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Number of likely days for Channel crossings double compared with previous years
Express & Star
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June 3, 2025
Days when weather conditions are considered favourable for Channel crossings by migrants have been running at more than double the number seen in previous years, new Home Office data shows. There were 60 so-called “red” days between January 1 and...
Number of likely days for Channel crossings double compared to previous years
Jersey Evening Post
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June 3, 2025
Days when weather conditions are considered favourable for Channel crossings by migrants have been running at more than double the number seen in previous years, new Home Office data shows. There were 60 so-called “red” days between January 1 and...
33 new books you’ll want to read this summer from independent publishers
Orange County Register - California
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June 24, 2025
It’s the perfect time of the year to celebrate our independents. By that, we mean independent presses — the small publishers powered by literary true believers, committed to putting out curated works that challenge the mainstream, and that are too...
France defends tuna policy as critics warn of overfishing in...
Modern Ghana
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Accusations of overfishing and unfair practices are fuelling tensions at an international tuna summit being held this week on the French island of Réunion. As concern grows over shrinking tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean, delegates from more than...
Number of overcrowded small boats carrying more than 80 migrants across Channel quadruples
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 3, 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...
The rare feral cow whose unhappy fate caused an almighty beef
AS
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April 9, 2025
For well over a century, a remote island in the Southern Indian Ocean was home to a rare breed of feral cows - until the bovines were controversially culled. Thought to be genetically closest to current Jersey cattle, the cows thrived on Amsterdam...
Go! & Do: Bend-area things to do for June 19-25
The Bulletin - Oregon
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June 18, 2025
Go! & Do: Bend-area things to do for June 19-25 Published 9:00 am Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1/4 Swipe or click to see more Kate Hamberger will discuss her new book “Dances With Fire” on Thursday at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters. (Submitted...
COFFEE: Africa’s struggle against colonialism
Independent (Uganda)
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May 29, 2025
A farmer picks coffee berries in a coffee farm in Kirinyaga, Kenya. NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | In a cozy café nestled in Nairobi’s Karen district, chestnut-colored AA-grade Kenyan coffee beans are carefully ground, extracted and brewed under the...
Community Calendar 6/26/25
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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June 26, 2025
CHURCH NOTES All Saints Orthodox Church: 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to 11 a.m. every Friday and 10:30 a.m. to noon every Sunday in the church basement. First Primitive Methodist Church of Dickson City: 516...
Paris Bursts Into Colour: Holi Festival Draws Record Crowd At Jardin d'Acclimatation
Free Press Journal
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May 26, 2025
From left to Right: Marc Antoine Jamet, President of Jardin d’Acclimatation, Ambassador of India in France, H.E. Sanjeev Singla, GIO President Europe region, Mehen Poinoosawmy and GIO France President, Tarun Kalwani | File Photo A vibrant...
Chikungunya in Reunion: the peak has passed, but vigilance remains essential
Entrevue
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April 15, 2025
The chikungunya epidemic that has been affecting Réunion Island for several weeks has reached its peak, according to Gérard Cotellon, director general of the island's Regional Health Agency. While the virus is still actively circulating throughout...
‘My legacy’ Can Faith Kipyegon become the first woman to break the 4-minute mile barrier?
The Indian Express
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June 25, 2025
A video from the World Cross Country Championship from 2010 shows a young Faith Kipyegon running barefoot on a slushy course as other athletes wearing colourful spikes rush alongside. In the Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, her first...
The best shows on BBC iPlayer
The Times
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You may use BBC iPlayer to stream the news or to catch up on Eastenders and Doctor Who, but it is well worth exploring the breadth of the streaming service’s catalogue this June.BBC iPlayer is home to recent headline-grabbing dramas likeIndustry...
Phoenix Beverages Ltd acquires 54.4% stake in Seychelles Breweries Ltd from Diageo
South Africa Today
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April 7, 2025
Phoenix Beverages Ltd acquires 54.4% stake in Seychelles Breweries Ltd from Diageo Port Louis, Mauritius & Victoria, Seychelles Phoenix Beverages Ltd (PBL), subsidiary of IBL Ltd, is a leading beverage manufacturer in Mauritius and Reunion Island,...
Forty years on from Heysel: The lessons football still needs to learn
The Independent
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May 29, 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...
El resultado electoral en Ecuador: una mirada desde el ecofeminismo
North American Congress on Latin America
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Este artículo fue publicado en inglés en la edición de verano de 2025 de nuestra revista trimestal NACLA Report. En enero de 2025, el jefe de estado de Ecuador Daniel Noboa asistió a la posesión de Donald Trump como presidente de Estados Unidos....
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of June 23, 2025
Plum Advance Leader - Pennsylvania
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June 23, 2025
Community center plans golf fundraiser The Riverview Action Community Center is planning an 18-hole, four-person golf scramble fundraiser on Aug. 22 at Hill Crest Country Club in Lower Burrell. Registration is now open, and eight packages are...
'On the Beam' illuminates Alaska’s overlooked WWII airfields
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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War came suddenly to Alaska, but not unexpectedly. Throughout the 1930s, a rising chorus of voices had alerted a reluctant nation to the threat of Japanese aggression and the vulnerability of its northern territory, calling on Congress to pour...
Behind the story of coffee: Africa's struggle against colonialism
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- In a cozy café nestled in Nairobi's Karen district, chestnut-colored AA-grade Kenyan coffee beans are carefully ground, extracted and brewed under the focused gaze of a local barista. The bitterness transforms into...
King Charles’s issued warning to China just hours after Prince Harry's trip to Shanghai
GB News
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May 29, 2025
King Charles issued a pointed message to China during his speech at the opening of Canada’s parliament. The warning came as his son Prince Harry was in Shanghai, China’s financial capital, representing his sustainable travel organisation,...