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Fire at shopping mall in Iraq kills 61
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 18, 2025
Fire at shopping mall in Iraq kills 61 A fire ripped through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq and killed at least 61 people, including children, according to local officials, who blamed the scale of the tragedy on shoddy construction and a lack of...
OPINION: The Sun Is More Than Energy – It Is an Asset
Kyiv Post
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July 20, 2025
Ten years ago, investments in solar energy were considered an experiment or a manifesto of environmental activists. Today, it is one of the most stable and promising sectors for long-term investments, independent of political situations, as a new...
Azerbaijan's Middle East gambit
Le Monde Diplomatique
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July 15, 2025
Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev. Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Azerbaijan on Saturday for his first official visit to the country since taking office earlier this year. Carefully choreographed and heavily publicised,...
CHAKWERA’S G2G FUEL DEAL DELIVERS: Malawi Receives First Middle East Shipment via Tanzania
Nyasa Times
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July 15, 2025
Under President Lazarus Chakwera’s bold government-to-government (G2G) fuel strategy, Malawi has received its first-ever fuel shipment from the Middle East, signalling a major breakthrough in the fight against persistent fuel shortages. Malawi’s...
Liza Marcos flies to Saudi Arabia while Bongbong visits United States
Politiko
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July 18, 2025
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos won’t be joining President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on his visit to the United States as she is currently in Saudi Arabia on a working visit to meet with overseas Filipino workers there. This was how Malacañang explained...
Massive Attack Launch Alliance for Musicians Facing ‘Intimidations From Within Our Industry’ for Supporting Gaza
Rolling Stone
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July 18, 2025
Kneecap, Brian Eno, Garbage, and Fontaines D.C. are also supporting the effort Massive Attack have announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band...
Uber Stock Gains On Robotaxi Partnership With Baidu In Asia, Middle East
Investor's Business Daily
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July 15, 2025
Uber Technologies (UBER) will partner with Chinese internet search leader Baidu (BIDU) to offer robotaxis in several markets outside of the U.S. and China this year, the companies announced Tuesday. Uber stock fell following the news while...
Some 140,000 non-EU workers in Romania, despite higher cost for companies
Romania Insider
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July 18, 2025
Romania has come to have over 140,000 workers from outside the European Union, attracted mainly to sectors with chronic staff shortages, such as manufacturing, construction, and trade. Companies do not choose them because they are cheaper – on the...
Flometriq Expands Global Presence With High-Demand Duplex Strainers Across Key International Markets
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Chennai, India, 18 July 2025 - Flometriq, a leader in advanced industrial filtration solutions, is proud to announce its growing international footprint with the successful export and deployment of its Duplex Strainers...
Is Israel exploiting distrust between Syria’s Druze and Damascus?
The National News
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The city of Sweida in southern Syria became a battleground this week after violence between Druze militiamen and Bedouin tribes escalated. President Ahmad Al Shara's government sent security forces to the area, ostensibly to restore order. What...
Cardiff council backs Plaid Cymru and Labour motion to disinvest pension fund from companies complicit in Israel’s war crimes
Nation.Cymru
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July 18, 2025
The debate took place after a petition bearing the signatures of 1,200 Cardiff residents calling for disinvestment from Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. Photo Ted Peskett Martin Shipton Cardiff council has passed a resolution...
Israel-Syria clash puts US policy in the crosshairs, again
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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July 17, 2025
The threat is unlikely to change Putin’s calculus, however, or bring the conflict to a near-term conclusion. Instead, Trump’s deadline is likely to make his own life more difficult, limiting his future flexibility, putting the settlement he craves...
Stock Market Live Updates 18 July 2025: Nifty, Sensex expected to open little changed
The Hindu Business Line
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July 18, 2025
Afcons Infrastructure: Company has secured two road construction projects as the Lowest Bidder (L1) from Croatian Motorways Ltd. (Positive) Godrej Properties: Company acquires 48-acres land parcel in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru (Positive) Indostar:...
Choking sands: How dust storms are threatening Middle East’s future
Ynet
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July 14, 2025
Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people across more than 150 countries, increasingly impacting health, economies, and the environment, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. “About 2 billion tons of dust are emitted...
Iran exposed flaws in Israeli air defenses through adaptation: WSJ
Al Mayadeen
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July 16, 2025
Iran's retaliatory strikes have revealed vulnerabilities in "Israel's" multilayered aerial shield. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday acknowledged Iran's growing success in confronting one of the world's most advanced air defense systems,...
Again Standing Firm at Selma with C.T. Vivian: Relentlessly Resisting Genocide, Injustice and Oppression Everywhere.
ThyBlackMan
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July 20, 2025
Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) As Trump and Netanyahu huddle together in their twin blood-soaked cocoons and caves of hubris and holocaust denial of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people and plot what new...
Drone Attacks Disrupt Kurdish Output but Tariff Fears Cap Market Reaction
Oil Price
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July 18, 2025
Oil prices were ticking up slightly but largely flat in Asian trading Friday as supply losses from Iraqi pipeline disruptions were offset by renewed demand concerns tied to U.S. tariff threats against key Asian economies. Brent crude edged up to...
PM ill with food poisoning; next trial testimony set for Sept. as week’s hearings nixed
The Times of Israel
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July 20, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suffering from food poisoning and will be working from home for the next three days, his office announced Sunday, in a development that led to all of the week’s planned hearings in the premier’s corruption...
Europe primed for a firmer open after S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs - Newsquawk Europe Market Open
Zero Hedge
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hit record highs, Russell 2000 outperformed for the second consecutive day. Fed's Waller says they should cut by 25bps at the July meeting and thereafter adjust meeting-by-meeting. APAC stocks predominantly higher, China...
Trendyol, ADQ, two others to develop fintech platform in Turkey
VC Circle
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Credit: 123RF.com Turkey's Trendyol Group, Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund ADQ and Ant International have agreed to explore a potential joint fintech venture offering digital financial services in Turkey, the companies said...