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Government appeals to Supreme Court against acquittal of Aftab Alam
Nepal News
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KATHMANDU: The government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court’s decision acquitting former Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam in a murder case. The appeal was filed following the verdict by the Birgunj bench of...
Health Dept says SA carries cost of treating foreign nationals, while upholding Constitution
Eye Witness News
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JOHANNESBURG - The Health Department says South Africa is left to shoulder the burden of treating foreign nationals without any financial assistance from their home countries, insisting there are no agreements to recover costs, even as pressure on...
Political Stability, Robust Policy Push Creating Conducive Investment Climate: Sunil Mittal
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Political stability and a robust policy push across key sectors, including infrastructure, logistics and supply chains, are creating a conducive investment climate and rapidly advancing the nation's...
Government lifts 85-year safeguarding on London Gateway Bridge land to boost growth
New Civil Engineer
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July 18, 2025
The UK government has formally lifted the safeguarding direction on land earmarked for the long-proposed London Gateway Bridge, signalling a significant shift in infrastructure and urban planning priorities for the Thames Gateway area. Department...
Government publishes £530bn Infrastructure Pipeline
Building Design
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Built environment leaders have hailed the government’s publication of its long-promised 10-year pipeline of construction and infrastructure projects, which sets out £530bn of work across 780 separate projects. The Infrastructure Pipeline, launched...
Government Communications Minister urges PR officers to embody efficiency and professionalism
Joy FM
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July 18, 2025
As part of the World PR Day celebrations, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has urged Public Relations Officers within the Information Services Department (ISD) to prioritise efficiency and...
Political analyst says Medicaid, SNAP cuts could haunt Pa. Republicans in 2026 midterms
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 18, 2025
Republican candidates running in 2026 in Pennsylvania will face trouble responding to Democratic attacks over President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” according to a new analysis of the legislation’s political impact. “The polling...
International Students Head to Pécs to Learn Hungarian
Hungary Today
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July 18, 2025
Students from over twenty countries are coming to Pécs for the Hungarian Language and Culture Summer University, that begins on Monday. The University of Pécs is organizing a course teaching Hungarian as a foreign language for the 26th time....
Regional powers clash after Israel targets Syrian territory in defense of vulnerable Druze civilians
Fox News
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Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports from the Israel–Syria border, where hundreds of Israeli Druze crossed into Syria on Wednesday to protect their Syrian kin from militant attackers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
GOVERNMENT UP TO DATE WITH RETIREE PAYMENTS – PRESIDENT HICHILEMA
Zambian Observer
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July 18, 2025
GOVERNMENT UP TO DATE WITH RETIREE PAYMENTS – PRESIDENT HICHILEMA President Hakainde Hichilema has re-affirmed Government’s devotion to social justice, as he check-marked the payment of retirees in good time. Speaking when he launched the Invest...
Economic growth may improve but SA still exposed to global headwinds and domestic instability
IOL
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South Africa’s economy could grow as much as 0.8% in the second quarter of 2025 after contracting in the first three months of the year, said Old Mutual chief economist Johann Els. The anticipated rebound comes off a weak base though. If...
Health Ministry struggles to cope with chronic underfunding — Chan Chee Khoon
Malay Mail
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July 18, 2025
JULY 18 — Speaking at a public forum in Kuala Lumpur in 2023, a senior officer from Ministry of Health’s (MOH) planning division denigrated the UK National Health Service as a poor example to emulate given its current sad state. Unfortunately, he...
Healthcare achievement
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com In a new achievement reflecting the Ministry of Health’s commitment to enhancing laboratory service quality and strengthening its global standing, Bahrain’s National Influenza Centre, under the Public...
"Healthcare on wheels" serves elderly in China's mountainous areas
People's Daily Online
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HANGZHOU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- In Libao Village, nestled in the misty mountains of east China's Zhejiang Province, a dozen or so elderly residents waited patiently in line beside a white medical vehicle -- a "smart mobile clinic" bringing essential...
Political Instability amid Hostage Talks
The Times of Israel
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With mounting public pressure, fissures inside the war cabinet, a NYT report on Netanyahu dragging out the war, and growing tensions between the military and political leadership, we unpack what’s happening behind the scenes – and what it means...
“Government will follow due process on Nick Adams nomination,“ says Anwar
The Sun Daily
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July 18, 2025
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will respond to the proposed nomination of Nick Adams as U.S. ambassador through proper diplomatic channels, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. “It’s still too early. The government will follow due process while...
Health Dept says no decline in patients at facilities amid Operation Dudula demonstrations
Eye Witness News
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JOHANNESBURG - The Health Department says it has not recorded a decline in patient numbers at health facilities, as Operation Dudula continues with various demonstrations. In recent weeks, clinics in Johannesburg and parts of Durban have been...
Tinubu Approves South-East Investment Company, to Drive Regional Industrial Growth
Nigerian Eye
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July 18, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the South-East Investment Company (SEIC), a new initiative under the South East Development Commission (SEDC) aimed at accelerating industrial development and economic growth in the...
Lost in the Rhetorical Mirage of Middle-Income Aspirations Without a Sustainable Economic Security Foundation Part -2
New Spotlight Nepal
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(Continued from Part-1) Nepal Entrapped by Super-Nationalism: A Costly Illusion Without Pragmatic Transformation. Nepal desperately needs a bold and realistic development vision transformation for long-term economic prosperity.T he opportunities...
AI stocks in bubble trouble - are Nvidia, Microsoft in danger? Economist says it's worse than the Dot-Com crash of 1999
The Economic Times
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July 18, 2025
Are we heading toward another tech market crash, one that is even bigger than the dot-com collapse of the late '90s? According to Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, we might be, and this time, the bubble is being driven by...