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US deports five ‘barbaric’ migrants to Eswatini
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
Eswatini’s government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration, but sought to eventually send them home....
Opinion: Keep politics from the pulpit
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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July 13, 2025
The Internal Revenue Service announced last week it is overturning a restraint on churches and other houses of worship that was supposed to keep them from endorsing candidates for political office. The root of the ban extends back to 1954....
Grassley, Ernst should reject rescissions, support vulnerable peopleDan Norell
The Ames Tribune - Iowa
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Dan Norell grew up on an Iowa farm that the family still owns, attended the University of Iowa, worked in refugee resettlement and international development in over 30 countries. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst have an opportunity to support...
U.S. will build repair facilities for the Philippine Navy near the disputed South China Sea
The Hindu
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July 16, 2025
Philippine Fast Attack Interdiction Craft manoeuvres as it participates in a joint Philippine military drill at the disputed South China Sea, Philippines. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Navy will construct two facilities for the repair and...
Jackson Lears: The Righteous Community
London Review of Books
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July 24, 2025
Six weeks after President George W. Bush launched what the White House called a Global War on Terror, in October 2001, the journalist Bob Woodward asked the vice president, Dick Cheney, when the war would end. ‘Not in our lifetime,’ Cheney said....
Bahrain to invest $17bn in US amid deals with Boeing, Oracle, Cisco
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
Bahrain’s crown prince is set to invest more than $17bn in the United States. The White House outlined the new deal before a meeting between Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and US President Donald Trump. list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2...
Trump administration deported ‘monsters’ to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
“Similar” deal likely with India, Trump says after Indonesia pact
Financial Express
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After a hard-negotiated trade pact between the US and Indonesia, which saw the latter extracting a cut in reciprocal tariff from 32% to 19% in lieu of liberal tariff reliefs to the US and a slew of purchase commitments spanning energy, aircraft...
Tetra Pak inaugurates expanded aseptic packaging plant in Ho Chi Minh City
People's Army Newspaper
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The expansion equips the factory with cutting-edge technology and significantly boosts its competitiveness. With this development, the plant’s annual production capacity now exceeds 30 billion cartons, spanning 15 new packaging formats. It is set...
Ho Chi Minh City honors Doi Moi architect with photo exhibition
People's Army Newspaper
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The five-day event, hosted by the Municipal Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, showcases 100 photos divided into two main sections. The first section of the...
Why the U.S. House omitted Korean troops from early drafts of its 2026 budget
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 16, 2025
Published: 16 Jul. 2025, 19:57 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI A RC-12X Guardrail reconnaissance aircraft takes off from Camp Humphreys, a U.S. military base in Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on May 23. [NEWS1] The U.S. House...
Eswatini says it is holding U.S. deportees in prisons, aims to repatriate them
The Gazette - Colorado
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MBABANE (Reuters) -Eswatini's government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump's administration, but sought to...
Belgium, to retire NH90 TTH fleet alleging high maintenance cost: minister
AeroTime News
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July 13, 2025
Belgium announced on July 10, 2025, its decision to retire from service its remaining four NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters (TTH) from September 1, 2025. In a rather scathing post on his X account, Belgian defense minister Theo Francken,...
Vietnam’s achievements in population management spotlighted
Vietnam News Agency
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Vietnam is among the fastest ageing countries, due to the low birth rate. The imbalance in the sex ratio at birth remains high, and teenage pregnancies are on the rise, according to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan. Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan...
Vietnam stocks pop as foreign investors return on sweetened US trade terms: analysts
The Business Times Singapore
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July 11, 2025
[HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam’s stock market has come alive as foreign investors return from positions near historic lows, following news that the country has clinched a trade deal – albeit a preliminary one – with the tariff-trigger-happy US. Recent...
Ho Chi Minh City’s two-tier administrative system seamless from day one
People's Army Newspaper
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At the public service center of Gia Dinh ward, numerous residents arrived early to submit land and business-related documents, which are now processed at the ward level under the new system. Hoang Le Thao Loan, a 38-year-old local resident, said...
Vietnam committed to placing people at heart of heritage protection
Vietnam News Agency
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The Vietnamese delegation at the ongoing 47th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee emphasized that Vietnam always pays attention to integrating the spirit and provisions of the World Heritage Convention into its domestic laws and policies....
Kristi Noem restarts third-country deportations for five 'depraved monsters' as ICE kicks into high gear
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 09:41 EDT, 16 July 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 16 July 2025 President Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has continued deportations of illegal...
Vietnam's public investment disbursement in H1 reaches 32.5 pct of annual plan
Xinhua News Agency
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HANOI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam disbursed more than 268.1 trillion Vietnamese dong (about 10.2 billion U.S. dollars) in public investment during the first half of 2025, fulfilling 32.5 percent of the annual target, Vietnam News Agency reported...
Taiwanese, Vietnamese firms keen to invest in footwear sector in India: CLE
The Economic Times
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July 13, 2025
Companies from Taiwan and Vietnam are keen to invest in India's non-leather footwear sector, and the government support is crucial to facilitate these investments, Council for Leather Exports (CLE) Chairman RK Jalan said on Sunday. Jalan said...