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‘Pedal to the metal’ for next 2 years, says Singaporean powerlifter Farhanna Farid
The Straits Times
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July 3, 2025
SINGAPORE – The clock is ticking for Singaporean powerlifter Farhanna Farid, who at 32 has spent nearly a decade in the sport and notched many milestones in her career. She has given herself two years to put “the pedal to the metal” and break more...
AP Strange SummaryBrief at 12:22 p.m. EDT
South Central Florida Life
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Czech family of 3 is accused of running a fake dental clinic PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police say they have detained three suspects who allegedly treated patients in a fake dental clinic without a proper licence or professional training. The three have...
Forest fires rage in Crete; evacuations begin
Baltic News Network
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July 3, 2025
Wildfires are raging on the Greek island of Crete, fueled by strong winds, and hundreds of people have already been forced to evacuate, the BBC reports. The flames broke out in a mountainous forest area near Ierapetra on the afternoon of the 2nd...
EIB Funding Strengthens NATO's Baltic Defense Posture
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a landmark 540 million euro loan to support the construction of a new military base in Rūdninkai, Lithuania, underscoring Europe's commitment...
Ukraine: Masters of the digital battlefield
The Critic
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July 3, 2025
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. The greatest defence failures of history often originate from a lack of imagination. From...
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...
Stanley Fischer, economist and IMF crisis handler
The Times
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In the summer of 1998 the rouble lost more than two thirds of its value and Stanley Fischer surrendered a portion of his dignity. Fischer, an economic theorist turned financial-crisis firefighter, was second in command at the International...
Education Ministry shuts 80 ultra-Orthodox schools flouting war closure orders
The Times of Israel
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June 23, 2025
The Education Ministry found and shut 80 ultra-Orthodox schools that remained open despite IDF Home Front Command instructions to shutter the education system during the war with Iran, the ministry said Monday. Action was taken against sites in...
This is how international the future tastes: Anuga Drinks and Anuga Hot Beverages 2025 with clear growth dynamics and global reach headline
Food Business Gulf & Middle East
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July 3, 2025
Traditional breweries like Krombacher International celebrating comeback +++ Brand presence at record level +++ High level of internationality +++ Strong impulses for global beverage trends +++ Beauty drinks, organic coffee, plant-based diversity...
Unreliability of Donald Trump's US means a cascade of nuclear armament is on the way
Irish Examiner
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July 4, 2025
At first glance, the recent joint US/Israeli attack on Iran looks like yet another flare up of regional rivalries in a Middle East tortured by endless conflict, intense geopolitical competition, and mass murder. Unlike previous iterations of...
NHS pays to send British patients abroad for treatment after waiting lists surge to record lengths
GB News
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June 22, 2025
The NHS is paying to send British patients overseas to receive medical treatment after waiting lists in England reached record levels. New data reveals a 42 per cent surge in foreign procedures in just two years, with the health service spending...
Inside the moment rescuers knew they had to harm a dying man to save him
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 28, 2025
Loading...When Valdas Bieliauskas fell into the Franklin River, it triggered an extraordinary rescue mission that pushed everyone to the brink. Valdas jumps from one boulder to another. It's a simple rock hop, one he's made hundreds of times in...
Food Prices in Europe: Where Is Eating the Most and Least Expensive in 2024?
Tunisie Numerique
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July 3, 2025
Food price disparities across Europe continue to attract attention, particularly against the backdrop of global inflation, the war in Ukraine, and strained supply chains. The latest report from Eurostat for 2024 offers a revealing ranking of the...
AP Strange SummaryBrief at 1:22 p.m. EDT
Santa Maria Times - California
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Czech family of 3 is accused of running a fake dental clinic PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police say they have detained three suspects who allegedly treated patients in a fake dental clinic without a proper licence or professional training. The three have...
A bare-bones deal is Europe's best hope in trade talks with the U.S., sources say
CNBC
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July 2, 2025
The EU and US flags flutter next to the military hub for Ukraine, in Jasionka, south-east Poland on March 6, 2025. Sergei Gapon | Afp | Getty Images The clock is ticking in trade talks between Washington and the European Union, with European...
Tech firms in Central and Eastern Europe seek to catch up with the West
Euronews
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July 3, 2025
Published on 03/07/2025 - 10:43 GMT+2 The first three places in this year's ranking of the largest technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe were taken by Estonian fintech Wise, as well as two Polish companies: InPost and Allegro. The...
Your leg or your life: Inside a perilous 24-hour wild river rescue
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 28, 2025
Loading...When Valdas Bieliauskas fell into the Franklin River, it triggered an extraordinary rescue mission that pushed everyone to the brink. Valdas jumps from one boulder to another. It's a simple rock hop, one he's made hundreds of times in...
Belarus Releases Opposition Politician, 13 Other Political Prisoners
Human Rights Watch
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June 23, 2025
Last Saturday, Belarusian authorities released by presidential pardon 14 prisoners, all jailed as a result of politically motivated prosecutions, and transferred them to neighboring Lithuania. They include prominent opposition politician Siarhei...
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks stride higher as bond market calms down; US...
Proactive UK
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July 3, 2025
FTSE 100 up 62 points to 8,837 Bargain-hunters snap up Convatec Bond markets calmer after Downing St reassures over Reeves Currys restores dividend after profits and cashflow improve 1.35pm: US jobs report stronger than expectred The FTSE 100 has...
Higher NATO Pledge Compounds Europe’s Fiscal Consolidation Challenges
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 3, 2025
NATO members’ pledge to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 underscores how such costs are compounding European sovereigns’ fiscal challenges, Fitch Ratings says. We still think that the higher NATO target, announced on 25 June, is...