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Armoured vehicles from Canadian-owned company deployed in Sudan’s war zones
The Globe and Mail
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August 26, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Screenshot of a video showing Rapid Support Forces fighters using a Streit Spartan armoured vehicle during their assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under an RSF siege for more than a year....
Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions
Institute for Security Studies
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Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. Published on 26 August 2025 in ISS Today By Julia Baum...
Hotter seas put Murcia on flood watch this autumn
Murcia Today
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Date Published: 26/08/2025 The August heatwave may have come to an end but the Mediterranean shows no signs of cooling, leading experts to advise that the Region of Murcia should be bracing for a dangerous autumn. Water temperatures are closing...
S&P Global Commodity Insights Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Emerald Partner, Bringing Strategic Energy Intelligence To Help Drive Africa's Energy Future
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark prices for the commodities, energy and energy transition markets, and a division of S&P Global, has joined the...
Why the BBNJ treaty on marine biodiversity matters more in the Mediterranean (commentary)
Mongabay
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August 25, 2025
The Mediterranean Sea covers less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, yet hosts more than 18% of its known marine species, while being beset by unresolved maritime boundaries plus growing pressure from climate change, overfishing and pollution....
From the streets of Baghdad, I saw a clear line to the bloodshed in Gaza
The Guardian
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August 26, 2025
“You destroyed Iraq.” I had to wait for my companion, the Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, to translate these words, but the thunderous look on this middle-aged man’s face already told its own story. We were standing on Haifa Street, one of...
Opinion – The Performance of UN Transitional Authorities
E-International Relations
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August 25, 2025
John Moore and Jerry Pubantz’s recent insightful opinion piece on a potential UN solution to the Gaza quandary, is both optimistic and thought-provoking. It also reminded me of a paper on this subject by Rob McLaughlin. I had the privilege of...
U.S. Interference in Venezuela: History, Strategies, and Resistance Against Imperialist Interventionism
teleSUR
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In recent weeks, U.S. foreign policy has reiterated its clear intention to undermine the sovereignty and stability of the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. With crescent maneuvers from the Pentagon and an increasingly...
45 Turkish Companies Join ENR’s Global Top 250 Ranking
MENAFN
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August 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A total of 45 Turkish construction firms have secured spots on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine’s 2025 Top 250 International Contractors list, the Turkish Trade Ministry announced Friday. The number marks an increase from last...
EverythingAboutWater Expo 2025: A Global Gathering for Sustainable Water Solutions
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 25, 2025
HT Syndication New Delhi [India], August 25: Earth Water Foundation is pleased to inform the industry about the upcoming 20th edition of the EverythingAboutWater Expo & Conclave 2025, which will take place from 28th to 30th August 2025 at Hall No....
45 Turkish construction firms ranked among world's top 250
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Some 45 Turkish contractors have made it to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine’s Top 250 International Contractors list, according to a statement by the Turkish Trade Ministry. Turkish contractors working around the world secured...
Rise of Türkiye's domestic energy strategy
Sabah
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August 25, 2025
Energy has always been a decisive force in both the development trajectory of nations and their position in international politics. Türkiye’s energy policy has also evolved over time, shifting from a model shaped by dependency and external supply...
Business News | EverythingAboutWater Expo 2025: A Global Gathering for Sustainable Water Solutions
Latestly
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August 25, 2025
HT Syndication New Delhi [India], August 25: Earth Water Foundation is pleased to inform the industry about the upcoming 20th edition of the EverythingAboutWater Expo & Conclave 2025, which will take place from 28th to 30th August 2025 at Hall No....
Sri Lanka’s tea exports surge but industry hobbled by weak policy reforms
Lanka News Web
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August 25, 2025
By: Staff Writer August 25, Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka’s tea industry, the island nation’s largest agricultural export earner, recorded an encouraging recovery in July 2025 with shipments reaching 24 million kilograms (Mnkg), a 13% increase from...
Strong but Vulnerable: Greece’s Military at a Crossroads, US Analyst Says
Greek Reporter
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August 23, 2025
F-16 fighter jet. Credit: Hellenic Air Force The Greek military possesses impressive capabilities, but there remains room for improvement given the country’s geostrategic location, according to US analyst Michael Shurkin, Ph.D. Shurkin, a...
DXY a touch firmer, Bunds fade Friday's gains into German Ifo - Newsquawk Europe Market Open
Zero Hedge
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APAC stocks began the week on the front foot as the region took its opportunity to react to the dovish comments by Fed Chair Powell at Jackson Hole on Friday. European equity futures indicate a lower cash market open with Euro Stoxx 50 future down...
What a Russian victory in Ukraine would mean—loss of US deterrence, bolder China, broken UN
The Print
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August 23, 2025
On the evening of 14 April 1986, just after American F-111 bombers struck targets across Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, President Ronald Reagan invoked the lesson of Munich 1938. In justifying the raid, undertaken in retaliation for a West Berlin...
ISIS remains a global threat as it adapts, shows resilience: UN expert
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 25, 2025
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, August 25, 2025 A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March...
Better Than Pantsir? China’s New Anti-Drone Combat Vehicle Adapts to Ukraine War Lessons
Military Watch
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August 24, 2025
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has begun fielding a new air defence combat vehicle designed to provide short range defence against drone attacks, the FK-3000, which was seen during rehearsals for the country’s upcoming military parade...
What Are the Real Reasons Behind Washington’s Latest Show of Force Against Venezuela?
naked capitalism
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August 22, 2025
The US Empire’s drums of war are once again beating loud and hard in Latin America. Three US destroyers equipped with the Aegis system, a defence technology designed to track multiple targets and neutralise air or sea threats simultaneously, will...