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Q House Celebrates Juneteenth Blowout
New Haven Independent - Connecticut
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June 23, 2025
Jisu Sheen photos 2-year-old Skylar preparing for a carnival game. Jisu Sheen The Mighty Marching Blue Machine, a New Haven-based band of kids from ages 13 to 24. Girls basketball in the gym. “It’s been a robust day,” said Kara Wallace at an...
I flew 6,000 miles to meet a stranger for a date
Metro
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June 22, 2025
Lucy Rout and her date spent 10 blissful days looking at temples and kayaking down the Mekong river (Picture: Getty Images) Among the passengers who boarded the packed airliner from London to Vietnam last November, one in particular was lost in...
Starlink rolls out its high-speed internet service in Lesotho, now in 24 African countries
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has officially launched in Lesotho. The rollout follows the granting of a 10-year operating licence on April 14, 2025, by Lesotho’s communications regulator, enabling...
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 23rd June, 2025
Naija News
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June 23, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 23rd June, 2025 President Bola Tinubu has condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno State, describing the act as a...
ECOWAS older than EU, yet struggles with integration -Dagunro
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
Nigerian public affairs analyst, Joe Femi Dagunro, has criticised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for failing to fulfil its integration promises, despite being established before the European Union. During a media interview,...
Goldstar Air Celebrates Ghana’s National Day Of Prayer And Thanksgiving
News Ghana
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July 1, 2025
Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
Nigeria, Benin Republic sign integration agreement as Presidents Tinubu and Talon lead call for regional reforms
National Accord Newspaper
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June 22, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin signed an agreement on Saturday to deepen bilateral integration and serve as a model for broader regional cooperation within ECOWAS. The signing ceremony, witnessed by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Benin...
From Meseret, to history
NOW Lebanon
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June 20, 2025
🔊 Listen to Post The fifteen-year ordeal of an Ethiopian woman reveals the double torture of the kafala system: the violent one of the sponsor, and the subtle collusion of the Lebanese legal system. To which, nevertheless, Meseret Hailu appeals to...
Trump’s “Bombshell” On India’s Neighbor! Why U.S. Plans To “Red List” Bhutan, One Of World’s Most Peaceful Countries?
The Eurasian Times
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June 19, 2025
A remote, mountainous, peaceful Buddhist kingdom nestled between India and China, known as one of the happiest countries in the world, is set to become more remote for Americans as it faces the wrath of US President Donald Trump. The Trump...
The 10 worst police forces in Africa (yes, Nigeria is on the list)
Pulse
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June 19, 2025
Across Africa, the police are often seen not as protectors of the people, but as one of the most corrupt and least professional institutions in society.According to a January 2024 Afrobarometer report titled “Law enforcers or law breakers?”,...
The Renewed Hope Initiative’s Motherly Touches
The News (Nigeria)
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June 22, 2025
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu holding a baby in one of her state visits Richard Elesho Senator Oluremi Tinubu is an experienced public servant who has never left anyone in doubt about her pro-people tendencies. The Nigerian first lady will not permit...
Heat Resilient Design: How City Leaders Use Building Materials to Fight Urban Heat
ArchDaily
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June 17, 2025
Rasulbagh Children’s Park by Shatotto.. Image © Asif Salman, Isabelle Antunes, City Syntax, Shatotto team Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or...
‘We are not building for applause, we are building for impact’
Tribune Online
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June 21, 2025
(Being State of the State address delivered by Governor Seyi Makinde, of Oyo State on Friday, 20 June, 2025) Today, I stand before you with a sense of pride and responsibility to deliver the 2025 State of the State Address. Pride in how far we...
Storms bring damage, knock out power in southeastern Mass. ahead of July 4
NBC 10 Boston - Massachusetts
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July 3, 2025
Tens of thousands of people in Massachusetts were without power on Thursday evening, many of them in the southeastern part of the state. There were early reports of an intense storm blowing through the area — severe thunderstorm warnings had been...
Nigeria, Benin sign integration agreement as Tinubu, Talon lead call for regional reforms
News Diary Online
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June 21, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin signed an agreement on Saturday to deepen bilateral integration and serve as a model for broader regional cooperation within ECOWAS. According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the...
This is easy to solve
Oman Observer
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June 21, 2025
Middle East peace, climate change, Ukraine — if Sisyphus were assigned one of today’s global problems, he’d plead to be returned to rock rolling. So let’s focus for a moment on a global challenge that we can actually solve: starvation. I suspect...
West Africa must break trade barriers to unlock $500bn regional potential – Okonjo-Iweala
New Mail
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June 21, 2025
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has urged West African leaders to dismantle trade barriers, reduce costs, and think regionally to unlock the subregion’s $500 billion economic potential and secure...
Nigeria, Benin sign integration agreement
Premium Times
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June 21, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin signed an agreement on Saturday to deepen bilateral integration and serve as a model for broader regional cooperation within ECOWAS. The signing ceremony, witnessed by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Benin...
Tinubu To W’ African Leaders: Turn Region’s Demographic Strength, Mineral Wealth Into Jobs, Industry
This Day
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June 21, 2025
* Nigeria, Benin sign integration agreement as President and Beninois counterpart, Talon canvass regional reforms * Talon charges regional leaders to urgently tackle current crisis rocking ECOWAS Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu on...
Little lives on the sea
L'Osservatore Romano
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by Lidia Ginestra Giuffrida A gentle cry, two little black eyes and a tiny body just a few centimeters long inside a deflated life jacket. This is how little Moses arrived in my arms. His mother, from the iron boat she was on, thought first of...