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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: James Chubbuck
Cherokee Phoenix
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Before Cherokee Nation citizen James Chubbuck graduated high school from The Hun School of Princeton, he helped establish the East Coast Cherokees organization made up of at-large Cherokee citizens. Helping found ECC helps...
Opinion: Tomorrow’s America will pay for today’s fiscal recklessness
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Grant Musick Less than two months ago, Moody’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating, citing the growing burden of financing the federal government’s budget deficit. Since then, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” adding an estimated $2.4...
Italy’s Meloni says EU-US deal averted 'devastating consequences'
The Local Italy
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July 28, 2025
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni welcomed a landmark EU-US trade deal on Monday, saying it had warded off "potentially devastating consequences" – even as critics accused the bloc of surrendering to Trump's demands. Meloni – an ally of US President...
Confident Italy shows us how to bounce back
The Times
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Congratulations were mixed with consolation as we marked England’s football triumph with our Italian friends. At least we had something to celebrate amid all our country’s woes, they told us. During the decades when Italy was the sick man of...
Italian archaeologists unveil rare 2,600-year-old tomb untouched by looters
New York Post
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July 28, 2025
Archaeologists recently unearthed a remarkable 2,600-year-old tomb in Italy — a rare find untouched by looters. The discovery was announced by the Italian Ministry of Culture on June 30. In a press release, the organization said the burial mound...
University of Arkansas Patents Soft Robotic Gripper for Gentle Blackberry Harvest
WebProNews
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July 28, 2025
In the heart of Arkansas’s fertile fields, where blackberry bushes sprawl under the southern sun, a quiet revolution in agricultural technology is taking shape. Researchers at the University of Arkansas have unveiled a patented soft robotic...
Leonardo acquires IDV, consolidating the Italian land defence industry
EDR Magazine
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July 30, 2025
“Two years ago there was a possibility we explored to create a joint initiative with Iveco, but recently there was a strong acceleration,” the Leonardo CEO said while introducing the IDV acquisition subject. “Land has become strategic over the...
World CNN European plans to send asylum seekers to offshore centers in disarray after top court ruling
Yahoo News
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European countries hoping to mirror Italy’s controversial practice of sending some asylum seekers rescued at sea to overseas deportation centers have been dealt a setback by Europe’s top court. On Friday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled...
In Italy, Immigrant Workers Launch a Wave of Strikes for a 40-Hour Week
Labor Notes
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July 30, 2025
Since early April, immigrant workers in the Tuscan city of Prato have staged a wave of strikes demanding their right to a 40-hour work week, or “8x5.” Organized by the union SUDD Cobas, these walkouts, dubbed “Strike Days,” have directly involved...
Italy police arrest priest suspected of sexual abuse of minor
The Straits Times
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July 28, 2025
ROME - Italian police said on July 28 that they had arrested a priest suspected of sexual crimes against a minor in the southern region of Calabria. Police said the priest from a parish in Cosenza, whose identity and age were not disclosed, was...
Beautiful and authentic Italian city that's better than over-crowded Venice or Florence
Daily Express
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July 30, 2025
While Venice, Florence and Rome are spectacular holiday destinations, the problem is, many others think so too. During the midst of summer, travelling to one of these hotspots will have people bombarding you from all directions.The hoards of...
University of Kentucky's Brent Seales, Global Team Secures Europe's Top Research Grant to Digitally Decode Herculaneum Scrolls
Newswise
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July 28, 2025
BYLINE: Lindsey Piercy Newswise — LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2025) — Brent Seales, heritage science chair in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council...
Predicting tsunamis – with a joint Italian-Chinese space mission
CGTN
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July 30, 2025
02:18 The former president of the Italian Space Agency says a joint satellite mission with China could help predict major events such as earthquakes and tsunamis. A second satellite in the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) mission was...
6 free, family-friendly things to do in Chicago in August to savor the lingering moments of summer
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 3, 2025
School will be back in session soon — Chicago Public Schools students head back on Aug. 18 — but there is still plenty of time to take advantage of summer activities. Whether you’re looking for ways to keep the kids busy until they’re back in...
Study shows Grand Canyon area was teeming with life during Cambrian era
KJZZ - Arizona
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July 28, 2025
Five hundred million years ago, the Earth saw a huge jump in the diversification of life forms called the Cambrian Explosion. A new study found that the area of the Grand Canyon was a hot spot for life. During this time much of the North American...
Students most likely to pass exams taken at this time of day
Tracy Press - California
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(Photo by RDNE Stock project via Pexels) By Stephen Beech Students are more likely to pass exams at noon than at other times of day, according to new research. And they may also have a better chance of succeeding in job interviews at midday, say...
Miu Miu drives Italian fashion house Prada’s 9% H1 2025 revenue growth
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Italian luxury fashion house Prada S.p.A. has reported a nine per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated net revenues to €2.74 billion (~$3.15 billion) for the first half (H1) ended June 30, 2025, supported by high brand desirability and...
The racist penalty of Western visa regimes
Scroll.in
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Sudanese climate activist Roaa should have been leading meetings with other youth advocates at a United Nations climate conference in Germany in June. Instead, the 24-year-old was at home, having wasted hundreds of dollars and nearly two months...
Study Paves Path to Improved Diagnosis, Treatment of NUT Carcinoma
Cancer Health
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July 28, 2025
The diagnosis of a suspected lung, head, and neck cancer called NUT carcinoma should include additional testing capable of detecting gene fusions that are definitive markers of the disease, according to a study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...
Abu Dhabi Police urge caution on roads amid heavy summer rain
The National News
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Abu Dhabi Police on Sunday called for caution on the roads as summer rainfall hits parts of the emirate. The force took to social media to instruct drivers to take extra care "due to the rainy weather" and follow the "changing speed limits...