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Anti-ageing mask with miracle plumping ingredient is loved by shoppers
RSVP Live
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August 7, 2025
For years, we've been hearing about the various ingredients that can completely revitalise your skin. People have been talking all about peptides or polypeptides, which have already found their way into creams, serums, cleansers and more. This is...
The 20 greatest all-inclusive holiday destinations
AOL
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The all-inclusive package at Ozen Life Maadhoo in the Maldives, includes drinks, mini-bar replenishment and moreUnexpected costs on holiday can play havoc with your budget. You may have opted to pay for flights and accommodation upfront, but once...
India’s sea-based nuclear ambitions
Pakistan Observer
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August 18, 2025
THE growing Indian sea-based nuclear military capabilities have gone relatively unnoticed in the international community. Positioned as a defensive posture as part of second-strike survivability, it was endured as part of India’s nuclear doctrine....
Nigeria risks wasting billions of Naira over non-adoption of technology by tertiary institutions- TETFund
Nairametrics
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August 19, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has warned that billions of naira already invested in digital infrastructure in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions could go to waste if schools fail to adopt and...
Coal Blast Rocks Bulk Carrier Off Baltimore
gCaptain
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August 19, 2025
A Liberian-flagged coal carrier erupted in an explosion on Monday while transiting the Patapsco River near the demolition site of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The 751-foot W Sapphire, which had just loaded coal at CSX’s Curtis Bay...
French-speaking citizens of these countries have a direct study to permanent residence pathway
CIC News
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August 7, 2025
The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) provides a study to permanent residence (PR) pathway for French-speaking students who are citizens of select countries. If you’re admitted to study in Canada under the FMCSP, you can apply...
Kotak Mahindra Gains SCA Approval To Launch UAE Funds
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Kotak Mahindra (International) Limited (KMIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, has become the first Indian financial institution to receive approval from the Securities and Commodities Authority...
Billions invested in ICT infrastructure risk being wasted, TETFund warns institutions
Abuja Inquirer
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August 18, 2025
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has called on Nigerian tertiary institutions to urgently embrace technology in teaching, research, and administration, warning that billions of naira already invested in ICT infrastructure risk being...
Microsoft SharePoint Server 0-Day Hack Hits African Treasury, Companies, and University
Cyber Security News
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July 31, 2025
A sophisticated cyberattack exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint servers has compromised over 400 entities globally, with significant impact across African nations including South Africa and Mauritius. The attack...
MFs' foreign assets drop 5.6% to USD 8.3 bn in FY25: RBI
ETCFO.com
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August 19, 2025
Mumbai, Indian mutual funds' overseas assets dropped 5.6 per cent to USD 8.3 billion in FY25, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Monday. At the end of FY24, Indian mutual funds held assets of over USD 8.81 billion in foreign assets, as per...
Ship explosion causes fire near site of Key Bridge collapse
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 19, 2025
An explosion aboard a cargo vessel near the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge late Monday is under investigation, Baltimore and federal officials said. Part of a Liberian cargo vessel exploded, causing a fire in a portion of the ship...
Cargo ship sends mayday after explosion near Key Bridge, no injuries reported
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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August 19, 2025
A cargo ship near the site of the Key Bridge sent out a mayday call after an explosion on board, though no injuries were reported, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson said Monday evening. A video captured of the incident and shared on...
Ship explosion causes fire near site of Key Bridge collapse
Capital Gazette - Maryland
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August 19, 2025
An explosion aboard a cargo vessel near the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge late Monday is under investigation, Baltimore and federal officials said. Part of a Liberian cargo vessel exploded, causing a fire in a portion of the ship...
Spirit of Tasmania IV stops in Freo after 14,857 nautical mile journey
Travel Weekly
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August 12, 2025
The newest Spirit of Tasmania ferry has arrived in Perth Western Australia after a six-week voyage from Scotland – but it will still be more than a week before it is expected to reach Hobart. Spirit of Tasmania IV – one of two new vessels that are...
Spirit of Tasmania IV arrives in Australia after voyage from Scotland
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 12, 2025
The newest Spirit of Tasmania ferry has arrived in Australian waters after a six-week voyage from Scotland — but it will still be more than a week before it is expected to reach Hobart. Spirit of Tasmania IV — one of two new vessels that are set...
'As desi as Tata and Maruti': Paytm is 100% Indian after Jack Ma's Ant Fin exits fintech
The Economic Times
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August 6, 2025
“We are as Indian as Maruti,” Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma had said in a 2015 interview with PTI. That remark has now come true for the fintech that once faced regulatory hurdles. The complete exit of Jack Ma's Antfin (Netherlands) Holding...
Brit mum, 24, caught 'smuggling cannabis from Thailand into Germany' avoids jail
LBC
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6 August 2025, 16:49 | Updated: 6 August 2025, 17:04 Cameron Bradford was detained in Munich after being caught with cannabis in her suitcase. Picture: Social media A British mother caught in Germany with a suitcase filled with 20kg of cannabis...
Explosion reported as cargo ship catches fire in Baltimore Harbor
BNO News
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August 18, 2025
A cargo ship caught fire in Baltimore Harbor near the Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to officials. No injuries have been reported. The Maryland Department of Emergency Management said Monday it was aware of the cargo ship fire near the...
How to protect yourself from (and treat) mosquito bites
The Times
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While this long, hot summer poses challenges for farmers, gardeners, firefighters and water companies, it does facilitate one of my greatest pleasures: alfresco dining. And, horse flies and wasps aside, eating outside in the UK tends not to be...
SADC calls for the establishment of the Regional Development Fund
Daily News Tanzania
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August 18, 2025
ANTANANARIVO: THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit has called for an accelerated establishment of the SADC Regional Development Fund as an independent Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). The call was made when concluding the...