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Aussie rare earths juniors shine as US dollars flood Mountain Pass mine
The West Australian
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July 14, 2025
There are moments when policy collides with geology, and when it does, fortunes can shift overnight. Last week, the United States Department of Defence (DoD) took a blowtorch to global critical minerals strategy, inking a transformative agreement...
Pilot takes to the skies in World War II bomber
SooToday
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The man at the controls is Fonthill’s own Leon Evans— and he’s living the dream bringing history back to life PELHAM - Newcomers to Pelham can be forgiven for being startled by the abrupt appearance—preceded by a distant roar that grows louder and...
Our Movie Ending, Episode 12 (Finale): Everything We Know So Far
International Business Times Singapore
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July 19, 2025
Our Movie episode 12 will air on SBS TV on Saturday (July 19) at 9:50 PM KST. With only a couple of hours left for the finale of this SBS melodrama, the viewers are eagerly waiting to watch what lies ahead for Boo Seung Won, Lee Je Ha, and Lee Da...
Galwan to Sindoor: Why India’s Defence Reset Is Overdue
Bharat Shakti
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July 17, 2025
It is intriguing how India has presumably slipped (if at all) from being the darling of the developed world and the leader of the Global South to being diplomatically cold-shouldered in the run-up to and post Operation Sindoor. Since his first...
GOP can see Trump is failing. Targeting immigrants is all they have.
USA Today
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There seems to be no end to President Donald Trump's and Republicans' cruelty, but don’t be fooled: it’s all a distraction. The reports coming out of Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades, are...
HAVE YOUR SAY: Would you buy a new-build apartment in Sydney?
Real Estate Business
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July 8, 2025
A 2023 report by the Strata Community Association of NSW found that 53 per cent of new-build strata buildings had “serious defects” within six years of their construction. With a continued push for more medium and high-density residential, REB is...
Wins
NRV News - Virginia
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July 18, 2025
Over the last few weeks, there have been big legislative wins for the nation. For me, one of these wins is the signing, at last, of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Along with Congressman Bob Latta, we began the quest in 2021 to permanently designate...
Atlas Ocean Voyages adds new 17-night Canadian Arctic trip
Travel Press
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July 7, 2025
Atlas Ocean Voyages launches a brand-new polar expedition for 2026: the Canadian Arctic Discovery 17-night expedition aboard World Voyager, sailing September 21 from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to St. John’s, Newfoundland. This journey offers...
Apple Inks $500M Deal With the Only US Rare Earth Miner Amid US-China Trade War
The New York Observer
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July 17, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives at the Sun Valley lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Apple is teaming up with MP Materials, the only rare earth miner in the U.S., to...
Masiello takes over as new F-35 program lead
Breaking Defense
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July 18, 2025
An F-35B lands aboard Japan’s Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time on Oct. 20, 2024. (Photo by Cmdr. Darin Russell.) WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Greg Masiello has taken the reins of the F-35 program...
Valur Ingimundarson: “Iceland’s potential EU membership remains a hotly contested domestic issue”
Ukrainian Week
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July 17, 2025
Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland and Chair of the EDDA Research Centre, specialises in international history, geopolitics, Arctic politics, and Iceland’s foreign, defence, and security...
We need a totally different Europe
LINKS
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July 16, 2025
First published at Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. “The fear of war has really been gaining ground among young people.” Onno, vice president of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA/PTB) youth movement, is worried. “TikTok is overflowing with videos about...
Callan Park’s crumbling buildings slated for demolition
Brisbane Times
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July 18, 2025
Crumbling buildings at Callan Park in Sydney’s inner west will be demolished to make way for more green space, amid community concerns about a proposed legal tweak that would allow commercial activities on the parklands. The NSW government will...
Resistance 2.0: A rising tide of struggle – Report to the CPUSA National Committee
People's World
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July 17, 2025
Members of the Communist Party USA and the Young Communist League march on May Day in New York City. | Photo via CPUSA The following is the text of the keynote address given by Joe Sims, Co-Chair of the Communist Party USA, at the organization’s...
Europe’s Appeasement Dilemma: The Price of Standing Against Putin
Social Europe
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July 18, 2025
While the West rightly resists Russian aggression, European leaders risk self-respect and global standing by appeasing Donald Trump. Since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, political leaders, experts, journalists, and a renewed...
China’s Inaction Deepens Peril for Struggling Property Stocks
Mint
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July 19, 2025
Investors are growing skeptical that Chinese developer stocks will stage a rebound this year, as Beijing’s reluctance to unleash sweeping stimulus deepens pessimism about the sector. A gauge of developers’ shares notched its biggest weekly drop in...
You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are
New York Mag
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July 14, 2025
A now-famous hat, with over 50,000 units (and many knockoffs) sold. Photo: Jon Laytner for New York Magazine This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In May, I...
Black Bear Launches U.S. Theatrical Distribution Division Headed By Longtime CAA Media Finance Agent Benjamin Kramer
Deadline
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July 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Some big news spanning independent film distribution and the Los Angeles agency scene: Teddy Schwarzman’s indie studio Black Bear is expanding into U.S. distribution and has hired longtime CAA Media Finance co-head Benjamin Kramer to...
Resources Top 5: West Coast Silver aglow with high-grade results and strong silver price
Stockhead
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July 16, 2025
West Coast Silver is glowing in the light of high-grade results from the Elizabeth Hill project. Pic: Getty Images West Coast Silver clocks 1m at 15,071g/t silver among results from first two diamond holes at Elizabeth Hill A 2000m diamond...
ANTARCTICA IS RAPIDLY GETTING SALTIER
New People
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ANTARCTICA IS RAPIDLY GETTING SALTIER Joe Smith July 07, 2025 The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size...