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Worldwide Birth Rate Warning Issued for 2025
Newsweek
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July 4, 2025
This year will bring "another significant decline of the birth rate" for an "overwhelming number of countries," new analysis shows. Birth Gauge, an open-source database that aggregates global fertility and population trends, analyzed the number of...
The right to be happy
Daily Trust
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June 21, 2025
Given Nigeria’s national economic woes, at least in the past three decades, it’s been a long tale of lamentations by most citizens. The prohibitive prices of food items, high cost of transportation, unsteady power supply, failed roads, collapsed...
Jurors see footage of moment violence erupts at Manchester Airport as brothers stand trial
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
One of two brothers accused of attacking armed police in an angry confrontation at Manchester Airport was captured on CCTV headbutting a member of the public moments before the bust-up with the cops Violence erupted when the brothers were...
Scores Injured as Two Public Buses Collide in Southern Athens
Greek Reporter
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July 4, 2025
Initial information indicates that the driver of the second bus (one of the injured) reported that he felt unwell and was unable to brake. Credit: AMNA Dozens of passengers were injured, including at least four children, after two public buses...
How Every Team Can Win the 2025 Tour de France—Our Expert Dives Into the Details
Bicycling
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July 4, 2025
One of the things we love about the Tour de France–and Tour de France Femmes p/b Zwift–is that each race offers something for everyone. There are several “races within the races” that different teams might target depending on their budgets,...
How does Iceland contribute to NATO when it has no military?
ERR
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June 20, 2025
Thórlindur Kjartansson is Iceland's current deployment to Estonia (2024–2026), and like his colleagues in Latvia and Lithuania, his job is to contribute to strategic communications (stratcoms) and analysis of geopolitical developments. The ability...
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 7 July
Civil Service World
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July 4, 2025
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People UK government Cabinet Office: Sir Brian Leveson re-appointed as Investigatory Powers Commissioner for three years from 20 October. Ministry of Defence: UK...
Kazāks: freezing Ministers’ salaries is merely symbolic. Without painful reforms, we won’t survive
Baltic News Network
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June 19, 2025
Freezing the salaries of ministers and other top state officials would be a symbolic gesture, said Bank of Latvia President Mārtiņš Kazāks in an interview on Latvian Television’s Rīta panorāma (Morning Panorama) on Thursday. Commenting on Prime...
Lithuania shines at Karlovy Vary with world premieres and new projects
Cineuropa
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04/07/2025 - Vytautas Katkus’ Crystal Globe contender The Visitor leads the Baltic country’s contingent at the Czech festival The Visitor by Vytautas Katkus The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s premier...
Gorsuch’s Shameful Silence
TPM – Talking Points Memo
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June 21, 2025
Hello it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️ On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that an anti-trans health care law out of Tennessee does not qualify as sex discrimination, thus doesn’t trigger heightened legal scrutiny. The decision, United...
Beyond the HeadlinesDoes the easing of US sanctions on Syria come with strings attached?
The National News
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During a visit to the Gulf in May, US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement that he would lift sanctions on Syria. This week, he kept that promise. He signed an executive order on Monday to waive or review penalties, some of which...
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...
Stanley Fischer, economist and IMF crisis handler
The Times
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In the summer of 1998 the rouble lost more than two thirds of its value and Stanley Fischer surrendered a portion of his dignity. Fischer, an economic theorist turned financial-crisis firefighter, was second in command at the International...
Does the left punish corruption more than the right?
Ara
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July 4, 2025
BarcelonaA new case of (alleged) corruption has been shaking the Spanish government and the survival of the current legislature for days. The issues of the Koldo case The cases affecting José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, both former...
Esperanza Lake Resort reopens following extensive renovation
Sleeper
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June 19, 2025
Esperanza Lake Resort in Lithuania has reopened following a three-year renovation and redesign. First established 12 years ago, the resort has extended its footprint with an expanded 1,000m2 wellness centre, complemented by a private beach, 15...
What’s up with… Ooredoo, the FCC, IonQ
TelecomTV
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July 3, 2025
In today’s industry news roundup: Ooredoo launches sovereign AI services in Qatar, just a year after striking a deal with Nvidia; the FCC’s chairman Brendan Carr outlines the key points of his Build America Agenda; quantum technology vendor IonQ...
This is how international the future tastes: Anuga Drinks and Anuga Hot Beverages 2025 with clear growth dynamics and global reach headline
Food Business Gulf & Middle East
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July 3, 2025
Traditional breweries like Krombacher International celebrating comeback +++ Brand presence at record level +++ High level of internationality +++ Strong impulses for global beverage trends +++ Beauty drinks, organic coffee, plant-based diversity...
Ted Nolan learned early in life not to ever quit
Sault This Week
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Health Life 'If you want anything in life, you've got to work for it,' former NHL player and coach tells Sudbury audience Former National Hockey League player and coach Ted Nolan was the keynote speaker in National...
NMU Hockey announces 16 roster additions for 2025-26 season
My UP Now - Michigan
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MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) - After a challenging 2024-25 season, the NMU Hockey team is set to look a lot different in year two under head coach Dave Shyiak. Northern Michigan Athletics announced the additions of 16 new players to the team on...
Lviv Resident Nazariy Husakov Seeks Additional Support for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment
Mezha
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June 18, 2025
Nazariy Husakov, a 31-year-old resident of Lviv, firmly denies all accusations of fraud. He explains that he often purchased medicine unofficially to save money. According to him, the city council provides him with 28 vials of the drug per year,...