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Worlds unite at Festival Beverly Hills
Beverly Press and Park Labrea News - California
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July 17, 2025
Versa-Style Dance Company is among more than 20 performers at this year’s Festival Beverly Hills. (photo courtesy of the city of Beverly Hills) The city of Beverly Hills will host Festival Beverly Hills on July 20 from 11:30-6 p.m. in Beverly...
Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50% over 'witch hunt' trial against Bolsonaro
WCPO 9 - Ohio
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader's use of...
Breaking: Ex-Super Eagles coach Sinclair D!es at 83
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 16, 2025
Former Nigerian team player and coach, Monday Sinclair, has reportedly passed on. The news of his passing was shared on Facebook by former Super Eagles goalkeeper and former team media officer, Idah Peterside. Sinclair was a well-regarded figure...
The Trump administration's shifting explanation of Ukraine weapons pause
AOL
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President Donald Trump is continuing to dodge questions on who ordered the pause on U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine last week. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me?" Trump pushed back to a reporter who asked him on Tuesday who was responsible....
Mission X: Super Falcons, Zambia in flaming quarter-final war in Casablanca
Eagle Online
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July 16, 2025
Nigeria and Zambia senior women national teams will avail each other with a stern examination of credentials on Friday in one of the most-anticipated Women Africa Cup of Nations matches in the history of the competition, which Nigeria is aiming to...
Chelsea make shock 'swap' offer as Man United get £32m transfer update
Football London
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July 17, 2025
Chelsea are looking forward to the new season with a renewed sense of confidence after clinching the Club World Cup on Sunday. The Blues pulled off a stunning victory over Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain to win the trophy stateside....
Trump slaps Brazil with 50% tariff, explicitly tying action to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
Fortune
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President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader’s use of...
The bully in the White House: Trump’s disdain for African leadership!
PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd
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July 13, 2025
By Dr. Sunday de John, Nairobi, Kenya In my personal inquisitiveness for international affairs, I have observed the undiplomatic chats between President Donald J. Trump and African leaders. His unstructured conversation has not once impressed me....
Trump hosts West African leaders to secure critical minerals, counter China–Russia influence
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
In what is being called a strategic move by the US, President Donald Trump welcomed five West African leaders to the White House on Wednesday, aiming to strengthen trade ties and gain access to the region’s untapped trove of critical minerals. The...
Map Shows Countries That Don't Allow Dual Citizenship
Newsweek
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July 16, 2025
Data mapped by Newsweek shows which countries do not allow dual citizenship. Why It Matters A recent Harris Poll survey revealed that 42 percent of U.S. adults have thought about or intend to move abroad to enhance their lifestyle or financial...
Trump Shifts U.S. Africa Policy Toward Trade Focus
News Ghana
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July 10, 2025
President Donald Trump announced a strategic pivot in U.S.-Africa relations during a White House summit with leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. “We’re shifting from aid to trade,” Trump stated on Wednesday,...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
‘No one is safe’: Civilians, foreigners caught in escalating Mali violence
Yahoo News
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Sikasso, Mali – The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several decades. But that changed when armed men waged a...
Trump praises leader of English-speaking African nation for his ‘good English’
New York Daily News
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July 9, 2025
President Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking English articulately, seemingly unaware of the fact that English is Liberia’s national language. “Such good English, that’s beautiful,” Trump said during a Wednesday meeting at...
Trump woos five West African leaders in White House meeting
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping US aid cuts. Trump said he sees “great economic potential in Africa” as the...
Impatient Trump fumes 'we have to go quicker' at African leaders
The Mirror US
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump hosted a multilateral lunch at the White House on Wednesday with five West African leaders from Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau to discuss economic development and trade. The African presidents appeared...
Lessons learned from the 2025 Club World Cup for the USA
AS
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July 15, 2025
With more than 70% of the 2026 World Cup taking place on American soil, this summer’s Club World Cup served as a high-stakes dress rehearsal. The tournament offered a glimpse of what the U.S. is doing right—and what it urgently needs to...
Why Morgan Gibbs-White didn't play against Chesterfield as £60m Spurs saga rumbles on
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 13, 2025
Morgan Gibbs-White was not included in Nottingham Forest's squad for their pre-season draw at Chesterfield but the reason was not because of his links to a Tottenham Hotspur transfer. The England international was thought to have been on the verge...
‘Aid to trade shift’ marks new US-Africa strategy
Telengana Today
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July 10, 2025
President Trump met with leaders from five African nations, announcing a strategic shift in US policy toward Africa from aid to trade, highlighting economic opportunities and growing trade between both regions. Published Date - 10 July 2025, 07:08...
Aston Villa monitor Chelsea and Manchester United stars as transfer window heats up
talkSPORT
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July 16, 2025
Aston Villa are monitoring both Nicolas Jackson and Alejandro Garnacho, talkSPORT understands. Unai Emery previously managed Chelsea forward Jackson during his tenure in charge of Villarreal. 4 Villa are monitoring Jackson's situation at Chelsea...