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Alaska 2025: Munich 1938?
The Times Gazette - Ohio
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August 11, 2025
Bill Sims Contributing columnist On Sept. 30, 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the UK, Germany, France and Italy signed an agreement allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland, the 360-degree margins around what was then northeastern...
Canada Among Top 25 Countries For Life Expectancy In 2025
Immigration
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August 8, 2025
Canada continues to rank among the top nations globally for life expectancy, with an average lifespan of 82.7 years, according to the latest UN World Population Prospects data. This places Canada 23rd in the world, ahead of countries such as...
Malta joins countries urging Israel to lift restrictions on NGOs
Malta Today
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Malta has joined 23 other countries in urging Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza, warning that famine is unfolding and international non-governmental organisations could be forced to withdraw from the territory. In a joint...
Dillinger Labs Appoints Tempesta Trading B.V. Benelux Region Distributor
Sound & Video Contractor
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August 12, 2025
The Oisterwijk, Netherlands-Based Company Now Carries Dillinger Labs’ Full Line of Wireless SKAA-Enabled Audio Products for the for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg Market EDMONTON, AB, Canada., Aug. 12, 2025 – Dillinger Labs...
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,...
EU disaster mechanism hits record wildfire activations as Europe keeps burning
EurActiv
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August 14, 2025
The EU stands ready to help countries battling wildfires as its disaster response mechanism hits a record 16 activations this summer, the European Commission said on Thursday. The surge in requests puts the bloc on course for a record-breaking...
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...
Vietnam welcomes 12.2 million visitors amid strong tourism growth
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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August 12, 2025
Vietnam recorded 12.2 million visitors in January–July 2025, driven by strong European growth, open visa policies, and targeted promotions. In July 2025, Vietnam recorded 1.56 million international tourist arrivals, representing a 35.7% increase...
Party drug on the rise: Officials warn over laughing gas misuse among youth
RTL Today
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August 11, 2025
Luxembourg authorities are concerned about the rising misuse of laughing gas among young people, calling for a coordinated European response. Last year, six tonnes of empty nitrous oxide canisters were collected across Luxembourg – three times...
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...
Statement On Humanitarian Situation In Gaza
The National Tribune
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August 12, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached unimaginable levels. Famine is unfolding before our eyes. Urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation. Humanitarian space must be protected, and...
US-Iran nuclear talks must conform with European interests, says French FM
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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France, Britain, and Germany will be vigilant regarding nuclear discussions between the United States and Iran to ensure they conform with European interests, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday. "We will be vigilant, along...
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....
Norway’s Saga Robotics harvests €9.5 million to grow its fleet of autonomous farm robots
EU Startups
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August 14, 2025
Oslo-based Saga Robotics, the company behind Thorvald, a leading autonomous platform for grapevine and strawberries, has raised €9.5 million in equity capital to scale its commercial operations in the UK and US. The round was backed by new and...
Foreign Minister Anand says suffering in Gaza is ‘unimaginable’ in joint global statement urging unrestricted aid
The Globe and Mail
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August 12, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Displaced Palestinians wait in front of a charity kitchen in the western Gaza City area. In a joint statement, 24 foreign ministers called for 'a flood of aid into Gaza.'SAHER ALGHORRA/The New York Times News Service...
A building permit too far?: More community involvement needed in urban planning
RTL Today
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August 14, 2025
Approving multiple building projects located closely together lacks consideration, residents argue. Residents in Rollingergrund have voiced concerns about the disruption caused by multiple construction sites on their street. Some people living on...
‘Starvation, pure and simple’: UN warns of famine in Gaza as Israel plans full occupation
Irish Examiner
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August 11, 2025
The UN’s humanitarian office, OCHA, said 98 children had died from acute malnutrition since October 2023, with 37 of those deaths since last month. About 100,000 people marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against prime minister...
27 nations demand Israel to allow aid access to all of Gaza
Israel Hayom
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August 12, 2025
Foreign ministers from 27 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia, on Tuesday called on Israel to permit large-scale humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and to lift restrictions on the work of international relief...
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...
Banking scrutiny: Spuerkeess proposes parliamentary hearing after €5M fine
RTL Today
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August 12, 2025
Spuerkeess has offered to face parliamentary questioning after Luxembourg's financial regulator slapped the bank with a €5 million fine over systemic control failures. After being fined nearly €5 million by the Financial Sector Supervisory...