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Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The Intercept
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July 29, 2025
The United States is building an unprecedented network of deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals with around a third of the world’s nations to expel immigrants to places where they do not hold citizenship. Once exiled, these third-country...
Obituaries | Week of July 28, 2025
Opelika Observer - Alabama
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July 29, 2025
JACQUELINE “JACKIE” CRAFT EDWARDS Jacqueline (Jackie) Craft Edwards, age 86, of Auburn, Alabama passed away on July 27, 2025. She was born Jan. 4, 1939, to the late L. T. Craft and Mary Eunice Sego Craft. Funeral service will be held on Friday,...
US Grammy winner Ciara becomes citizen of Benin under new slavery descendants law
BBC
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US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an Instagram post the Grammy award-winner said she was "honoured", adding "thank...
Grammy winner Ciara becomes citizen of Benin
Star
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Ciara received her citizenship with "pride", Benin's government said in a statement US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves....
Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Visual Capitalist
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July 29, 2025
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways There are...
Sunderland close to £37m double deal as Kristjaan Speakman targets five more signings – round-up
Sunderland Echo
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July 29, 2025
Xhaka and Lucumí deals progress as Sunderland eye Comuzzo, Jassi and Siltanen in busy transfer window Sunderland’s transfer window shows no signs of slowing, with the club now closing in on a potential £37million double deal while also being...
Liberia’s Kairos Moment: A Divine Opportunity on the Global Stage
Front Page Africa
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July 23, 2025
Divine communication often comes in subtle, coded moments that require spiritual discernment. On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, one such moment unfolded at the White House when U.S. President Donald Trump hosted five African nations—Gabon,...
U.S., Russia bypass Nigerian ports, pivot to Togo’s Lomé hub
Business Hallmark
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July 29, 2025
Despite Nigeria’s ongoing port reforms and expansion projects, global powers like the United States and Russia are turning their focus to the Port of Lomé in Togo, which has rapidly evolved into a key maritime gateway in West Africa. A surge in...
U.S. and Russia Shift Focus from Nigerian Ports, Seek Access to Togo Port
Nigerian Eye
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July 29, 2025
Despite ongoing reforms and infrastructure upgrades across West Africa, the Port of Lomé in Togo has emerged as a critical maritime hub, drawing intense interest from global powers like the United States and Russia. The surge in trade volume...
60 Best Shudder Movies
Rotten Tomatoes
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July 22, 2025
Critics Consensus: Smart, dynamic, and fast-paced, Saloum mixes tones and genres into a tart, smoothly blended treat. Synopsis: Shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord from Guinea-Bissau, the legendary mercenaries known as the...
Saudi Arabia, Moroccan King mourn Buhari, praise service to Nigeria
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
Guinea-Bissau President, Niger PM pay last respect The Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Mohammed VI of Morocco have extended their condolences to the Federal government over the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Moroccan...
As Drugs Slam Nigeria, Christians Push Back
Christianity Today
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July 28, 2025
Behind a dense bush near Biraidu Community Secondary School in Abocho, Nigeria, students smoked marijuana. One was Samson Ocholi. He was 19. Ocholi grew up in a devout Christian home, learning Bible stories in Sunday school and serving in The...
President Joseph Boakai’s speech at Liberia’s 178th Independence Anniversary
Cocorioko
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July 27, 2025
Speach by H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the Celebration of Liberia’s 178th Independence Day at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia. “ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH NYUMA BOAKAI, SR. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 178TH...
Mapped: Global Income Level Classification, by Country
Visual Capitalist
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July 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
With a Focus on Africa, UNESCO Adds 26 Sites to World Heritage List
Art in America
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July 28, 2025
UNESCO has added 26 sites to its World Heritage List, including four new sites located on the African continent and the Murujuga Aboriginal lands in Australia. The four African sites are the Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains...
When a Dutch Drug Kingpin Needed a New Base, Sierra Leone Welcomed Him With Open Arms
New Lines Magazine
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July 28, 2025
It was just after 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, 2023, when Hussein Fawaz joined the growing line outside Scarlet, an exclusive nightclub at a seaside resort in Freetown. The evening air was warm and humid, and the crowd at the entrance was growing...
See Trump's Tariffs on China, Europe, and More
The New York Times
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July 28, 2025
Germany Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Japan Preliminary deal reached — 24 10 — 25 15 Vietnam Preliminary deal reached — 46 10 — — 20 Ireland Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Italy Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Britain...
OPINION: President Tinubu, 2027 and Buhari’s sad death
The Will
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July 28, 2025
July 28, (THEWILL) — As if blessed with clairvoyance or possibly having a premonition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s imminent death, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, seemed to have stirred up the debate...
Peace without prosperity is fragile
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 28, 2025
The Orator of Liberia’s 178th Independence Anniversary has called on the Boakai Administration to confront economic disparity with robust, practical policy actions. By Lincoln G. Peters Monrovia, Liberia; July 28, 2025 – Liberia’s 178th...