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Jaguar's Leap from Grace: A Canary in the Coal Mine for the Auto Industry
The Stanford Review - California
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January 24, 2025
Jaguar, the British automotive icon featured alongside Aston Martin as the car of choice for James Bond, has recently garnered criticism for a bizarre ad with the tagline “Copy Nothing.” The ad attracted merciless ridicule for its bizarre use of...
Voting with their feet: demographic shifts in New Caledonia
Pacific News Service
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By Nic Maclellan For months, New Caledonia has been wracked by conflict between the independence movement and French security forces. A key trigger for the crisis was a vote in the French National Assembly on 13 May, as President Emmanual Macron...
Crypto Fraud Ring Busted in Spain After Bilking 5,000 Victims Worldwide
Information Security Buzz
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July 1, 2025
Spanish authorities have arrested five alleged members of a sprawling crypto investment fraud network accused of laundering EUR 460 million in stolen funds. The operation, supported by Europol and law enforcement from the United States, France,...
Europol Dismantles Massive Crypto Investment Scam Targeting 5000+ victims Worldwide
GBHackers
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July 1, 2025
Europol and international law enforcement have dismantled a sprawling cryptocurrency investment fraud network that allegedly defrauded more than 5,000 victims globally, laundering at least €460 million ($540 million) in illicit funds. The arrests,...
If Azerbaijan Wants to ‘Free’ New Caledonia, Why Doesn’t It Accept Its Referendum Precedent?
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
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July 28, 2024
After the exposure of Azerbaijan’s hand in the May 2024 New Caledonia protests, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev doubled down, promising to sponsor separatism among other French territories across the globe. Even if Azerbaijan attacks French...
Settler Colonialism in Light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today... (Part 1)
Black Agenda Report
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September 7, 2025
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolution. Originally published in...
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior, justice still waits
Independent Australia
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As France rebrands itself as a climate and ocean leader, Pacific civil society reminds the world of its unrepented nuclear legacy and unfinished colonial business, writes Dave Sweeney. FORTY YEARS AGO this week, the quiet of Auckland Harbour was...
Conference showcases barn owls’ role in agriculture
Kathimerini
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Experts, conservationists and amateur enthusiasts from thirteen countries will take part in the four-day 2025 International Barn Owl Conference starting in Athens Monday and continuing in the city of Larissa from Tuesday to Thursday. The theme of...
Regional tensions escalate over ongoing New Caledonia crisis
World Socialist Web Site
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July 24, 2024
As the outcome of France’s July 7 elections remains unclear, with the parties of the New Popular Front (NFP) engaged in bitter internal factional struggles and the ruling elite manoeuvring to form a far-right government, the crisis enveloping the...
Bird flu hits Brazil’s poultry exports after May outbreak
The Poultry Site
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Import bans persist despite official clearance of commercial flocks An outbreak of bird flu in Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, has prompted countries to implement trade restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus...
NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia
Asia Pacific Report
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July 19, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a “constructive force” to find a “path forward” in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given...
Winston Peters calls for 'more diplomacy, engagement, compromise' in New Caledonia
RNZ
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July 19, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a "constructive force" to find a "path forward" in New Caledonia, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. "The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given the violence that...
Settler Colonialism in light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today...
Black Agenda Report
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September 7, 2025
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolutionary violence in return....
Vanuatu Arts in Global Museum Collections
Art of the Ancestors
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Located in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu is situated east of New Guinea, northeast of New Caledonia, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is composed of four main islands surrounded by eighty smaller orbital isles. The...
Which countries restrict Brazilian chicken imports over bird flu?
Zawya
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An outbreak of bird flu in Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, has prompted countries to implement trade restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus after Brazil confirmed its first case on a commercial farm in May....
Guam’s Jordan Baden wins gold, shatters women’s 5K record at Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With only three days remaining in the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, Guam's mighty contingent earned five medals in athletics, baseball and judo. Two days ago, Guam's Jordan Baden won her first-ever medal while representing her island...
Pakistan suspends chicken trade with Brazil due to bird flu
Pakistan Observer
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July 4, 2025
Pakistan is among several other countries that have placed restrictions on import of chicken from Brazil after it reported first case of bird flu in May this year. Reports said the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry has shared updated list of the...
Andromeda Metals strengthens board by appointing senior mining...
Proactive Australia
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December 23, 2024
Andromeda Metals Ltd (ASX:ADN, OTC:ANDMF) has strengthened its board through the appointment of highly experienced senior mining and minerals sector executive Jean-Dominique (JD) Sorel as a non-executive director of the company. Sorel has more...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
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Entries rolling in for the Hobie AUS Championships in the West
Mysailing
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July 3, 2025
There is excitement in the air for the Pitts Design and Construction 53rd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. To be held in Busselton in the South West of Western Australia and hosted by Geographe Bay Yacht Club in December / January. The...