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Coaches, family mourn loss of Omaha basketball's Deng Mayar: 'He could light up a room'
Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska
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In a blink, some of Tim Gardner’s favorite memories became too heavy to hold. “This will be my 33rd year of coaching college athletics. I’ve never had to do this before,” Omaha coach Chris Crutchfield said of Deng Mayar's detah. “I can’t describe...
African Parks – Badingilo National Park Headquarters Design Competition
Bustler
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August 20, 2025
African Parks, in partnership with the Government of South Sudan; Ministry of Wildilfe Conservation & Tourism (MWCT) , manages Badingilo National Park as part of its mission to restore and protect Africa’s natural heritage. Covering over 10,000...
Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why (Opinion)
Daily Camera - Colorado
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August 24, 2025
Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That’s roughly equivalent to the entire population of the European Union, and the number has...
Bits n pieces
The Western News - Montana
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August 29, 2025
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: According to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post, Trump and people at the Pentagon are considering creating a full-time “Domestic...
US appeals court rules most of Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal – as it happened
The Guardian
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August 30, 2025
Federal appeals court rules that most of Trump's tariffs are illegalA US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are illegal, upholding a ruling from the federal court of international trade that the president’s...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay
Military.com
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August 21, 2025
As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday documents Washington has more extensive ties than previously known to migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the...
Steak nights, smashing plates and slaying giants. The DNA of a soccer fairytale
The Age
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August 29, 2025
Despite successes of the past – fielding seven Socceroos during the early 1980s and winning the National Soccer League Top 4 finals series in 1980 – they are currently the David in the battle against Goliath, a semi-professional team that, in true...
There was no 'Hamas camera' - just complicit media enabling Israel's genocide
Middle East Eye
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August 28, 2025
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told a meeting of the House of Common foreign affairs committee last November that he could not verify his claim of widespread looting in Gaza, as there were “no journalists” in the territory. Lammy meant no...
Uganda: Backlash over US migrant deal
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 28, 2025
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee...
Opinion| The Legacy of James Magok: A clean term at SSBC comes to an end
Radio Tamazuj
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August 20, 2025
On 14 August, 2025, the immediate former managing director of South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), James Magok Chilimchok was removed and replaced with John Madol Panther in a presidential decree read on SSBC. Unlike other presidential...
BTI 28 – Transcript
The Diplomat
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August 26, 2025
BTI 28 – After the Revolution: Bangladesh’s Long Road to Democracy August 5th, 2025 Host: Tushar Shetty Panelists: Dr. Mubashar Hasan – Adjunct researcher at the Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI) at Western Sydney...
Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country is facing backlash over US migrant deal
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee population. “The whole...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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Jonathan Cook – How western media helped turn Israel’s genocide into ‘fake news’
Brave New Europe
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August 27, 2025
Israel’s intent to annihilate Gaza would have been clear much sooner had we listened to Palestinian journalists, rather than the evasions and equivocations of the BBC Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
Tackling climate change with Locally Led Adaptations
MyJoyOnline
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August 28, 2025
“What do we do? How do we survive? How do we avoid burning out?” These are the questions troubling thousands of communities living under the harsh realities of climate change. From scorching dry weather, rising sea levels, poor crop yields, and...
The right wing case for Israel scepticism
The Critic
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August 27, 2025
Britain’s national interest is not code for uncritical support of Benjamin Netanyahu What is the first and chief principle of British foreign policy? It must, surely, be that of British interests; after all, as Palmerston argued, England has no...
Egypt, Nigeria Lead Africa’s Remittance Inflows With $95 Billion, Report Says
Arise News
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August 28, 2025
Nigeria trailed Egypt in terms of foreign remittance to the African continent which hit $95 billion in 2024, a new report by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a Pretoria, South Africa-based organisation has stated. According to the report,...
AP News Summary at 7:29 a.m. EDT
The Porterville Recorder - California
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Hundreds honor 2 children killed and 17 people wounded in shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Just hours after a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, hundreds were crowding...
AP News Summary at 6:47 a.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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August 28, 2025
Hundreds honor 2 children killed and 17 people wounded in shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Just hours after a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, hundreds were crowding...
Report: At $95bn, Egypt, Nigeria Account for Largest Shares of Africa’s Remittance Inflows
This Day
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August 28, 2025
•ISS wants estimates included in national poverty alleviation strategies •Seeks lowering of transfer costs, formalisation of remittance channels Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria trailed Egypt in terms of foreign remittance to the African continent...