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WHO honors global leaders for driving Pandemic Agreement adoption
Medical News
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July 12, 2025
The World Health Organization has formally recognized the pivotal role of a number of heads of state and government in securing the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2025. At a special event...
The Radical Roots of Frantz Fanon’s Psychiatry
New Lines Magazine
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July 11, 2025
In January 1940, a mustachioed Catalonian anarcho-communist arrived at the door of the Saint-Alban psychiatric asylum in the mountains of southwestern France. The doctor wore round spectacles; his wild, curly hair grew out sideways from a...
Extreme Heat Has Animals Trapped in a Climate Doom Loop
Sentient Media
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July 10, 2025
As a record-breaking “heat dome” blanketed the United States in late June, just a few days after summer officially started, millions of Americans were urged to stay cool, hydrated and indoors. But while public health warnings and cooling systems...
Final Whistle: Fallen Eagles that shaped Nigeria’s 1994 football glory
Punch
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July 10, 2025
From the sunlit pitches of Tunisia to the global stage in the United States, Nigeria’s Golden Generation of 1994 gave the continent a new blueprint for excellence. But as time marched on, the harsh reality of mortality has slowly dimmed the...
THE PASSAGE OF ‘DODO MAYANA’Peter Rufai, ace Super Eagles goalkeeper, dies at 61
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Name them: Christian Chukwu. Obisia Nwankpa. Charles Bassey. Moses Effiong. These are some of Nigeria’s sporting heroes that have passed on in the last four months. Sadly, they all died not on account of old age, but rather due to some health...
SAC Chairman and Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing responds to US President Donald Trump on reduced tariff rates for Myanmar
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump sent letters regarding the increased import tariffs to 14 countries, namely Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Serbia, Cambodia, Thailand, and...
Africa’s freshwater fish crisis: 26% of species threatened with extinction
Mail & Guardian
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July 13, 2025
Clanwilliam sand fish: Supplied: Jeremy Shelton From the tiny galaxiids of South Africa to the 2m-long Nile perch, Africa’s extraordinary biodiversity of freshwater fish have evolved to thrive in the various habitats in the geographically,...
The Soumoud Convoy Returns: A Beacon of Resistance, a Testament to Unity and a Time to Reorganise
Pressenza
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July 10, 2025
At the break of dawn on June 19th, the Soumoud Convoy crossed the border back into Tunisia from Libya. It was more than just a return—it was a homecoming charged with revolutionary spirit. The convoy, the last remaining pillar of the Global March...
Morocco Tops North African Countries in Global Citizenship Report 2025
Morocco World News
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July 13, 2025
Rabat — Morocco ranked 100th out of 165 countries in the 2025 Global Citizenship Report released by CS Global Partners. The country scored 50.5 out of 100 points, placing it in the lower tier of the global ranking. In the North African region, the...
USAMRIID Demonstrates Advanced Biosurveillance Capabilities at African Lion 2025
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
FORT DETRICK, Md. – The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases recently demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy a comprehensive biosurveillance capability overseas as part of African Lion 2025, U.S. Africa Command’s largest...
Free laptops and a grant: Comcast supports NEPA nonprofit Outreach and the people it serves
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
Cristina Tunis clutched a new laptop with three months of free internet access outside of Outreach in Scranton. "Honestly,” she said, and paused. “I’m very happy” Tunis was one of 35 participants from Outreach – Center for Community Resources’...
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on Japan, South Korea, and a Dozen Other Nations
Pharmaceutical Commerce
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July 8, 2025
Yesterday, per AP and CBS News,1,2 US President Donald Trump enacted a multitude of tariffs expected to go into effect on Aug. 1, including a 25% import tax on both Japan and South Korea, along with new taxes on a dozen other nations. A 90-day...
Price of Copper Soars After Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat
Asia Financial
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump has warned he will broaden his tariff war to copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, as well as members of BRICs, the 10-nation intergovernmental group he damned on Sunday as ‘anti-American’. Some of these tariffs could...
US stocks close little changed despite Trump's tough tariff talk. Copper hits record high
Yahoo Finance
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U.S. stocks closed barely changed even after President Donald Trump took a harder stance on his Aug. 1 "reciprocal" tariff deadline, threatened up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals and slapped a 50% tariff on copper imports that sent copper...
Steep copper tariffs in store as Trump broadens trade war
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would impose a 50% tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, broadening his trade war that has rattled markets worldwide. One day after...
Trump Widens Trade War With 50% Copper Tariff, Threatens 200% Duties on Drugs and More Tariff Hikes
Arise News
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his global trade offensive, announcing a 50% tariff on imported copper and revealing plans for steep new duties on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, as his administration pushes ahead with what he...
Wafcon 2024 Nigeria 0 Algeria 0: Five takeaways from Super Falcons goalless draw v Algeria
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 13, 2025
The Super Falcons advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as group leaders after playing out a goalless draw against Algeria on Sunday. Despite creating several opportunities, the Falcons were unable to convert...
Trump escalates trade war with 50% tariff on copper, eyes levies on drugs and chips
Cyprus Mail
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, broadening his trade war that has rattled markets worldwide. One day after he pressured 14...
Trump escalates trade war with 50% copper tariff; India, BRICS nations face renewed threats
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would impose a 50% tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, broadening his trade war that has rattled markets worldwide. One day after...
'Not taking part means supporting evil': The ‘Imam of the Jews’ fighting for peace
Ynet
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July 9, 2025
He was born in Tunisia, serves in France, lives under threats, operates with close security and is mockingly called "the Imam of the Jews." Hassen Chalghoumi, president of the Conference of Imams of France, is a rare figure in the global Islamic...