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The Producers: Part 1, Locked and Bloodstock
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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July 7, 2025
In this new series, we'll spotlight the dams and connections of some of 2025's racetrack superstars. First up, we'll set the scene by explaining our objective and search for trends, then for a curtain raiser we'll kick off the series by checking...
Good Night and Good Luck
Mother Jones
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July 7, 2025
Mother Jones illustration; Alex Brandon/AP; Wikimedia Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.”...
ECOWAS Pre-Election Mission Consults Ivorian Stakeholders
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
An ECOWAS pre-election delegation led by Professor Theodore Holo conducted stakeholder consultations in Côte d’Ivoire on July 2-3, 2025. The mission engaged with political parties including PDCI-RDA, CAP-CI, PPA-CI, and RHDP, alongside religious...
Providence, MGHS Win Big at Orange-SL’s For Good Connections School Challenge
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
Providence International High School and Methodist Girls High School had emerged as winners at the climax of Orange Sierra Leone’s “For Good Connections” campaign on Saturday, June 21st, securing top spots in football and pantomime competition....
Armwrestling African Championship: Over 400 athletes, officials from 20 countries set to storm Abuja
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
The countdown is real — just 16 days to the biggest show of strength Africa has ever seen! From July 23–27, 2025, Abuja will become the battleground for elite warriors as the 14th African Armwrestling Championship and 7th Para-Armwrestling...
Purpose over position: Mohamed Sanu’s journey to impact others
The Falcoholic - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
In his Players Tribune article, released two days after the Atlanta Falcons defeated the then-Oakland Raiders during that magical 2016 season, Mohamed Sanu recounted his incredible journey to the NFL. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Sanu spent...
Chief Minister Sengeh Joins VP Juldeh Jalloh to Promote Financial Strategies at Global Summit in Spain
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh and Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh represented Sierra Leone at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) held in Seville, Spain. The conference brought together 27 Heads...
Boss LA Celebrates Daughter Latima Bah’s Second U.S. Gymnastics Championship
Sierraloaded
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June 30, 2025
Renowned Hip-Hop artist and Peace Ambassador of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Amadu Bah, popularly known as Boss LA, congratulated his daughter, Latima Bah, on her impressive achievement of winning her second gymnastics championship in the United States....
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...
Donald Trump humiliated as Africa says, ‘keep your America, we’ll keep our continent’
Daily Express
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July 7, 2025
Donald Trump's sweeping travel ban on countries in Africa has been dismissed with a critic telling the US President he can keep America and Africans will keep their continent. Mr Trump's ban applies to citizens from countries around the world,...
VP Mpango to open Pan-African Social Security Summit in Arusha
Daily News Tanzania
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July 7, 2025
ARUSHA: VICE-PRESIDENT, Dr Philip Mpango, is expected to officially open the 14th Africa Social Protection Policy-Makers Conference to be held in Arusha Region. Organised by the Africa Social Security Association (ASSA), the summit is scheduled...
7 Years of Fire and Purpose: ACC Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala’s Unyielding War on Corruption
Sierraloaded
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June 29, 2025
Seven years ago, on a day like this, Sierra Leone began writing a bold new chapter in the war against corruption, one inked not in fear or compromise, but in audacity, reform, and relentless pursuit of integrity. That chapter began with the...
VP Juldeh Jalloh Urges Stronger Financial Strategies to Tackle Global South Funding Gap at FFD4 in Spain
Sierraloaded
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June 30, 2025
The Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, emphasized the urgent need for effective financial strategies to address the widening financing gap facing the Global South during his participation in a high-level side event at the...
New taxes on premium flyers and private jets: Greenpeace comment
Greenpeace International
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June 30, 2025
Sevilla, Spain – Barbados, France, Kenya, Spain, Benin, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Antigua & Barbuda supported by the European Commission, have announced they will form a ‘solidarity coalition on premium flyers’ to raise funds for climate action and...
Arrogant Stupidity
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
1 The incident involving a British groom allegedly driving away Sierra Leonean guests from his wedding party highlights significant cultural differences and misunderstandings. In many West African countries, including Sierra Leone, weddings are...
D. Wayne Lukas' death overshadows a big weekend of horse racing
United Press International (UPI)
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June 30 (UPI) -- News that legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas died peacefully Saturday at age 89 after a career of personal accomplishment and devotion to the industry overshadowed a jam-packed weekend of Thoroughbred racing. Lukas had been active...
Portia Subran gets personal with The Hollows
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 6, 2025
Features Newsday Reporter 4 Hrs Ago Artist Portia Subran. - Photo courtesy Ravindra Ramkallawan Photography HASSAN ALI IT can be difficult to imagine that a bird pecking at one’s belly could be a good thing. For some, the former sentence conjures...
Pro-democracy rally at Fort Reno Park brings community and joy on day of Trump’s military parade
The Eagle - Washington D.C.
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Lee Ayres, the founder of D.C. Citizens, had begun planning a rally and picnic at Fort Reno Park in Tenleytown 10 days before the event. She never thought “in a million years” she would organize an event like this, complete with live music and...
Nigeria, Togo set for showdown at ITTF W’Africa championships
Punch
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July 6, 2025
Defending champions Nigeria and Togo are preparing to retain their titles at the 2025 International Table Tennis Africa Federation West Africa Regional Championships in Lagos from July 16 to 19. The event will take place at the Molade Okoya-Thomas...
Chief Minister Sengeh Responds to First Lady Fatima Bio’s Allegations on SLPP Youth Elections
Sierraloaded
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June 25, 2025
Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, has subtly responded to a highly publicized video by First Lady Fatima Maada Bio, in which she leveled several allegations about the recently concluded Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)...