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Italy halts outdoor work as Europe gripped by record temperatures
Euro Weekly News
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July 2, 2025
Passerby cools head in Rome fountain. Credit: Shutterstock More than half of Italy’s regions, including Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, have banned outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day as Europe grapples with one of the most intense...
Lizzo, Rick Ross, Youg Nudy & Teyana Taylor Highlight This Week’s New Music Roundup
Black America Web
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June 30, 2025
1. LunchMoney Lewis – Buttercup Source:LunchMoney Lewis MIA-based songwriter/producer LunchMoney Lewis drops his Meli Andrea-produced music video for love ballad “Buttercup.” Co-directed by NTRO4K, the infomercial-style visual, edited by Hritwik...
Italy limits outdoor work as heatwave breaks records across Europe
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
Thirteen Italian regions have banned outdoor working during the hottest parts of the day; June temperature records have been smashed in Spain and Portugal; and schools in parts of France have been closed, as an extreme heatwave continues to grip...
Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2025
In every corner of the country, in labs, hospitals and universities, a new generation of Canadians is making small but mighty advances in health, science and medicine. They are in the early stages of their promising careers. And yet, they are...
SPECIAL OPERATIONS: Destruction at GRAU
Strategy Page
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June 29, 2025: Russia continues having problems with ammunition explosions. The latest one, in April, occurred 80 kilometers east of Moscow at the Grau ammunition depot. More than a square kilometer was scorched by the explosions, destroying...
Italy: Protest against planned detention centre
Freedom News
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July 2, 2025
A new network in Italy is fighting against “CPR” migrant detention centres on the Mediterranean coast ~ thymo nzk & Ibiscus ~ A protest of over 500 people took place on Saturday 28 June in the small touristic coastal town of Diano Marina, where...
Balkan Investigative Reporting Highlights: 20 Stories from 20 Years
Balkan Insight
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July 2, 2025
From 2005 onwards, BIRN has expanded its work across more than 17 countries, building a network of reporters, editors, researchers and media partners. BIRN journalists have uncovered cross-border criminal networks, tracked disinformation...
Trump’s ‘remigration’ talk isn’t just rhetoric
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard President Trump’s sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do, after Trump sent bunker bombs into...
The truth about what happens to Britain's stolen cars: Map reveals smuggling routes used by gangs to sneak motors out of the UK - and where they finally end up
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
Gangs are stealing luxury cars from British driveways before whisking them abroad within hours for sale in the Middle East and Africa - as this new graphic reveals. Other expensive vehicles, including Range Rovers and Rolls-Royces, are shipped to...
Trump on 'remigration:' Heed the rhetoric | Thomas Elias
Lompoc Record - California
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Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard President Trump’s sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do, after Trump sent bunker bombs into...
On Sustainable Population Growth: Human Values
The Good Men Project - California
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July 1, 2025
“Population growth can exacerbate environmental degradation when it increases pressure on natural resources and generates more waste and emissions. Sustainable development requires policies that balance population trends with economic growth,...
Jaguar Land Rover worker had leg amputated after 'safety failings'
Coventry Live
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July 1, 2025
Safety failings left a worker needing part of his leg amputated after a forklift truck accident at Jaguar Land Rover. Kevin McGunnigle was tasked with moving large pipes from a storage area referred to as 'the graveyard' at the facility on Lode...
Police raid uncovers Scotland’s biggest weed farm worth nearly £12m
The Scottish Sun
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July 1, 2025
SCOTLAND’S largest cannabis farm has been busted by cops who found more than a ton of weed worth nearly £12million. Police revealed the massive operation was uncovered in a former college building on a town centre main street in Kirkcaldy, Fife. 3...
'Filthy' Coventry shop fined after 'rat droppings and gnawed food found'
Coventry Live
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July 2, 2025
A Coventry shopowner whose city premises were infested with rat droppings has been fined nearly £45,000. Food items that had been gnawed by rodents were also being sold at Opus Foods in Foleshill. Officers from Coventry City Council visited the...
The Countries With The Cleanest Swimming Water In Europe—2025 Report
Forbes
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Assos, a postcard-perfect village on the Greek island of Kefalonia. Greece ranks among the top countries in Europe for the cleanest coastal waters, making this idyllic beach a safe and stunning spot for a swim. getty Looking for the best places to...
OFFICIAL QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONCERNING WORDING IN THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Bulgarian News Agency
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To: David McAllister, Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Committee Copy to: Kaja Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy All Members of the European Parliament OFFICIAL...
Movers & Shakers for June 30, 2025
Worcester Business Journal - Massachusetts
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TIM FOLEY has joined UMass Memorial Health as the Worcester healthcare system's new vice president of government relations. Foley most recently served as executive vice president and Massachusetts division director of 1199SEIU United Healthcare...
Demographic Displacement: Over 40 Per Cent of England Births Had At Least One Foreign Parent
Breitbart
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July 2, 2025
More than four in ten children born last year in England had at least one foreign-born parent, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. In 2024, there were 594,677 live births recorded in England and Wales, an increase of 0.6...
Cyprus Leads EU in Beach Water Quality With 99.2% Rated ‘Excellent’
Famagusta Gazette
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July 1, 2025
Home Cyprus Cyprus Leads EU in Beach Water Quality With 99.2% Rated ‘Excellent’ Cyprus led the European Union in bathing water quality this year, with 99.2% of its swimming sites rated “excellent,” according to a new report from the European...
Contingent Workers Spark Need for Agile Workforce Payments
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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July 2, 2025
As companies expand their global contingent workforce, efficient cross-border payments become essential, Papaya Global Chief Product Officer Amit Levi writes in in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.” Today,...