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Somali Civil Aviation Authority implements MTG-based monitoring and forecasting system
Meteorological Technology International
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July 3, 2025
The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has implemented a new weather monitoring and forecasting system based on a Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite to bolster its meteorological capabilities and improve the safety of its civil aviation...
Economic and human toll of droughts increasing exponentially, UN warns
Edie
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July 3, 2025
Pictured: The Ter river, Spain, run dry in Spring 2023. Report co-author and director of the US National Drought Mitigation Centre, Dr Mark Svoboda, said of the 2023-2025 period: “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe,...
Sisters at Francestown Community Market are part of collective for refugee farmers
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - New Hampshire
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August 7, 2025
Every Friday at the Francestown Community Market, sisters Nasteho and Shamsa Mohamed will be selling produce grown by their parents, Khamis and Khadija. “Our mom is the real gardener,” Nasteho said at a recent market. “She does the down-and-dirty...
From conflict zones to Icelandic calm: A Canadian diplomat’s unusual path
Winnipeg Sun
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July 8, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Published Jul 08, 2025 • Last updated 19 minutes ago • 3 minute read Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill, is pictured in Reykjavik with her dog Pongo. Originally from Salt Spring Island, B.C., Hill has...
Alliance of 8 countries promotes tax on wealthy airline passengers
Tornos News
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July 2, 2025
A new international alliance of eight countries has announced an initiative to impose a tax on wealthy airline passengers, with the aim of financing climate adaptation in the most vulnerable countries. The announcement was made by the French...
Planting hope and achievement in some of Africa’s most hostile refugee camps
New African Magazine
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June 25, 2025
An inspired programme set up in the teeming refugee camps in north Kenya is working with the youth and local communities to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change while acquiring invaluable lifestyle skills. Bamuturaki Musinguzi was...
Ham Reports Progress Against al-Shabab in Africa
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 08.21.2012 Courtesy Story Calling the elimination of safe havens and support for terrorist groups in Africa his top priority, the commander of U.S. Africa Command reported that U.S. support for Somalia’s military has had...
Droughts Worldwide Push Millions Towards Starvation
Political Wire
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July 3, 2025
“Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown,” The Guardian reports. “More than 90 million people in eastern and...
Militarized Border Patrol Storms Los Angeles Park, Gets B-Roll For Kristi Noem's OnlyFans
Wonkette - Michigan
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July 8, 2025
“Echo One to base, we now have operational control of the manhole cover on Alvarado.” Video still from Bluesky. There is much to say about Monday’s Border Patrol audition in Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park for Call of Duty 9: War Boner! (And Editrix...
Army expands combat patch approval for soldiers in Africa, Middle East
Military Times
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July 8, 2025
Soldiers who deployed to 14 countries in Africa and the Middle East between October 2023 and June 2025 are now authorized to wear combat patches, according to a policy released last week. The policy covers soldiers assigned or attached to units...
Spain and France go after mega-rich in huge changes to air travel rules
The Mirror
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July 2, 2025
France and Spain are among a group of countries that have pledged to tax premium flying and private jets. In a bid to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development, the European nations along with Kenya and Barbados have committed to...
Recent droughts are silent killers say global experts
Gulf Daily News Online
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From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Describing drought as a ‘silent killer’ which ‘creeps in, drains...
Watch: Children carry 15-foot Indian rock python bare-handed, parade it for 3 km in UP village
The Indian Express
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July 8, 2025
A video of a group of children parading a 15-foot Indian rock python in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr has caught the Internet’s attention. According to a report in NDTV, onlookers did not inform the local authorities or the forest department after...
A&B and Barbados join international aviation solidarity coalition
The Antigua Observer
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July 2, 2025
- Advertisement - Antigua and Barbuda has joined seven other countries in launching a new international coalition to tax premium airline passengers and private jets as part of efforts to raise funds for climate action and development. The aviation...
Why Are Immigrants From Tropical Countries Coming to This Arctic Outpost?
Reason Magazine
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July 8, 2025
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. On Saturday night, I had Indian food at a mosque potluck. The next day, I went to an African church service full of gospel music. In between, I went to a...
Matawalle Urges Military to Embrace Innovation, Strategic Foresight In tackling Insecurity
Arise News
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July 2, 2025
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has urged military authorities to shift their mindset to embrace innovation, sustainability, and strategic foresight in tackling emerging security threats in the country, as well as addressing...
Concerns grow over future funding for Wyoming historic preservation
Public News Service
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The Wyoming Historic Preservation Office is a state office born from the National Historic Preservation Act, a federal law. After a three-month delay, the Trump administration released 2025 funds to state historic preservation offices last week,...
FfD4 Seville: Tax on private jets proposed for premium flyers at UN’s development finance conference
Down to Earth
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A group of countries has called for new taxes on premium air travel, including private jets and business-class tickets, as part of efforts to fund climate action and sustainable development. The taxes were proposed at the Fourth International...
Forbes: Russia Has Shown Critical Weakness In The War
Charter 97
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3 Photo: Getty Images Moscow is incapable of winning on its own. North Korea's involvement in the war in Ukraine is becoming more prominent, and this support shows just how weak Russia really is. Professor Natasha Lindstedt of the University of...
Active monsoon conditions to continue in most part of the country during next 6-7 days: IMD
Mint
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July 2, 2025
New Delhi: Flash floods are likely in some districts of Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura in the next 24 hours, the weather office warned on Wednesday. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), surface runoff and inundation may...