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Philippines remained net food, agriculture importer in May 2025
Manila Standard
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July 9, 2025
The Philippines remained a net food importer in May, with agricultural imports nearly double its exports, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed Wednesday. The Southeast Asian nation recorded an agricultural trade deficit of...
Spain, Morocco and Türkiye: Mediterranean countries ‘canaries in coal mine’ for drought impacts
Euronews
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July 5, 2025
“Girls pulled from school and forced into marriage, hospitals going dark, and families digging holes in dry riverbeds just to find contaminated water - these are signs of severe crisis," says Paula Guastello, drought impacts researcher at the US...
Africa Spain Summit: symbol of the shared desire to build a renewed, ambitious and supportive partnership between Africa and Spain
Atalayar
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July 8, 2025
The Moroccan Embassy in Madrid organised a meeting with guests at the 3rd edition of the Africa Spain Summit held this year in Madrid, with Ambassador Karima Benyaich taking centre stage. The event was organised by One Africa Forums, an...
Africa-Spain Summit: Investing in Africa is a safe bet
Atalayar
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July 8, 2025
The importance of reindustrialisation The role of intra-African trade Spanish presence in North Africa The final day of the Africa-Spain Summit 2025, organised by One Africa Forums and held at the Casa Árabe headquarters under the slogan ‘Spain...
Equinor pulls out of Australian offshore wind farm
Windpower Monthly
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July 8, 2025
Norwegian oil company Equinor has exited the 1.5GW Bass Offshore Wind Energy project in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland that it was co-developing along with an Australian-owned energy company. A spokesperson for...
Modular vertical farms for restaurants and private clients in Tbilisi and beyond
Fresh Plaza
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July 7, 2025
In a building that once housed a newspaper printing press in Tbilisi, now transformed into a dynamic space with a hotel, in-house restaurant, co-working areas, an art gallery, and event zones, SpaceFarms has found its home. Since 2019, this...
Man, 70, dies in crossover crash in Spanish Lake area
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A 70-year-old man died after his northbound car crossed into the southbound lanes of Lilac Avenue and struck a southbound SUV on Friday night, county police said. Police said the victim, Corbett Scott, of the 1000 block of...
NU study urges farmer-first model for rural water security
Nagaland Post
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July 7, 2025
Nagaland University (NU) has found that long-term water management initiatives like ‘Aquafer Recharge and Recovery’ (ASR) required sustained involvement of the local farming community to succeed. The success of ASR initiatives was found to be a...
My dream £258,000 retirement flat in Spain went up in flames - and firefighters took 90 minutes to arrive: Devastated Brit, 78, left homeless after wildfire ravaged town
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
A British expat has told how his dream retirement to Spain has gone up in smoke after his home was destroyed by a wildfire - because the town where he lives has no fire service. Rodney Mays, 78, is homeless after the blaze ripped through his...
Spain: EIB and ULMA Group sign €45 million loan to support innovation and sustainability in the construction value chain
The European Sting
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July 4, 2025
Edificio Metropoli, Gran vía – Madrid, Spain, Madrid, España (Jorge Fernández Salas, Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The loan will boost investment by ULMA Group in new solutions to cut consumption...
Spain and Brazil advocate for new taxes on ultra-rich to boost climate finance
Edie
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July 4, 2025
Image: UN DESA World leaders, finance ministers and negotiators from 192 countries have spent three days in Seville, Spain, this week to negotiate new ways to close the $4trn annual financing gap to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. “This...
Brussels Finally Bows to Farmers? Funding Remains Independent, But Budget Cuts Still Likely
The European Conservative
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July 7, 2025
Due to unprecedented mobilization from farmers’ organizations and resistance from the majority of member states, the European Commission has reportedly given up on its plans to eliminate the independent CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) funds under...
Spain's heatwave claims lives: one man dead in Andalucía and another in Extremadura due to heatstroke
SUR in English
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July 4, 2025
Friday, 4 July 2025, 11:58 Compartir Andalucía's regional ministry of health confirmed the death from heatstroke of a 75-year-old man in Cordoba on Wednesday. The deceased, who had previous pathologies, was engaged in outdoor leisure activities....
The Alpujarra village in southern Spain that has gone back in time to recreate an ancient agricultural practice
SUR in English
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July 7, 2025
Monday, 7 July 2025, 14:36 Compartir Threshing machines, shovels, forks and pitchforks, sieves, mules, piles of hay, sheaves, branches... Ugíjar in Granada province's Alpujarra recently celebrated the annual Fiesta de la Trilla (threshing...
Tourist warning in Spain: Foreign woman ‘needle spiked in Malaga nightclub’
Olive Press
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July 7, 2025
POLICE are investigating a suspected incident of ‘needle spiking’ after a tourist was sexually assaulted at a Malaga nightclub. The woman reported the attack at a city centre venue on June 28, telling officers she believed she had been injected...
Spanish Police Seize Over 15 Tons of Hashish Hidden in Moroccan Watermelon Truck
Morocco World News
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July 3, 2025
Rabat – Spanish authorities, working closely with Moroccan and French counterparts, have intercepted a massive shipment of hashish smuggled into Spain from Morocco, seizing more than 15 tons of the drug concealed in a truck loaded with...
Pamplona bull-runners are tossed around and trampled with at least six injured under the hooves of rampaging animals as famous Spanish festival gets underway
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
Six Pamplona bull-runners have been rushed to hospital with injuries after being trampled by the rampaging animals on the first day of the famous Running of the Bulls festival in northern Spain. Medics confirmed the casualty toll half an hour...
Trump tariffs sour the fortunes of South Africa’s citrus farmers
Engineering News
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Walk down the aisles of a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market in the US, and chances are many of the piles of oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit will be labelled “Produce of South Africa.” They have become a staple in the US — the world’s...
Octopus Farming in the U.S. Doesn’t Exist, and a New Bill Wants to Keep It That Way
The Good Men Project - California
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July 7, 2025
By Gaea Cabico, Sentient Media “A lot of people say an octopus is like an alien. But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, you realize that we’re very similar in a lot of ways,” filmmaker Craig Foster said in the opening of the...
Spanish, Moroccan and French Police seize 15 tons of hashish hidden in sweet potato shipment
Hespress
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July 3, 2025
Spanish National Police, jointly with Moroccan and French authorities, have seized over 15,300 kilograms of hashish concealed in a truck transporting sweet potatoes from Morocco, in one of the largest recent drug interceptions in the country. The...