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Refreshed proposal for South Africa name change sparks debate
Zululand Observer
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July 5, 2025
A YEARS-old proposal to change South Africa’s name is back in the spotlight as political parties plan to approach Parliament on the matter. According to media reports, the African Transformation Movement (ATM) is spearheading the proposal,...
The SRL may be the future but now’s needs come first
The Age
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July 1, 2025
Cycle of construction Dictatorial powers exercised by the state government on planning approvals, referred to as the “Development Facilitation Program” reveal symptoms of the government’s extreme budgetary stress from long-term structural deficits...
Homegrown Leadership: Seabee Officer Returns to Inspire Anchorage Youth During Navy Week
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 21, 2025
ANCHORAGE, AK (Jun 19, 2025) Lt. Paul Leray, a Civil Engineer Corps officer in the U.S. Navy and native of Eagle River, returned to his hometown during Navy Week Anchorage 2025 as part of the Navy’s Fleet Outreach Ambassador Team (FLOAT)....
A discovery that could change history: a 40,000-year-old tool found that contradicts what we knew about navigation
MARCA
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July 1, 2025
Actualizado 01/07/2025 - 10:48 CDT The human past is one of the fundamental studies today. Knowing precisely where we come from and from whom is essential to learn more about many other areas. Father jumps off disney cruise to save his daughter...
Royal Australian Navy Welcomes HMAS Arafura as New Arafura-Class OPV
Defense-aerospace.com
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July 2, 2025
The Royal Australian Navy has added a new hull to its order of battle. On 28 June the service commissioned HMAS Arafura, first of the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels, during a ceremony at Fleet Base West near Fremantle. Defense officials...
UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | June 15 to June 21, 2025
The Indian Express
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June 21, 2025
QUESTION 1 With reference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, consider the following statements: Story continues below this ad 1. It is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and technology, and promoting cooperation in the...
Maximizing gains in petroleum upstream sector for transformative dev’t
Business and Financial Times
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July 2, 2025
By Justice OFFEI Jr Ghana’s petroleum upstream sector has long served as a key pillar of public financing, national growth, and macroeconomic stability. The sector still holds vast potential—not just in terms of resource extraction, but as a lever...
Why ‘Chapter II: The Executive’ in our Constitution needs an overhaul
The Spectator Australia
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July 4, 2025
‘Our Defence Minister – who probably doesn’t know how to fire a gun […] he’s a Labor Party lifelong hack.’ This was the Hon. John Ruddick, NSW MLC speaking of Australia’s Defence Minister, Richard Marles, at the inaugural Australians for Better...
cGAS-STING Targeting Offers Novel Therapeutic Opportunities in Liver Diseases
Dove Medical Press
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July 8, 2025
Introduction Cyclic GMP/AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS), in conjunction with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized adaptor stimulator of interferon genes (STING), serves as core components of innate immunity.1–3 Pathogen-derived DNA acts as a...
Indigenous youths top in mental health
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 2, 2025
Indigenous youths top in mental health Published on: Wednesday, July 02, 2025 Published on: Wed, Jul 02, 2025 By: Wu Vui Tek Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Hannah with the organisers and participants at the launch of the roundtable discussion. Kota...
Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Royal Navy busy in the Pacific, more NATO activity in the region
The Daily Blog
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June 30, 2025
Currently, the Royal Navy is active in the Pacific. On 18 June, HMS Spey transited the Taiwan Strait on a ‘freedom of navigation’ patrol. The vessel’s transit a symbolic gesture designed to reinforce the UK’s opposition to any claim China makes to...
Bad news for Indian student applying to study in Australia, student visa application fee hiked by 25%, now have to pay Rs...
DNA India
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Australia has increased the student visa fee again! Effective from July 1, the student visa application fee has hiked by 25%. Australia has increased the student visa fee again! Effective from July 1, the student visa application fee has hiked by...
Australia hikes student visa fee for international students by 25%
Financial Express
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The Australian student visa fee has been increased by 25% for international students looking to study in Australian universities. However, the increase is far less than the fee hike implemented in 2024. The fee for international student visas was...
Call to change South Africa’s name heads to Parliament
Cape Town ETC
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July 3, 2025
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is reigniting national debate by proposing to change South Africa’s name to the Republic of Azania, a move they say would reclaim cultural identity and sever colonial ties. ATM leader Vuyo Zungula...
HPU Sets Record with Four Fulbright Recipients
Yes Weekly - North Carolina
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HIGH POINT, N.C., June 25, 2025 – Four High Point University graduates have been awarded scholarships from the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English and earn master’s degrees abroad. It marks the highest number of Fulbright...
AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India U23 Drawn In Competitive Group H Matches Against These Team
News24
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May 29, 2025
The India U23 men’s national team was placed in Group H for the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, after the draw took place at the AFC House in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur on May 29 2025. The group also includes Qatar, Bahrain and Brunei Darussalam, who...
IAF lost aircraft due to ‘constraint by political leadership’: defence attache
The Indian Express
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July 1, 2025
A senior Indian military officer acknowledged last month that the Indian Air Force (IAF) lost “some aircraft” during Operation Sindoor because of the “constraint” laid down by the Indian political leadership not to attack the Pakistani military...
Mass graves everywhere, but where are the killers?
Lanka News Web
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July 1, 2025
*This article was originally published on 30.09.2017 Dr. Lionel Bopage Introduction Sri Lanka’s armed conflicts have touched the whole Island, affecting all its ethnicities and faiths. By 2013, Sri Lanka recorded the second highest number of...
Pacific Islanders relocate to Australia to escape rising seas
Context
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What’s the context? Climate-vulnerable Pacific Islanders take up Australia's offer for resettlement through a pioneering visa scheme. LONDON - More than a third of people living in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu have applied to permanently...
Historian argues that colonial statues “should remain”
Portugal Pulse
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June 8, 2025
“I believe these statues should remain,” stated a retired professor from the University of Coimbra, arguing that “each era has a historical legitimacy, and symbols change.” Half a century after Portugal recognized the independence of its former...