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The Stories of Summer: 8 new thrillers, romances and more for the beach
Savannah Now - Georgia
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Ideal summer vacation: A bright, light-filled cottage steps from the sand, a beach umbrella, a cell phone set on silent, and long, uninterrupted hours with a stack of good books. Or is that just us? Instead of a frenetic, overly scheduled break...
Judicial Follies: Keeping out the riff-raff
Ukiah Daily Journal - California
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June 22, 2025
The world today is a place with instantaneous global communication and (delays at the departure gate notwithstanding), rapid world-wide travel. Nevertheless, as the New York law firm of Birbrower, Montalbano, Condon & Frank once learned, some...
All aboard the foodiest train in the East
The Times
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In the restaurant world you generally won’t find great cooking and a great view, the principle being that if you are gorging on what you can see out of the window, there’s no need for the chef to blow your mind with what’s on the plate. I guess...
Ukraine’s Win Is China’s Loss! Why Beijing Is The Biggest Roadblock Towards Russia-Ukraine Peace? OPED
The Eurasian Times
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July 6, 2025
In international diplomacy, China has been known for its subtlety and nuance. Beijing is rarely found to be rabble-rousing. However, in a recent China-EU meeting, European officials were taken aback by the directness of China’s Foreign Minister,...
‘I applied to over 300 jobs’: What people wish they knew before they got laid off
The Straits Times
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July 5, 2025
SINGAPORE – What would you do if you were laid off unexpectedly? For Mr Uzen Tan, 30, the answer was becoming a Grab driver with a placard tied to the back of his seat rest. It reads “I got retrenched!”, so that every ride can be a “networking...
What has shifted in South Asia?
Dawn
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June 22, 2025
The May 2025 military crisis between Pakistan and India marked a dramatic turning point in South Asia’s strategic landscape. The attack in Pahalgam in India-Occupied Kashmir on April 22, 2025, which left over two dozen tourists dead, reignited a...
My names (past and present) tell an American story | Guest Commentary
Santa Maria Times - California
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For most of my life, I thought of myself simply as an American, as if I had sprung from Uncle Sam’s head reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and waving a little American flag, like the ones they hand out at the July Fourth parades. I knew that my...
Latin America's Dictators, Threatened by Spirit of Freedom, Strive to Suppress Their Own Countries' Independence Day
Breitbart
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July 4, 2025
The authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have spent extensive efforts to diminish or outright erase the significance of their countries’ national independence days, crafting unpopular communist replacements for the...
Davao Halal expo: convergence of indigenous and Muslim cultures
Davao Today
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June 21, 2025
DAVAO CITY,Philippines – The expo, first established in 2015, has grown into a platform for products ranging from Malaysian condiments, Moro delicacies and Matigsalug beadwork. Vad Melendres This year’s Philippine Halal Trade and Tourism Expo...
Retired teacher moves onto cruise ship for 15-year journey, claims it’s cheaper than living in California
New York Post
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July 5, 2025
Cruising into her golden years. A California retiree sailed into the next stage of her life when she traded in her home in a retirement community for the open seas, where she’ll reside for the next decade. Sharon Lane, a former high school foreign...
East China province on emergency alert for Typhoon Danas
Xinhua News Agency
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HANGZHOU, July 6 (Xinhua) -- East China's Zhejiang Province activated an emergency response for Typhoon Danas, the fourth typhoon of this year, on Sunday morning. According to the province's meteorological observatory, the typhoon is expected to...
Stocks waver, dollar in doldrums as Trump’s tariff deadline looms
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 4, 2025
Most Asian equity markets struggled on Friday and European stocks looked set to open weaker, despite record highs for Wall Street overnight, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for trade deals loomed next week. The dollar retraced some of...
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Good time for Asian currencies as US dollar suffers worst slump since 1973
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
The US dollar has recorded its steepest half-year drop since 1973, plunging 10.7 per cent in the first half of 2025. This dramatic fall reflects growing unease about the country’s fiscal path, political volatility and eroding global economic...
Apple’s largest iPhone manufacturer recalls Chinese workers, Nvidia becomes most-valuable company ever, Nothing’s new smartphone and other top tech news of the week
The Times of India
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This week in technology, Jensen Huang-led Nvidia surpassed Apple and Amazon to become the most valuable company in history with its market value reaching $3.92 trillion; Apple’s biggest iPhone manufacturer recalled its chinese engineers and...
New Sejong Institutes to open amid growing demand for Korean language classes
The Straits Times
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July 5, 2025
SEOUL - Amid surging global interest in Korean language and culture, the King Sejong Institute Foundation, which oversees Korean language education abroad, is expanding its network to ease waitlists and meet growing demand for Korean classes...
Dino Might!: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Bows To $318.3M Global In Biggest Studio Opening Year-To-Date WW; ‘F1’ Nears $300M’ & ‘Dragon’ Tops $500M – International Box Office
Deadline
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July 6, 2025
SUNDAY UPDATE, Refresh for latest…: Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth has come in with a monster $318.3M global launch, making it the biggest worldwide opening of the year for a studio film so far. It’s also got bragging rights to becoming...
What Happened To United Airlines’ Original Tokyo Hub?
Simple Flying
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July 2, 2025
The United Airlines hub in Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT) was reestablished in the fall of 2024 with new service to exciting destinations across Asia. Starting with Cebu, Philippines (CEB), last year, the reborn hub has added...
Indigenous people’s museum
Taipei Times
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July 5, 2025
It was encouraging to hear about the establishment of a preparatory office for the National Indigenous Peoples’ Museum, which is to be constructed north of Kaohsiung’s Chengcing Lake (澄清湖). The office’s establishment has attracted a lot of public...
American Poultry Producers, Expands Market Access to Namibia
Newton County Times - Arkansas
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced American poultry producers will have greater market access to Namibia, which will now accept fresh, frozen, and chilled poultry exports from the United States. The Trump Administration...
Native Hawaiians fight military’s presence
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 6, 2025
HONOLULU -- The U.S. military wants to keep training at a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii's Big Island so it's ready to quickly send troops to Asia and the Pacific. But Native Hawaiians upset with the U.S. military's history of damaging Hawaiian...