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Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa...
Modern Ghana
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A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...
Filipino reggae singer Elias J TV to launch first US tour in September
The Manila Times
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July 2, 2025
Filipino reggae singer Elias Gabonada Lintucan Jr., known professionally as Elias J TV, will launch his first US tour this September, spotlighting reggae across Filipino-American communities and music fans nationwide. The tour, which has been...
New Study Reveals Major Progress and Ongoing Gaps in Global Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays
Newswise
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July 3, 2025
Download Photo Download Infographic Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (July 3, 2025) – A new global study led by Florida International University (FIU), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and partners reveals strong conservation progress in...
What Abidjan’s SICA Market Said About the Future for African Film, TV
Variety
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July 4, 2025
The third edition of the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA) wrapped last week, bringing together creators, government officials, and industry stakeholders from across the continent and beyond for a content market that blended...
VAALCO Energy Scales Up African Operations, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Platinum Partner
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 4, 2025/APO Group/ -- U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has begun refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast. The modernization is...
A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries
Mail & Guardian
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July 4, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year. (X) A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz,...
Filipino reggae artist Elias J TV to hold first U.S. tour in September
Manila Standard
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July 4, 2025
Filipino reggae artist Elias J TV will launch his first U.S. tour in September, with stops in Hawaii, California, and Texas. The tour will open in Waikoloa and Maui, followed by shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Redwood City, San Diego, and...
Greece: Political and social timeline from 2015 to 2025 (Part 12)
CADTM
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July 4, 2025
2015: From Hope in Syriza to Surrender • 25 January 2015: Electoral victory of the radical left coalition (Syriza). • 27 January 2015: start of the Syriza-Anel government • 30 January 2015: the press conference given by Yanis Varoufakis (Minister...
Moscow University Appoints African Students as Russia-Africa Ambassadors
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
Lomonosov Moscow State University has named 11 African students as goodwill ambassadors for its Russia-Africa Club following a congress on June 29, 2025. The appointees from Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, DR Congo, Guinea, Chad, and Gabon were selected...
African Fish Workers Excluded From International Trade Deals: Report
Inter Press Service
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July 3, 2025
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Food Systems, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade &...
Study reveals surge in illegal arachnid trade via Facebook in Philippines
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
New research by wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC reveals a thriving online trade in live tarantulas and scorpions in the Philippines, with more than 16,000 arachnids found offered for sale on Facebook in 2020 and 2022. Most traded species are...
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...
New Goodwill Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University
GNN Liberia
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July 2, 2025
On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
Trump to Host Five African Presidents in Push for New Trade Deals
Switch TV
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump is set to welcome five African heads of state to the White House next week for talks focused on business, trade, and what his administration is calling “commercial opportunities.” Leaders from Gabon,...
Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security...
Texas politicians lead effort to study a psychedelic drug. What is ibogaine?
AOL
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A once obscure traditional psychedelic plant from Africa has made headlines recently as Texas pushes for more research and a prominent Republican wrote a vigorous endorsement of its possible use for the treatment of addiction and for veterans...
Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa is affected
The Conversation
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July 2, 2025
A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
Scientific American
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July 1, 2025
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote...
EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa
Coingeek
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July 1, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa As the global digital economy skyrockets, more governments are stepping up digital transformation efforts to transition into the new era. In the Caribbean,...
EditorialConfusion over damage to Iran's nuclear sites bodes ill for talks
The National News
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On June 22, the US sent seven stealth bombers, backed by fighter jets and submarines firing cruise missiles, to target three Iranian nuclear facilities. The operation came off the back of a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian...