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Emissions surge: Gas flaring in 2024 released 389 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent, as global flare volumes highest since 2007
Down to Earth
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Flaring at oil and gas facilities operated by the national oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and several smaller companies, likely with limited expertise or funding for gas utilisation, accounted for 60 per cent of Nigeria’s...
Nokia to Power Medusa Submarine Cable Connecting Morocco to Europe
Morocco World News
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July 30, 2025
Marrakech – Nokia has secured the contract to supply technology for the ambitious Medusa submarine cable project, the Finnish telecommunications group announced Monday. The company will provide its 1830 GX platform and ICE7 coherent optics,...
Breaking it Down with Barron: The New York City Mayoral Race, New York City Politics, and a Primer for an Independent Black Revolutionary Polity
Black Agenda Report
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Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdani’s struggles with Black voters, and why an independent Black radical politics is essential to confront a broken system. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to chop it up with the venerable and...
Post-colonial neoliberalism is reshaping Arab cities one by one
Al Mayadeen
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July 30, 2025
Arab cities today stand at a critical crossroads, shaped by the legacies of colonialism, the forces of neoliberalism, and ongoing struggles over identity, power, and space. In Death in Beirut, the late Lebanese writer Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad...
5 Signs of a Toxic Teenager: What Every Parent Must Watch Out For
Pulse
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July 30, 2025
Parenting a teenager is never a smooth ride. They’re moody, stubborn, secretive, and that’s on a good day. But there’s a difference between normal teenage rebellion and toxic behaviour that causes emotional damage to the family or others. When a...
How The Restraint Movement Lost Its Way
Liberal Currents
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July 30, 2025
When President Donald Trump was re-elected in 2024, many advocates of a more restrained U.S. foreign policy saw it as a “unique opportunity” for their ideas. A solid number of “restrainers” credited Trump with recognizing that establishment...
Saharan heat grips Malta with 40°C, but it's not a heatwave, Met Office says
Times of Malta
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July 25, 2025
High temperatures that have gripped the Maltese Islands over the past few days are not showing signs of easing, yet, as Friday is predicted to be another scorcher, hitting 40 degrees Celsius. The high pressure area covering Libya and the Central...
Legal wins for NOC, but €24m battle continues
Libyan Express
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July 24, 2025
General view of the Libyan state National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, Libya July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/File PhotoLibya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has secured a major legal victory after successfully overturning three...
JAS-39 Gripen Makes Combat Debut 37 Years After Its 1st Flight; Becomes Last Western Fighter To See Action
The Eurasian Times
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July 30, 2025
After nearly four decades of operational service, the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet has finally seen combat. But its first strike mission didn’t unfold over Europe or in NATO’s traditional theatres; instead, it took place along the Cambodia-Thailand...
Trump Africa Advisor Boulos arrives in Tripoli – Aldabaiba offers several business incentives
Libya Herald
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July 23, 2025
Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, received President Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser on African affairs Massad Boulos in Tripoli today. The Tripoli government reports that they discussed several common issues, including:...
APD 2026 Launched at Historic Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting
Sada Elbalad
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July 29, 2025
The Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) 2026 was officially launched at the Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting, bringing together over 500 of Africa's most influential political and business leaders on the sidelines of the African Union's 7th...
Agadez: The ancient Sahelian city forced to change amid trying times
Al Jazeera
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July 29, 2025
Agadez, Niger – On a torrid afternoon in July, Elhadj Amadou Dizi Illo sat on a low stool in his souvenir store in Agadez, beads of sweat dotting the skin under his bright yellow turban as he dusted a heap of ornamented knives on the floor....
Britain warns Israel it will recognise Palestinian state as Gaza starvation spreads
The Express Tribune
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July 29, 2025
Listen to article Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas. The warning came...
North Korea Demands US Recognize It As 'Irreversible' Nuclear Power
Zero Hedge
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North Korea is demanding that the United States recognize it as a permanent nuclear power, according to the latest words of Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a senior official in the country’s ruling Workers...
Food in a bottle: Symbolic gesture highlights Egypt’s Gaza dilemma
The National News
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An Egyptian man in a widely shared video clip throws a partially filled plastic bottle with rice into the Mediterranean and prays that it reaches the starving in Gaza. "Forgive us!" he pleads, addressing the Palestinians in the war-devastated...
'Forgive us': Egyptians throw supplies into the sea and pray they reach Gaza
The National News
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An Egyptian man in a widely shared video clip throws a partially filled plastic bottle with rice into the Mediterranean and prays that it reaches the starving in Gaza. "Forgive us!" he pleads, addressing the Palestinians in the war-devastated...
Suncor Energy: From Sand To Profits
Forbes
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"Calgary, Alberta - April 2, 2012: Suncor Energy's head office in Calgary Alberta. Suncor is one of ... More the major developers of the Alberta Oilsands, as well as holding international developments in the North Sea, Libya, Syria, and Trinidad...
Nonprofit looking for local families to host international students this school year
WTOL 11 - Ohio
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July 29, 2025
As the 2025-2026 academic year approaches, the call for families in the Greater Toledo area to help give international high school students a home away from home. TOLEDO, Ohio — As the 2025-2026 academic year approaches, a nationwide nonprofit is...
Greek MEP Farantouris Meets UN Chief Guterres in New York
To Vima
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July 23, 2025
A scheduled meeting was held late Tuesday between SYRIZA–Progressive Alliance MEP Nikolas Farantouris and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York. Farantouris is representing the European Parliament as...
Nigeria, Russia, Iran, Other Six Countries Highest In Gas Flaring – World Bank
Daily Independent
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July 23, 2025
1 A World Bank’s annual Global Gas Flaring Tracker, report has identified Nigeria as one of the top global nations in gas flare. According to the report, Nigeria, Russia, Iran, Iraq, the USA, Venezuela, Algeria, Libya, and Mexico remain the top...