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Refugees call for permanent visas on World Refugee Day
Green Left
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June 24, 2025
Refugee rights activists demanded permanent visas for all refugees on World Refugee Day, June 20. The rally at the State Library, organised by the Refugee Action Collective (RAC), demanded permanent visas for the 8000 victims of the failed...
What Cristiano Ronaldo could afford to buy after £492m deal
LBC
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2 July 2025, 14:07 | Updated: 2 July 2025, 14:18 Al Hilal v Al Nassr - Saudi Pro League. Picture: Getty Cristiano Ronaldo has cemented himself as the highest-paid person in sport with an annual contract exceeding the GDP of several small countries...
Untouchable metals: How the obligations of UNCLOS States Parties limit the commercial viability of unilateral deep sea mining
EJIL: Talk!
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June 23, 2025
Reflecting an extraordinary and unprecedented act of multilateralism, Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (‘UNCLOS’) protects the mineral resources of the seabed beyond national jurisdiction (‘the Area’) from a global free-for-all....
COMMENTARY: Trump’s plan makes US world’s newest pirate threat
News Tribune - Missouri
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June 14, 2025
On April 24, President Donald Trump issued another questionable executive order, this one calling for deep-sea mining in both federal and international waters. The former is within his control; the latter would be a violation of international law....
Weekly Review: Dubai Outpays Cyprus in Top FX Executive Salaries; iFX EXPO International 2025 Highlights
Finance Magnates
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June 21, 2025
Dubai outpaces Cyprus on FX executive pay Despite its established status as a forex hub, Cyprus is losing ground to Dubai in terms of salaries paid to top executives in the industry. Dubai has also recently welcomed more brokers opening offices...
Debt’s climate link: Global finance system keeping developing countries from prioritising growth, resilience
Down to Earth
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As the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) kicks off in Seville, Spain, we look at how a massive debt burden on developing countries is holding them back. As an unfit global financial architecture makes accessing...
NMI weightlifters look to extend medal streak in Palau
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Here’s some trivia: NMI weightlifters have reached the medal podium in their last five regional events, starting from 2014. In the Micronesian Games in 2014 in Pohnpei, the NMI Weightlifting Team collected...
Infostealer Malware Targeted by Police in Operation Secure
Bank Information Security - New Jersey
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Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime 32 Suspects Arrested Across Asia-Pacific During Interpol-Coordinated Crackdown Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 11, 2025 Image: Shutterstock A months-long international police operation targeted...
Time to get serious about proper sanctions on Israel
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 19, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size You hear there’s food. A truck might be coming. Maybe. So you walk – miles sometimes. You...
The Countries With The Highest Share Of International Migrants May Surprise You
Zero Hedge
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The number of international migrants worldwide hit 304 million in 2024, a figure that has doubled since 1990. As people relocate across borders for reasons ranging from work opportunities to conflict and displacement, certain countries have become...
Celebrity-Birthdays-Jun20
Burnaby Now
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June 20, 2025
Celebrity Birthdays for June 20: Actress Bonnie Bartlett ("St. Elsewhere," ''Once and Again") is 96. Actor James Tolkan is 94. '50s pop vocalist Jerry Keller is 88. Movie director Stephen Frears is 84. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is...
Mapped: Countries With the Highest Share of International Migrants
Visual Capitalist
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June 18, 2025
Countries With Highest Proportion of International Migrants This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The number of...
Group-IB Announces Support For INTERPOL’s Operation Secure
Channel Post Middle East & Africa
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June 19, 2025
Group-IB has announced its support for Operation Secure, a major law enforcement initiative led by INTERPOL across the Asia-Pacific region. The operation resulted in the arrest of 32 suspects and the dismantling of vast criminal infrastructures...
Burke concedes preventative detention laws for migrants have failed
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 29, 2025
Laws designed to put certain migrants behind bars if they are deemed to threaten community safety have effectively failed, the immigration minister has conceded. The preventative detention regime was set up in 2023 after the High Court ordered the...
Group-IB Helps INTERPOL Nab 32, Protects Over 216000 APAC Victims
Security Review
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Group-IB has announced its support for Operation Secure. This significant law enforcement initiative, led by INTERPOL across the Asia-Pacific region, resulted in 32 arrests and the dismantling of extensive criminal infrastructure. This...
What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
The 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change famously does not name the controversial root cause of the very problem it is intended to solve: fossil fuels. In the year of its 10th anniversary, Gillian Cooper, political director of the Fossil...
Trump May be Repeating Reagan’s Deep Sea Mining Mistake
TIME Magazine
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June 17, 2025
In late April, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that many international onlookers viewed as a startling provocation: he directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expedite its process for issuing...
Seabed mining is becoming an environmental flashpoint – NZ will have to pick a side soon
The Conversation
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June 16, 2025
Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New Zealand is among them. The stakes are high....
China's quiet invasion of Michigan is a national security crisis
Seattle Bulletin - Washington State
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June 17, 2025
OPINION: Michigan has become ground zero for Beijing’s efforts to undermine America from within. Its target method? Economic incursions in the form of investments and partnerships. Although less overt than traditional warfare, Beijing’s economic...
Cybercrime crackdown disrupts malware, infostealers, marketplaces across the globe
CyberScoop
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June 16, 2025
As spring gives way to summer, a wave of cybercrime crackdowns has taken root, with law enforcement and private security companies directing a surge of takedowns, seizures, indictments and arrests. Prolific infostealers, malware loaders, counter...