Projects spanning the UK to tackle food inequality unveiled – UKRI

New projects to be funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) include: targeting mobile greengrocer, the Queen of Greens, at social housing in Liverpool making sure free school meals in Wales are nutritious helping food pantries in the Isle of Wight, New Forest and Southampton to link up with good food suppliers The projects are […]

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Africa Continental Brief: July 2025 | Security, Politics & Human Rights

Burkina Faso: Eight Security Forces Killed in Jihadist AttacksA series of coordinated attacks attributed to jihadist groups killed seven police officers and one soldier in Burkina Faso, security sources confirmed. Two assaults near Fada N’Gourma, in the east near the Niger border, targeted police units, while a separate attack on June 30 near Boulsa in […]

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President Trump Sends Tariff Letters to 14 Nations, Sets August 1 Deadline for Trade Negotiations

📍 Washington, D.C. — July 8, 2025President Donald Trump has escalated his trade agenda by dispatching formal letters to 14 countries, warning of impending tariff hikes unless new trade agreements are reached by August 1. The move marks a renewed push for what the administration calls “reciprocal tariffs,” aimed at correcting trade imbalances and incentivizing […]

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Fatal Incident at Milan Bergamo Airport Halts Operations and Diverts Flights as Man Sucked into Engine

🇮🇹 Milan, Italy — July 8, 2025A horrifying accident at Milan Bergamo Airport has resulted in the death of a man and the suspension of all flight operations this morning. Italian authorities report that the victim was sucked into the engine of a taxiing aircraft, identified as a Volotea Airbus A319 bound for Asturias, Spain. […]

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🕵️‍♂️ Four North Koreans Indicted in $900,000 Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme Targeting U.S. Firms

Atlanta, 5 July 2025 – Four North Korean nationals have been indicted in the United States for orchestrating a sophisticated cryptocurrency theft scheme that defrauded American and international blockchain companies of nearly $915,000. The charges include wire fraud and money laundering, and stem from a broader U.S. initiative to disrupt North Korea’s cyber-enabled revenue generation […]

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🕯️ Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit Found Dead by Suicide Hours After Dismissal by President Putin

Moscow: On 7 July 2025 Russia’s former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot wound in his Tesla near Odintsovo, a suburb west of Moscow, just hours after his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin. Authorities say the preliminary cause of death is suicide, though investigations are ongoing. 🗳️ Sudden Dismissal and Unclear […]

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Revoking the Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham

In line with President Trump’s May 13 promise to deliver sanctions relief to Syria, I am announcing my intent to revoke the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of al-Nusrah Front, also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), under the Immigration and Nationality Act. This revocation will be effective tomorrow, July 8. Tomorrow’s action follows the […]

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Stantec Inc. Agrees to Pay $4M to Resolve Allegations That It Violated the False Claims Act by Submitting False Certifications to the EPA in Grant Applications | Office of Public Affairs

Stantec Inc. (Stantec) a provider of environmental development and engineering services, with its primary headquarters in Alberta, Canada, along with Cardno Consulting LLC (Cardno), a separate company that Stantec acquired in 2021, have agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of […]

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🎨 Ireland: Creative Youth Plan Marks Major Milestone with New Partnership in Tipperary

Dublin, 7 July 2025 – The Irish Government has celebrated the continued success of the Creative Youth Plan 2023–2027 with the launch of a new Local Creative Youth Partnership (LCYP) in Tipperary Education and Training Board (ETB). This marks the eighth LCYP established nationwide, expanding access to out-of-school creative programmes for children and young people, […]

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A thinly disguised western by a nerdy young filmmaker that helped to rejuvenate Hollywood

The collapse of classical Hollywood’s studio system in the 1960s mirrored much of America’s cultural and political uncertainties at the time. The assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement and the escalating Vietnam war provided a background that destabilised the optimism with which the decade began. It’s not surprising that […]

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