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  • Jane Austen Fans Celebrate the Beloved English Author's 250th Birthday

    Jane Austen Fans Celebrate the Beloved English Author's 250th Birthday
    Aug 1 2025
    With anniversary of Jane Austen's birth approaching in December, her fans are donning gowns and tailcoats at costume balls across Britain.

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    5 min
  • Brazil Braces for Trump's Tariffs. Brits Say Goodbye to Ozzy

    Brazil Braces for Trump's Tariffs. Brits Say Goodbye to Ozzy
    Jul 31 2025
    The threat of 50% US tariffs on some goods have Brazilian growers and producers are on edge. Heavy metal hero Ozzy Osbourne has a hometown farewell in Birmingham, England.

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    7 min
  • President Trump's Vision of U.S. Shipbuilding Requires Rebuilding An Industry

    President Trump's Vision of U.S. Shipbuilding Requires Rebuilding An Industry
    Jul 30 2025
    President Trump wants to bring shipbuilding back to the U.S. to counter China and boost American jobs. The ambitious goal will require rebuilding infrastructure and retraining a workforce. And in Paris, twenty years of discouraging car traffic and planting trees is yielding cleaner air and revitalized river banks and public spaces.

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    10 min
  • This Underwater Sculpture Garden Protects Italian Fishing Grounds

    This Underwater Sculpture Garden Protects Italian Fishing Grounds
    Jul 29 2025
    Mermaids, giants and huge eyes look up from the waters near Talamone, Italy. It's one fisherman's way of protecting fishing grounds from the damage of trawling nets. Artists' sculptures are sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea along with concrete blocks to break the nets of the trawlers that devastate marine life.

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    8 min
  • Starvation Threatens Lasting Harm to Gaza's Children

    Starvation Threatens Lasting Harm to Gaza's Children
    Jul 28 2025
    Doctors warn that even with immediate food aid, the toll of malnutrition and starvation on children in Gaza may already be permanent. And we hear the Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to El Salvador describe beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation inside the notorious CECOT mega prison.

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    12 min
  • Extreme Hunger In Gaza. France To Recognize Palestinian State

    Extreme Hunger In Gaza. France To Recognize Palestinian State
    Jul 25 2025
    A deepening hunger crisis is gripping Gaza, with more than 120 deaths from starvation reported — most of them children. As Gaza's humanitarian crisis deepens and ceasefire talks stall, French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will formally recognize a Palestinian state— becoming the first G7 nation to do so.

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    7 min
  • Israel Puts the Mediterranean Beach Off-Limits to Gazans. Protests in Ukraine.

    Israel Puts the Mediterranean Beach Off-Limits to Gazans. Protests in Ukraine.
    Jul 24 2025
    Israel warns Gazans that a visit to the sea could cost their lives, denying them a rare refuge and relief from heat. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Concedes to Protesters' Demand that Anti-Corruption Watchdogs Remain Independent.

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    8 min
  • Lesotho Declares State of Disaster After U.S. Tariffs. Rescissions Impact U.N.

    Lesotho Declares State of Disaster After U.S. Tariffs. Rescissions Impact U.N.
    Jul 23 2025
    The southern African nation's garment industry is being gutted by U.S. tariffs. And United Nations peacekeeping and UNICEF are amongst the agencies facing major cuts after a new U.S. funding rollback.

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    10 min