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Circus meets sorcery: Halloween celebrations at Sun Siyam Vilu Reef
Maldives Insider
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August 4, 2025
This festive season, The Nautilus Maldives welcomes discerning travellers to leave the ordinary behind and step into a realm where time gently pauses and celebration flows without constraint. From 21 December 2025 to 6 January 2026, guests are...
Foreign Jihadists Demand Syrian Citizenship, Passports
SouthFront
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August 16, 2025
File image. Foreign Jihadists who fought in Syria have petitioned the country’s new Islamist-led interim government to grant them citizenship. In a petition submitted to Syria’s Interior Minister Anas Khattab by Islamist journalist Bilal Abdul...
LDC graduation now will be ‘suicidal’ Business leaders tell govt
Daily Star
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August 14, 2025
Business leaders yesterday urged the government to take initiatives to extend the transition period for Bangladesh's graduation from the least-developed country bracket for six more years. "LDC graduation at this moment will be a suicidal decision...
Want to pack like a beauty editor? Here's every hard-working, travel-friendly product our beauty team will be taking on holiday this summer
Woman & Home
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August 14, 2025
Between us, the W&H beauty team own hundreds of beauty products. But which ones are jetting off with us this summer? Packaging for a holiday can be one of life's more stressful tasks. Ticking off everything on your travel beauty list can feel like...
Minister Shaheem calls for immediate end to Gaza occupation
Ras Online
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Islamic Minister Mohammed Shaheem Ali Saeed has called for the immediate lifting of all occupations and sanctions in Gaza, urging international action to aid the Palestinian people. Shaheem made the remarks while addressing a national rally at...
I've Stayed at More Than 50 Hotels in the Caribbean—These 12 Keep Me Coming Back Again and Again
Travel + Leisure
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These are the 12 best hotels in the Caribbean, according to a travel writer who's stayed at more than 50 across the region. Standout properties include wellness retreats in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, beachfront escapes in the Bahamas,...
World News | EAM Extends Greetings to South Korea, Liechtenstein, Republic of Congo on Their National Days
Latestly
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August 15, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday extended his warm greetings to the governments and people of South Korea, Liechtenstein, and the Republic of Congo on the occasion of their respective national...
Global Warming Harms Children Across Countries And Continents - Pakistan Is No Exception
Friday Times
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August 11, 2025
Monsoon rains have pounded Pakistan, especially the Punjab province, causing human and infrastructural casualties in terms of deaths, destruction, and displacement. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 234 people have...
Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, OIC, GCC slam so-called 'Greater Israel Vision'
Gulf Times
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August 16, 2025
The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, and the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), condemned in the strongest terms the statements made by...
India’s regional isolation pushes it toward Latin America, Africa and beyond
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 16, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - By Shaira Batool ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): After years of pushing assertive policies in its neighborhood, India now finds itself increasingly isolated in South Asia. Strained ties with nearly...
Countries can't agree on how to stop plastic crisis
Deutsche Welle
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August 15, 2025
The collapse of the latest UN plastic treaty negotiations once again laid bare a fault line in global environmental diplomacy: the clash between countries pushing for plastic production cuts and those defending fossil fuel-linked industries. "At...
Sirru Fen Fushi appoints Gerhard Stutz as General Manager
Hotelier Maldives
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August 15, 2025
Sirru Fen Fushi, Private Lagoon Resort, has announced the appointment of Gerhard Stutz as General Manager. Stutz brings over 35 years of global experience in luxury hospitality, with a strong track record in resort operations, pre-openings, and...
You Can Play With Or Be Coached By A Tennis Star At Resorts Around The World
Forbes
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Carlos Alcaraz coaching resort guests at Puntacana Resort in the Dominican Republic last year. LUX Tennis With the US Open approaching, stars of the tennis world will be out in public in New York next week. On Thursday, August 21, the Lotte New...
Defer LDC graduation
Daily Star
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August 14, 2025
Business leaders yesterday urged the government to take initiatives to extend the transition period for Bangladesh's graduation from the least-developed country bracket for six more years. "LDC graduation at this moment will be a suicidal decision...
Countries issue a joint statement condemning Greater Israel
Oman Observer
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August 16, 2025
A joint statement has been issued by the Foreign Ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries and the Secretaries-General of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the GCC states. It condemned in the strongest terms...
Global coral collapse a neglected crisis
Bangkok Post
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August 15, 2025
Before the crack of dawn on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, Somsak Chaisri paddles his wooden boat over waters that used to shimmer with life. A once-vibrant coral garden below the water surface now consists of dead skeleton-like structures....
Proper launches on-pack promotion
Talking Retail
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August 4, 2025
Shoppers have a chance to win a range of prizes including a dream escape to the Maldives, by submitting voice note affirmations Sandie Dilger, chief marketing officer at Proper, said: “Proper has always taken inspiration from culture, and there’s...
I’ve found the best beach holiday in Africa
The Times
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“You’ve picked a beauty of a day to fly,” the helicopter pilot says with a grin, as I strap myself into his five-seater on the small airstrip of the seaside town of Vilanculos, on Mozambique’s southeast African coast. “I think you’re going to wish...
Climate Change Porn Is a PsyOp
Hot Air
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August 14, 2025
The whole climate change discussion is enraging, of course, but also--as somebody who loves science and curiosity--depressing. Unlike many conservatives, I do not believe that it is impossible or even implausible that human activity could alter...
Guests spot rare Ornate Eagle Ray at OBLU NATURE Helengeli
Hotelier Maldives
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August 2, 2025
The Maldives is renowned for its surprises and in what can only be called a one-in-a-lifetime experience, on the 30th July a couple of lucky guests out snorkelling at OBLU NATURE Helengeli were treated to a cameo appearance of one of the most...