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How Des Moines' sister cities work as it cuts relationship with France
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Des Moines has paused its sister city relationship with Saint-Étienne, France, due to lack of communication. The city maintains active partnerships with Kofu, Japan; Shijiazhuang, China; and Pristina, Kosovo. The sister cities program aims to...
Protesters outside the US House make a last stand against the GOP megabill
North Dakota Monitor
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON — Protesters demonstrated against the “big beautiful bill” outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as House Republicans whipped votes to get the bill across the finish line and to President Donald Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July Fourth...
Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month
Church Times
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June 27, 2025
THE General Synod’s Business Committee has “laid on a very busy group of sessions” for July, the Synod’s secretary-general, William Nye, said on Thursday, as the full agenda was published. Clergy pay, the governance of the House of Bishops, and...
US warned Modi of Pakistan’s massive attack on May 9 night : Jaishankar
ARY News
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON: Indian External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has revealed that the Trump administration had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a massive attack by Pakistan if India did not agree to certain conditions, according to...
Q&A: Sebastian Junger Worries War Journalism Is Less Safe and Viable Than Ever
Columbia Journalism Review
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Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In April of 2011, the photojournalist Tim Hetherington was on assignment in the Libyan city of Misrata when he was struck in the groin by shrapnel. Hetherington and another photojournalist,...
Bombing for peace: Who won, who lost in the Iran-Israel war
The Week
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Bombing for Peace, a contradiction in terms, was a NATO concept, practised at the turn of the last century to deal with recalcitrant Serb forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 and Yugoslavia in 1999 for their human rights' violations in Bosnia and...
European Parliament Set to Remove Macedonian Identity and Language from North Macedonia Report?
Novinite
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The three largest political groups in the European Parliament - EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe - have allegedly reached an agreement to remove references to Macedonian identity and language from the draft report on North Macedonia, BGNES reports. This...
The Navy’s Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for China and Russia
19FortyFive
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July 2, 2025
Key Points and Summary on Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The US Navy’s Ford-class supercarriers, the largest warships ever built, represent a massive investment in American power projection but are plagued by problems. -With a unit cost of nearly...
Serbia's FM And Czech Envoy Talk EU Integration Steps (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić held talks with the Special Envoy of the Czech Republic for the Western Balkans, Edita Hrdá, about the current situation in...
Geopolitical risk in the euro area
VoxEU
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Geopolitical risk is on the rise worldwide, playing a critical role in shaping macroeconomic and financial developments, including output, inflation, and financial stability (e.g. Attinasi and Mancini (2025), Coibion et al. (2025), D’Orazio et al....
The fascinating history of how residents named informal settlements in Nairobi
The Standard
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Kibera slum in Nairobi. [File, Standard] In Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, it is estimated that over 70 per cent of the population live in informal settlements. Many of these have a history rooted in colonial policies whereby the “African native”...
Merz vs Tusk vs Weber
EurActiv
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July 2, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta, in Brussels. We welcome feedback and tips here. You can sign up here. Donald Trump posted overnight that Israel has “agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE,...
The founder of ‘Art of Living’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally respected spiritual leader
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 1, 2025
Due to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s self-development programmes, millions of people around the globe are experiencing stress relief, peace and good health. These programmes, though based on ancient yoga techniques, aredevelopedas per current...
H-Hour: Russia’s War Against Europe
EUToday
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July 1, 2025
4Last year, during a working-level exchange with officials from NATO Headquarters, I received a response to an assertion found in one of the Centre for “XXI Strategy”’s studies—something that might seem self-evident in the eleventh year of...
Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals
The Independent
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June 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Browns announce new hires and promotions to the football staff
Detroit Star - Michigan
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The Browns added eight new hires and made seven promotions ClevelandBrowns.com BEREA, Ohio The Cleveland Browns have made eight new hires and seven promotions to the football staff. New Hires: James Cook Senior Director of Player Development:Cook...
Balkan Investigative Reporting Highlights: 20 Stories from 20 Years
Balkan Insight
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July 2, 2025
From 2005 onwards, BIRN has expanded its work across more than 17 countries, building a network of reporters, editors, researchers and media partners. BIRN journalists have uncovered cross-border criminal networks, tracked disinformation...
Anti-government Protests Continue In Serbia
Charter 97
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Photo: REUTERS Protesters build barricades and block transportation. Anti-government protests continued in Serbia - protesters spontaneously blocked roads in Belgrade, Nis, Cacak and other cities of the country. This is reported by state...
Making a Difference: How BIRN Nurtured Independent Journalism in the Balkans
Balkan Insight
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July 1, 2025
One of BIRN’s landmark programmes is the Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, which aims to nurture high-quality journalism across a region spanning 14 countries, from Poland and the Czech Republic to Greece and Romania. The Fellowship has been...
Hitachi Energy: Game-changing solutions for a sustainable energy future
Balkan Green Energy News
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June 25, 2025
Multinational company Hitachi Energy, a silver sponsor of the BEF 2025 conference, is present in the Southeast Europe region through its Balkan Cluster, which covers seven markets – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo*,...