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Photos, videos from America250 rally in Des Moines, Iowa
KCCI 8 - Iowa
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July 4, 2025
Photos, videos from America250 rally in Des Moines, Iowa What *** crowd. Well, I just want to say *** very special hello to Iowa. We have had *** good time. We won so much here we didn't know what to do. There was so much winning here, but we love...
TRUMP-MENTUM: From Iran To Big, Beautiful Bill, Prez Scores Landmark Victories In Past Two Weeks
Daily Wire
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump has scored some of the biggest wins of his administration in the past two weeks to be capped with what may be his signature legislative win of his second term. Congress passed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on Thursday,...
'As civilians languish in misery, political elites grow fat with impunity': Pope slams use of hunger as weapon of war
LBC
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2 July 2025, 20:03 | Updated: 2 July 2025, 20:07 Pope Leo XIV has condemned the use of hunger as weapon of war. Picture: Getty Pope Leo has condemned the use of hunger as a weapon of war in a damning message. Listen to this article On Wednesday,...
A Highway Of Tears: Ghana’s Road Safety Crisis Demands Actio...
Modern Ghana
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The Accra-Kumasi Highway near Oframase became a graveyard once again. A horrific collision claimed several lives, leaving behind shattered families and a nation grappling with grief. This was no isolated tragedy—it was the latest chapter in...
Could Africa’s Forever War Finally End?
Foreign Affairs
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June 17, 2025
President Donald Trump’s second-term attempts at brokering peace in Gaza and Ukraine have gained little traction. But there is one place where the United States’ involvement might yet help bring peace: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where...
Border crisis deepens as over 1,000 migrants cross Channel in just 48 hours despite France upping patrols
The U.S. Sun
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June 22, 2025
MORE than 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats in just 48 hours. They arrived in 15 dinghies — despite French police ramping up beach patrols and deploying tear-gas to deter launches. 2 More than 1,000 migrants have crossed the...
It is China that has won the ‘Cold War’ in the Middle East
Middle East Monitor
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July 3, 2025
The latest illegal bombing of Iran by the United States could mean many things for the world if seen through the lense of the ongoing struggle to rebalance global power relations. Obviously in the bigger scheme of things, the US cares little about...
Kenya para volleyball coach Juma fired up ahead of Nairobi African Champs
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 3, 2025
Kenya is all set to host the 2025 Para Volley Africa Championship starting this Saturday at the Kasarani Indoor Arena, with over ten countries expected to take part. The tournament offers a ticket to the global stage, as the top two teams will...
Vile ‘people smuggler’ herds migrants onto small boat with a stick as packed dinghy evades French cops AGAIN
The Sun
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July 2, 2025
A SUSPECTED people smuggler was spotted using a stick to herd migrants as more small boats made the perilous journey across the Channel this morning. Shocking pictures showed the man appearing to shepherd the group as they frantically waded into...
Time for the Nobel Prize: Trump to Add to Growing List of Peace Negotiations with Gaza Cease-Fire
The Western Journal
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July 2, 2025
President Donald Trump is on a winning streak when it comes to negotiating peace deals, and he may be able to add another soon. In a Monday post on Truth Social, he wrote, “My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis...
Kevin Okoth: The Pessimist’s Optimist
London Review of Books
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July 10, 2025
Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony, first published in French in 2000, changed the direction of postcolonial studies. Since then, he has gained a loyal readership across the political spectrum (his admirers include Emmanuel Macron and Judith...
Africa, the benign second class capitalist denialist
Windhoek Observer
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Kae Matundu Tjiparuro With the world on the brink of the Third World War (WWIII), African political leaders were meeting in the Angolan capital of Luanda. Presumably to find and foster business links with business people from the United States of...
Proposed surcharge at National Parks could generate millions
The Missoula Current - Montana
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July 2, 2025
Micah Drew (Daily Montanan) With many national parks facing huge backlogs of deferred maintenance — Yellowstone National Park alone is estimated to have more than $1 billion — the federal government is proposing a new fee on foreign visitors to...
Asylum hotels outrage as taxpayers owed more than £50m
Daily Express
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June 21, 2025
The Home Office is failing to collect more than £50million owed to taxpayers by firms making massive profits by providing hotels and accommodation for more than 32,000 asylum seekers. It could take until April 2026 for the money to be paid - even...
PAPSSCARD: Africa Takes a Bold Step Toward Financial Freedom
TechEconomy
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July 1, 2025
Advertisements It began not with a transaction, but with a vision: a continent no longer at the mercy of foreign payment rails, a people connected by purpose and empowered by progress. That vision came to life in Abuja, as Africa launched its very...
Inept French cops given £500m of YOUR cash for planes, quad bikes & drones STILL fail to stop migrant boats
The Sun
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July 1, 2025
FRENCH cops paraded around in a buggy paid for by the UK — as dinghy migrants set sail. On yet another shambolic day, the number of arrivals here hit a record 20,000 since the start of 2025. 7 French cops parading around in buggies paid for by the...
Africa Launches PAPSSCARD
Business Ghana
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Africa has marked a significant step towards financial independence following the launch of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Unveiled on June 27 at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria, the new card...
Ugandan student chosen to learn from world-class innovators at Silicon Valley
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan student Hakim Nakaana Kakooza was among 14 students from the African Leadership University (ALU) who participated in the fourth annual Silicon Valley Global Leadership Programme — a transformative,...
‘Artists always find a way’: Book explores challenges faced by women pursuing creative lives
KACU 89.5 - Texas
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My 8-year-old daughter had a revelation recently. She said, “Mom, back in the old days, women didn’t have a lot of options for work if they didn’t want to be a teacher.” It’s a conversation we’ll have to revisit sometime and get into the...
Lads on (Grand) Tour: The 11 British riders at the 2025 Tour de France
Cyclist
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July 3, 2025
Slap on the sunscreen and grab yourself a bière – it’s time to go on Tour. The 2025 Tour de France gets underway in Lille on 5th July, and this year there are 11 British riders among the 176 starters facing 3,000km in the saddle over the next...