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All that glitters is… Lovisa: A financial teardown of the $3 billion jewellery empire
SmartCompany
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August 7, 2025
If you thought that the ‘founder problem’ fit matters – think again. Sixty-year-old Brett Blundy has made a killing selling trendy jewellery to 20-30 somethings looking to glam up their accessories. Earrings, necklaces, rings — you name it. Where...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Asiana flight to Incheon returns to Istanbul after passenger loses portable power bank
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 30, 2025
Published: 30 Jul. 2025, 20:46 Asiana Airlines' A380 aircraft [ASIANA AIRLINES] An Asiana Airlines flight from Istanbul to Incheon returned to its departure airport after a passenger lost a portable power bank on board, raising concerns over a...
Air Canada Applauded By Canadians For Replacing Dipping U.S. Travel With An Unexpected Market
The Travel
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July 30, 2025
The major Canadian commercial airlines have reacted differently to the recent decline in U.S. travel. WestJet announced a slew of cancellations, axing New York, Orlando, Austin and Seattle routes. On the contrary, Porter Airlines has surprised...
French ambassador: T&T’s trade with Europe unequal
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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French ambassador to T&T, Didier Chabert, is hopeful that a solution to the foreign exchange crisis would be found in the interest of the country’s economy. In an interview with the Sunday Business Guardian, Chabert said...
OECS Commission Announces Successful Completion of Geothermal Study Tour to Guadeloupe, Further Advancing Clean Energy Drive Across Eastern Caribbean
Nevis Pages
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July 15, 2025
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is pleased to announce the successful completion of a landmark Study Tour and Technical Workshop in Guadeloupe, held from June 23 to 24, 2025, under the OECS GEOBUILD Programme. This...
Scientists Race to Save Caribbean Reefs Amid Bleaching Crisis
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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August 7, 2025
For more than a decade, Mariane Aimar-Godoc regularly laboured underwater, collecting coral eggs by moonlight to raise in nurseries and transplant back onto degraded reefs. As director of the nonprofit Guadeloupe Initiative for the Restoration of...
Faith’s family tree
Catholic Review - Maryland
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August 5, 2025
Our Catholic faith doesn’t appear out of thin air, and it plays out incarnationally and across history. Faith comes from somewhere, and often, that somewhere is a someone, often visibly woven into our personal genealogies. Everyone wants to claim...
21 Canadian books we're excited to read in August A new month means new books. Here are some of the most anticipated Canadian titles for August 2025. Books |4 hours ago
CBC/Radio-Canada
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A new month brings a new set of reads. Here are some of the new Canadian book releases for August 2025, perfect to dive into before the summer winds down. Fiction | Children and Young Adult | Poetry What She Left Behind by Brianne Sommerville In...
Volotea Signs Interline Agreement with Air Caraïbes and French Bee
Rus Tourism News
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August 6, 2025
Travelers across Europe’s regional capitals now have a smoother gateway to exotic long-haul destinations. Low-cost carrier Volotea has signed a new interline agreement with Air Caraïbes and French Bee, offering a fully integrated travel experience...
Christelle Oyiri Is Remixing the Archive
Elephant Magazine
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August 6, 2025
The artist, filmmaker and DJ reflects on the neo-diaspora, the politics of beauty, dance as resistance, and her current Tate Modern commission — a sonic-visual work that weaves together memory, protest, and digital vernaculars. Words by Katrina...
COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, Part 38
The BVI Beacon
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August 6, 2025
I started this series of commentaries to celebrate the inauguration of direct flights from Miami and Polish Captain Wladek Wagner’s development of Beef Island airfield, as told by his widow Mabel Wagner in her 2015 book Lest I Forget. I have tried...
WATCH: Texas lawmakers to reevaluate river authority over lack of flood warning system
The Center Square
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August 1, 2025
(The Center Square) – Texas state lawmakers plan to reevaluate the purpose of the Upper Guadeloupe River Authority (UGRA) after it was revealed that after nine years, no river monitoring system was implemented even though it had the funds to do...
Emergency Medical Services Department Introduces NAEMT-Certified Coursed to Promote Safety and Risk Reduction
Magnetic Media
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August 5, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton | Editor August 8, 2025 The dreaded chikungunya virus is making headlines again, with a major outbreak reported in southern China and travel-related cases on the rise in the United States. While there are no confirmed cases in...
Texas lawmakers to reevaluate river authority over lack of flood warning system
Just the News
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August 1, 2025
Texas state lawmakers plan to reevaluate the purpose of the Upper Guadeloupe River Authority (UGRA) after it was revealed that after nine years, no river monitoring system was implemented even though it had the funds to do so. At a state...
Minister of Health Provides Update on Emergency Care and Dialysis Services
Discover Montserrat
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July 31, 2025
Montserrat is preparing to finalise a critical health agreement with the University Hospital in Guadeloupe that could significantly reduce deaths and disability caused by strokes, heart attacks, trauma, and late-stage complications of chronic...
Representatives From the Environmental Health Department and the National Public Health Laboratory attend the International Association of Food Protection Annual Meeting
Magnetic Media
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August 4, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton | Editor August 8, 2025 The dreaded chikungunya virus is making headlines again, with a major outbreak reported in southern China and travel-related cases on the rise in the United States. While there are no confirmed cases in...
Baseball history unpacked, August 4
Bleed Cubbie Blue - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a...
Puerto Rico maintains 5G leadership with top coverage, strong adoption
News is My Business
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July 24, 2025
As Ookla’s report indicates, markets with mature 5G often begin to shift focus toward enterprise applications, smart city platforms and next-generation business connectivity. (Credit: thanakorn hormniam | Dreamstime.com) Puerto Rico continues to...
Caribbean Corals: Bleaching Ravages a Region Built on Reefs as Aid Falls Short
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 31, 2025
On a sweltering day in 2023, British Virgin Islands fisherman Zacchari Stoutt was suiting up for a routine dive when he glimpsed something unusual on the seafloor. At first, he thought it was a sunken boat. “It was quite visible,” recalled Stoutt,...