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The best movies of 2025 so far
Sierra County Sentinel - New Mexico
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The best movies of 2025 so far As is so often the case, the first half of 2025 had some serious highs and lows. There were major box-office hits, like "Sinners," which is poised to be one of the highest-earning horror movies of the past decade,...
Empowering Youth, Enabling Dreams: Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 Kicks Off in Nairobi, Kenya
TV47
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July 29, 2025
Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) Season 10, jointly hosted by AVIC Innovation Holding Limited (AVIC INNO), the Ministry of Education of Kenya and the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), officially kickstarts at the Technical...
Will the National Sports Stadium host international matches by September?
Nehanda Radio
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July 29, 2025
Zimbabwe is suffering an acute venue deficit in the capital city of Harare until renovations at the National Sports Stadium are complete. The structure carried 60,000 seated people when opened in the mid 1980s. Major sporting and political and...
No room for mercy: German zoo kills 12 baboons citing lack of space
Mint
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July 29, 2025
A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg announced that it had killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests from animal rights activists. The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo first announced plans to kill baboons it didn't have space for in February 2024. It...
Former LIS Commissioner Steve Zargo Breaks Silence: “I’m Tired of Being Sacrificed for Tradition”
GNN Liberia
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July 29, 2025
Monrovia, Liberia – Former Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) Commissioner Steve Zargo has finally broken his silence following his suspension from office. In a bold and emotional public statement issued on Sunday, July 27, 2025, Zargo described...
Outcry in Germany as zoo kills baboons
Deutsche Welle
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July 29, 2025
The Nuremberg Zoo in southern Germany euthanized 12 healthy Guinea baboons on Tuesday, according to an official statement. Officials say they had no other option after they were unable to transfer animals to other zoos and contraception measures...
Zoo kills 12 healthy baboons 'it didn't have space to house' before feeding them to predators
Irish Star
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August 2, 2025
A zoo in Germany said it killed 12 baboons and fed them to zoo predators on Tuesday in a rejection of protests from animal protection groups. Seven protestors were detained when, in a last effort to stop the killings, they scaled the zoo wall. The...
‘The Lord Comes First’: Cardinal Sarah Calls Faithful to Adoration in Face of West’s Rejection of Christ
National Catholic Register
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Cardinal Robert Sarah delivered a forceful homily on Saturday, exhorting the faithful to follow the example of St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by loving and adoring the Lord above all things in a world that rejects God and has a...
Celebrating Abdulsamad Rabiu at 65
This Day
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August 2, 2025
Obinna Chima The Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, who turns 65 on Monday, stands as one of Africa’s most accomplished and quietly impactful industrialists. Rabiu, through his chains of businesses, has not only shaped industries but...
Losses, Lamentations as Drought Ravages Farming Communities in Taraba
HumAngle
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August 2, 2025
Felix Yupenda depends entirely on his harvests to sustain his family. He is a local farmer in Wukari, Taraba State, North East Nigeria, who grew up on the farm and has worked there for over 30 years. “I learnt how to cultivate yam and cassava from...
UNDP trains journalists on fact-checking, conflict-sensitive reporting
Ghana News Agency
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August 1, 2025
By Regina Atule Tamale, Aug 01, GNA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Government of Japan has held a two-day training for selected journalists and bloggers on fact-checking and conflict-sensitive reporting....
DR Congo Leopards in the shadow of war, show resilience
The Standard
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DR Congo national football team the Leopards arrive at JKIA on July 31, 2025 for CHAN 2024 The story of the DR Congo national football team fondly called Leopards, is one of rare pride, joy, and heartbreaking contradiction. In a country burdened...
University Challenge's 'easy' music question stumps every single BBC contestant - but can YOU beat the odds and solve it?
Daily Mail
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July 29, 2025
One seemingly 'easy' music question left every single University Challenge contestant stumped in a recent episode of the game show. The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a...
Legality of UK recognition of Palestine
The Times
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Sir, Contrary to the claims of the “top lawyers” in your report there is nothing startling or unlawful about the UK recognising Palestine (“Palestine vow breaks law, claim top lawyers”, Jul 31). In fact the Montevideo Convention provides (Article...
Ambassador William C. Harrop, 1929 – 2025
American Diplomacy
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August 1, 2025
William C. Harrop Ambassador Harrop’s memorial and a reception to follow will be held at Fox Hill Residences, 8300 Burdette Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 on Saturday, June 28, from 3:00–5:00 PM. There will be valet parking, as parking at Fox Hill is...
Echoes of Fulladu 2: Zainabou and the Maabos
The Standard Gambia
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - Nata’s new home stood just a few hundred metres from her mother’s yard, yet it felt worlds apart. The narrow port carved into the back fence of the compound connected them in the way a forgotten path might link two estranged...
Merck Foundation marks World ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Day 2025 by providing 716 ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation has made history by training the first local Embryologists and Reproductive & Fertility Experts in many countries such as The Gambia, Liberia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Congo. Moreover, supported...
Berlin Art Week 2025: Hotel, Bar & Restaurant Guide
Berlin Art Link
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August 1, 2025
Aug. 1, 2025 Berlin Art Week is coming up September 10th to 14th. Whether you’re on a budget or ready to splurge, we’ve shortlisted some of our top suggestions for beautifully designed places to stay, eat and drink during Berlin’s biggest art week...
Merck Foundation Together with African and Asian First Ladies Mark ‘World Assisted Reproductive Technology Day’ 2025 Through Their ‘More Than a Mother’ Campaign
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 28, 2025
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India & Banjul, The Gambia – Business Wire India • Merck Foundation has made history by training the first local Embryologists and Reproductive & Fertility Experts in many countries such as The Gambia, Liberia, Burundi,...
Angola’s MPLA regime kills 22 anti-austerity protestors, arrests 1,200
World Socialist Web Site
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August 1, 2025
At least 22 people have been killed, hundreds injured, and more than 1,200 arrested in some of the largest protests Angola has seen since the end of its civil war in 2002. The protests erupted in response to austerity measures imposed by the...