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REVIEW - Four Stars stole the show in the quarterfinals
FIBA Basketball
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LUANDA (Angola) - The 2025 AfroBasket is in its final stretch. Host nation Angola and Cameroon have secured spots in the semifinals, as have Mali and Senegal. While these teams have demonstrated great teamwork to reach this point in the...
Hurricane Erin pulling away from U.S., but coastal flooding will peak Thursday night
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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August 21, 2025
Hurricane Erin made its closest approach to the U.S. at 2 a.m. EDT Thursday, when its center passed about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. At the time, tropical storm-force winds of the massive hurricane extended...
Rain chance impact on temps Friday, tracking Erin/tropical waves:
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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August 22, 2025
Tracking local storms and the latest on Hurricane Erin and three other tropical waves in the Atlantic in your New Orleans weather forecast. TROPICS UPDATE: HURRICANE ERIN:Erin remains a Category 2 hurricane this morning with maximum sustained...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
CFO Dive
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João Lourenço praises Japan's stance, which he considers an "indispensable partner" of African countries
Ver Angola
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"We live in a world of absolute interdependence between nations, and therefore, there is no alternative to multilateralism, within which major global problems must be discussed," argued João Lourenço in a speech delivered on behalf of the African...
Removal of Morley Field Will Reduce Green Space in Pawtucket Neighborhood That’s Already a ‘Park Desert’
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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August 21, 2025
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — It’s barely 11 o’clock in the morning and with nothing but sunshine coming from the sky, temperatures in the city have already reached 85 degrees on this August day and are still rising. It’s the third day in a row that...
Can MSMEs be a pathway to attain SDGS for Low Income Small States?
The Standard Gambia
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August 21, 2025
- Advertisement - By Almami Fanding Taal Necessity is the mother of invention: a saying which is universally accepted as the leitmotif of all human progress and the bedrock of all civilisations. As human societies evolve so have knowledge of the...
PREVIEW - Who will take the last two spots in the 2025 AfroBasket quarterfinals?
FIBA Basketball
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LUANDA (Angola) - Six teams have already advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 AfroBasket and four more will do battle for the remaining two spots on Tuesday in Luanda. Here's a breakdown of Tuesday's unmissable matchups. Cape Verde vs....
Met Office issues Storm Erin Glasgow update as UK braced for strong winds and rain
Glasgow Live
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August 19, 2025
The Met Office have issued a Storm Erin update as some parts of the nation are set to be battered by strong winds and rain after the ongoing heatwave. It has been a wonderful week of warm weather for Glasgow, with people racing out their homes to...
TICAD9/Unmanned booth: Presidency downplays outrage as Tinubu demands UN reform
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 21, 2025
• Booth scheduled for inauguration today, Foreign Affairs Ministry clarifies • ADC spokesperson: Empty cubicle indication of APC govt’s ‘incompetence’ • Former VP Atiku says incident an ‘ongoing show of shame’ Nigeria’s image at the Tokyo...
Whose interest is Pura serving? Customers or GSM Companies?
The Standard Gambia
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August 21, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh On its website, PURA defined its functions as thus, “To facilitate PURA’s regulation of public utilities, section 13(1) of The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Act, 2001 (among other things) mandates...
QUARTER-FINALS PREVIEW (part 2/2) - Who grabs the last two semifinals tickets?
FIBA Basketball
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LUANDA (Angola) - This is part two (2/2) of the 2025 AfroBasket quarterfinals preview. CLICK HERE for part one (1/2) of the preview of this year's Last Eight of FIBA Africa's African Championship. Two more exciting games are scheduled for...
India Exim Bank signs $40 mn credit line agreement with ECOWAS Bank to boost trade with Africa
Times of Oman
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New Delhi: The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) and ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed a commercial credit line agreement of $40 million. The agreement will create new opportunities for Indian businesses to...
Business News | India Exim Bank Signs $40 Mn Credit Line Agreement with ECOWAS Bank to Boost Trade with Africa
Latestly
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August 21, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) and ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed a commercial credit line agreement of USD 40 million. The agreement will create new...
Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens US East Coast With Rough Surf
Insurance Journal
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August 18, 2025
Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches. Erin’s top winds measured at 140 miles (225 kilometers)...
Ron Harris’ Body Recovered on Ga. Island
Journal-isms
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August 21, 2025
Homepage photo: Ron Harris at June 18, 2019, Journal-isms Roundtable. Credit: Bonita Bing #Update @USCG Sector #Charleston crews suspended the search for a missing mariner, Tuesday, pending new information.#USCG Southeast District crews searched...
Puerto Rico must brace for more bad weather next weekend
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 18, 2025
Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) A tropical wave in the Atlantic has the potential to develop into a cyclone this week and may approach the Caribbean by next weekend, according to Ernesto Rodríguez, director of...
New Bedford Legend Michael “Tunes” Antunes Passes Away
1420 WBSM - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
Michael “Tunes” Antunes, the New Bedford native who went on to international success as saxophonist with John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band and starred in both of the Eddie and the Cruisers films, has passed away. Antunes died Tuesday, August...
Fishing is good as Erin keeps wandering our way
The State Port Pilot - North Carolina
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Since Hurricane Erin is in this week’s title, let’s mention it first and then wave goodbye. If the forecast track remains true, Hurricane Erin should be passing, or have just passed, offshore as you’re reading this. This is/was a scary storm and...
Alaska Airlines to Start Offering Free Starlink Wi-Fi in 2026
Tesla North
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August 20, 2025
Image: Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines on Wednesday announced plans to roll out SpaceX’s Starlink internet across its entire fleet, with installations beginning in 2026 and full completion expected by 2027. The airline said Starlink will be...