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Climate Change Fueling 'Most Widespread and Damaging' Droughts in History: UN Report
Common Dreams
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July 3, 2025
Climate change is driving "some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history," according to a report published Wednesday on global drought hotspots. Over the past two years, droughts have fueled increased food insecurity,...
Somali Civil Aviation Authority implements MTG-based monitoring and forecasting system
Meteorological Technology International
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July 3, 2025
The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has implemented a new weather monitoring and forecasting system based on a Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite to bolster its meteorological capabilities and improve the safety of its civil aviation...
How Much the U.S. Spends on Foreign Aid, and Where It Goes
24/7 Wall St.
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July 3, 2025
Politics breakermaximus / Shutterstock.com One of the most frequently discussed budget items in the United States is the amount the country spends on foreign assistance. Between the fighting in Ukraine and Israel, this is once again a very hot...
16 Cookbooks Defining the Way We’re Cooking (and Entertaining) in 2025
Vogue - New York
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July 3, 2025
We’re only halfway through 2025, and already our shelves—and stovetops—are groaning with the bounty of this year’s best cookbooks. From Peter Som’s deeply personal Family Style to Zaynab Issa’s vibrant Third Culture, the offerings thus far have...
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...
Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
BBC
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Tim DoddClimate and science reporter ShareSave Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in...
The US Bombing of Iran—How Nonprofits and Civil Society Must Respond
The Nonprofit Quarterly
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July 2, 2025
Credit: Jay Galvin on Peace Science Digest The ceasefire that President Donald Trump imposed on June 22 ended—so far—12 days of Israeli assaults against Iran, Iran’s retaliatory strikes, and a US attack that dropped fourteen 30,000-pound “bunker...
World’s latest phone-sized updates throw doubt on future of big shiny Orb
Biometric Update
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July 2, 2025
World has made much of its Orb hardware device, a spherical iris scanner that seems to consciously nod at dystopian science fiction. But it appears to be moving slowly away from the Orb – which it openly admitted was designed as an...
Late Presentation of Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava with Absent Right Superior Vena Cava Manifesting as Heart Failure: A Case Report
Dove Medical Press
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July 3, 2025
Introduction Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common congenital anomaly of the thoracic venous system, occurring in approximately 0.3–0.5% of the general population and up to 12% in individuals with congenital heart disease....
Ethiopia says its mega-dam on the River Nile is complete - years after its ongoing construction sparked fears it could lead to WAR with Egypt
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
Ethiopia says its mega-dam on the River Nile is now complete, following years of tensions with Egypt and Sudan over its construction that many feared would lead to war in Africa. The contentious £3billion project is set to be officially...
Jobs Boost As The United Kingdom (UK) And Kenya Bolster Economic And Security Partnership
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Trade and investment deals agreed during the visit will contribute over £1bn to the UK economy and create UK jobs in engineering, defence industries, technical and advisory services, and financial services The UK and Kenya will...
Channel migrants '24 times more likely to go to prison' than Britons
GB News
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July 3, 2025
New analysis has suggested small boat migrants are 24 times more likely to go to prison than the average British citizen. The rate of foreign citizens in jail when compared to the overall migrant population in the UK is 0.18 per cent, slightly...
Political analyst Herman Manyora lands top job
The Standard
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Prof. Herman Manyora Communications Lead Researcher,CPS Research International,Most of the international students in Kenyan Universities comes from East and Central African Countries at over 70% the leading country being Uganda at 19.9% followed...
Coalition set sights on taxing luxury air travel to fund climate action
Climate Home News
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July 1, 2025
Eight countries including France, Spain and Kenya are pushing for increased taxation on premium air tickets and private jet travel to fund climate action and development. The newly formed “coalition of the willing”, which also includes Barbados,...
China a key backer of UN-centered system for peaceful development
China Daily Global
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LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the United Nations this year is an apt time to reflect on the crucial role China has played in maintaining global peace and security, one of the three pillars on which the UN was...
An ancient village ran out of water. So it moved and started over again
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 1, 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...
50 Movies You Can Watch July 4th Weekend
Rotten Tomatoes
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July 3, 2025
(Photo by USA Films/courtesy Everett Collection. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.) The United States is celebrating its birthday this July 4, and with the holiday falling on a Tuesday this year, you might find yourself with an extended weekend and some...
New proposal for tax on premium flyers
Business Traveller
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A new proposal for a tax on premium flyers, defined as first and business class tickets, and private jets, has been launched at the UN Financing for Development conference in Seville (FFD4). The “aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers”...
Multi-Year Drought Gives Birth to Extremist Violence, Girls Most Vulnerable
Inter Press Service
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July 2, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Biodiversity, Child Labour, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Development & Aid, Disaster Management, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Europe,...
UN-backed report warns of escalating global drought risk, calls for ur...
The Morung Express
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Berlin, July 2 (IANS) Girls pulled from school and forced into marriage. Hospitals plunged into darkness. Endangered dolphins floated lifeless in the shrinking Amazon... These are not scenes from a horror film, but real consequences of some of the...