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PAL’s top baseball honor goes to King’s Johnson
San Mateo Daily Journal
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June 11, 2025
The Peninsula Athletic League’s All-League division teams were released a couple weeks ago as the teams headed into the playoffs and, unlike many other all-league teams, the top honors didn’t just go to players on the best team. Menlo-Atherton...
Global IME Bank Organizes Hiking Program Including Plastic Waste Collection On The Occasion Of World Environment Day
New Spotlight Nepal
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Global IME Bank Limited has organized a one-day hiking program from Machhegaun in Kirtipur to the Champa Devi Temple premises with the aim of collecting plastic waste on the occasion of World Environment Day. Approximately 150 kg of plastic waste...
Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
Consortium News
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July 8, 2025
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. Illustration of Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré. (Wikimedia Commons) By Chris...
Evacuations in Syria's Latakia countryside as wildfires advance on homes
The National News
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Syrian firefighters were evacuating people from their homes in the Latakia countryside on Tuesday as wildfires advanced "dangerously close" to populated areas. The forest fires have been burning since last Wednesday across coastal regions that are...
Popular Jordanian smokehouse The Pit makes its Dubai debut
The National News
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Before they opened their first smokehouse in Amman four years ago, Jordanian restaurateurs Ahmed Hijazi and Ghaith Saadeldin were so obsessed with serving the perfect smoked brisket that they built their own smoker from the ground up. “There’s a...
Centre County Tourism Grant Program Awards Record $1.1M to Local Events and Projects
State College - Pennsylvania
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June 9, 2025
Photo by Geoff Rushton | StateCollege.com A grant program supporting local events and projects that drive Centre County tourism reached a milestone figure for 2025-26. The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and Centre County Board of Commissioners on...
The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan Announces New Ocean Innovation Hub In Partnership With Innovative Blue Technology Company Voyacy Regen
MENAFN
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June 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Located in the Gulf of Aqaba, in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Aqaba Marine Park will focus on building climate-resilient coastal marine infrastructure at an unprecedented scale NICE, France, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/...
Founding member of the Cobram & District Spinners and Weavers recognised in King’s Birthday honours
Shepparton News
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As part of the King’s Birthday honours this year, Joan has been posthumously recognised for her tireless work for the Cobram and Yarroweyah communities with an Order of Australia Medal. Those who knew Joan remembered her as a fearless community...
Top 10 Christian Books to Pack in Your Beach Bag This Summer
Crosswalk
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July 8, 2025
The shift to the free-spirited days of summertime from the rigid school year is typically a welcome change. Pool parties, cookouts, road trips with friends, and special community events at home make the season special. Summertime can also be crazy...
Knicks hire Mike Brown, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year
Sentinel Tribune - Ohio
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July 8, 2025
Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown is pictured in the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Oct. 15, 2024, in Salt Lake City. AP Photo | Spenser Heaps NEW YORK — The New York Knicks liked Mike Brown’s experience...
Start-up becomes a ray of hope for Gaza’s young amputees
Dawn
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July 8, 2025
KARACHI: As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for the first time since a missile strike in Gaza took her arm a...
Knicks hire Mike Brown as next head coach
Sportsnet
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July 7, 2025
After a series of swings and misses, the New York Knicks have finally landed their next head coach. The Knicks have hired former Sacramento Kings coach and two-time coach of the year Mike Brown to be their next bench boss, the team announced...
Mayada El Hennawy to Perform Live at 39th Jerash Festival on July 27
Sada Elbalad
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July 7, 2025
Mon 07 Jul 2025 | 08:22 AM Iconic Syrian singer, Mayada El Hennawy, will perform live at the 39th edition of the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts on July 27. Under the patronage of Jordan's King Abdullah II, the 39th edition is scheduled to...
Knicks hire Brown, two-time NBA Coach of the Year
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks liked Mike Brown’s experience with championship teams, after he worked for four of them. That sounds good to a franchise that’s been stuck on two titles for more than 50 years but believes its time to win another is...
Pakistani Startup Ships Prosthetics to Gaza's Children
Medscape
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July 7, 2025
KARACHI (Reuters) -As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for the first time since a missile strike in Gaza took...
Ranking all 32 NFL teams based on WR, RB and TE talent: Who's No. 1? Who's No. 32?
ESPN U.S.
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It's playmaker rankings time. Each summer, I run through the NFL and sort each team's rushers and pass catchers to see which teams have given their quarterback the best playmakers at running back, wide receiver and tight end heading into the...
PKK set to destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony this week
The National News
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will begin the process of disarming with a ceremony this week at which it will burn weapons instead of handing them over to authorities, sources have told The National. The PKK, which has waged an insurgency in...
Where are the peacemakers in the holy land?
Otago Daily Times
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July 7, 2025
Will the war-torn holy land ever be peaceful again? Joss Miller asks. In 1982, my wife Dawn and I spent a couple of weeks travelling around Israel. We were keen to get a sense of this country, whose inception as a state in 1948 was relatively...
Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to Gaza war child survivors
The Times of Israel
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July 7, 2025
KARACHI, Pakistan — As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for the first time since a missile strike in Gaza took...
Middle East tech figures criticise Shaun Maguire over 'appalling' Mamdani 'Islamist agenda' comments
The National News
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A growing list of start-up founders are circulating an open letter to Sequoia Capital urging the prominent venture capital firm to take action against one of its partners, Shaun Maguire. The letter, which had more than 520 digital signatories as...