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French and South African creative industries in the spotlight at ICC Forum 2025
AfricaBusiness.com
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July 10, 2025
French and South African leaders from the creative economy recently gathered in Pretoria for the ICC Forum 2025, a flagship event of the ICC Immersion South Africa programme, hosted at the French Residence in Pretoria. Part of the France 2030...
Luis Enrique calls Club World Cup clash ‘Special’, brushes off Mbappe reunion
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network – New York New York, Jul 9: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique has termed the upcoming Club World Cup semi-final clash with Real Madrid a ‘special’ encounter, while sidestepping questions about a high-profile reunion...
‘That belongs in the past’: Ugly $99m dispute at centre of tense Club World Cup reunion
Fox Sports
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Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique described Thursday’s Club World Cup semi-final showdown between the European champions and Real Madrid as “special” but dismissed questions over his relationship with Kylian Mbappe ahead of a reunion with the...
arles is buzzing this summer: designboom’s mini guide to the french city
Design Boom
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July 8, 2025
designboom’s 2025 Summer Guide to Arles Each summer, Arles becomes a vibrant center for contemporary art, photography, architecture, and design. Exhibitions, performances, installations, and talks unfold throughout the city — in museums,...
‘Return of the losers’ as former French leaders plot comeback
The Times
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Ageing political stars are trying to turn back the clock and make the incipient French presidential race into a remake of elections past. Veterans including François Hollande, 70, the previous president; Ségolène Royal, 71, the former cabinet...
Raj, Uddhav Thackeray Join Hands: 'Selfish Reunion', Say Critics. MNS, Sena UBT Hit Back
The Times of India
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July 5, 2025
Mission Abort- British Royal Navy’s F35 Jet May Be Disassembled, Flown Out of Kerala Like a Parcel A $110 million F‑35B Lightning stealth fighter jet of the UK’s Royal Navy remains grounded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, after it made an emergency...
Sustainable, natural and light-filled: Here’s why these are the world’s most beautiful airports
Euronews
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July 1, 2025
Whether dashing down corridors to reach a gate or whiling away hours during a layover, travellers are rarely inspired to stop and admire airport architecture. But an attractive water feature or a quirky ceiling can make the frustrating process of...
The 30 Best Anime Series on Crunchyroll
Paste
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Narrowing down the top 30 best anime series currently on Crunchyroll was a struggle. After merging with Funimation and buying out RightStuf, the Sony-owned streaming service Crunchyroll is scarily close to a monopoly over the North American anime...
Environmental forum helps prepare for a storm, and more community events
Nola - Louisiana
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COMMUNITY EVENTS WEATHERING THE STORM: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM: Healthy Community Services hosts panels of professionals such as meteorologists and young environmentalists to talk about how they mentally prepare for storms and the subsequent...
Val Caron's Turtle Pond Wildlife part of effort to reduce orphaned wildlife
The Sudbury Star
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July 1, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Farm News It suggests four ways to humanely remove baby racoons and other wildlife A raccoon orphan explores the Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre in the spring of 2023. Supplied Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre in Val Caron is...
World’s most beautiful airports revealed – this is the only European one that made the list
The Sun
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July 10, 2025
THE world's most beautiful airports have been announced and the list features just one one in Europe. Located in France, Marseille Provence Airport is 16 miles northwest of the city and is a hub airport for many prominent airlines including...
Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Africa is a country
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Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...
Direct and Indirect Maritime Security Threats in the Western Indian Ocean
Center for International Maritime Security - Washington D.C.
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June 17, 2025
African Maritime Forces Week By Captain Mark Blaine (Ret.), SIGLA Stellenbosch and SA Navy Executive Summary The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region is a vital route for global commerce and a strategic zone for geopolitical interests. Despite its...
Radar sees strange 'plasma bubbles' over the pyramids of Egypt from 5,000 miles away
Earth.com
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A remote radar station on China’s Hainan Island has spotted an ionospheric disturbance hovering above the Pyramids of Giza, nearly 5,000 miles to the west. The sighting shows how far equatorial plasma bubble tracking has come, and it hints at new...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: French Polynesia, a Model of Shared Sovereignty?
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Art Newspaper
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June 20, 2025
On Thursday morning (19 June) a supporter of the environmental activism group Last Generation’s Canadian chapter splattered pink paint on Pablo Picasso’s 1901 portrait L'hétaïre at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). A representative for the...
Why Puducherry's French citizens are returning to the seaside town
Mint
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June 27, 2025
It was more than FOMO, this is where she wanted to be, “un choix éclairé", an informed choice, as she calls it. With her plans in place, she broke the news to her parents at a café. “My father stood up and walked away," she says. No one they knew...
Mauritius Tourism And Hospitality Industry To Showcase Growth And Investment Opportunities At The API Mauritius & Indian Ocean Property Investment Forum
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) As Mauritius prepares to host the 3rd Annual API Mauritius&Indian Ocean Property Investment Forum on 26 June, industry leaders highlight the island's pioneering role in sustainable tourism and hospitality development across the...
News diary 30 June – 6 July: Oasis reunion tour starts, Wimbledon, British Grand Prix
Press Gazette
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June 27, 2025
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Leading the week The government’s long-term strategies have been coming thick and fast: in the past two weeks alone we’ve had the infrastructure,...
Trinity Rodman Issues Positive Injury Update With Shocking Weather Confession
Essentially Sports
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June 26, 2025
At last, Trinity Rodman is back in the mix. Having missed action since April 12 while undergoing treatment in London for a lingering back injury — one that has troubled her on and off ever since last year’s Olympic gold medal triumph in Paris —...