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Morning Mail: Marles aide ‘in relationship with lobbyist’, Trump slams Putin ‘bullshit’, to Russia, Pies prejudice
Morning everyone. The vexed issue of how to regulate lobbying in Canberra’s corridors of power raises its head again today with our exclusive story revealing that Richard Marles’s chief of staff is in a long-term relationship with a lobbyist who...

Jasmine Pineda Shockingly Reveals 90 Day Fiancé Star Who Tried To Deport Her By Calling Immigration
In a preview of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, Jasmine Pineda revealed who reported her to the immigration authorities in an attempt to have her deported from the United States. Jasmine left her home in Panama to move to the United States in...

Strategic Partnerships: Costa Rica’s Answers to New Threats
Costa Rica’s Vice Minister of Special Investigation Units of the Ministry of Public Security Manuel Jiménez Steller brings a strong background in criminal law and extensive prosecutorial experience to his crucial role. Having led complex organized...

Turning Back the Pages - July 17, 2025
125 years ago — July 1900 D.R. Spalding of Falls Village, who was eighty six years old July 4, does all the raking on 200 acres of meadow land. The selectmen of Norfolk are going to see that all unregistered dogs are killed. A large black bear was...

A roundtable across 18,000 kilometers sparks broad attention through its exchange of thoughts and global perspectives
The "Global Times Overseas China Week and Global South Dialogue: Roundtable Forum of China-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries" is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 25, 2025 of local time. Photo: Liu Yang/GTThe "Global Times...

Brazil and China to study South American transcontinental railway project
Brazil and China agreed on Monday to study the feasibility of a transcontinental railway that could reshape South America’s trade routes by connecting Brazil’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Peru’s Pacific Ocean port of Chancay. The memorandum of...

After Doha: Why Gulf Risk Is Now Climate, Not Weather
The Gulf Weathered War's Storm, But What If Security Climate Changed? Every LNG molecule still runs the strait.Getty Images One missile struck near Al Udeid Air Base at 22:17 on 23 June 2025. That impact rewrote risk calculations for every company...

Can Tharoor & Co Win The Americans Over?
A cross-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is visiting the USA, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Guyana to rally global support for India's counter-terror stance, spotlighting regional stability and Pakistan-backed cross-border...

UK shipping insurers are caught in oil sanctions’ grey zone
A year before Marco Rubio was appointed President Trump’s secretary of state, he wrote to the government of Panama urging it to investigate a number of oil tankers sailing under the country’s flag. The bipartisan letter, signed by Rubio and 21...

Ship ‘arrested’ after Kerala claims damages: How do admiralty suits work?
The order came after the Kerala government filed an admiralty suit — a legal proceeding pertaining to maritime law and disputes — in the High Court. The suit named the Mediterranean Shipping Company, one of whose firms operates and manages the MSC...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for...
In cell phone messages to The Associated Press on Thursday, Mdluli said it wasn't clear how long that would take. The men, who the U.S. says were convicted of serious crimes and were in the U.S. illegally, are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba,...

The USMNT's to-do list before the 2026 World Cup, ranked by urgency
So, uh, 2025, huh? If we put the U.S. men's national team on the same August-to-July calendar as club teams, it's been an incredibly disappointing year for the Americans. It started out great! After flaming out of the Copa América, the USMNT got...

The Week in Women's Football: NWSL review; Angel City coach Straus speaks
This week, we present part 2 of our 2025 NWSL Season Review to Date, during the NWSL summer break for international tournaments. This week we look at Gotham FC—who are in the last playoff spot if the season ended today—North Carolina, Bay FC,...

First Ladies Determine Their Role in a Polarizing World—Together
Amid constant warfare, climate change, a reduction in mental health across the globe, and the rapid deployment of AI, what does it mean to be a first lady? It is one of the most visible roles, with access to an international platform, and yet in...

The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis
As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.’s Skid Row when he noticed the first signs of a monumental change in the city. Day after day, workers, hired from the...

Globus launches new 11-day small group tour through Ecuador
Tour Operators By Christine Roberti July 18, 2025 Globus has launched a new small group discovery tour: Ecuador: Natural Wonders & Ancient Cultures. This 11-day journey from Quito to Guayaquil offers a rich tapestry of cultures, climates and...

Not left or right, but authoritarianism vs. liberal democracy: Will McCorkle
This past month, I went to a panel at the University of Costa Rica with a group of refugees from Nicaragua. This group of fairly progressive individuals had fled Nicaragua due to political persecution. One was a transgender woman and all were...

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends
Investing William Potter / Shutterstock.com This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income hungry investors are often continually on the lookout...

5 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement
Published: 18 Jul. 2025, 10:35 Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on July 17. [AP/YONHAP] Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump...

The Morning Briefing: Colbert's Tedious Reign as the Anti-Carson Is Coming to an End
Top O' the Briefing Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Stedwërgenz felt no reason to explain why braunschweiger was his preferred medium for sculpting Peloponnesian War figurines. While putting together the Briefing last night it...