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The sounds of summer
The Valley Breeze - Rhode Island
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{child_byline}By LUZJENNIFER MARTINEZ, LISE BARNETT, and SOFIA BARR, Valley Breeze Staff Writers{/child_byline} If summer days are for sunshine, sand, and splashing around, then summer nights should be dedicated to enjoying the music of some of...
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company acquires Voltic and West African Refreshments Limited
Joy FM
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July 8, 2025
The West African beverage landscape is set for a significant shake-up as Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) announces the finalisation of a major agreement to acquire two key subsidiaries operating in Ghana: Voltic (GH) Limited and West...
Former Bafana Bafana star reportedly linked with surprise move back to the PSL
Briefly
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July 8, 2025
Former Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns winger Lerato Chabangu has reportedly been linked with a surprise move back to the PSL Chabangu has been offered an opportunity to come out of retirement and play for a newly promoted club South Africans...
Dexter will be next named storm of hurricane season
Naples Daily News - Florida
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About 24 hours after landfall, Chantal is now a tropical depression, as it wanders across Virginia. The National Hurricane Center is tracking four tropical waves, including one in the Caribbean. Temperatures across Florida July 7 are expected to...
Finding Hope at Drag University
The Japan News
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July 7, 2025
Casey Parks/The Washington Post Jazell Barbie Royale, left, a well-known model and drag performer, gives a class on how to dance and perform with Alex Grandstaff (known as Hermes as a drag performer), right, during a weekend session of Drag...
Florida retirees may face trial in France over sale of stolen gold from 18th-century shipwreck
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
New arts residency program aimed at strengthening ties with Portugal
Fall River Herald News - Massachusetts
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New Bedford resident Lara Harrington launched Hotel Papel, an arts-focused cultural exchange program connecting the South Coast with the Azores and beyond. The first residency takes place January 23-February 1, 2026, on Faial, focusing on various...
Spirit of Tasmania IV begins 27,000 km voyage to Hobart
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 30, 2025
Spirit of Tasmania IV has departed Scotland and is bound for Hobart, with its expected arrival announced as "late-August". In a statement, ferry operator TT-Line said the new ferry left Leith on Monday and will "travel to Hobart via Gibraltar,...
A Rare Atlantic Niña has Emerged and will impact Hurricane activity, with a Reversal Forecast for Season Peak and with Winter hints
Severe Weather Europe
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June 19, 2025
A rare Atlantic Niña event has developed in the tropics and is expected to impact hurricane activity in the coming weeks. But long-range predictions show that this anomaly will rapidly reverse into a warm Atlantic Niño event, which increases...
Cooperatives drive change as OCP foundation expands support across Africa and beyond
Hespress
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July 5, 2025
In celebration of International Day of Cooperatives on July 5 and in alignment with the United Nations’ 2025 International Year of Cooperatives, Morocco’s OCP Foundation is reaffirming its commitment to strengthening grassroots economies through...
As Trump’s big, beautiful debt gets ever bigger, let’s give thanks for the RBA
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 4, 2025
Bullock and the bank have copped plenty of criticism from both sides of the monetary policy debate over the past 14 months or so. Hawks reckoned the bank should have driven rates up much higher (in a move that certainly would have delivered a...
St. Augustine's July 4 weekend could be rainy. But a tropical storm?
The St. Augustine Record - Florida
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A weather disturbance near Florida has a 20% chance of developing into a tropical or subtropical storm by the holiday weekend. Heavy rainfall is expected in St. Johns County, Florida, with potential flooding in low-lying areas like downtown St....
Jacksonville, Duval County 4th of July forecast
The Florida Times-Union
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A weather disturbance near Florida has a low chance of developing into a tropical storm or hurricane by the July 4th weekend. The system could bring heavy rain, gusty winds, and increased rip current risk to Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts....
OCP Foundation Champions Rural Cooperatives Across Africa
Morocco World News
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July 5, 2025
Mrirt — The OCP Foundation is celebrating International Cooperatives Day today by reflecting on its decade-long mission to empower rural communities through cooperative development. The Moroccan organization works across 12 regions in Morocco and...
NHC monitoring 4 tropical waves. Could any reach Texas by July 4th?
Austin American-Statesman - Texas
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A new weather system in the Atlantic is being monitored for potential development and risk to the U.S. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to have 13-19 named storms, including 3-5 major hurricanes. Tropical Storm Barry made landfall...
Dino D’Santiago and Os Tubarões concert at the MED Festival will be “special”
Portugal Pulse
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June 24, 2025
The festival director, Carlos Carmo, stated that the upcoming concert, featuring the Algarve-born musician of Cape Verdean descent and the iconic Cape Verdean band, will be “special and unique,” highlighting it as a “novel experience” with “the...
KAUST students expand ocean science around Africa
Hydro International
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A wave of hands-on discovery and scientific storytelling marked the participation of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) students in OceanQuest’s inaugural “Around Africa Expedition.” Launched in January 2025, this deep-sea...
NLÉ transforms historic site into a dynamic community hub Zaria Court – the first of its kind in Rwanda
Wallpaper*
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June 25, 2025
Zaria Court, the adaptive reuse of a modernist building in Kigali, Rwanda, has just been unveiled, to a design by NLÉ, the studio founded by Kunlé Adeyemi (also behind the Floating Music Hub in Cape Verde) and now co-led by him and design partner...
Spirit of Tasmania IV leaves the Port of Leith
Ships Monthly
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July 3, 2025
The roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry Spirit of Tasmania IV departed the Port of Leith on 30 June 2025 and started the 14,857-nautical-mile voyage to Hobart. She had been docked there since December 2024, having been delivered by her builders but...
Clash against World Cup qualifiers Iran - a true test of Harimau Malaya’s progress - Cklamovski
The Sun Daily
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July 4, 2025
HARIMAU Malaya head coach Peter Cklamovski is taking on the challenge that awaits his team at the upcoming CAFA Nations Cup, especially the clash against tournament favourites and World Cup qualifiers Iran. Describing the showdown as a major...