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Inspiring art galleries, museums and cool creative studios to visit around the world
Woman & Home
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July 8, 2025
Exciting art spaces, museums, and studios go hand in hand with travel, since they’re filled with thought-provoking images and displays that comment on identity, culture, history, and self. Often free to visit, and found in pretty much every city...
Emirates reveals its most popular booking destinations for summer 2025
AeroTime News
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July 9, 2025
Dubai-based Emirates has revealed its list of most popular destinations for the summer 2025 travel peak. Data analyzed from the carrier’s booking engine display that regular favorite locations still feature highly on the list, although there is a...
Summer transit through Tangier Port nears 130,000 as “Marhaba” operation continues smoothly
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
Since the start of the “Marhaba” summer transit operation on June 10, nearly 130,000 passengers have passed through Tangier City Port, a key hub for Moroccan nationals returning from Europe. According to Abdelaziz El Ouardi, the port’s operations...
Anthony Grafton: No Cheese Please
London Review of Books
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July 24, 2025
Libraries were all the rage in Renaissance Europe, and no wonder. Theatres of knowledge, grandly decorated and proudly displayed, they hosted dramas of many kinds. Learned men used them for lively conversation on such irresistible topics as the...
Update: Brinnon fire was human-caused, fire department says
Port Townsend Leader - Washington State
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By Alex Frick Update: As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, crews have fully extinguished the Belgian Fire in Brinnon. The fire was human-caused, according to the Brinnon Fire Department, which is asking the community to remain vigilant and report...
Robert Plant Talks Album, U.S. Tour With New Band Saving Grace: ‘They’ve Saved My Sanity’
Rolling Stone
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July 16, 2025
In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s...
Explore the water sports, sands and seafood of Western Sahara
Park Rapids Enterprise - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
Editor’s note: Retired judge John P. Smith, who lives in Nevis, will share his traveling adventures with the Enterprise, as he concludes the last leg of his quest. “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years...
Super Falcons, Zambia clash Friday in WAFCON quarter-final
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will lock horns with the Copper Queens of Zambia on Friday in what is shaping up to be one of the fiercest encounters of the ongoing Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The quarter-final clash, scheduled for the Larbi...
Contestants gobble up the fun and Wacky Wednesday pie-eating in Ocean City
Ocean City Sentinel - New Jersey
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July 9, 2025
OCEAN CITY — A little rain didn’t stop a crowd from lining up to compete July 2 in the annual Wacky Wednesday Pie Eating Contest — a holiday tradition in America’s Greatest Family Resort. Competitors from as close as Ocean City and Upper Township...
Financial authorities probe construction material firms over suspected money laundering, currency smuggling
Hespress
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July 2, 2025
Morocco’s financial intelligence watchdog has launched an investigation into an alleged money laundering and currency smuggling network operating under the cover of construction material companies in the northern regions of Tangier and Tetouan,...
Lessons learned from the 2025 Club World Cup for the USA
AS
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July 15, 2025
With more than 70% of the 2026 World Cup taking place on American soil, this summer’s Club World Cup served as a high-stakes dress rehearsal. The tournament offered a glimpse of what the U.S. is doing right—and what it urgently needs to...
TripAdvisor Promised Paradise. Climate Change Had Other Plans.
Atmos
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July 8, 2025
As the name Paradise Valley suggests, this “swimming destination” nestled between towering golden otter sandstone cliffs in the Moroccan High Atlas mountains is said to have once been a heavenly place. Popularized as a tourist destination in the...
NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
Consortium News
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July 15, 2025
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...
Fire prompts Level 3 evacuations in Brinnon area
Port Townsend Leader - Washington State
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By Alex Frick Update: As of 7:02 p.m., crews fighting the Belgian Fire were able to get around the perimeter of the fire and are now working on preventing any further loss. The fire burned about five acres of brush and heavy timber. Two structures...
The Myth of ‘Choice’ in Global South Sex Trafficking Discourse
Ms. Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Demonstrators outside the French embassy in Rabat, Morocco, on March 24, 2023, protest the release of Jacques Bouthier, former CEO of the Assu2000 insurance group, who had been accused of sexual abuse, child rape and trafficking. The middle sign...
Davis Bryant makes PGA Tour debut after meteoric rise over last year by winning state opens, shining on DP World Tour
Denver Post - Colorado
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July 9, 2025
A year ago in Morocco, Davis Bryant turned a birdie into a stack of cash that ignited his PGA Tour dreams. Bryant made his international debut at an Asian Tour tournament there. Heading into the final hole on Friday and needing a birdie to get to...
Glassware Traditions We Love From Around the World—and Their Modern Interpretations
dwell
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July 8, 2025
When browsing the local shops on your vacation for souvenirs this year, put down the magnets, set aside the ceramics, and make some room for glass. There are so many different glass traditions that are iconic because of where they’re from that...
Top 10 busiest African airports in 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 8, 2025
In what signals a robust rebound for Africa’s aviation sector, the continent’s busiest airports are reporting a remarkable surge in passenger traffic, reflecting renewed travel demand, economic recovery, and the return of global connectivity after...
Trump’s disrespect for African states persists
Sabah
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July 15, 2025
Forging a diplomatic endeavour among many states aims to achieve a quid pro quo status in international relations. While these relations strive to be on equal footing, mutual respect is highly encouraged among leaders, especially in their...
Top 5 summer destinations of 2025, Emirates reveals
Gulf News
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Dubai: As international travel surges in 2025, Emirates has revealed the top summer getaway trends based on global flight searches and booking data between July and August. Some destinations are perennial favorites, while others have emerged as...