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Diamond Platinumz on How Tapping Into Happiness Made Him Tanzania’s Biggest Star: ‘We Don’t Wanna Wait for the Politician to Unite Us’
Billboard
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July 2, 2025
As Tanzania’s biggest star, Diamond Platinumz has a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Still, that weight evaporates as he glides into the Billboard offices, cameras flashing, alongside his team. He runs through some new music with a rambunctious...
Non-profit that helps refugees seeks support from community
WTXL Tallahassee - Florida
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July 1, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Non-profit, Neighborly, is looking for organizations and businesses to help sponsor their Jubilee Market Place events. These monthly events provide community and free items to vulnerable families, including refugees. At...
Liberia: An Open Letter to the President, H.E. Joseph N. Boakai
Front Page Africa
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July 2, 2025
Dear Mr. President: I commend your ongoing efforts toward national healing and reconciliation. As this process unfolds, I respectfully urge that it be extended to include a long-overdue gesture of dignity: the proper burial of victims of past...
8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends
24/7 Wall St.
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July 2, 2025
Investing William Potter / Shutterstock.com This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income hungry investors are often continually on the lookout...
A Burundian government official speaks with newly arrived Congolese refugees while weighing a sack of rice from the final batches delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development
Islander News - Florida
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Key Biscayne, FL (33149) Today Scattered thunderstorms, especially in the morning. High around 85F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.. Tonight Cloudy. Low near 80F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: July 2, 2025 @ 1:05 am
Humza Yousaf's boast that NHS Scotland will treat Gaza injured was rubbished within a DAY by Scottish Government
Scottish Daily Express
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July 1, 2025
Humza Yousaf's boast that NHS Scotland was ready to treat injured Gazans was rejected TWICE by his own Scottish Government. The former First Minister used his only SNP Conference speech as leader to claim that "our hospitals will treat the injured...
Governor Arlekar wants Calicut University to reconsider inclusion of Vedan song in syllabus
Onmanorama
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July 1, 2025
Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar has asked Calicut University to reconsider the inclusion of rapper Vedan's song 'Bhoomi Njan Vazhunnidam' (The Earth I Live In) in the syllabus of the fourth-semester undergraduate Malayalam Language and Literature...
Trump Cut Rape Survivor Kits for Congo
Political Wire
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July 1, 2025
“President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication,” Reuters reports. “The...
An Open Letter to President Joseph N. Boakai
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 1, 2025
Dear Mr. President: I commend your ongoing efforts toward national healing and reconciliation. As this process unfolds, I respectfully urge that it be extended to include a long-overdue gesture of dignity: the proper burial of victims of past...
MoCI Celebrates 2025 International MSMEs Day
GNN Liberia
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July 1, 2025
…With Strong Call for Investment and Reform Monrovia, Liberia – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) recently concluded its observance of International Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day, underscoring Liberia’s renewed...
Peru welcomes peace agreement between Congo and Rwanda
Andina
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July 1, 2025
"This agreement represents a key step toward restoring peace, stability, and cooperation in the Great Lakes region (of Africa)," the Foreign Affairs Ministry stated in a communiqué on Monday night. Peru noted that it values the commitment made by...
Most Saint Lucian formerly enslaved people were Nigerians – Senate President
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 1, 2025
President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, underscored Nigeria’s and Saint Lucian ancestral links by quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria. “Of...
Yesterday: Do you remember these international stars?
Times News - Pennsylvania
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Do you remember Toni Kukoc as a Sixer? He played in 80 games over parts of two seasons with the 76ers in 2000 and 2001, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. Kukoc contributed 8.0 points per game for the 2000-01 team that reached the NBA Finals,...
'The disappointment is huge:' Cuban women's volleyball team denied US visa
WESH 2 - Florida
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July 2, 2025
The Cuban women’s national volleyball team was denied a chance to play in a tournament in Puerto Rico following the new visa restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Cuban Volleyball Federation said last week that the team,...
Our ancestors descended from Nigerians, Senegambians — Saint Lucian Senate President
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
The president of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, highlighted the historical ties between Nigeria and Saint Lucia during a joint session of the Lucian bicameral parliament on Monday, welcoming Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. She...
How 2025 became Glastonbury’s most political year yet
Dazed & Confused
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June 30, 2025
Maybe a year of historically bad approval ratings has already thickened his skin, but it would be nice to believe that hearing thousands of people chant “fuck Keir Starmer”, during Kneecap’s Glastonbury set, hurt the Prime Minister’s feelings. It...
International Day of the Tropics: Ecological treasures and resilience
CGTN
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June 29 marks International Day of the Tropics, established by the United Nations in 2016 to celebrate the ecological diversity of tropical regions, assess regional progress, share tropical stories and wisdom, and rally global attention to the...
DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Los Angeles, Claims Sanctuary Policies Discriminate Against Federal Law Enforcement
TFPP Wire
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June 30, 2025
The Trump Justice Department is suing the city of Los Angeles, arguing its sanctuary policies violate the Constitution and hinder federal immigration enforcement. The lawsuit seeks to block those policies, claiming they discriminate against...
LiFE and death: Indian government’s climate doublespeak
Meer
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June 30, 2025
The climate crisis, already wreaking havoc across the world, requires urgent action. Among those claiming to be at the forefront of this is India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With his penchant for labels and acronyms, in 2021 he presented the...
QU Dongyu leads first ever Treaty Ceremony reinforcing FAO’s normative role
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu presided over the Organization’s inaugural Treaty Ceremony, held on Monday at FAO headquarters in Rome. The event marked a significant milestone in celebrating Members’ legal and political commitment to FAO’s...