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Three dead, many crew missing as Houthis sink Red Sea cargo ship
WAtoday
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July 10, 2025
The bulk carrier Eternity C pictured in 2019.Credit: APThe Houthis said they had rescued a number of the ship’s crew members, provided them with medical care and transported them to a safe location. The Eternity C was carrying grain to Somalia for...
Potential hike in air travel tax concerns ACI World
Airport World
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ACI World has expressed serious concerns regarding the decision by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Antigua & Barbuda to launch a coalition ahead of COP30 focused on introducing a new tax on air transport. The tax,...
Former Superman Dean Cain Says New Superman Movie Made This 1 Brutal Mistake
HuffPost
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July 11, 2025
Former Superman Dean Cain is taking aim at James Gunn’s interpretation of the character in the new film based on the eponymous DC superhero. In an interview this week, the conservative actor, who starred as the cape-wearing hero on “Lois & Clark:...
The care work of the courtroom: How women lawyers are fighting to keep immigrants safe
The 19th News
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July 10, 2025
At 4 a.m. on December 31, Jocelyn Cazares Willingham sat in her parents’ home in Los Angeles, working to finalize a request to release one of her clients from immigration detention, where he had been held since August. She understood that his...
ACI World raises concerns over proposed air travel tax
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality July 2025 157 ACI World expresses concern over France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Antigua & Barbuda's coalition proposal to introduce a new air transport tax. ACI World has expressed...
ACI World warns new aviation tax risks harming global connectivity
Travel Daily News
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July 9, 2025
ACI World opposes proposed air travel tax, warning it threatens connectivity, economic development, and aviation’s existing net-zero climate commitments. MONTREAL – ACI World has expressed serious concerns regarding the decision by France, Kenya,...
Ghetto Dances: 'Never get emotional in public or you risk losing your temper'
The Standard
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“Never get emotional in public or you risk losing your temper,” I was quite excited. The cold weather did nothing to dampen my spirits. For the past few days, there was a cold blizzard. If one had nothing to do, it was wise to stay indoors to...
Dean Cain Criticizes James Gunn’s Take on SUPERMAN as an “Immigrant,” and Thinks It Could Hurt the Box Office
GeekTyrant - California
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July 10, 2025
Dean Cain, who played Superman in the classic ‘90s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, is weighing in on James Gunn’s Superman, and let’s just say, he’s not thrilled about how political things are getting. In a recent interview...
Advocates renew concerns with Haitian children potentially becoming ‘stateless’
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The group says that led to children being held in “cage-like detention facilities or shipped off to untold destinations.” In Springfield, there are more than 1,200 American-born children of Haitian immigrants younger than 4, according to the Clark...
A breakdown of Trump’s TPS terminations and what they mean for New York
City & State New York
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July 9, 2025
Since he took office in January, President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security have revoked the Temporary Protected Status of immigrants from seven countries. The TPS program, which grants migrants from designated countries legal...
Ending Hunger In IGAD Countries: Moving from rhetoric to action
Independent (Uganda)
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July 6, 2025
Tororo Woman Sarah Opendi speaking a the Women Parliamentarians Dialogue on Gender Land and Climate Resilience coefrence hosted at the Parliament of Uganda PHOTO URN KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in the IGAD region, which include...
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...
Access a tool to manage mini-grid regulatory uncertainty in Africa
ESI Africa
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July 10, 2025
African model mini-grid regulations tool: Paving the path towards regulatory harmonisation. With 2030 looming, and main grids continuing to expand at a slow pace, more Africans require alternative energy sources. Mini-grids should therefore be a...
Are anti-corruption measures a pipe dream for African countries?
IOL
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African Anti-Corruption Day is observed on 11 July annually to commemorate the adoption of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combatting Corruption in 2003. Corruption remains a major obstacle to economic development and continues to...
Lessons in Finland’s Conscription Model
Small Wars Journal
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July 10, 2025
Finland is a country in Northern Europe that has excelled in both quality of life and military capability. Sharing one of the largest borders with a consistently hostile neighbor in Russia, Helsinki’s quality of life could not have been achieved...
Will Mauritania join the Abraham Accords with Israel?
The New Arab
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July 10, 2025
President Ghazouani is in Washington to attend a scaled-down US-Africa summit alongside leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Senegal. [Getty] Mauritania's ambassador to the United States has denied reports that President Mohamed Ould...
Trump’s New Favorite General
The Atlantic
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July 8, 2025
The moment was quickly overshadowed by other events—first an airline disaster in India, then the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran—but it was nevertheless noteworthy. On June 11, General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
Four people rescued from Red Sea nearly 48 hours after Houthis bombed cargo ship
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 10, 2025
The Eternity C – which was carrying grain to Somalia for the World Food Programme – was first hit on Monday with sea drones and rocket-propelled grenades fired from speed boats. Several people are believed to have been killed in the attacks,...
Global drought crisis deepens: Record heat and El Niño drive humanitarian disaster
Mail & Guardian
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July 7, 2025
Extracting water from a traditional well using a manual pulley system. (Abdallah Khalili / UNCCD) Some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have unfolded since 2023, a new UN-backed report has found. The analysis...
Ready, set, anticipate!
Food and Agriculture Organization
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When early warning flood alerts were triggered in Bangladesh, FAO, the government and other partners helped communities prepare and protect themselves ahead of peak flooding. © FAO/Fahad Kaizer 08/07/2025 Many disasters, whether man-made or...