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From Sex Clubs to Castles, Latex to Upcycling, Berlin Fashion Week Had Something for Everyone
WWD - New York
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July 6, 2025
BERLIN — There was something for everyone at this season’s four-day iteration of Berlin Fashion Week, which ended last Thursday. The offerings included ingenious ideas by recent graduates in specially curated shows; slick, smart presentations by...
Trinidad and Tobago nationals to pay an extra US$250 for US visa
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 8, 2025
News Sean Douglas 11 Minutes Ago The US Embassy in Port of Spain. FILE PHOTO - TT nationals, along with other "aliens" under US immigration law, will soon have to pay an extra US$250 (roughly $1,750) on top of their visa fee of US$185, to enter...
NYC Shows You Can’t Import The Third World Without Importing Its Failed Politics
The Federalist
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June 25, 2025
On Tuesday night, election results showed that voters in New York City had selected Uganda-born, self-proclaimed socialist Zohran Mandami as the Democrat candidate for New York City mayor. If Mandami’s win tells us anything, it’s that immigration...
Challenges to Accessing and Utilizing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services in Rwanda
Dove Medical Press
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Adolescents, defined according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations, are individuals aged between 10 and 19 years.1 It is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, marked by significant and rapid...
Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
In the tiny South Pacific nation of just over 10,000 people, one in three citizens has already entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Tuvalu is classified as being extremely...
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case in Karnataka: ED attaches Rs 34 crore worth of properties in Bengaluru and Tumkur
Organiser Weekly
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Bengaluru: In a major development in the high-profile gold smuggling case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 34.12 crore belonging to accused Ranya Rao and her associates in Bengaluru and...
Algeria Deepens Trade Ties With Other African Countries As It Gears Up For Africa's Biggest Marketplace
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Algeria is working towards increasing its share of trade with other African countries by tapping into opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In a keynote address during the Algeria...
NABJ Not Inviting Trump to Convention
Journal-isms
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July 9, 2025
White House Spokesman Responds With Vitriol ICE Defies Judge, Denies Reporter Bail Davidson Says Killing That Column Was Last Straw Media Outline Negative Effects of ‘Beautiful Bill’ Too Much Made of N.Y. Mayoral Hopeful’s Racial ID? Texas Floods...
US government explains inclusion of Ghana on 36 country visa ban
Ghana Business News
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June 26, 2025
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa – Minister of Foreign Affairs The United States authorities have given in detail reasons for including Ghana on a list of additional 36 countries banned from travelling to the US. A report by the Washington Post citing an...
KCB Bank champions East and Central Africa growth and sector innovation
Independent (Uganda)
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June 25, 2025
Panelists at the FY 2025_26 budget Dialogue KCB Bank’s Dennis Damba outlines the bank’s strategic focus areas at FY2025/26 Budget to Business Post High Level Budget Dialogue Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Bank has reaffirmed its...
Ashadhi Bij: Kutchi new year heralds monsoon, tradition, & global recognition as PM Modi salutes community’s spirit
Organiser Weekly
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Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year celebrated on the second day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu month of Ashadha, is far more than just a date on a regional calendar. For the people of Kutch in Gujarat, it is the lifeline of...
Open letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 9, 2025
An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes first Dear President Hichilema, Yesterday, I received the message below from someone who appears to be a...
The Gambia 2026: A nation’s reckoning, a Republic reborn (Part 2)
The Standard Gambia
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - By Dr Lamin K Janneh V. Institutional collapse: governance as ritual, not reality Institutions in The Gambia have become sacred in name but hollow in function. Public service is no longer a mission; it is a mechanism for resource...
River frog scales new heights on Tanzania's Kilimanjaro in r...
Modern Ghana
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Local guides in Tanzania have made an unexpected discovery on the icy heights of Kilimanjaro – a river frog spotted at over 4,000 metres altitude. While its spectacular leap to Africa's highest mountain reveals the potential of the continent's...
‘The 30KPH regulation is international best practice’
Independent (Uganda)
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June 24, 2025
INTERVIEW | Following the heated public debate after the Traffic Police began implementing the 30KPH regulation complete with hefty fines for speed limit offenders and, their eventual suspension for review, Sam Bambanza, the Executive Director,...
Akon’s £5 billion Senegal city plans scrapped
DJ Mag
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July 8, 2025
Plans for Akon's £5 billion Senegal city have been scrapped after seven years. The proposed city named after Senegalese-American pop star, real name Alioune Badara Thiam, will not come to fruition at the 800-hectare site in Mbodiène, 100km south...
BRICS 17th Summit Condemns Tariffs and Unilateralism
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Gathering held in the South American state of Brazil where the alliance representing more than half of the world’s population gathered to discuss the present crisis and the future Geopolitical Analysis United States President Donald Trump has...
Anti-woke activist applauds his ‘friends’ at the New York Times for Zohran Mamdani college application ‘scoop’
The Independent
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July 7, 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...
GOP Plans to Tie Dems to Zohran Mamdani
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
Republicans looking to next year’s midterms plan to use self-proclaimed Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani as a major talking point in competitive House and Senate races. State Assemblyman Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda, is the likely...
A New Dawn for Women’s Football Begins at WAFCON 2025
News Central TV
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July 7, 2025
WAFCON 2025 thrills with a 45% prize money increase, surging attendance at federation games, and bold investments. These are signs of a system boldly backing women’s football. As infrastructure, visibility, and support gain ground, African women’s...