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University of Tripoli Signs Scientific Cooperation Agreements with Turkish Institutions
The Libya Observer
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The University of Tripoli signed cooperation agreements on Thursday with Turkey’s Middle East and Ankara universities to strengthen collaboration in teaching and scientific research. According to a statement published on the university’s official...
RSF advance on Libyan border marks new phase in spread of Sudan's war
Middle East Eye
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July 3, 2025
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied troops have placed Sudan’s northern border region near Egypt on high alert, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) make significant advances after seizing control of the strategic border triangle...
Libya hosts Arab Planning Institute meeting in Tripoli
The Libya Observer
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ThecMinistry of Planning hosted the second meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Planning Institute for the 2024–2025 term on Sunday in Tripoli, with participation from representatives of several Arab countries. The meeting, held at the...
Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South African freedom fighter
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo...
Telecel 2Moorch Money weekly winners grab GH¢20,000 each
Business and Financial Times
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July 11, 2025
The Berekum Market erupted into joy as Lot Donkor, a steel bender from Sunyani, stepped forward with his parents to receive the first GH¢20,000 cash prize in Telecel Ghana’s 2Moorch Money Promo. Surrounded by excited traders and teary-eyed...
Libyan Italian Forum concludes with the signing of 98 MoUs
Libya Herald
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June 27, 2025
The Libyan Italian Forum (Benghazi, 25-26 June) concluded its second and final day yesterday with the Director General of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgassem Hafter, signing ‘‘several memorandums of understanding with 98...
Libya’s UN Amb. Responds to Greece Over Maritime Dispute at Security Council
To Vima
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June 25, 2025
A diplomatic exchange between Greece and Libya unfolded during a recent session of the UN Security Council, highlighting renewed tensions over disputed maritime zones in the Eastern Mediterranean. The meeting, which focused on developments in...
Libyan-Italian economic forum kicks off in Benghazi
The Libya Observer
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The Libyan-Italian Economic Forum officially launched on Tuesday in the city of Benghazi, coinciding with the inauguration of the first direct flight by Italy’s national airline from Rome to Benghazi. The three-day forum is hosting around 100...
An oil tanker exploded near Libya — it had recently entered a Russian port
Babel
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The Vilamoura tanker, carrying a million barrels of oil, exploded near Libya. The vessel had previously entered a Russian port. Bloomberg writes about this. According to a spokesman for TMS Tankers, the explosion caused water to enter the vessel,...
Why has Trump hit Canada with a 35 percent trade tariff?
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will raise import tariffs on most Canadian goods to 35 percent, even though Canada has agreed to rescind its planned digital services tax as the US demanded. This comes as Trump sends...
Oil Tanker Explodes Off Libyan Coast
Oil Price
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June 30, 2025
An oil tanker has suffered an explosion off Libya’s coast, without causing any injuries or pollution, the vessel operator said on Monday, adding that the cause of the explosion is not clear yet. The ship that carried about 1 million barrels of...
A Tanker Carrying A Million Barrels Of Oil Exploded Off The Coast Of Libya
Charter 97
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5 Prior to that, the vessel had twice called at Russian ports. The oil tanker Vilamoura, carrying 1 million barrels of oil, exploded off the coast of Libya. The ship had twice called at Russian ports, Bloomberg reported. The Vilamoura tanker is...
New space technology spots wildfires in their first crucial hours when they're still small enough to contain
Hindustan Times
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June 30, 2025
Remember the Uttarakhand forest fires that raged for weeks in 2016? Or the massive blazes that swept through Himachal Pradesh last year? The pattern is always the same - by the time we spot most wildfires, they're already unstoppable monsters...
LBC establishes first private-sector led industrial financing fund in Libya
Libya Herald
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June 29, 2025
The Libyan Business Council (LBC) hosted at its Tripoli headquarters today the first meeting of the technical committee responsible for preparing the organisational structure of the Libya Industrial Development Fund. The meeting, the LBC...
Odessa region becomes a priority area for recovery funding
The Odessa Journal
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In Rome, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities and Territories Development and Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a package of decisions that mark a new stage in the strategic partnership...
Trump plans 35% tariff for Canada. Here are the other countries that received tariff letters
Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a letter that he will raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance....
Ukrainian political scientist: Fear and pressure are becoming the Kremlin's main management tools
APA
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For centuries, the Russian Empire has not only sought to conquer territories but also entire peoples — their identities and their futures. Moscow’s state ideology has never been built on voluntary unity, but rather on force, assimilation, and...
BP to reopen Tripoli office in Q4 2025
Libyan Express
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July 11, 2025
BP enters MoU with Libya’s NOC for Sarir and Messla field exploration. Photo via BPBP is set to reopen its Tripoli office in the final quarter of 2025 as part of a broader effort to relaunch its operations in Libya, the country’s state-owned...
Libya's Al-Khadim airbase becomes a hub for Russian arms in the Sahel
Modern Ghana
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Amid renewed relations with Libya, Russia is relying on the Al-Khadim base near Benghazi to strengthen its military presence in the Sahel region of Africa. RFI journalists were able to trace the itinerary of a Russian cargo plane from Syria to...
Major DNA breakthrough by scientists investigating Lockerbie bombing
Daily Express
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June 29, 2025
Forensic experts have made a major breakthrough, extracting DNA for the first time from the suitcase that contained the Lockerbie bomb. The explosion on board Pan Am flight 103 and the crash killed 270 people in Britain's most deadly terrorist...