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Airport Updates: Latest News On The Global Market (W/C July 7, 2025)
Routes
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The latest news on airports globally, with updates on financing, infrastructure expansion and sustainability initiatives. The Danish government will provide an additional DKK 1.5 billion ($240 million) in financing to Greenland Airports...
Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old
Channel News Asia
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON :Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back about two million years. Proteins, a cell's molecular...
Raiderettes get revenge against Lenox, 7-6
Mount Ayr Record-News & Diagonal Progress - Iowa
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July 9, 2025
PROTECTED CONTENT If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above. Lost your password? The Mount Ayr Raiderettes won an improbable game on July 3 in Lenox last week. The Tigers are...
Atlas Ocean Voyages adds new 17-night Canadian Arctic trip
Travel Press
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July 7, 2025
Atlas Ocean Voyages launches a brand-new polar expedition for 2026: the Canadian Arctic Discovery 17-night expedition aboard World Voyager, sailing September 21 from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to St. John’s, Newfoundland. This journey offers...
Scientists issue warning after discovering worrying phenomenon on iconic US mountaintop: 'The trends were clear'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 9, 2025
Mount Rainier's glaciers have always done more than decorate the skyline. The News Tribune reports they anchor ecosystems, feed rivers, and support nearby communities. Now, they're melting away faster than many imagined. What's happening? In the...
Finland's president on the Ukraine war, golfing with Trump and elbows up
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 9, 2025
Finnish President Alexander Stubb says he is pessimistic that a ceasefire can be achieved in Ukraine by summer's end, given that the momentum for a deal has slowed, and that Vladimir Putin has shown no interest in even agreeing to a temporary...
Small UP town holds big heart for 4th of July celebration
Upper Michigan´s Source
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July 5, 2025
GREENLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - A small U.P. town holds a big heart for Fourth of July festivals. Families crowded the street for Greenland Township’s 4th of July Celebration on Saturday. Trisha McIntyre and Sue Turin are the festival’s only...
Who Wants to Play ‘Autocracy’?
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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July 8, 2025
Some people claim that games reflect the values of the society that created them. Oddly, one of America’s favorite old board games was Monopoly, even though its stated goal — that one person should own everything — was definitely un-American. This...
Why Are Immigrants From Tropical Countries Coming to This Arctic Outpost?
Reason Magazine
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July 8, 2025
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. On Saturday night, I had Indian food at a mosque potluck. The next day, I went to an African church service full of gospel music. In between, I went to a...
Can we control brain cells with light? New clues from frozen proteins
Earth.com
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Scientists have discovered a rare group of proteins that appear to give microbes in cold environments a strange advantage. These proteins, called cryorhodopsins, respond to light in surprising ways. Now, researchers think the proteins could be...
Trump’s not-so-secret, secret dream: winning the Nobel Peace Prize
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaned across a White House table to hand Donald Trump a piece of paper, it wasn’t just a diplomatic gesture, it was a public performance aimed at exposing one of Trump’s deepest, yet less discussed,...
Pioneer Trail closed until further notice
My UP Now - Michigan
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ONTONAGON COUNTY, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — A section of Pioneer Trail in Ontonagon County will be closed until further notice due to poor conditions, said the Michigan Trails and Recreation Aliance of Land and the Environment (MI-TRALE). The section...
Rare earths emerge as a geopolitical lynchpin in the rising China-U.S. rivalry
The Hindu
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July 9, 2025
“They’re going to deliver rare earths to us,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in an interview on June 27. “And once they do that, we’ll take down our countermeasures.” Mr. Lutnick’s remarks came just a day after a White House official...
Canada and Iceland mark 150 years of deepening ties rooted in Manitoba
Winnipeg Sun
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July 8, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Manitoba Published Jul 08, 2025 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 4 minute read Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill, will visit Manitoba for the first time this summer to mark the 150th anniversary of Icelandic...
Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic
CEPA
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July 8, 2025
Executive Summary Russia and China have been displaying increased military and security cooperation at the fringe of the Arctic, including through the organization of joint drills and overflights. It is not excluded that both countries will seek...
Middle East observers alarmed by US claim Israel's borders are 'illusions'
The National News
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Middle East experts say changing national borders in the region would cause chaos as US President Donald Trump and close ally Israel push policies to reshape alliances in the region. The warnings came after a US official, quoted anonymously in The...
Antarctic sea ice collapse linked to a sudden surge in ocean salt
Earth.com
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For decades, oceanographers assumed the surface waters circling Antarctica were becoming progressively fresher – a shift that helped lock deep heat away and nurture expansive winter sea ice. However, new observations show the opposite is now...
Rare earth metals: A strategic tug of war
Pakistan Observer
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July 9, 2025
Umair Ahmad Rare Earth Metals/Minerals (REMs) are a group of 17 chemically similar elements that exhibit unique magnetic and conductive properties. Despite their name, they are abundant in Earth’s crust but difficult to extract due to their low...
The places to go where you're most likely to see the Northern Lights
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
This year, you’re more likely than ever to see the Northern Lights. It’s all thanks to the peak of the Solar Maximum’s 11-year cycle, meaning a boost in the frequency and intensity of the Aurora Borealis. But where should you head if you want to...
Minerals, Like Oil, Will Drive the Wars and Conflict this Century
Occupy.com
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July 8, 2025
This century, minerals will have the same power to drive wars, social and ecological conflicts as oil did last century. This was predicted in an internal Canadian Defence Department document from 2022. Three years on, it seems no exaggeration....