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EXCLUSIVE: NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick talks performing solo, reunion requests ahead of Jax show
Easy 102.9 - Florida
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August 30, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Singer and NSYNC member Chris Kirkpatrick will be performing at the Florida Theatre on September 25 for the “Pop 2000 Tour.” The show also features LFO, BBMak, O-Town, and Ryan Cabrera. Kirkpatrick sat down with WOKV’s Chase...
Chikungunya virus surges globally with warming climate
Oman Observer
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August 30, 2025
A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people debilitated for years is spreading to more regions of the world, as climate change creates new habitats for the insects that carry it. More than 240,000 cases of the virus, chikungunya, have...
Réunion’s ‘rarest’ gecko vanishing from natural areas but appearing in gardens
Mongabay
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August 26, 2025
The critically endangered Manapany day gecko has long been known only from a small part of Réunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean. A recent study finds the bright green lizard no longer appears in 28% of its previous habitat, but...
A debilitating virus surges globally as mosquitoes move with warming climate
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 25, 2025
The World Health Organization is warning that current transmission patterns resemble a global outbreak that infected 500,000 people 20 years ago, contributing to a surge of new disabilities. A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people...
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean set to shine
Sail-World
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August 14, 2025
by ABC 2025 13 Aug 18:35 PDT 21-22 October 2025 Madagascar and the Indian Ocean are fast emerging as some of the most exciting new frontiers in luxury tourism and superyacht exploration. This October, the African Boating Conference will spotlight...
Word from the Smokies: Summers of adventure at Camp Margaret Townsend
Asheville Citizen Times - North Carolina
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I was at least an hour and a half into my conversation with June Goforth when I joked that she hadn’t given me a chance to ask any questions. She paused a moment before laughing and said, “Oh, I didn’t know you had questions.” I had sat down with...
Chikungunya: A debilitating virus surges globally as mosquitoes move with warming climate
The Straits Times
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August 19, 2025
GENEVA – A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people debilitated for years is spreading to more regions of the world, as climate change creates new habitats for the insects that carry it. More than 240,000 cases of the virus,...
Chengdu World Games closes, highlighting inclusiveness, sustainability, innovation
Xinhua News Agency
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CHENGDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Under the slogan "Boundless Sports, Countless Wonders," The World Games 2025 closed Sunday after 12 days of competition marked by inclusiveness and innovation. "Over these unforgettable days, Chengdu has not only...
Ice Age Movies, Ranked By Box Office Gross
TheRichest
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August 28, 2025
Summary The Ice Age franchise spun the survival struggles of the Pleistocene epoch into comedy-driven family entertainment, using natural disasters, herd politics, and miscommunication as its narrative core. The animated adventure comedy film grew...
Why Do Reality Shows Bring Out The Worst In Fans? Here's What Experts Say.
HuffPost
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August 29, 2025
Huda Mustafa at the Season 7 reunion of "Love Island USA," hosted by Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen. Reality shows, like almost all television programming, have always thrived on attention currency: the idea that our viewing habits can be commodified...
Toronto sailor back for Globe40 after pirate scare during first around-the-world race
Brandon Sun
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August 29, 2025
Melodie Schaffer hopes getting chased by pirates was a one-off. The 57-year-old Toronto sailor embarks on the Globe40 around-the-world race Sunday for the second time in her career. Schaffer was the only female skipper to complete the inaugural...
Short Fiction | ‘The Artist’
Moment
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August 29, 2025
Tsachi isn’t a bad person (although there are many who would dispute this, chief among them my wife), but he does have remarkably bad luck. When I told Amalia over dinner that Tsachi had lost his job, she managed to look sympathetic enough, even...
Culpeper-area community briefs for Aug. 23, 2025
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Virginia
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It’s Lafayette Days in Culpeper The town and county of Culpeper are celebrating the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit 200 years ago near the end of his triumphant Farewell Tour around the U.S. A public reception will be held...
Son Heung-min set for Spurs reunion with star he had 'beautiful' bust-up with at new club
The Mirror
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August 2, 2025
Son Heung-min is set to be reunited with Hugo Lloris nearly five years after the pair had a furious dressing room bust-up. The South Korean forward has announced that he will be leaving Spurs this summer after nearly a decade. He shared his...
Why France must join: Turning the Quintet into a Sextet
The Interpreter
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August 28, 2025
Ben Bland’s recent article, “Why the United Kingdom and the Indo-Pacific Four should form a new Quintet”, makes an articulate case for deeper coordination among resource-constrained democracies. His argument – that the increasingly unilateral...
How the Donald Factor is transforming the European right, Part Three
The Conservative Woman
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August 28, 2025
This is the last of three articles. You can read the first two here. THE TOP five economic powers of continental Europe, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, have all seen insurgent populist right parties take power or remain within...
From Floriade to festivals, here are 165+ unmissable events to fill your September
HerCanberra
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August 27, 2025
Posted on 28 August, 2025 September in Canberra isn’t just about spring blossoms – it’s also about brilliant events! From Floriade’s million flowers to comedy nights and cultural festivals, this year the capital is serving up 165+ reasons to get...
The Vanishing Art Of Building Sacred Spaces
NOEMA
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August 28, 2025
Credits John Last is a freelance journalist based in Padua, Italy. MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The Monastery of the Great Lavra is a fortified village perched on a sloping mountainside high above the Aegean Sea. Home to about 40 monks, it is the oldest...
Chikungunya’s 2025 surge sparks urgent research response
Drug Target Review
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August 22, 2025
The 2025 chikungunya outbreak has surged from the Indian Ocean to Europe, prompting an urgent global research response. With no antivirals and limited vaccine access, laboratories and biotech firms are under pressure to deliver solutions fast. The...
Next UFC Fight Night: Nassourdine Imavov vs Caio Borralho start time, card and how to watch
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 26, 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...