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South Africa Faces a Diplomatic Tightrope on Iran
Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: South Africa treads a fine diplomatic line after the United States strikes Iran, Nigeria faces a Boko Haram resurgence in its northeast, and Egypt imposes electricity rationing...
In The Loopus: First Draft. Final Draft.
Canis Hoopus - Minnesota
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June 25, 2025
Folks, do you remember when I wrote 5000 words over the course of 12 hours about the NBA Trade Deadline? I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember it, because it gave me (and former face of Canis Hoopus and victim of my ravings Jack Borman)...
More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes
Techdirt
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June 26, 2025
from the it's-all-about-race dept To call the administration’s “worst of the worst” claims a ruse is to give this administration too much credit. It’s not clever enough to run a con. Going after criminals was never the point during Trump’s first...
Tanzania SGR freight service starts after successful trials
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has officially commenced cargo services on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), marking a new phase in the country’s transport modernisation. The freight operations, linking Dar es Salaam and...
Trump’s catalog of constitutional crimes: Long and getting longer
People's World
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June 25, 2025
Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas has called for the impeachment of President Trump on the grounds that he violated the Constitution with his bombing of Iran.| AP WASHINGTON—Donald Trump just bombed Iran. That’s unconstitutional, Al Green notes....
2025 NBA Draft: Picks and grades for all 30 teams
Yahoo Sports
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The Dallas Mavericks took Duke star Cooper Flagg at No. 1 overall as expected, and a whole host of picks changed hands over the two days of the NBA Draft. The Utah Jazz took a gamble by selecting Ace Bailey at No. 5, Duke had three players go in...
2025 NBA Draft: Picks and grades for every team that selected
Yahoo Sports
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The Dallas Mavericks took Duke star Cooper Flagg at No. 1 overall as expected, and a whole host of picks changed hands over the two days of the NBA Draft. The Utah Jazz took a gamble by selecting Ace Bailey at No. 5, Duke had three players go in...
Flying Higher Together
Nebraska Life
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Carrying One Another Boys Town • 1917 105 Years of Helping Families Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, watched older children take turns carrying a younger boy stricken by polio up and down the stairs at Boys Town. Father Flanagan asked...
Zimbabwe among most targeted in cyber attacks
Bulawayo 24 News
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June 27, 2025
Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a hotspot for cyberattacks, with experts warning of rising threats to data security and urging urgent action to strengthen the country's digital defences. Speaking at the Computer Society of Zimbabwe's Winter...
Why Trump regime shattered the Constitution to crush a 29-year-old Maryland laborer
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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“What’s Kafkaesque [...] is when you enter a surreal world in which all your control patterns, all your plans, the whole way in which you have configured your own behavior, begins to fall to pieces [...] What you do is struggle against this with...
Welded Together nabs the top prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Cineuropa
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23/06/2025 - Belarusian director Anastasiya Miroshnichenko has been lauded for her powerful portrayal of a woman confronting her past Welded Togehter by Anastasiya Miroshnichenko The closing ceremony of the 32nd Sheffield Doc/Fest, the annual...
Biggest winners and losers from 2025 NBA Draft: Hawks score, Bailey falls
Sportsnet
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June 26, 2025
Day 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft has come and gone, filling in with pen the blanks that fans had been doing so with pencils for months. For some, the cerebral studying of big boards and rumour roundups led them to the exact conclusions they'd hoped...
Time to Unmask Trump’s Detention and Deportation Squads
Democracy Now!
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By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan With each passing day, the violence wielded by ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, grows more intense and widespread. One grotesquely emblematic example of this was the recent violent arrest of...
Protestors urge WA governor to pardon Vietnamese man deported to Africa
KING 5 - Washington State
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June 26, 2025
Family and advocates seek gubernatorial pardon for man sent to East Africa despite Vietnamese origin. SEATTLE — Protestors gathered outside Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Downtown Seattle office on Tuesday, demanding he intervene in the case of a Vietnamese...
Kosovo Prepares For Deportees From US Amid Warnings Balkans Becoming A Migrant 'Warehouse'
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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June 26, 2025
With illegal immigration a fraught issue in Europe and the United States, Western countries are increasingly kicking the political football over to the Balkans. But questions are building over whether the countries of the region are ready to catch...
Uganda rallies IGAD states to empower women on land and climate action
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
The National and Regional Dialogues with Women Parliamentarians from Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states at Serena Hotel. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has taken the lead in championing...
State of the Resistance
International Viewpoint
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The June 14 “No Kings” rallies were both cheeky and inspirational. An estimated five million people turned out, importantly not only in big but also smaller cities and towns, as the Trump/MAGA assault threatens to squeeze the life out of rural as...
Youth urged to reject toxic politics, embrace peace in WES
The City Review
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June 25, 2025
Addressing a youth leadership forum in Yambio over the weekend, Taban expressed concern over the growing trend of youth involvement in violence driven by political agendas By Emmanuel Mandella Yambio County, Western Equatoria State- The...
2025 NBA Draft: Suns add pair of 7-footers in frontcourt rebuild
Inquirer
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June 27, 2025
Khaman Maluach reacts as he greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 10th by the Houston Rockets–then traded to Phoenix Suns–in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam...
International News Briefs for Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Havana Times
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June 24, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Trump Lashes Out After Israel Violates Fragile Truce with Iran Jun 24, 2025 President Trump has lashed out at Israel after its...