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Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
Huawei-sponsored smart classroom inaugurated in Angola's capital
Xinhua News Agency
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LUANDA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The second Huawei-sponsored smart classroom was officially inaugurated on Tuesday in Luanda, Angola's capital, aimed at enhancing access to modern, inclusive and high-quality learning in the country. Equipped with...
IUCN hosts IslandPlas workshop in Mauritius to help tackle…
IUCN
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Ébène, Mauritius, 09 June 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) hosted the national IslandPlas inception workshop on April 24, 2025, in Ebène, Mauritius. The event gathered key stakeholders from Mauritius to help address...
The Power of Presidents—Even Trump—Is Nothing to the Power of Clean Energy Revolution
Common Dreams
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June 20, 2025
He lived over 1,000 years ago, but King Canute’s life still has some important lessons for our own time. After conquering England, Denmark, Norway, and part of Sweden, he forged a vast North Sea empire that made him, by the year 1030, the greatest...
Trump considering adding another 36 countries to his no travel list including African and Caribbean nations: report
The Independent
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June 14, 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...
"Beijing Summit: China-Africa Cooperation Outcomes"
Sada Elbalad
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June 11, 2025
Press ReleaseIn September 2024, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was successfully held, opening a new chapter of China and Africa building an all-weather community with a shared future for the new era. President...
America’s New Industrial Revolution
TomDispatch
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June 19, 2025
He lived over 1,000 years ago, but King Canute’s life still has some important lessons for our own time. After conquering England, Denmark, Norway, and part of Sweden, he forged a vast North Sea empire that made him, by the year 1030, the greatest...
China and Africa consolidate dynamic partnership
Friends of Socialist China
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June 16, 2025
On June 11, 2025, the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Changsha, capital of China’s Hunan Province. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
UCCLA marks 40 years with a program of celebrations until 2026
Portugal Pulse
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June 18, 2025
At a press conference, UCCLA Deputy Secretary-General Paula Leal da Silva emphasized the importance of June 28, the foundational date of the organization, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrations with an official ceremony in Lisbon. The...
OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025: A Global Call for Inclusive Growth, Equitable Transition and ...
Business Ghana
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The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) will convene global leaders, policymakers and innovators for its fourth Development Forum on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, under the theme A Transition...
UN Ocean Conference puts ‘wind in the sails’ of ocean action
WWF International
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Posted on June, 13 2025 As the third UN Ocean Conference draws to a close, WWF is encouraged by the commitments made in a number of areas, but warns that the measure of success will be in delivery NICE, France (13 June 2025): The third UN Ocean...
At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal
The Straits Times
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June 15, 2025
NICE, France – Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia. These are some of the stretches of water now...
Brazil expresses commitment to promoting maritime security in Gulf of Guinea
Business Ghana
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Brazil is committed to promoting maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, a region of great relevance for international trade, regional stability and sustainable development, Brazilian Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Mariana Gonçalves Madeira, has...
How A 48-Country Travel Ban Could Suppress U.S. Tourism In A World Cup Year
Forbes
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors...
Portugal and Colombia detail major marine protection plans
Oceanographic Magazine
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June 12, 2025
Colombia is one of the world’s ‘megadiverse’ countries, with a coastline 2,900km long. The country ranks first in bird and orchid species diversity and second in butterflies, freshwater fishes, and amphibians. “This new reserve will strengthen our...
PALOPs should take advantage of the advantages and think regionally, argues Sérgio Pimenta
Ver Angola
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In an interview with Lusa on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa, which is being celebrated this year, Sérgio Pimenta said that the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)...
US mulls travel ban, Gonzales warns region about selling passports
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 16, 2025
News Sean Douglas 4 Hrs Ago US President Donald Trump, front, at a business meeting and roundtable at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on May 16. At right is Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic
Atlantic Council
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June 10, 2025
Issue Brief June 10, 2025 • 9:02 am ET Print this page Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic By William Yancey Brown Following a decade-long partnership, the Policy Center for the New South and the Atlantic Council have joined forces...
Bottom trawling bans and the High Seas Treaty: 8 of the biggest announcements from the UN Ocean Conference
Edie
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The UN Ocean Conference is hosted every three years and, for the third iteration this June in Nice, it was the turn of the French and Costa Rican Governments to co-host more than 170 other nations. Around 60 heads of state attended, and more than...
Europe Unleashes Long-Forgotten Ocean Energy Source as 200-Year-Old Legend Sparks a New Green Power Revolution
Sustainability Times
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June 13, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Europe is at the forefront of turning the ocean’s thermal energy into a viable power source. 💡 The concept of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) was first proposed in 1881 by French physicist Jacques-Arsène d’Arsonval. 🌍 OTEC...