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BIG PICTURE: Spa owner opts for early retirement, transitions business to former employees
Daily Reporter - Indiana
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July 16, 2025
A Focused Touch Day Spa has opened a new chapter as its founder, Amy Hughes, takes an early retirement. She's leasing out space to her former employees, who now run their own independent businesses.Shelley Swift | Daily Reporter By Shelley Swift |...
The Bulgarian community in Kosovo preserves its national identity
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 15, 2025
Today, Bulgarian society is largely unaware of the existence of the Bulgarian community in Albania and Kosovo, or of their activities. The book Bulgarian Communities in Albania and Kosovo. Social and Political Processes and Demographic...
Two Albanian men appear in court accused of running South Tyneside cannabis farm
Sunderland Echo
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July 16, 2025
Two Albanian men have appeared in court accused of running a cannabis farm in South Tyneside. Endri Rexha, 22, and Remzi Ferati, 20, are alleged to have been found at an address in Eden Walk, Jarrow, on Wednesday, July 9. South Tyneside...
The cheapest country for an all-inclusive holiday offers 'adventure and relaxation' with year-round sun - prices from £81pppn
GB News
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July 16, 2025
All-inclusive hotels allow you to relax by the pool, cocktail in hand, knowing you won't be hit with a huge bill at the end of the day. Whether you are looking to get away with your partner or as a family, new research has named the cheapest...
Berisha accuses PM of buying votes with €200M farm scheme
Gazeta Tema
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July 15, 2025
Sali Berisha, chairman of Albania’s Democratic Party, has accused Prime Minister Edi Rama and his cabinet of orchestrating “the ugliest electoral farce since the dictatorship” by illegally using €200 million in farm credit guarantees to influence...
Iran’s envoy to Pakistan ‘widely respected’, says FO after FBI adds him to most wanted list
Dawn
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July 16, 2025
Pakistan on Wednesday stressed that Iran’s envoy in Islamabad, Reza Amiri Moghadam, was “widely respected” after the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) added him to its Most Wanted list for his alleged role in the 2007...
Where is Jared Kushner?
The Spectator Australia
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July 15, 2025
Where is Jared Kushner? In the first Trump term, as senior advisor to the President, he was everywhere and into everything. At home, he designed policies and plotted re-election efforts. Abroad, he orchestrated the Abraham Accords, which...
Air Canada and ITA Airways expand codeshare agreement
Business Traveller
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ITA Airways and Air Canada have expanded their partnership with a new codeshare agreement that lets passengers connect to an additional ten destinations across each other’s network. Specifically, Air Canada’s AC code will be placed on select ITA...
What NATO Countries Spend On Military, Health, & Education
Zero Hedge
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NATO countries officially agreed to raise their defense expenditures to 5% of their GDP by 2035. But how do their military expenditures compare to what they spend on health and education? This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao,...
FBI adds Iran’s Pakistan envoy to most wanted over agent’s abduction
Daily Times
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July 16, 2025
The FBI has added Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, to its Most Wanted list due to his alleged role in the 2007 disappearance of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson. Levinson vanished after landing on Iran’s Kish Island in March...
This hidden Staten Island gem serves Albanian food just like grandma used to make
SI Live - New York
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July 16, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Steaming borek bread loaves and hand-made kebabs are part of the draw to Alba Cafe and Market. Located at 1880 Hylan Blvd on Staten Island’s East Shore, Alba Market combines a butcher shop, grocery store, and restaurant under...
Albanian Village Erupts in Protest over Crackdown on ‘Illegal’ Tourist Cabins
Balkan Insight
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July 14, 2025
When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama visited the beautiful and remote mountain village of Theth in northern Albania in June last year, he ceremoniously handed over property deeds to locals and promised government support for emigrants willing to...
IMF: The debate over falling fertility
BNE Intellinews
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A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives. Global fertility rates have been falling for decades and are reaching historically low levels. While the human population now exceeds...
Five Iranians arrested at northern US border while crossing illegally
Iran International
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July 16, 2025
"On July 1… agents located a minivan occupied by five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Uzbekistan," CBP's Swanton Sector said in a statement as reported by Fox News. "They are currently detained and pending removal proceedings." All seven men...
ANIMASYROS 2025 - September 22 - 28 2025
Animation World Magazine
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ANIMASYROS 2025 International Animation Festival ANIMASYROS returns more cosmic than ever, featuring legendary indie animation icon Bill Plympton, international guests from around the globe, nationwide premieres of award-winning films, “Animated...
FBI places Iranian ambassador to Pakistan on most wanted list
Dunya News
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🔊 Listen with AI Cancel Voice Updated On: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:28:05 PKT (Web Desk) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added Reza Amiri Moghadam, Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, to its Most Wanted list due to his suspected...
Cyber Escape Rooms: Inside INL's Pioneering Training to Protect Industrial Control Systems
Newswise
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July 15, 2025
Newswise — As manufacturers and utilities recognize their automated systems are vulnerable to hackers, the Idaho National Laboratory’s cyber escape rooms have become a go-to training resource for cybersecurity organizations around the world. INL...
Making Greater Russia again?
The Interpreter
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July 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin once classified the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical disaster of the century”. This, alongside his lament for the demise of “historical Russia”, is often taken to demonstrate intent to...
Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe
Visual Capitalist
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July 16, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...
FBI adds Iranian officials to Most Wanted list over ex-agent's abduction
Iran International
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July 15, 2025
The FBI’s Washington Field Office identified the three individuals as Reza Amiri Moghadam, Taghi Daneshvar and Gholamhossein Mohammadnia. Reza Amiri Moghadam currently serves as Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan. Taghi Daneshvar was described as...