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Classic Tracks: The Cars’ “Just What I Needed”
Mix
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April 23, 2025
In the late ’70s, there were all sorts of bands lumped under the broad label “new wave,” which usually implied the groups were forward-thinking (rather than rooted in ’60s rock or self-indulgent “progressive” sounds), played short songs (” Death...
七尾市（石川県）Nanao City
PreventionWeb
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April 23, 2025
Themes - Any - Advocacy and media Capacity development Children and Youth Civil Society/NGOs Climate change Community-based DRR Critical infrastructure Cultural heritage Disaster risk management Early warning Economics of DRR Education and school...
More growth projected for Caribbean tourism
The Gleaner
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April 30, 2025
The Caribbean tourism industry is expected to continue its growth this year, but prevailing economic uncertainties and slowdowns in major source markets during the first quarter of the year could affect the pace at which the sector is growing....
When Dire Straits swept the world: Anatomy of a group devoured by success
El País
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April 26, 2025
“I heard Dire Straits and Chris Rea are getting together. Do you know what the band’s name is going to be? Dire Rea!” The joke went viral online a few years ago and is indicative of the discredit or mockery that Mark Knopfler’s band currently...
No Pasarán: Defending Women Journalists in Europe
The Good Men Project - California
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April 19, 2025
Grace Torrente coordinates with the International Network of Journalists with a Gender Perspective, advocating for gender equality, media representation, and protecting women journalists facing violence. Alicia Oliver is a journalist and...
Canadian arrivals up 4% to the Caribbean, new report by CTO shows
Travel Press
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April 29, 2025
The Caribbean tourism sector continued its robust recovery and expansion in 2024, with international tourist arrivals reaching an estimated 34.2 million, according to a new report from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). This represents a...
Feijóo and Mazón will not attend the opening of the European People's Party (PP) congress in Valencia.
Ara
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April 29, 2025
ValenciaNeither Alberto Núñez Feijóo nor Carlos Mazón. The president of the Spanish People's Party (PP) and the head of the Consell (Consell) will attend the opening of the European People's Party (PP) congress being held in Valencia this Tuesday...
St. Edward's University grand opening for nursing program, see photos
Austin American-Statesman - Texas
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Staff and community members cheer during the ribbon cutting during the grand opening celebration of the nursing program within the School of Health Sciences at St. Edward's University on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.Mikala...
Caribbean Matters: A spotlight on who's fighting to save the planet
Daily Kos
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April 12, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. Climate change and the environment...
Darwin Plus projects in Falklands, and UK Prime Minister’s ODA (Development Assistance) Announcement
MercoPress
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Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 18:10 UTC Falklands Conservation is working with ‘Habitat restoration and species re-introductions on four Falklands island reserves (£303,425)’ (Pic Falklands Conservation) On the 25 February, the UK Prime Minister...
PELDEM’s third annual Pink Fashion Show
The Battalion - Texas
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April 19, 2025
On Wednesday, April 16, the Latino/Hispanic student organization Presente en la Lucha de Mama, or PELDEM, which translates to supporting mothers and their families fighting breast cancer, hosted their third annual Pink Fashion Show. The Pink...
Caribbean Matters: Leaders demand reparations and justice, not excuses
Daily Kos
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April 26, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. The prospect of reparations for...
St. Lucian company awarded multi-million dollar contract to build hospital
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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The Montserrat government says it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with a St. Lucia-based construction company to build the third phase of the New National Hospital of Montserrat project. A statement by the Ministry of...
Cayman: MSCRW Trains Over 70 Building Experts in New Energy Efficiency Guidelines
I News Cayman
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April 17, 2025
Untitled design – 1 Following the success of a two-year residential and public sector energy efficiency programme, the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency and Wellness (MSCRW), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning,...
College Student Leaders Championed Democracy In 2024
Forbes
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This week, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) celebrated and recognized the students across the country who worked tirelessly to institutionalize nonpartisan civic engagement and increase college student voter participation in the 2024...
What might a mega tsunami do to the Space Coast and Florida?
Florida Today
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As if Florida needs another type of natural disaster to worry about. That said, scientists warned for decades a tsunami could jet our way at more than 500 mph. It's happened before. Few were around in 1755, though, to document the destruction. But...
The Cartel Crisis: Mothers Search for Missing Children in Mexico With Little Help From Officials
The New York Sun
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April 13, 2025
MEXICO CITY — At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in July 2020, Jael Monserrat Vriloe Palmeros vanished from a Mexico City worker’s residence owned by a local call center. She was a young mother with dreams, swallowed by the darkness of...
New law year opens
The BVI Beacon
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January 20, 2025
Acting Chief Justice Mario Michel opened the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s 2025 law year on Friday in St. Lucia, highlighting the recent implementation of the e-litigation portal in all member states, the court’s use of AI technology, and the...
'F— Israel, F— Zionism': Uproar at Cornell Over Featured Spring Concert Singer Kehlani
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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April 21, 2025
Pro-Israel students at Cornell University are up in arms over an upcoming spring concert funded by hundreds of thousands of dollars in mandatory student fees featuring the singer Kehlani, who has endorsed "intifada" and said bluntly, "It's f—...
Footballers who were filthy rich before making it – including one who lived in castle
Wales Online
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April 11, 2025
Football is replete with stories of players who have ascended from modest beginnings to reach the pinnacle of success, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. And there are also those who accumulated vast fortunes following their playing...