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Chevron-Greece Energy Talks Gain Significance Amid Libya Dispute
To Vima
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July 16, 2025
The Greek Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrou, held a phone call with Chevron’s Vice President of Global Exploration, Liz Schwarze, on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 15, according to official sources. During the call, Chevron...
House Committee Votes on Bill to Sidestep Fish and Wildlife Service and Delist Grizzly Bears
Common Dreams
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July 15, 2025
Hague Group executive secretary Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla said in a statement that "this conference marks a turning point—not just for Palestine, but for the future of the international system." "For decades, states—particularly in the Global...
Libya talks coincide with migrant surge
Kathimerini
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July 8, 2025
[Makis Kartsonakis/Intime News] More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued in the waters south of Crete and near the island of Gavdos since the weekend, creating a humanitarian crisis as the island lacks organized accommodation facilities. The...
Libya PM reaffirms government commitment to enforce security strategy
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to enforcing its security strategy and cracking down on militias and unauthorized armed groups operating in the country. Speaking in a televised...
Greece Defends Energy Rights, Strengthens U.S. Ties Amid Libya Dispute
To Vima
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July 15, 2025
Greece is unwavering in its commitment to exercise its sovereign rights in hydrocarbon development, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou stated in a televised interview as he announced the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of Energy...
Shell receives environmental authorisation to drill off South Africa’s west coast
Offshore Technology
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July 14, 2025
Shell has secured environmental authorisation to drill up to five deepwater wells off South Africa’s west coast, according to a report by Reuters. The approval follows the company’s application last year for drilling exploration or appraisal wells...
Turkey hosts tripartite talks to stem migration
The Express Tribune
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August 2, 2025
ANKARA: The migration route from Libya across the Mediterranean, used by thousands seeking a way to get to Europe, was a top issue at a meeting on Friday between the leaders of Turkey, Italy and Libya in Istanbul, Turkey's presidency said....
Three health centres opened in Benghazi after maintenance and development
Libya Herald
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July 14, 2025
The Director General of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgasem Khalifa Haftar, inaugurated three medical centres in Benghazi last Sunday (13 July). The Khalid bin Al-Walid Clinic Complex was opened equipped with the highest...
Turkey's Fidan heads to New York for Cyprus talks as Libya tensions flare
Al-Monitor
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July 15, 2025
ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to New York on Wednesday for talks on Cyprus hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry source. The talks come amid rising tensions in the...
UK Minister visits Tripoli – agreement signed to improve quality of English teaching at Libyan educational establishments
Libya Herald
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July 15, 2025
Under the supervision of the Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, an agreement was signed in Tripoli yesterday (14 July) to implement initiative to improve English language teaching in educational institutions, as part of...
Nelson Mandela’s legacy is now our responsibility
Mail & Guardian
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July 31, 2025
In times of turmoil Nelson Mandela’s legacy is a reminder to succeeding generations about his human-centred principles and values. (Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Liaison Agency From New York, Lagos, Geneva and Kingstone to Kampala and Cape Town,...
As tensions escalate, what is Libya's next course of action?
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
For an extended period, Libya's circumstances have been perplexing. Libya has recently emerged as a source of both local and regional tension, despite being nearly overlooked in the midst of the region's major crises, including the Gaza genocide,...
LAIP to focus on several internal investment projects – to improve quality of life and local development
Libya Herald
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August 1, 2025
The Libya Africa Investment Portfolio, part of Libya’s sovereign wealth fund holding entity, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), said that as part of its focus on internal investment, it seeks to establish, develop and pave the way for several...
Council of Europe notes improvements at migrant centres, but criticises ‘carceral’ environment
The Malta Independent
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A Council of Europe committee noted improvements in Malta's migrant open and closed centres - but also criticised an overly "carceral" environment, meaning that the environment being offered to those living in the centres was too prison-like. The...
From the ice caps to the moon: Northeastern professor charts military’s environmental adaptation
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
Gretchen Heefner’s second book, “Sand, Snow, and Stardust,” looks at the history of the U.S. military’s efforts to learn how to build bases in the most extreme place Gretchen Heefner’s book, Sand, Snow and Stardust looks at how military engineers...
In Ethiopia’s Oral Culture, Misinformation Finds a Digital Megaphone
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 2, 2025
For generations, truth in Ethiopia has traveled through trusted voices—elders, religious leaders, and respected community figures. But in the digital age, where virality often outpaces verification, these oral traditions are being tested by an...
Eastern Libya’s Snub to the EU: Crisis of Recognition or Calculated Political Message
The Libya Observer
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In a striking turn of events, Libya’s eastern authorities, aligned with Khalifa Haftar, refused to engage with a high-level European Union delegation after it held official meetings with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU). What...
EU delegation expelled from eastern Libya
Memphis Sun - Tennessee
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The administration in Benghazi says it has declared the blocs migration chief and ministers from Greece, Malta, and Italy persona non grata Libya's eastern government has barred the European Union migration commissioner and ministers from Italy,...
Dbeibah meets youth at Tripoli forum, urges active role in Libya's future
The Libya Observer
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Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah took part in the closing session of the Youth Dialogue Pathway Forum, which concluded in Tripoli with the participation of more than 1,000 young men and women from across the country. The session featured an open...
Doctoral degrees awarded as PhD programmes yield results
University World News
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LIBYA The Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies and several public universities have started to award their first doctoral degrees – the result of a government initiative that established local PhD programmes as part of a broader long-term...