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Malta among 26 countries calling on Israel to let aid into Gaza
Times of Malta
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August 12, 2025
Malta is among 26 countries calling on Israel to let a “flood” of aid into Gaza and allow humanitarian organisations to operate in the war-torn Palestinian enclave. In a joint statement, foreign ministers from countries including Canada, France...
Alchelyst and Lyra Client Solutions to Combine to Create Next-Generation Private Markets Servicing Platform
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 14, 2025-- Alchelyst, a leading full-service fund administrator for alternative asset managers, and Lyra Client Solutions (“Lyra”), a technology-enabled client servicing organization spun out from Apollo (NYSE: APO),...
Global satcom giants orbit India’s $2 billion skies
The Economic Times
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August 13, 2025
Global satellite operators are lining up for a share of India’s $2.3 billion satcom market, which is projected to grow nearly 10-fold in three years to emerge among the world’s largest. Luxembourg’s Intelsat, UK’s Inmarsat, Singapore Telecom,...
Human capital development: The life blood of the economy
Business Day
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August 14, 2025
Nigeria’s greatest resource is not oil. It is her people Imagine a child born in rural Nigeria today. His or her chances of reaching full potential, of becoming a healthy, educated, and productive adult, are just 34 percent. Not because the child...
Review: Dracula
Cineuropa
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LOCARNO 2025 Competition by Martin Kudláč 14/08/2025 - Romanian auteur Radu Jude riffs on the vampire myth in an episodic, irreverent, AI-driven satire on adaptation, filmmaking and national identity After winning the Special Jury Prize at the...
Europe and Ukraine leaders look to speak with Trump ahead of Russia-U.S. summit
The Globe and Mail
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August 11, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, centre, talks with Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, left, and Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel, right. Kallas said a sustainable peace for Ukraine...
Europe is giving up on free movement
The Spectator
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August 13, 2025
Ten years ago on 31 August 2015, Angela Merkel told the German press what she was going to do about the swell of Syrian refugees heading to Europe. With the three fateful words ‘Wir schaffen das’ – ‘We can handle it’ – she ushered in a new era of...
UK demands Israel stop 'unimaginable' Gaza famine as children starve to death
The Mirror
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August 12, 2025
Horror-stricken Gaza is suffering a “famine unfolding before our eyes,” a coalition of western countries declared on Tuesday. The UK, Australia and other European states demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza, describing the humanitarian...
Wednesday's papers: Purra defends budget plan, electricity bill hike and tourism triumph
Yle Uutiset
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August 13, 2025
Ilta-Sanomat reports growing dissent among government parties over the budget proposal put forward by Finland's finance ministry, led by Minister Riikka Purra. The budget proposal for Finland's 2026 fiscal year suggests one billion euros in cuts —...
At least 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza
Saudi Gazette
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August 12, 2025
JERUSALEM — At least 100 Palestinians have been killed and more than 500 others injured over the past 24 hours as Israeli attacks continue across Gaza despite mounting international pressure and condemnation over its conduct of war. Eyewitnesses...
How to watch Rugby Championship 2025: free live streams and key dates
TechRadar
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August 14, 2025
Watch Rugby Championship 2025 live streams with the Springboks taking on the challenge for their title from the Wallabies, All Blacks and Pumas between this August and October. Below we have all the info on how to watch Rugby Championship from...
24 Western nations demand Israel allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza
Ynet
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August 12, 2025
Foreign ministers from 24 Western nations — several of which have already pledged to recognize a Palestinian state — on Tuesday called for the unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. “Israel has a duty to allow all...
Turned back from Gaza, aid shipments languish in warehouses
BDNews24
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Boxes of Gaza-bound aid turned back by Israel on Sunday languished atop a truck and flatbed trailer parked metres from its border with Egypt, as exasperated drivers and UN officials criticised delays in sending food and medicine to the enclave....
Sussan Ley says PM ‘out of his depth’ – as it happened
The Guardian
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August 13, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned, Wednesday 13 AugustWe will wrap up the live blog here. This is what made the news: Until tomorrow, enjoy your evening. Share Updated at 03.28 EDT...
Contracting Around Section 1782 Discovery? Second Circuit Rules That Forum-selection Clauses May Weigh Against Discovery Applications Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782
JD Supra - California
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August 14, 2025
In Banoka S.à.r.l. v. Elliott Management Corp., the Second Circuit recently held that a contractual forum-selection clause may weigh against an application for discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782). 2025 WL 2166397 (2d Cir. 2025). The...
Pro-Palestinian FB Post on Greek Embassy’s Page Generates Disciplinary Action
To Vima
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August 12, 2025
A subsequently deleted post on the FB page of the Greek embassy in Luxembourg promoting a number of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rallies across Greece on Sunday generated a curt response by a foreign ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday. When asked...
Belgium, along with 23 other countries, urge Israel to lift restrictions on NGOs
Belga News Agency
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August 12, 2025
The foreign ministers of 24 countries, including Belgium's Maxime Prévot, urged Israel to urgently lift restrictions on international NGOs in the Palestinian territories. "Famine is unfolding before our eyes," they say in a joint statement...
EU’s 18th sanctions package takes aim at investor-State dispute settlement: another layer to the EU’s sanctions toolkit
JD Supra - California
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August 11, 2025
On 18 July 2025, the European Union adopted its 18th package of economic and financial sanctions targeting Russia’s energy, banking and military sectors, as well as its trade with the EU. This package includes Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1494...
Global satcom giants eye India's $2.3 billion market boom
ETTelecom.com
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August 13, 2025
Mumbai: Global satellite operators are lining up for a share of India’s $2.3 billion satcom market, which is projected to grow nearly 10-fold in three years to emerge among the world’s largest. Luxembourg’s Intelsat, UK’s Inmarsat, Singapore...
24 countries, including Canada, call for 'urgent action' to halt starvation in Gaza
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 12, 2025
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached "unimaginable levels," Canada, Britain, Australia and several of their European allies said on Tuesday, calling on Israel to allow unrestricted aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave. "Famine is...