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[Independent (Kampala)] Rio De Janeiro -- From July 6 to 7, the 17th BRICS Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This summit and the recent expansion of BRICS, which now includes Indonesia as its newest member and ten additional partner countries, reflects a significant step towards strengthening cooperation among emerging market economies.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:[HRW] 51st session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will be required to tighten its belt ahead of the 2027 General Election, with the National Treasury signaling a significant reduction in funding for both the main polls and upcoming by-elections.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The driest spring in 132 years is endangering river wildlife as well as severely affecting crops
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Both this government and the last are implicated in a cover-up that will cost the UK billions
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:How the BBC obscures UK complicity in Gaza genocide Submitted by Jonathan Cook on Fri, 07/18/2025 - 13:40 Manufactured 'scandals' over Gaza coverage are designed to browbeat the corporation into ever-greater cravenness to Israel A protester holds up a placard with an anti-BBC message during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on 23 March 2025 (Benjamin Cremel/AFP) Off After months of a confected furore...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The British Foreign Office also linked Russia's intelligence agency to a cyber sabotage campaign across Europe and the US, targeting institutions, elections and public health programmes.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Nigerian police officer Juliet Ukah will make history when the Professional Fighters League holds its first event in Africa.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Researchers say a far-right social media campaign β that painted a respected law professor as extremist β caused the suspension of the election of judges to Germany's highest court.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Serious sewage spills rise 60% in England ahead of findings from Cunliffe report
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The UN human rights chief says those responsible for violations and abuses "must be held to account.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:There is no force in the world capable of crushing the power of truth and ideas, said Cuban Ambassador Rodriguez. On Thursday, claiming to be responding to a request from residents in her jurisdiction, Cuauhtemoc Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega removed the statues of Fidel Castro and Ernesto βCheβ Guevara from the Tabacalera neighborhood [β¦]
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the new measures, describing them as a βtimely and necessaryβ step amid intensified Russian attacks.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Isuzu East Africa has signed an agreement with SGA Security for vehicle supply.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Women leaders in the Nyanza region have described the late celebrated politician Phoebe Asiyo as a trailblazer for women in leadership.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Leeβs approval ratings have exceeded 60 percent, surpassing his 49 percent vote share in the June 3 election.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The changes come following calls from some Czech institutions, including the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, to correct what they said was an imbalance in the legal system.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The government is threatening to withdraw funding from centres that fail to meet national standards, but in regional Australia that can be a big askGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor years, on Mondays and Fridays, Marni Turner would spend two hours driving her boys to and from preschool. βI would drive a half an hour β¦ to drop my kid and drive half an hour back to work, and then I would...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:In cooler climates and unheated sharehouses, itβs an increasingly popular tipple β and you donβt need to reach for the top shelf to make itGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThereβs something both medieval and mildly unhinged about heating wine. It feels a little like putting pineapple on pizza or microwaving fish at work, technically permissible but socially questionable.Itβs a tradition thatβs believed to...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:With tax reform back on the agenda thanks to the productivity roundtable, Henryβs 2010 review has a lot of answers to the biggest challenges facing the Albanese governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKen Henry, the former Treasury boss, slipped up during his address to the National Press Club this week.Speaking in his capacity as chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation,...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:If thereβs one thing that Iβve learned by talking to older women, itβs that being a βbad girlβ shouldnβt faze you β it should embolden youI remember the thrill I felt when someone would tell me that I was a βgood girlβ. I understood from a young age that, as a girl, goodness would be my supreme achievement β my calling in life. But what that looked like or how I might embody its essence took time to decode.I remember...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers slaughter dozens of sheep in attack on Palestinian Bedouins Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Fri, 07/18/2025 - 14:04 Groups of settlers attacked Palestinians in Jordan Valley, forcing two families to flee their homes Palestinian shepherds lead their flock near the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, east of Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank on 11 May 2025 (AFP) Off At dawn on Friday,...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Two of Germany's most beloved spring and summer snacks β asparagus and strawberries β are increasingly less attractive for farmers to grow. Less space is being devoted to growing them, and prices are rising.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Gaza doctor Abu Safiya given 'two spoonfuls of rice a day' in Israeli jail A lawyer representingPalestinianDr Hussam Abu Safiya has raised concerns over his deteriorating health and routine torture inIsraelidetention, where inmates are given only two spoonfuls of rice a day. In aninterviewwith Arab48, published Thursday, lawyer Gheed Kassem said that the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, located north of theGazaStrip,...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Australia can't be a regional climate leader unless it has hard conversations about LNG with its friends in Japan and South Korea.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The five-party Cyprus negotiations concluded on Friday without resolving key disputes, but talks will continue under the guidance of the UN.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans and others to Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama, and deported eight men earlier this month to South Sudan, also an African country.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The US attorney-generalβs stance has disappointed the presidentβs Maga base
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:New discount programme intended to exclude Chinese manufacturers
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Plus: is Reevesβ pro-risk stance the right one?
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Iranian analysts believe a renewed China-U.S. trade war could harm Iranβs economic lifeline β but also see potential opportunity in global polarization.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:The move by Saudi Arabia to review one of its megaprojects comes amid global scrutiny of its ambitious infrastructure agenda.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Germany's Friedrich Merz has weighed in on a dispute causing a rift within his ruling coalition. The conservative chancellor said much right-wing criticism of top court candidate Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf had been unfair.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:A leaked EU document outlines the toothless nature of a Gaza aid "understanding" between the EU and Israel: non-binding, ambiguous, and difficult to monitor.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:This year's program mirrors the state of the world. Bloody conflicts and power-hungry figures take the stage by storm β but the festival hopes for light at the end of the tunnel.
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