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Pakistan passport rises to 100th; visa-free travel now possible to 32 countries
Daily Times
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June 30, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport holders can now travel visa-free or get visa on arrival in 32 countries, following a rise in Pakistan’s passport ranking in the 2025 Henley Passport Index. This marks a notable improvement from the 113th position...
Spirit of Tasmania IV begins 27,000 km voyage to Hobart
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 30, 2025
Spirit of Tasmania IV has departed Scotland and is bound for Hobart, with its expected arrival announced as "late-August". In a statement, ferry operator TT-Line said the new ferry left Leith on Monday and will "travel to Hobart via Gibraltar,...
OCP Foundation Champions Rural Cooperatives Across Africa
Morocco World News
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July 5, 2025
Mrirt — The OCP Foundation is celebrating International Cooperatives Day today by reflecting on its decade-long mission to empower rural communities through cooperative development. The Moroccan organization works across 12 regions in Morocco and...
This Day in History on July 2: Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act into Law
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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July 2, 2025
July 2 stands out as a pivotal day in history, marked by momentous events that have shaped nations, cultures, and the course of humanity. 1776 – The Birth of American Independence On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress officially voted...
Qualification conventions are the key to mobility and trust
University World News
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AFRICA The Addis Convention and the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education are playing an increasingly critical role in promoting international cooperation, coherence in recognition practices and...
Algeria’s Significant Role in Africa’s Wars of Liberation
OkayAfrica
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July 4, 2025
July 5th marks Algerian Independence Day. In 1962, it became the first African country to liberate itself from 132 years of French occupation and colonization, having waged an eight-year-long guerrilla war. But Algeria wasn’t done fighting...
Bank of America customers get free “Museums on Us” for July 4th weekend
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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July 1, 2025
This Fourth of July weekend, Bank of America cardholders can explore local culture and history for free with Museums on Us®, taking place the weekend of July 5 and 6, 2025. This month, Rhode Island and SouthCoast participants include: Providence...
Portuguese Africa
Mauritius Times
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July 4, 2025
Mauritius Times – 70 Years The brutality of Portuguese colonialism is well attested by independent writers who have visited these black spots By Peter Ibbotson There has been a lot of childish talk and thought about the tragedy of Congo....
'Our five-star luxury hotel was disgusting- the holiday rep said it wasn't fit for a dog'
Wales Online
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July 5, 2025
Howard Lloyd Regional content editor and Eleanor Ovens 05:19, 05 Jul 2025 A family claim their 40th birthday holiday was 'ruined' when the five-star hotel was so 'rancid' that even TUI staff admitted it 'wasn't fit for a dog. Sarah Koops jetted...
Festival MED brings music to Loulé
The Portugal News
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In a press release, the Mayor, Vitor Aleixo, said that “Everything is ready for another edition of the MED festival. In 2025, Cape Verde is the guest country and we could not be happier about everything that also involves the strong local...
Alexander Bevilacqua: Who is a Jew?
London Review of Books
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July 10, 2025
In June 1391, an anti-Jewish riot broke out in Seville, prompted by the incendiary preaching of a local priest. Four thousand Jews were murdered, and the violence soon spread to more than ninety Iberian cities. The events of 1391 remain the...
New List of Countries you can Travel Visa-Free with Pakistani Passport in 2025
Daily Pakistan
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June 27, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport holders can now enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to more than 30 countries, marking a notable improvement in the country’s global travel standing. According to the latest data released by Henley & Partners,...
GBH Daily: Digging into history
WGBH - Massachusetts
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July 2, 2025
This is a web edition of GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter bringing you local stories you can trust so you can stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. Sign up here! ⛅Mostly cloudy and muggy, with a chance of showers in the early afternoon and...
Editorial: Long live Christian Barros
Dorchester Reporter - Massachusetts
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July 2, 2025
A crowd of about 250 people gathered last Saturday afternoon (June 28) on Virginia Street in Uphams Corner for a ceremony to dedicate a memorial square in the name of Christian J. Barros, age 2, who died last December from an aggressive form of...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Q+A: Sunfest founder on scouring the globe to bring music to London
Calgary Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Entertainment Local News Sunfest found Alfredo Caxaj talks about the London music festival he built, along with the global travels that help bring it to life Sunfest founder Alfredo Caxaj holds the poster promoting the first...
Pakistanis now eligible for travel visa-free to 32 countries, here's a list
Dunya News
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Pakistan Pakistan Pakistanis now eligible for travel visa-free to 32 countries, here's a list Close Pakistan’s passport now ranks 100th, it marks an improvement from its 113th position in 2021 Updated On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:37:34 PKT ISLAMABAD...
The tragedy of Diogo Jota and Rute Cardoso: Wedding and widowhood in just 10 days
El País
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July 4, 2025
On a day when Portugal was focused on the trial of the century, with a former prime minister in the dock accused of corruption, the country was rocked instead by one of those fatalities for which no one is ready. Least of all Rute Cardoso, the...
Novelist and husband on trial over gold looted from shipwreck
The Times
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When the French trading ship Le Prince de Conty sank in thick fog off the coast of Brittany in 1746, it was said to have been cursed. Nearly three centuries later, the legacy of the doomed vessel has brought misfortune to an elderly couple across...
Dino D’Santiago and Os Tubarões concert at the MED Festival will be “special”
Portugal Pulse
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June 24, 2025
The festival director, Carlos Carmo, stated that the upcoming concert, featuring the Algarve-born musician of Cape Verdean descent and the iconic Cape Verdean band, will be “special and unique,” highlighting it as a “novel experience” with “the...