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World Architecture Festival Reveals the 2025 Shortlist
ArchDaily
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July 7, 2025
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Anti-U.S. BRICS Holds Biggest, and Most Toothless, Summit Yet
Breitbart
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July 7, 2025
The BRICS security and trade coalition is concluding its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, publishing a “declaration” notably missing some of the most strident anti-American policies it previously promoted, including the creation...
Trudging across sand, impossible for many, can be made easier. Grants are now available via Coastkeeper
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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July 2, 2025
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 2, which means the Fourth of July is upon us. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. If you currently live...
BRICS tariff to be applied only if they adopt policies deemed ‘anti-American’, source says
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 7, 2025
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will not immediately impose a new 10% tariff against members of the developing nation BRICS bloc, but will proceed if countries take so-called “anti-American” policy actions,...
BRICS at Rio de Janeiro: And What Next?
The News Chronicle
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July 7, 2025
Popularly referred to as BRICS, the informal group of emerging-market economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), meeting in Rio de Janeiro, has outlined a new unprecedented multitude of goals to challenge unipolar system. In the...
BRICS approves partnership to eliminate socially determined diseases
Agencia Brasil
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July 7, 2025
The BRICS countries approved the development of the Partnership for the Elimination of Socially Determined Diseases. The initiative, discussed during the meetings leading up to the group’s Leaders’ Summit, is now included in the Final Declaration...
Lavrov Holds Press Conference Following BRICS Summit in Rio
Sputnik News
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July 7, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250707/lavrov-holds-press-conference-following-brics-summit-in-rio-1122408638.html Lavrov Holds Press Conference Following BRICS Summit in Rio Lavrov Holds Press Conference Following BRICS Summit in Rio Sputnik...
Uzbekistan becomes a BRICS partner country.
Kun.uz
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July 7, 2025
At the 17th BRICS high-level summit held in Brazil, Indonesia was accepted as a new full member of the group. Additionally, ten countries — including Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan — were recognized as partner nations of the organization. On July 6,...
BRICS tariff to be applied only if they adopt policies deemed 'anti-American', source says
Channel News Asia
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July 7, 2025
Trump's posting came hours after BRICS leaders issued a 31-page statement in which they condemned attacks on Gaza and Iran, called for reforms to global institutions and warned that unilateral tariffs threatened global trade. The first BRICS...
Trump Threatens Tariffs For Countries Backing ‘Anti-American’ Global Alliance
Daily Wire
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July 7, 2025
President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that any countries considering alignment with the BRICS intergovernmental organization would face an additional 10% tariff, with no exceptions. The BRICS group was initially founded in 2009 by Brazil,...
Lula Meets With Abu Dhabi Prince
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met on Saturday afternoon (5) at Fort Copacabana in Rio de...
Bessent Promises ‘Several’ Trade Announcements Over ‘The Next 48 Hours’
Daily Wire
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July 7, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised on Monday that the Trump administration would make “several announcements in the next 48 hours” regarding President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. Bessent said during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box”...
Lithium-ion battery fires jump 162% in Toronto over 2 years, city says
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 7, 2025
Toronto The number of fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries has more than doubled in the span of two years, according to the city. Between 2022 and 2024 the number of fires jumped from 29 to 76. Attempts to modify lithium-ion batteries at the...
Latin America no longer 'very distant' as PM Modi builds deeper engage...
The Morung Express
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Rio de Janeiro, July 7 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State Visit to Brazil, starting with his arrival in Brasilia early Tuesday morning, India time, will not only be a significant milestone in the India-Brazil strategic partnership but is...
FM Araghchi meets with UN chief in Brazil
Mehr News Agency
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July 7, 2025
The top Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi held a meeting with Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations on Monday, July 6 on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei, Deputy...
GAA club leads tributes to Irish man with 'trademark smile' killed on Bolivian adventure
Limerick Leader
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July 2, 2025
Tributes have poured in for a young Irish man described as a "free spirit" and a "remarkable soul" after his tragic death while travelling in Bolivia last Friday. Oisín Hoy, from Clontarf in Dublin, died following a car crash while exploring...
Leyva Denies Plot Against Petro Amid Institutional and Diplomatic Crisis in Colombia
LatinAmerican Post
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July 7, 2025
With audios leaked in late June, former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva claims that the accusation of a conspiracy against President Petro is “absolutely ridiculous,” as the Prosecutor’s Office and the opposition demand clarity on contacts with...
BRICS leaders gather in Rio to challenge Western dominance
BNE Intellinews
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Leaders from the BRICS group of developing nations have convened at Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art for their 17th annual summit, touting the recently expanded bloc as a counterweight to Western institutions whilst grappling with internal...
Turkey's Brics membership hopes are dashed for now
Middle East Eye
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July 7, 2025
Foreign investors were intrigued when Turkey, last year, applied to become the first Nato country to join the Brics economic bloc. Despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's years of public statements hinting that Ankara was considering joining...
Latin America no longer ‘very distant’ as PM Modi builds deeper engagement with region
Insight Online News
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July 7, 2025
Rio de Janeiro, July 7 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit to Brazil, starting with his arrival in Brasilia early Tuesday morning, India time, will not only be a significant milestone in the India-Brazil strategic partnership but is also...