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Climate catastrophe
The Spectator Australia
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July 16, 2025
The recent flooding in Texas was a catastrophe. The US National Weather Service provided warnings and forecasts before the flooding that showed a substantial threat, especially to areas along the Guadalupe River which has flooded catastrophically...
Why United Airlines' New Partnership With JetBlue Fixes Its "Largest Mistake"
Simple Flying
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July 14, 2025
Two major American carriers are teaming up to sell seats across each other's networks, and to include reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits. Chicago-based United Airlines, and New York's JetBlue are partnering up, a move which will see United unlock...
Trump’s About-Face on Ukraine
Foreign Policy In Focus
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July 16, 2025
He promised to end the war in 24 hours. He made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin and parroted Kremlin talking points. He humiliated Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the cameras in the Oval Office. He refused to send more...
Interactive map reveals jaw-dropping phenomenon occurring in US coastal cities — here's what it means for you
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Coastal communities across the U.S. are seeing some of the fastest sea level changes ever recorded — and a new visualization brings those shifts into sharp focus, per Visual Capitalist. According to data compiled by the Virginia Institute of...
Trump’s Nobel fantasies
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
The nomination of United States (U.S.) president, Donald Trump, for the Nobel Peace Prize by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recalls the sardonic quip, in 1973, by American songwriter, Tom Lehrer, that the prize being awarded to...
How to Get Free Things To Do in Copenhagen, From Drinks to Tours
Travel Awaits
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July 16, 2025
European sentiments toward tourism are souring in some parts of the continent. That’s a big hangup for many tourists, especially considering how expensive visiting countries like Spain, France, and Italy can be. Videos by TravelAwaits But there’s...
OPINION: Citizen Hutchinson: relaxed, talking about value of public service
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader - Arkansas
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July 16, 2025
A tanned, well-rested and very relaxed former governor of Arkansas – William Asa Hutchinson – gave a 'stem winder' of a speech to the 103-year-old Fayetteville Downtown Rotary Club on July 10. While the mercury was quickly rising to 90 degrees...
What System-Level Investing Is—and Why It’s Different From Any Approach You’ve Used Before
Chief Investment Officer
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July 15, 2025
William Burckart Editor’s Note: This commentary is Part II of a three-part series of essays from this author on the future of institutional investment management. Coined by TIIP in 2015, system-level investing is a fiduciary-informed,...
What binds nations together at the Island Games?
BBC
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Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland ShareSave Orkney is hosting the 2025 Island Games It's not obvious why islanders feel the urge to compete with each other. But they do. The 20th Island Games being held in Orkney brings people...
Why content isn’t enough anymore: Skillable makes a strong case for AI-driven experiential learning
ETHRWorld
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July 17, 2025
Bhavin Patel, Solutions and Sales Director (APAC), SkillableAs artificial intelligence (AI) rewrites the rules of work, a quiet shift is underway in the world of corporate learning. Traditional models, built around static content, webinars, and...
The Real Reason Donald Trump Hates Europe
The Dispatch
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July 16, 2025
Donald Trump’s second term has so far been much more radical than his first. But even among the broad range of extreme measures taken by the administration in areas from higher education to immigration, its apparent hostility to Europe stands out....
Today, Tuvalu. Tomorrow, the entire world
Bangkok Post
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July 14, 2025
Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last month's big change saw the creation of the world's first climate-change visas. It's a way of giving potential climate refugees some...
Scardino: S.C. coast is sandcastle on beach with incoming tide
Charleston City Paper - South Carolina
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July 16, 2025
Editor’s note: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Albert Scardino, who now lives in Bluffton, recently offered this commentary exclusively to the Charleston City Paper about South Carolina’s coastline. It’s in The Nation’s 160th anniversary issue,...
You Won't Believe The Most Extreme Temperature Ever Recorded In California
KOGO - California
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Throughout history, extreme temperatures have captured human attention for their dramatic impact on both the environment and society. In every state, records of the most intense heat or cold serve as benchmarks of nature’s extremes, often...
Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’
Carbon Brief
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July 8, 2025
In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently played host to the second international conference on “tipping points”. The event was billed as a “call to action” to the “research community, policymakers and...
Story Applications Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images 15/07/2025 2184 views 37 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 15/07/2025 2183 views 37 likes Φsat-2, a miniature satellite, has completed its commissioning and has begun delivery of science data, using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images, as well as detect...
How Catholic ethics can guide your doomscrolling
USCatholic
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July 15, 2025
My youngest son woke from a nightmare at 4:00 a.m. He is 11 years old and nightmares happen, but this dream was very specific: Government agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had come to take him from us. After calming him down...
The First Night with the Duke Ending, Episode 12 (Finale): Everything We Know So Far
International Business Times Singapore
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July 16, 2025
The First Night with the Duke episode 12 will air on KBS on Thursday (July 17) at 9:50 PM KST. As the finale is almost here, the viewers are curious to know what lies ahead for their favourite couple -- Yi Beon and Cha Sun Chaek. The last chapter...
The First Night with the Duke Episode 11: What We Know About the Penultimate Chapter
International Business Times Singapore
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July 16, 2025
The First Night with the Duke episode 11 will air on KBS on Wednesday (July 16) at 9:50 PM KST. It will feature troubled moments for Cha Sun Chaek as the newly released stills show her being dragged by the palace guard. With only a chapter left...
The US is losing its intelligence
Taipei Times
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July 15, 2025
Intelligence agents who produce assessments that US President Donald Trump does not like might be furloughed, moved, fired, or they might lose clearances or find themselves swept up in leak investigations US President Donald Trump increasingly...