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US Visa Rule Requires Students’ Social Media Profiles to Be Public
Morocco World News
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July 17, 2025
The US has introduced a new requirement in its migration process, asking foreign applicants to give complete access to their public social media profiles. Over time, US authorities have gradually expanded the scope of their digital demands. They...
How Oasis ruined the Socceroos’ plans for a 20-year anniversary clash with Uruguay
The Age
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July 18, 2025
Jackson Irvine and Tony Popovic.Credit: APWelcome to the complicated world of booking friendlies. It’s not as simple as picking up the phone and asking a rival national team if they’re up for a game. As Football Australia plots the Socceroos’ road...
Citi DC Open: Six Players Withdraw From Event
Yardbarker
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July 17, 2025
The ATP and WTA entry lists at last year’s Citi DC Open in Washington were hampered by many top players competing at the 2024 Olympics. That restriction does not exist at next week’s iteration of the tournament. 2024 US Open runner-ups Taylor...
Witherby’s life’s work gave migrations of birds a ring of proof
Inside Croydon
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July 13, 2025
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A Croydon man’s fascination with wildlife saw him travel across Europe and Africa and into the Arctic Circle in pursuit of rare and precious birds, and begin the practice of ringing which tracks the movement of avian migrants,...
Atlanta Beltline Celebrates New Addition to Westside Trail
Breaking Travel News
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June 27, 2025
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. President and CEO Clyde Higgs, elected officials from Fulton County and Atlanta Public Schools, and other community leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating a major milestone for the...
Ghana's Jennifer Awuku to feature as ball kid at AFCON 2025 grand finale
GhanaWeb
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July 17, 2025
In a moment that proves dreams really can grow from dusty school pitches, Jennifer Awuku, the standout star of Ghana’s U15 girls’ football team, is set to experience African football’s biggest stage up close and personal, thanks to a special...
‘Barcelona’s new 10 – Lamine Yamal turns 18 and takes centre stage’
Joy FM
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July 17, 2025
"Comparisons are odious," wrote Cervantes in Don Quijote. Nowhere is that more true than in football - a world fuelled by statistics, noise, and the endless urge to crown the next Lionel Messi. Lamine Yamal has heard it all before. When the...
Influencers are hosting wellness retreats IRL — and their fans are showing up
Yahoo News
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I’m sitting cross-legged on an artisanal yoga mat near the picturesque Ionian Sea with eight other women who’ve traveled across the globe to be here. I am perfectly still despite the beach flies and mosquitoes buzzing around. A photographer gently...
“A more stable supply makes blackberries more interesting for many buyers”
Fresh Plaza
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July 17, 2025
"The category is developing fast," begins Sebastiaan van Altena, blackberry, strawberry, and red currant buyer at the Dutch company, Berries Pride. He is referring to blackberries. "We see growth potential for these berries, and there's noticeable...
Casablanca Airport Moves Toward 35 Million Passenger Target with New Terminal
Morocco World News
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July 7, 2025
Morocco’s aviation ambitions have taken a concrete step forward with the launch of groundwork for a new terminal at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. The project, now entering its physical construction phase, forms part of the...
‘The Bali of Europe’: This quiet destination has £42 flights and over 300 days of sunshine
Metro
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July 9, 2025
Your new favourite Spanish destination unlocked (Picture: Getty Images) Dreaming of beach days in Bali but can’t afford the flight? There’s a destination dupe much closer to home. Tarifa, on the southernmost tip of Spain, has been nicknamed the...
Free Trade Zones: Nigeria’s Untapped Engine for Regional Growth and Development
Business Day
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July 17, 2025
Akwa Ibom Free Trade Zone is 50,000 hectares FTZ, free container import – zero duties. Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are no longer optional policy tools; they have become critical development levers, especially at this time Nigeria is working...
Man Forgets Wife at Gas Station, Only Realizes 300 Km Later
98 Rock - Maryland
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July 11, 2025
(OddityCentral) On July 5th, a Paris man left on vacation for Morocco with his wife and daughter in the family car. They made several stops at gas stations along the way, but during one of these breaks, something peculiar happened. At around 4:30...
British Airways adds new route between London Gatwick and African capital
Sussex World
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July 10, 2025
British Airways’ Gatwick-based subsidiary airline BA Euroflyer has added a major African city to its route network, marking the airline’s first connection between the two capitals. The new route makes Rabat the third Moroccan destination served by...
COPPER QUEENS RECEIVE WAFCON BONUSES
Zambian Observer
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July 17, 2025
COPPER QUEENS RECEIVE WAFCON BONUSES The Keith Mweemba-led Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has fulfilled its promise, facilitating government payment of bonuses to the Zambia Women’s National Team players in a timely manner. The players have...
Le 300 introduces cocktail menu reimagining classics
Drinks International Magazine
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The menu reimages classics, telling a story of place, landscapes and utilising native botanicals foraged at and around the hotel. Drawing from a background in herbalism, head mixologist Julien Lecharpentier highlights the produce of the...
Lessons From Buhari's Demise
Modern Ghana
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Across the African continent, it has become almost routine. An African president or top politician quietly boards a plane, often in the dead of night, heading to Europe, the Middle East, or Asia for “medical checks.” These trips, costing millions...
The Parable of the Good Schismatic Heretic
Patheos
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July 15, 2025
He Did Not Have to Go Through Samaria Note: This post does not continue from my last; I’ll be resuming that series shortly. This one is the usual weekly Gospel translation and commentary. Samaritans observing Passover on Mount Gerizim in 2006....
Marrakech: A Luxurious Tour Where Tradition Meets Trade Winds
The Enterprise World - Ohio
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July 10, 2025
Are you a Beach person? Or are you a mountain person? Or imagine feeling like a truly luxurious person. Would you like to visit one of the world’s most luxurious cities? If yes, then “Habibi, come to Marrakech.” How do you spell it, Marrakesh or...
‘The O.C.’ and ‘Big Sky’ Alum Joins Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
PopCulture
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July 16, 2025
A Big Sky alum is joining Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated film The Odyssey as the film goes through a casting change. Logan Marshall-Green, who can also be seen in The O.C., is stepping in for Warefar star Cosmo Jarvis after he had to drop...