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Accra Metropolitan University confers honorary Doctorate on IGP Yohuno
Ghana News Agency
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July 21, 2025
By Gifty Amofa Accra, July 21, GNA – Accra Metropolitan University (AMU) has conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno in recognition of nearly four decades of distinguished national service. Mr Tetteh-Yohuno’s...
Janet Parker: ‘Never again’ means never again for everyone
Green Left
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July 21, 2025
Janet Parker from Jews for Palestine Western Australia delivered the following speech to the Converge on Canberra: Sanction Israel now! protest, at Parliament House, Canberra, on July 20. • • • We come together in rage and in grief both as...
Western aid cuts cede ground to China in South-east Asia: Study
The Straits Times
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July 20, 2025
SYDNEY – China is set to expand its influence over South-east Asia’s development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think-tank said on July 20. The region is in an “uncertain moment”, facing...
Magnesium Isoglycyrrhizinate Alleviates Alectinib-Induced Hepatotoxicity by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Damage-Mediated Pyroptosis
Dove Medical Press
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July 21, 2025
Introduction Lung cancer is the second most frequently occurred cancer globally and has the highest cancer-associated death rate among all cancers.1 Approximately 85% of lung cancer patients were diagnosed as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).2...
Expanding influence: Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
RTL Today
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July 20, 2025
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday. The region is in an "uncertain moment", facing cuts in official...
Suspicious transactions in Macau casinos down 14.9 pct in H1
Macau Business
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July 17, 2025
The number of suspicious transactions recorded in Macau’s casinos in the first half of 2025 dropped by 14.9 per cent compared to the same period last year, the SAR’s Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) has announced. In a statement released on...
Legendary paramedic Alan Playford tells all in new memoir
RiotACT
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July 19, 2025
Alan Playford was a trailblazer in paramedicine with a storied career spanning more than 40 years. Photo: Mick Dawson. Most Australians remember paramedic Alan Playford for his heroic rescue of Norm Duffy during the 1989 Newcastle Earthquake – a...
Bermuda Updates Immigration Prohibition Order
Bernnews
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July 17, 2025
The Ministry of Economy and Labour issued an advisory on ongoing immigration policy reviews and adjustments. A Government spokesperson said, “The Ministry of Economy and Labour advises the public that, effective 17 July 2025, the Bermuda...
Will We-the-Quails Unite To Lift The Net Or Wither Away The Gains Made In AIDS Response?
Scoop
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Saturday, 19 July 2025, 8:25 pm Article: CNS Let us refresh the old gold Buddhist tale of The Quail and the Net: “Long ago a flock of quails lived in a forest. Everyday a hunter would cast a net and trap many of them. But eventually, a wise quail...
German passport e-gates won’t change the reality: Brexit has been a disaster for British travellers
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
WAtoday
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July 18, 2025
Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy said: “The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world and the most significant Pacific policy this country has undertaken in the last 50 years.” A...
Geopolitics is weighing on FDI, capital chasing certainty over scale - study
BNE Intellinews
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The world is living through turbulent times, but investors are still chasing returns which has affected the flows of international foreign direct investment (FDI). So, they are asking themselves: which countries offer the best risk-return deals as...
Taking matters into our ownhands: Aid dependency in the Pacific
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 17, 2025
BY Aisake Valu Eke and Tuya Altangerel There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the SDGs since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of Pacific Island countries (PICs)...
Former Dundalk soldier keeps a promise to an Irish hero
Louth Live
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July 8, 2025
In May 2025 I returned to a country I knew as East Timor. I had served there as a cook with the Army Ranger Wing in 2000. Since independence it is now called ‘Timor-Leste’. I was happily surprised at the improvement 25 years on, from a war-torn...
Ian Storey on Russia’s Turn to Southeast Asia
The Diplomat
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July 15, 2025
Over the past decade, under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has taken steps to expand its economic, political, and security relations with Southeast Asia. This has involved efforts both to build upon the historical influence of the Soviet Union...
Trading floor: Tivan, White Cliff rise; Imagion soars
Azzet
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July 10, 2025
Imagion Biosystems soars on positive FDA feedback Little-known Imagion Biosystems (ASX: IBX) was up over 80% at the open after the biotechnology and nanotechnology minnow received positive feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Southeast Asia: Just about 20% of women in WHO Southeast Asia region have health insurance
Asia Insurance Review
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About one in every five women in the WHO Southeast Asia Region, including India, are covered under a health insurance according to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The study Health insurance coverage among men...
UK wants to lower voting age to 16: Which other nations allow adolescents to cast ballots?
Firstpost
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July 17, 2025
The United Kingdom has decided to extend voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds in all elections. In a big democratic overhaul, the British government said it will lower the voting age to 16 by the next general election. It said the proposed changes...
Santos Q2 Revenue Slightly Hit by Lower Prices
Rigzone
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July 17, 2025
Santos Ltd. on Thursday reported $1.29 billion in sales revenue for the second quarter, down one percent from the prior three-month period as weaker liquids prices offset higher sales volumes. The Australian company produced 22.2 million barrels...
Hanwha Aerospace creates new CEO position to lead European, British operations
Yonhap News Agency
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July 18, 2025
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense systems giant Hanwha Aerospace Co. has created a new chief executive officer (CEO) position for its operations in Europe and Britain, underscoring the company's strategic focus on regional expansion....