasite is getting closer to our southern border, and ports will now remain closed to Mexican cattle and horses. The New World Screwworm has been detected less than 400 miles south of the Texas-Mexico...
United as one: Fans of Mexico’s national soccer team take over State Farm Stadium
Cronkite News - Arizona
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July 1, 2025
Team Mexico fans cheer at the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal match between Mexico and Saudi Arabia at State Farm Stadium Saturday in Glendale. (Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images) GLENDALE – Fans filled the red seats of State Farm Stadium full...
The Dark Side of Ecotourism
CounterPunch
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July 10, 2025
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Ecotourism is often hailed as a sustainable alternative to traditional travel—an opportunity to explore unique environments while supporting local communities and conservation...
Silver and blue economies gaining ground in coloured economy
Jamaica Observer
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July 9, 2025
The silver economy, which centers on the needs and contributions of older citizens, is becoming increasingly relevant as Jamaica’s population ages. By 2025, data from the Ministry of Health and Wellness suggest that approximately 17 per cent of...
Customs seizes 150kg of cocaine bricks in Tauranga
SunLive
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July 1, 2025
Cocaine worth an estimated $58.2 million has been found at the Port of Tauranga in a shipping container from Jamaica. Customs officers based at the port seized an estimated 150kg of the Class A drug from a container destined for New Zealand. The...
SCAD Takes Cannes: IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking
IndieWire
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July 1, 2025
The Savannah College of Art and Design is the university launchpad for a career in film and television. The opportunities for actual professional experience SCAD offers are second to none. From film sets to casting offices to production and...
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U.S. Plans to Drop Millions of Flies from the Sky to Prevent Spread of Flesh-Eating 'Man-Eater' Maggots
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, wildlife, and humans, with projected losses topping $100 billion A $29.5 million multi-agency plan includes...
Covenant Names Cummings Assistant Director Of Athletics For Compliance And Operations
The Chattanoogan - Tennessee
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July 12, 2025
Covenant Director of Athletics, John Hirte, has announced Cordaro Cummings as Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance and Operations. The appointment marks a significant addition to the athletic department's leadership team as it seeks to...
Merck Faces Pressure Over Global Tax Practices
Fair Observer
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July 12, 2025
Big pharma competes bitterly with the tech giants for the title of the most dodgy corporate sector in the world. Given this battle, it is astonishing that, on May 27, 2025, nearly one-quarter of shareholders at Merck & Co. (MRK, known outside of...
Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes
Firstpost
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July 11, 2025
Picture this: Hundreds of millions of flies being dropped from planes. It sounds incredulous — almost like something from a horror movie. But, in fact, the US government actually plans on breeding flies and then dropping them from aircraft in...
Why US plans to drop millions of flies from planes
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
It may sound bizarre, even like a horror movie — but US officials are preparing to fight a flesh-eating pest by releasing hundreds of millions of sterilised flies from aircraft. The target? The New World screwworm, a parasitic larva that has been...
Trump tax bill sends new icebreaker fleet into…
USA Today - Virginia
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Climate change is opening up a new front in the ongoing cold war between the United States and China, and President Donald Trump is gearing up with new icebreakers to help patrol the Northwest Passage connecting Alaska to Greenland. Contained in...
Lee Ramon Wilson
Columbia Star - South Carolina
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July 10, 2025
Lee Ramon Wilson, 92, of Columbia, died on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Born on March 22, 1933, in Rutland, Vermont, he was the son of the late Earl “Roxie” D. Wilson and Marie Snyder Wilson. Lee is survived by his wife of nearly 38 years, Suzette...
Spanglish Entertainment Announces Inaugural Spanglish Party Cruise: A Celebration of Music and Culture
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla., July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to set sail on an unforgettable journey of music, culture, and community! Spanglish Entertainment is thrilled to announce its First Annual Spanglish Party Cruise aboard the Carnival...
USDA to resume livestock imports from Mexico after screwworm fears
United Press International (UPI)
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture in May suspended the transport of live cattle and other livestock from Mexico to stop the spread of the New World screwworm. The agency plans a phased-in reopening starting Monday. File Photo by Juan Manuel...