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Munich Re: climate change driving costliest wildfires ever as global disaster losses climb
Captive International
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Worldwide, natural disasters caused overall losses of around $131 billion in the first half of 2025 (previous year, adjusted for inflation: $155 billion), of which $80 billion was insured (in 2024: $64 billion), according to the latest figures...
Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime
EJIL: Talk!
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July 7, 2025
The climate change regime has been one focal point of international law over the past year, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has undertaken the task of addressing the questions presented as part of the advisory proceedings on climate...
Strassen eco-fascist on trial: Parents funded son's Nazi obsession as he manufactured explosives, court told
RTL Today
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July 5, 2025
Police investigators presented chilling evidence Friday showing how a teenager domiciled in Strassen progressed from childhood violence to plotting terrorist attacks while amassing Nazi paraphernalia and manufacturing explosives in his family...
Grim's Grub: One industry made possible by an underappreciated man
Pine and Lakes Echo Journal - Minnesota
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July 4, 2025
There are popular ingredients and then there are ingredients that are basically unavoidable mainstays. In the latter category is, of course, garlic. But another such ingredient that you measure into hundreds of recipes with utter abandon is the...
Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining
Institute for Security Studies
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Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa. Under President Donald Trump, the United States’ (US) rush for critical...
300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar
LiveScience
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July 3, 2025
The archaeological investigations have revealed wooden frames from the hull of Nossa Senhora do Cabo among the ballast stones. (Image credit: Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation)Archaeologists say they've found the submerged wreck of a...
EU Accelerates Mining Investments
Business Ghana
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African Mining Week 2025 conference will showcase growing cooperation between African mining stakeholders and European partners to address industry challenges and unlock new opportunities The EU has increased financial and technical support for...
Row over health of Indian Ocean tuna
Dialogo Chino
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July 30, 2025
When the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s scientific committee presented its latest findings in early December at an upscale hotel and conference centre complex in Cape Town, South Africa, many scientists were stunned. The committee, led by...
EU increases financial and technical support for Africa’s mining sector in H1 of 2025
African Mining Market
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July 2, 2025
The EU has increased financial and technical support for Africa’s mining sector in the first half of 2025, aligning its foreign investment strategy with the continent’s agenda to shape the global energy transition. In June this year, the EU named...
IHOP to serve up $100 pancakes for one day only at just three locations
KARE 11 - Minnesota
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July 30, 2025
The release taps into the viral “Dubai Chocolate” trend, which gained popularity on TikTok over the past year. WASHINGTON — IHOP is turning breakfast into a luxury experience with its most expensive pancake offering to date. On Monday, Aug. 4, the...
The European Union (EU) Accelerates Mining Investments Across Africa In H1 2025
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The EU has increased financial and technical support for Africa's mining sector in the first half of 2025, aligning its foreign investment strategy with the continent's agenda to shape the global energy transition. In June this...
Evion’s Maniry Project gains EU Strategic Project status
Proactive Australia
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July 29, 2025
Evion Group NL (ASX:EVG, OTC:EVIGF) has become the only African graphite project listed under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) after its flagship Maniry Graphite Project in Madagascar was formally listed as a Strategic Project under the...
World Bank Group Appoints New Division Director For Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros And Seychelles
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The World Bank Group has appointed Fily Sissoko as the new Division Director for Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, and Seychelles, effective today. He succeeds Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, who held the position for the...
Investornewsbreaks Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) Exceeds Uranium Production Estimates At Pinyon Plain Mine In Q2 2025
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) , a leading U.S. producer of uranium and rare earth elements (“REEs”), announced that its Pinyon Plain uranium mine in Arizona significantly outperformed production...
Saving Lesotho's Textiles
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) ONCE a beacon of industrial hope and regional competitiveness, Lesotho's textile and garment sector now stands at a critical crossroads. After decades of steady growth and hard-earned global market share, the country's largest...
‘It breaks my heart.’ Trump’s cuts to Harvard leave Boston’s vulnerable sweltering without AC.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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For someone like Brown, who suffers from a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe, it’s more than just miserable — it’s also a health risk. One hundred Boston residents were supposed to receive a window unit as early as June as part of a...
Boxing Day Tsunami: 14 Countries Forever Changed On December 26, 2004
News18
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July 30, 2025
Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 13:57 IST The 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, among the deadliest natural disasters in recent history, resulted in the loss of over 230,000 lives across 14 countries, including India Fourteen countries,...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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IHOP pines for TikTok’s attention with new Dubai Chocolate pancakes valued at $100
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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July 30, 2025
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — International House of Pancakes, a.k.a. IHOP, is leaning into the first word of its name and jumping on a global viral trend that is as lavish as it is expensive. The chain is capitalizing on the “Dubai...
Still digging 2025: Tracking global coal mine proposals
Global Energy Monitor - California
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July 29, 2025
In 2024, newly-opened coal mines added a total of 105 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of production capacity to the global coal mining industry — a 46% decline from 2023 (193 Mtpa) and the smallest production capacity increase in a decade. This...