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French cultural and creative industry leaders embark on ICC Immersion 2025 in South Africa
South Africa Today
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June 17, 2025
The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and Business France South Africa and Southern Africa are proud to announce the launch of ICC Immersion South Africa 2025, a dynamic initiative supporting French companies in the cultural and creative...
Mauritius Tourism And Hospitality Industry To Showcase Growth And Investment Opportunities At The API Mauritius & Indian Ocean Property Investment Forum
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) As Mauritius prepares to host the 3rd Annual API Mauritius&Indian Ocean Property Investment Forum on 26 June, industry leaders highlight the island's pioneering role in sustainable tourism and hospitality development across the...
Belarus activist imprisoned after trying to run for president released after serving 5 years
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 22, 2025
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading Belarus opposition figure, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. The...
Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -
APA
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The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has conducted a study on the deliberately implemented policies regarding the state of the internet, speed indicators, pricing policy, and digital restrictions in France’s overseas territories, APA reports. The study...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
Matildas stars one step closer to English powerhouse reunion
The Geelong Advertiser
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June 20, 2025
Carpenter’s wife Danielle van de Donk was this morning confirmed as signing with newly promoted English Women’s Super League side London City Lionesses. The pair met and were playing together in French league side Lyon. Van de Donk’s contract was...
Dancing to the music of time at my 50th college reunion
The Berkshire Eagle - Massachusetts
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Embracing the well-worn metaphor that life is a road, there are certain mileposts that one can see from a great distance away. As early as second grade, I used to marvel that in the unfathomably distant year of 2000 I’d be 47 ancient years old....
2025 French Elite Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap
SwimSwam - Texas
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June 18, 2025
The penultimate night of action from the 2025 French Elite Championships will have a bit of everything with finals in a pair of 200s, three 50s, and the timed final of the men’s 1500 freestyle. The 1500 free will lead things off, with 33-year-old...
French delegation visits to mark anniversary in grand style at Prince Impérial Monument
Nothern Natal News
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June 12, 2025
The recent commemoration at the Prince Impérial Monument drew a distinguished French delegation, including Defence Attaché Colonel Frédéric Jardin and Cultural Attaché Jean Spiri, to honour the young officer who was killed on June 1, 1879. Wreaths...
The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Sharon’s Cringe-Worthy Moment And Disappointing Nick Reunion In France
Celebrating The Soaps
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June 17, 2025
The Young and The Restless spoilers and updates tease that Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) may be in for a world class embarrassment on the “global stage.” Could Sharon’s efforts to reconnect with Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) fail disastrously on the...
We Might Get a "True Detective" Reunion — With One Weird Casting Choice
InsideHook
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Eleven years ago, HBO debuted the first season of True Detective. The series was a milestone for both creator Nic Pizzolatto and star Matthew McConaughey, earning the latter Golden Globe and Emmy nominations and kicking off what’s become known as...
SFO wins "Most Beautiful Airport" award for Harvey Milk Terminal 1
CBS News Bay Area - California
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United Airlines set to increase flights from SFO despite economic uncertainty United Airlines set to increase flights from SFO despite economic uncertainty 02:17 San Francisco International Airport has been declared among the world's "most...
LA’s Beloved Cinespia Unveils August Lineup, from ‘Point Break’ to ‘Psycho’
IndieWire
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June 30, 2025
Cinespia has unveiled in August lineup for its annual summer screening series at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. In a year that has seen consistently sold-out showings of movies like “Clueless,” “Blue Velvet,” and “Showgirls,” among other classics,...
Puerto Rico Contemplates A Reunion With Spain
CleanTechnica
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June 14, 2025
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. America’s fake president, a/k/a King Donald I, has a facility for looking at a map of the world and redrawing the boundaries of countries in his mind. In Puerto Rico, some residents have been...
Deadly asteroids and a killer 'Hamilton' reunion: The week in review
Anderson Independent-Mail - South Carolina
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Asteroids aim for the moon, too We worry a lot about an asteroid striking Earth, but we don't seem to hear much about the fate of our closest cosmic neighbor. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates there's a 4.3% chance the asteroid...
Killer asteroids, a 'Hamilton' reunion and a far-out French Open: The week in review
AOL
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Asteroids aim for the moon, too We worry a lot about an asteroid striking Earth, but we don't seem to hear much about the fate of our closest cosmic neighbor. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates there's a 4.3% chance the asteroid...
Jacques Lacan on How Children Learn to Make Meaning
Psychology Today
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My first week with my new kitten Evelyn has reminded me of French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan’s discussion of the childhood game Hide-and-Seek or in Freud’s parlance “fort/da” — an important topic in psychoanalytic theory. Freud...
Rising Radicalism Among German Youth
Deutsche Welle
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June 13, 2025
Also on Focus on Europe: Image: Hechtenberg/Caro/picture allianceFrance after the Olympics – Triumph or Frustration? In the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, stylish apartments are being built in socially deprived areas. Residents of the "banlieues"...
World : Gaza Aid Ship Activists Vow To Press On With Campaign
Bernama
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June 13, 2025
BERLIN, June 13 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Two activists detained by Israel after attempting to break the Gaza blockade returned to Berlin on Thursday, strongly criticising Israeli military actions and pledging to continue their humanitarian mission,...
Gaza aid ship activists return to Berlin, vow to continue campaign
Middle East Monitor
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June 12, 2025
Two activists detained by Israel after attempting to break the Gaza blockade returned to Berlin on Thursday, strongly criticizing Israeli military actions and pledging to continue their humanitarian mission, Anadolu reports. Turkish citizen Suayb...