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Australian Unicorns and Soonicorns: Startups Set to Dominate 2025
TechNews180
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June 22, 2025
The birth of the Australian startup ecosystem is truly entering an age of gradual momentum, from thousands active startups and rising activity in sectors such as fintech, climate tech, AI, and creator tools. In 2024 alone, Aussie startups have...
A Cuban dad did time for a marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody Thursday.
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman. In the...
Earth Today | 25 years and counting
The Gleaner
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June 19, 2025
YESTERDAY, JUNE 18, marked 25 years since the entry into force of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol). The anniversary flagged a quarter of a century of dedicated efforts to conserve and sustainably...
Voices: When US presidents talk of regime change, we must be careful what they wish for
The Independent
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June 23, 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...
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
Alabama Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development programs, has now formally closed. Since January, the Trump administration has...
Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations in a new US administration
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
The continued and evolving use of economic and financial sanctions by a growing number of jurisdictions and government authorities, the exponential increase in the sheer number of sanctions targets and the increasing level of complexity of...
Sino-Russian Convergence in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference: A Global Threat to the US and Its Allies
CEPA
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June 30, 2025
The use of AI-driven propaganda and deepfake technologies has significantly escalated the scale and sophistication of disinformation, posing unprecedented challenges from Russia and China for Western intelligence and democratic institutions....
RELIGION HEADLINES FRI 6-20-25
SRN News
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June 20, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix (SRN NEWS ) Nicaragua continues to attract attention for religious persecution. Scores of Catholic and Protestant leaders have wound up in prison for questioning President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorial rule. CSW, a British-based...
Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Literary Hub
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June 30, 2025
I’m compiling this month’s SFF list in the lead-up to the summer solstice; by the time you read it, the days will already have begun shortening, even incrementally. But summer has only just begun, and July brings a bevy of exciting reads for...
Brazil’s English Skills Lag Far Behind Global Standards
The Rio Times
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June 22, 2025
Brazil faces a big challenge as it prepares to host the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in 2025. The country ranks 81st out of 116 countries on the EF English Proficiency Index, a respected international measure. This means most...
Yes, You Could Be Both Openly Gay and Conservative in the '80s
Reason Magazine
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June 30, 2025
The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983–1994, by Thomas Mallon, Knopf, 592 pages, $40 Writing in 1985, arguably the worst year of the AIDS crisis, the leftist columnist Christopher Hitchens attacked closeted gays who preached right-wing...
More than just a Squid Game: Gaza’s aid trap
Mada Masr
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June 30, 2025
Shortly after midnight on June 17, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced that its aid distribution center in Khan Younis would open at 10 am. But Tarek al-Borayem from Gaza had already learned how things really worked in the two weeks...
Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms Trump to tour Alligator Alcatraz, the Everglades detention center
Naples Daily News - Florida
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different?
Foreign Policy
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were terrified of monarchy. They designed a constitution that separated and fragmented power, hoping that no single individual would ever amass the kind of authority that Britain’s king had enjoyed....
Will Trump visit 'Alligator Alcatraz'?
USA Today - Virginia
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
The Supreme Court Made 1 Thing Clear In Its First Term Under Trump 2.0
HuffPost
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June 30, 2025
The Supreme Court is not going to stop President Donald Trump. Anyone still holding their breath for the court to emerge as meaningful resistance to an increasingly autocratic president should stop before they succumb to autoasphyxiation. This...
Sheinbaum Makes Her G-7 Debut
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The leaders of Brazil and Mexico attend the G-7 summit, Bolivia celebrates a syncretic religious festival, and Nicaragua remembers its first female president. Lula,...
International trade event heads for Ohio's capital
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's agriculture will be on display in August as an international trade event makes its stop in Columbus. The second annual Summer in Cities Buyers Mission is hosted by Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast will connect...
FAA notice suggests Trump might visit Alligator Alcatraz on July 1
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
20 International Cities That Are Perfect for American Retirees
24/7 Wall St.
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June 28, 2025
Personal Finance Maridav / Shutterstock.com Regardless of the reason, many Americans are relocating to international cities. On the plus side, there is a good chance they are doing so because not just of a changing view, but an opportunity to save...