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Iraq war vet kicked out of county meeting after complaining about stinky landfill
Villages News - Florida
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July 9, 2025
Bushnell may revoke an operating permit for a stinky landfill near Lake Panasoffkee after repeated complaints from area residents. In a letter to the operator of the Heart of Florida landfill on County Road 529A, Kristin Green, the city’s director...
Iraq Mourns Former NIC Chairman Dr. Sami al-Araji
Iraq Business News
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July 7, 2025
By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC), led by Dr. Haider Mohammed Makiya, has expressed deep sorrow at the passing of Dr. Sami Raouf al-Araji, the former Chairman of the Commission. In an official statement, the NIC extended its...
Iran Pivots From Russia to China in Quest for New Weapons After Israel War
Newsweek
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July 19, 2025
With Iran's military battered from an intense 12-day war with Israel that also involved direct U.S. intervention, China is emerging as top candidate to provide advanced weaponry that could help Tehran reestablish deterrence as tensions continue to...
Award-winning former AP photographer, Pa. native, is remembered for her wit and leadership
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 19, 2025
Award-winning photo journalist Jo Ann Steck — who broke barriers in male-dominated newsrooms by capturing some of the most notable moments in recent United States history — has died. She was 73. Steck died on July 11 after a yearslong battle with...
Trump slap massive tariffs on Iraqi goods, excludes oil
The New Arab
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July 11, 2025
Despite the imposition of tariffs, both Washington and Baghdad have signalled a desire to maintain constructive ties. [Getty] US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 30 percent tariff on Iraqi imports, a move Baghdad says will have...
Türkiye welcomes PKK disarmament in Iraq as ‘turning point’
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
Türkiye views PKK’s disarmament in Iraq an irreversible turning point to build a future free from terror, a senior Turkish official said Friday after the group handed over their weapons in a symbolic ceremony in Sulaymaniyah. “The laying down of...
Tabaqchali: Ten-Year Anniversary & a First Visit to Iraq
Iraq Business News
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July 10, 2025
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Ten-year Anniversary & a First Visit to Iraq" The market, as measured by the...
Global Warming and Wars: Escalating Threats to Life on Earth
Pakistan Today
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June 28, 2025
In today’s world, global warming and socio-geopolitical conflicts have become dangerously intertwined. The continuous rise in temperatures, famine, oceanic surges, and rampant wildfires have not only disrupted environmental balance but also laid...
Turkish military fails to explain deaths of 12 soldiers in Iraq cave operation
Nordic Monitor
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July 10, 2025
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have not provided a detailed or convincing account of the July 6 incident in which 12 soldiers including two officers died after being exposed to toxic gas inside a cave in northern Iraq....
Will Iraq Be Next On The List For “Normalization”?
SouthFront
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July 10, 2025
Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image Written by Damir Nazarov If the process of starting the “normalization” of the new Syrian regime with the Zionists is almost complete. Now it’s the turn of Iraq and Lebanon, but if the Hezbollah...
Letters: Only the GOP denies humanity’s effect on climate change
East Bay Times - California
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July 10, 2025
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. GOP alone deniesman’s effect on climate Re: “Marin County relatives of ex-Giants pitcher Tyler Walker among missing” (Page A1, July 8). As a grandfather of children...
IMF issues Iraq Report: Forecasts Growth of 3.1%
Iraq Business News
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July 9, 2025
By John Lee. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Iraq's economy is facing considerable headwinds, with non-oil sector growth slowing from 13.8 percent in 2023 to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2024, impacted by reduced public...
Shell Discusses Investment Opportunities in Iraq
Iraq International News Agency
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July 10, 2025
Today, the Executive Vice President of Shell Oil Company, Mr. Richard Howe, was received by Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, in Baghdad. The meeting discussed areas of cooperation in developing Iraq’s energy sector and investment...
Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region
The New Arab
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July 10, 2025
In the Middle East and North Africa, the climate crisis is not a distant threat but an everyday reality. While much of the global media continues to frame the region through conflict and geopolitics, a group of filmmakers is redirecting attention...
Carib Grill opens second location in Lansdowne on Friday
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
LANSDOWNE — Carib Grill, the celebrated Jamaican restaurant and bakery, opens its second location at 7 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne on Friday, July 11. The grand opening celebration will take place from 1 to 10 p.m. The new restaurant will partner...
Stop Analogizing Iraq in 2003 to Iran in 2025
Providence
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July 10, 2025
As Israel launched strikes against Iran’s nuclear and military sites, talk of “regime change” is back on the table. Predictably, critics warn of another Iraq—chaos, quagmire, and endless war. But that comparison is structurally flawed. Iran is not...
Azerbaijan Unveils Major Investment In Tobacco Production Facility In Aghdam (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, July 19. A new tobacco manufacturing plant launched in Aghdam district has an investment value exceeding 58 million manat ($34.1 million), Elchin Kazimov, the spokesperson of the Economic Zones...
Revenge porn blackmailer's plot to bribe Iraqi general with 'stolen gold'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 10, 2025
04:30, 10 Jul 2025 A revenge porn blackmailer hatched a stolen gold plot in a bid to try and persuade his victim's Iraqi General father to drop criminal charges against him. Karivan Mizuri, 33, was previously jailed for trying to extort £37,000...
Iraqi Drilling Company completes 113 Oil Wells in H1 2025
Iraq Business News
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July 4, 2025
By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has announced the completion of drilling and rehabilitation operations on 113 oil wells during the first half of 2025. The company's teams successfully drilled 27 new wells and rehabilitated 86...
From burden to strategy: Iraq cuts debt, targets growth
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq is advancing a fiscal plan to reduce over $114B in public debt, aiming to enhance credit ratings, expand policy flexibility, and reallocate resources to long-term infrastructure development. Domestic debt edged down in...