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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...
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...
Saya de Malha: Far Away From Human Rights
The Maritime Executive
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In October 2022, a British-American couple, Kyle and Maryanne Webb, were sailing their yacht through a remote area of the Indian Ocean between Mauritius and Seychelles, just south of the Saya de Malha Bank, the world’s largest seagrass field. The...
Social tensions and health emergency: Manuel Valls faces the challenges of Mayotte
Entrevue
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April 8, 2025
After a visit to Réunion Island, Manuel Valls begins a brief visit to Mayotte this Tuesday amid heightened tensions. The Minister of Overseas Territories is expected to provide an update on the post-Cyclone Chido reconstruction process, as well as...
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,...
Behind the story of coffee (2): Africa's struggle against colonialism
Xinhua News Agency
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Women pour fresh coffee berries on a tarpaulin for sun-drying in a plantation near the town of Budadiri in the eastern Ugandan district of Sironko on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Ronald Ssekandi/Xinhua)The coffee bean has become a symbol of resilience...
Channel Race – Heavy two-way traffic in the Celtic Sea
Mysailing
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May 29, 2025
Virtually all the fleet has now rounded the compulsory Chaussée de Sein passage mark off the west coast of Brittany. The Class40 Bleu Blanc Planète Location (205) is currently bringing up the rear after a pit stop in Roscoff to repair a cracked...
CIC Normandy Channel Race day 4
Sail-World
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May 28, 2025
by Sirius Events 28 May 12:32 PDT 25 May - 1 June 2025 Virtually all the fleet has now rounded the compulsory Chaussée de Sein passage mark off the west coast of Brittany. The Class40 Bleu Blanc Planète Location (205) is currently bringing up the...
Track & Field Coach Raises Eyebrows Over Strange Deals Behind Jamaican Athletes’ Nationality Switches
Essentially Sports
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June 23, 2025
The track and field community was left stunned by the latest development—one that echoed the events of 2015, when Jamaican sprinters Jak Ali Harvey and Emre Zafer Barnes transferred their allegiance to Turkey. But for many, this time the news hits...
£2.6m funding to investigate expansion of ocean 'deserts'
Southern Daily Echo
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These are vast areas of the ocean with little life or nutrients. The five-year project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, will explore whether microscopic organisms called diazotrophs could slow or reverse this...
Brookings radio club still stays on the air
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Jay RoeThe Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Since 1963, a dedicated band of ham radio operators have kept the local airwaves busy. Technology has changed, but the members of the Brookings Amateur Radio Research Club still regularly meet to swap...
CLAWFINGER Announces New Record Deal, Plans To Release New Single 'Soon'
Blabbermouth - California
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June 23, 2025
Long-running Swedish rap-metal combo CLAWFINGER has signed a new record deal with the Perception label, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music. A new single, apparently titled "Sc*m", will be released "soon". On Friday, June 20, CLAWFINGER shared...
The Rise of Mediation Diplomacy – How Hong Kong’s IOMed Charts a New Path for a Multipolar World
New Spotlight Nepal
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A World Tired of Gavel-Banging Let’s face it: the 21st century has been a geopolitical rollercoaster. From trade wars to territorial spats, the international community often resembles a quarrelsome family reunion—except the stakes are nuclear...
The Best Summer 2025 Fragrances Are Like Sunshine In A Bottle
The Zoe Report
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May 28, 2025
Lip-smacking citrus sorbet, petrichor emanating from damp grass post late-afternoon thunderstorm, wafts of coconut milk-infused sunscreen on the beach. Summer 2025’s best fragrances bottle up the season’s emblematic aromas you daydream about to...
Open call: Concerts SA Mobility Fund 2025
Music in Africa
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May 27, 2025
The call is designed for artists who want to tour in the Southern African region between 15 July 2025 and 15 October 2025. Music industry professionals from all genres may apply for support of reasonable costs up to a maximum of R45 000 (about $2...
Island hopping in Africa: uncovering the continent's best-kept tropical secrets
IOL
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May 16, 2025
ZamaNdosi Cele|Published 4 hours ago 5min When one thinks of a tropical paradise, often images of the Maldives or the Caribbean spring to mind. However, Africa is home to numerous hidden gem islands waiting to be explored, each with its unique...
Chinese Bulker Rescues Solo Rower/Adventurer on Day 115 as Equipment Fails
The Maritime Executive
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Famed Russian solo rower and adventurer Fedor Kobyakov is safely aboard the Chinese ore carrier Ore Hong Kong (399,214 dwt) after being rescued from the middle of the Indian Ocean. He was 115 days into his latest record-setting adventure when the...
FedEx founder Fred Smith is dead at 80
Insider
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June 22, 2025
Frederick Wallace Smith, the founder and former CEO of FedEx, died Saturday at the age of 80. Smith's death was confirmed by FedEx in a statement. He is survived by his wife, nine of his 10 children, and numerous grandchildren. "Fred was more than...
The 20 best TV shows of 2025 (so far)
Paste
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It feels ever-so-slightly odd presenting The A.V. Club‘s favorite shows of the year so far when the highly anticipated new seasons of The Bear and Squid Game drop later this very week. (Stay tuned for plenty of coverage of both of those series.)...
Oceania Cruises embraces the holiday spirit with festive voyages
Travel Weekly
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May 19, 2025
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