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Fill your playlist (and your plate) with the best of the Lowell Folk Festival
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Every year, the free Lowell Folk Festival shows that a weekend-long immersion in traditional music, dance, and food can be as entertaining as it is enriching. The festival, which fills the streets of downtown Lowell, begins on July 25 with the...
French rail network restored after Olympic travel sabotage
The Express Tribune
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July 29, 2024
France's high-speed train network resumed normal operations on Monday, three days after sabotage acts significantly disrupted travel ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony, according to the transport minister, the press reports said on Monday....
UFC 318’s Best Betting Props, Parlays & Picks
MMA mania
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July 17, 2025
UFC 318 happens this weekend (Sat., July 19, 2025) inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pay-per-view (PPV) main event is a trilogy, retirement and a BMF fight all rolled into one violent spliff with Max Holloway vs. Dustin...
Anna Meares’ emotional reunion with bitter rival Victoria Pendleton
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 7, 2024
Four years later, the showdown between the pair was hyped as one of headline events of the Games. The UK press was ruthless and cruel, painting a picture of Meares as an “ugly coalminer’s daughter” up against “Queen Victoria”. “Enjoy your silver,”...
Peru: President Boluarte meets with business guilds that traveled to China
Andina
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August 6, 2024
The gathering included discussions on security, the fight against illegal mining, the establishment of Special Economic Zones, the implementation of the Infrastructure Ministry, and other topics. In her Address to the Nation on July 28, the top...
France: Activists plan to demonstrate in Saint-Denis, Paris, Aug. 8
Crisis24
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Severe weather is forecast across much of Oman through at least Aug. 7. Thunderstorms are expected over the Al Hajar Mountains and adjacent areas; storms will be accompanied by heavy downpours, strong winds, and possible hail. The Civil Aviation...
Manchester bar launches at Piccadilly Gardens ahead of Oasis gigs - drinks prices and what's the story
Manchester Evening News
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July 8, 2025
A huge Manchester music-themed bar has now opened on Piccadilly Gardens - opening just in time for the huge run of Oasis' reunion shows that will bring thousands of fans into the city centre. The MCR Live Hub bar is being billed as the "go-to city...
What REALLY goes on at the Olympic Village: Inside the accommodation where top athletes spend their down-time, including a hairdresser and a creche (but don't ask for French fries!)
Daily Mail
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July 31, 2024
It has almost been a week since the Olympics kicked off in Paris on July 26 and Team GB has won several gold medals in various sports, from swimming and diving to the canoe slalom. After a long day of competing, 14,000 athletes descend onto the...
Paris Saint-Denis and London Stratford tell a tale of two difficult suburbs transformed by the Olympic Games
Fortune
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Major sporting events have one thing in common—they are often embraced by a global audience with anticipation and excitement but met with high levels of national cynicism. The Paris 2024 Olympics are no exception. As the games commence, a...
Africa’s paragliding competition is underway in Mpumalanga
SABC News
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June 19, 2025
Africa’s longest-running paragliding competition, the Barberton Paragliding Open, is underway at the Makhonjwa Mountains in Mpumalanga, transforming the area into a colorful spectacle. Ninety pilots from the country and few from Reunion Island,...
Why Does Canada Have So Many Great Waterslides?
Seattle Met Magazine - Washington State
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May 22, 2025
“Is there a pool?” It’s a question both eternal and essential. The answer I got on one vacation, from the friend who’d picked the cheap hotel in the remote Canadian town of Revelstoke, caught me off guard: “No, something better,” he said. “The...
Mauritius to showcase opportunities
Business Ghana
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As Mauritius prepares to host the 3rd Annual API Mauritius & Indian Ocean Property Investment Forum on 26 June, industry leaders highlight the island’s pioneering role in sustainable tourism and hospitality development across the Indian Ocean...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of July 7, 2025
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 7, 2025
Oakmont communications committee Oakmont officials have formed a communications committee and a looking for more members. Council members Amanda Pagnotta and Jennifer Paris are joined by the council’s student representative, Rocco Brown, to form...
‘Ahsoka’ Recast: First Look Given of New Leading Character in Season 2
Inside the Magic
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July 16, 2025
The people’s favorite former Jedi will soon be back on screens alongside a host of familiar faces. Credit: Lucasfilm Ahsoka Season 2 Is the Only Live-Action Star Wars Show Currently in Development When Ahsoka premiered on Disney+ on August 22,...
Corsica France Confirms Third Chikungunya Case of 2025
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)The French Health Ministry has been reporting a significant number of locally acquired chikungunya cases in its Department in 2025. ARS Corsica states that the presence of the virus-carrying tiger mosquito is now well...
7 Countries Under Chikungunya Outbreak Alert
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)As thousands of French vacationers plan their summer holiday to visit islands in the Indian Ocean, a mosquito-transmitted disease has become a significant health nuisance in 2025. To notify international travelers, the U.S....
Southern France Reports Additional Locally-Acquired Chikungunya Cases
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)Sante Publique France reported today that a total of eight locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in southern France since late May 2025. Cases in France's mainland were reported in Occitane (Hérault and...
Ange Mlinko: Morbid Symptoms
London Review of Books
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July 24, 2025
Do women hate art? ‘I’m going to focus on making art that doesn’t look like art. Art that has the feel of women talking everyday crap, like you and me here, me solving all your problems.’ This is Anti (short for Antigone) talking to the unnamed...
These are the world's most beautiful airport terminals
Nine
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July 3, 2025
When you think of beautiful buildings, airports may not be the first to spring to mind. Often grey monoliths, these transport hubs can be function over form. But in some cases, more planning has been put into the look and feel of the terminals and...
Leadership or hypnosis? Welcome to Nepali politics
OnlineKhabar
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July 15, 2025
Representational image. Photo: Pixabay Believe in leadership? Well, if leadership means one person says “jump” and everyone else asks “how high,” then yes—Nepal must be the global headquarters for blind obedience to leadership. Take our recent...