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Growth & Jobs | Students gain investment insights during JN Foundation Summer Camp field trip
The Gleaner
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August 19, 2025
A group of 15 high school students from across the island got a rare opportunity to explore the world of investing during a field trip to the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), organised by the JN Foundation as part of its recently concluded Financial...
First oil will matter, but value retention matters more
Independent (Uganda)
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August 19, 2025
Drilling for oil is at an advanced stage in Uganda Value retention is not just about contracts, it is about skills, jobs, and enterprise growth. More than 17,000 direct jobs have been created, alongside 39,567 indirect jobs. COMMENT | YUSUF MASABA...
Foreign Office issues new advice for Brits travelling to France
Birmingham Live
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August 17, 2025
The Foreign Office has issued fresh guidance for those travelling to France. The European nation welcomes millions of visitors annually and sits just a brief flight away from Britain. The travel authority's latest update focuses on UK-issued Blue...
‘On the Banks of the Mayyazhi’: In this novel, the river cradles folklore, revolution, and history
Scroll.in
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August 17, 2025
Some books flow like a river: meandering, vast, birthing several distributaries through its course, of which some fade and some persevere. M Mukundan’s On the Banks of the Mayyazhi – translated from Malayalam by Gita Krishnankutty – is a weaving...
Zordo: Revolutionizes Digital Landscape with Cutting-Edge Web Design and Digital Marketing Services
India.com
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August 19, 2025
Home Money Zordo: Revolutionizes Digital Landscape with Cutting-Edge Web Design and Digital Marketing Services Zordo, a web design company based in Jaipur, India, offers a range of digital services including web design, digital marketing, and...
Why Iran Can't Keep The Lights On
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
Latest stories AI ready to upend centuries-old military command structures India's electoral promise is crumbling Trump's Putin, Zelensky talks chiefly served Russian aims While nations like France (with nuclear), Canada (with hydro), and China...
‘Court Jews’ aren’t just a medieval concept—they’re fundamental to Trump’s administration
The Canadian Jewish News
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August 19, 2025
In medieval and early modern Europe, the Christian ruling class enjoyed the banking services of what were known as “court Jews”—Jewish people acting as financiers in exchange for temporary protection, even while other Jews faced scrutiny and...
Dollar gains before Ukraine peace talks
Business Recorder
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August 19, 2025
NEW YORK: The dollar gained on Monday as US President Donald Trump prepared to host talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, and traders pared bets on a September rate cut before a speech on Friday by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Trump...
More than 300,000 missing in Syria under Assad family rule, commission says
The National News
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The head of Syria's commission for missing people said more than 300,000 may have disappeared since the 1970s, when the country was under Assad family rule. The commission estimates between 120,000 and 300,000 people have gone missing between...
How much does it cost to study Bachelor's in Economics at Brown University?
The Times of India
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The cost of an Ivy League education has once again crossed new thresholds. At Brown University, one of the United States’ most prestigious institutions, the estimated annual cost of pursuing an undergraduate degree in economics for the 2025–26...
France Is Being Held Hostage by Islamism
The European Conservative
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August 15, 2025
Move over, Salman Rushdie, Michel Houellebecq, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Islamists have a new bête noire—Barbie. In a Paris suburb, a gang of Muslim youths managed to shut down a screening of Barbie, the PG-rated 2023 movie, because it apparently...
Euro zone bonds struggle for direction after Ukraine talks, eyes on Jackson Hole
Zawya
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Euro zone government bonds were in a holding pattern on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a symposium of global central bankers later in the week, and after talks in Washington on ending Russia's war in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte...
Paris FC looks to ensure nomadic existence a thing of the past
Winnipeg Free Press
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August 15, 2025
Opinion They are among the closest rivals in European club football. Literally. Walk across Rue Claude-Farrère and you’ll find that Paris Saint-Germain and Paris Football Club are separated by no more than 20 metres. From a distance, the corner of...
Nearly 200k are expected to visit the 46th Temploux flea market
Euro Weekly News
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August 16, 2025
For a couple of days, Belgium's largest flea market coverts a small 2,000 inhabitant town into a place where 200,000 people come to check out what's for sale | Credit: Belga News Agency About an hour south-eastish of Brussels, lies a small town of...
France’s wine crisis: the answer to claret could be clairet
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
These are always anxious weeks in the Bordeaux vineyards, where 15% of France’s wine is grown, including in celebrated places like Chateau Latour and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild. In earlier years, this ritual anxiety among the region’s winegrowers...
France condemns Israeli entity demolition of school under construction in West Bank
Yemen News Agency SABA
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France condemns Israeli entity demolition of school under construction in West Bank Paris – Saba: The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned on Friday the Israeli entity's demolition of a school under construction in the occupied...
Gaza aid workers killed in 2024 make up almost half of record global number, UN says
The National News
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The specs Engine: 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 Power: 640hp Torque: 760nm On sale: 2026 Price: Not announced yet Fixtures Wednesday 4.15pm: Japan v Spain (Group A) 5.30pm: UAE v Italy (Group A) 6.45pm: Russia v Mexico (Group B) 8pm: Iran v Egypt (Group...
High living in France for licence card deal
Times LIVE
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Transport department tender-bid evaluators go on luxury overseas junket — to inspect the wrong machine 17 August 2025 - 00:00 As almost 600,000 South Africans patiently wait for their new driving-licence cards, it has emerged that a transport...
The dollar’s present and future
The Hindu Business Line
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August 19, 2025
Today 57 per cent of global trade is invoiced in dollars, signifying the US currency’s importance | Photo Credit: MicroStockHub In the living memory of most people on earth, the world economy has been characterized by the hegemony of the US...
41-year-old American lives on $3,633 a month in France: 'I wish I had the courage to move sooner'
CNBC
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August 16, 2025
When Adriel Sanders first visited Paris in 2017, she immediately felt at home, she says. "It instantly clicked. I was like, 'This is your home. This is where you're supposed to be in the world and this is where you will always be. I knew I had to...