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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives With Dr. Tayzhuan Glover
The Bay Net - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
HOLLYWOOD, Md. – Historic Sotterley is proud to announce a free hybrid presentation by Dr. Tayzhuan Glover exploring the stories of enslaved men, women, and children from Sotterley who secured their freedom by aiding the British during the war of...
How a Medical Mystery Revealed The World's Rarest Blood Type
ScienceAlert
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July 10, 2025
In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world's newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so unique that doctors couldn't find a single...
‘Unfathomable loss’ as flash floods sweep through Christian summer camp in Texas
Church Times
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July 9, 2025
THE Episcopal diocese of West Texas has set up an emergency fund to support flood-relief efforts in Kerr County, where 27 children and counsellors at a long-established Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadeloupe River are confirmed to...
Gwada-negative: the rarest blood group on Earth
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so unique that doctors couldn’t find a single...
Horrifying Texas flood before-and-after images show devastating damage at Camp Mystic, where girls, campers were swept away
New York Post
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July 9, 2025
Devastating new satellite images reveal the extent of the Texas floods destruction at Camp Mystic and all along the Guadeloupe River. Aerial photographs of the Christian girls’ summer camp that bore the brunt of Friday’s flooding show trees swept...
A Transforming Nation: Why Paraguay’s Fertility Rate Is Falling, And What It Means
The Asunción Times
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July 18, 2025
Paraguay’s declining fertility rate is a growing concern for the nation, recently brought into focus by a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) discussion in Asunción. Representatives from government, academia, international organisations, civil...
The Torrents of Texas
CounterPunch
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July 8, 2025
Still from aerial footage of the Texas floods aired by CNN. While offering his “thoughts and prayers” for the families of those drowned in the Texas floods, JD Vance referred to the killer torrents that swept away more than 100 people, including...
Diplomatic revenge under the slogan of “decolonization”: Azerbaijan’s policy in New Caledonia
JAMnews
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July 17, 2025
Azerbaijan, France, and New Caledonia A significant event took place in the French town of Bougival, near Paris: on July 12, a historic agreement was signed between the French government and pro-independence supporters of New Caledonia on the...
Dominica launches 25th World Creole Music Festival with star-studded lineup
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Dominica is turning up the volume for the silver anniversary of its signature cultural event. The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) has officially launched the 25th edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF), set to take place from October...
Vybz Kartel to headline Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival
Antigua News Room
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July 7, 2025
The Ministry of Tourism and the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) have officially launched the 25th edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF), unveiling a dynamic artist lineup and commemorative theme for the highly anticipated cultural...
Dominica’s 25th world creole festival launched
St. Vincent Times
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July 7, 2025
The Ministry of Tourism and the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) have officially launched the 25th edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF), unveiling a dynamic artist lineup and commemorative theme for the highly anticipated cultural...
Roaming Charges: Heckuva Job, Puppy Slayer!
CounterPunch
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July 11, 2025
Central Texas floods. Still from video posted to X. “Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it’s a right fucking pain in the arse.” – Ricky Gervais While offering his “thoughts and prayers” for the families of those...
Collapse Of Justice In France: Claude Jean-Pierre's Case Under Microscope
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. The case of Claude Jean-Pierre, which occurred in December 2020 in Guadeloupe, is not limited to the tragic death of one person. It has turned into a real can of worms, reflecting the tangled...
SONESTA SINT MAARTEN
Florida Courier
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pushes to attract more couples, solo travelers with new amenities Guests relax at Maho Beach at Sonesta Sint Marteen, an all-inclusive that could be an ideal destination for people with little experience traveling internationally. STEPHANIE...
Camp Mystic, where deadly Texas flooding took place, is in 'Flash Flood Alley'
United Press International (UPI)
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Flash floods in Texas killed at least 95 people and left dozens unaccounted for on July 4 when the Guadalupe River surged early Friday following torrential rain. The toll includes dozens of children in Kerr County, where 10 girls and one counselor...
Viva La Carnival is here
St. Lucia Times
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July 18, 2025
Viva La Carnival, the big truck cooler fete, is finally coming to Saint Lucia after making its mark first in Dominica, then Jamaica and Miami. According to Devin St Hilaire, his multicultural diaspora team based in Miami is ready to welcome Saint...
Risk of further floods in Texas as death toll tops 80
Red River Radio - Louisiana
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July 7, 2025
Authorities say 10 campers were still missing by this Monday morning from floods that inundated central Texas. As the Associated Press reports, dozens are dead including children and several remain missing, many of them campers, following...
Global Conversations in ‘Focus’ at Frieze London 2025
Frieze
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Every year, the Focus section at Frieze London offers a snapshot of what young artists across the world are thinking about and making work around, and how young galleries are defining and representing their local emerging art scenes. In 2025 there...
Two brothers in miracle escape from Texas floods after they swam for their lives as water reached top bunk in camp cabin
The U.S. Sun
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July 6, 2025
TWO brave young brothers have told of their gutsy escape from the Texas floods - which have killed at least 50 and left dozens missing. Piers and Ruffin Boyett were asleep in the cabin at Camp La Junta on the bank of the Guadeloupe River when it...
Despite national and state warnings, Kerr County, Camp Mystic didn’t evacuate
Just the News
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July 6, 2025
As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens of children reported dead and missing who were camping at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texans are asking why a warning...