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Sturgeons in General: Rare Fish Seen But Remains Off Limits
The SandPaper - New Jersey
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July 2, 2025
GOOD SHOOTIN’: Vince Balas (Planet Blue Surfboards) went hands on with a large selection of gamefish hanging around the jetty rocks of Barnegat Inlet. He took a huge fluke and a legal-sized striped bass. (Photo by Jay Mann) The state has issued an...
FAU Harbor Branch Receives Grant from Chef Jose Andres' Longer Tables Fund for Queen Conch Lab Aquaculture Expansion
Newswise
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June 26, 2025
Newswise — Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute was awarded a grant by the Longer Tables Fund to develop a community-based aquaculture facility for conservation and restoration of the queen conch on the island of...
Pakistan Becomes First South Asian Country To Join Fossil Fuel Treaty Amid Domestic Energy Contradictions
Friday Times
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July 2, 2025
In a time of deepening planetary crisis, Pakistan is doing something few expected from a fossil‑fuel‑dependent developing country: it has become a vocal supporter of, and the first South Asian nation to formally join, the global movement for a...
Can Cosmic Mapping Find the Perfect Cruise? Royal Caribbean Thinks So
Cruise Hive
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July 2, 2025
Stargazing from the decks of a cruise ship is a favorite activity for those who choose a vacation at sea, but a growing trend involving cruise-based astrocartography takes that idea to a whole new level, thanks to Royal Caribbean. The cruise line...
Chef José Andrés' Longer Tables Fund Will Expand FAU Queen Conch Lab
FAU
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An adult queen conch (Aliger gigas) in The Bahamas. (Photo credit: Shane Gross) Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute was awarded a grant by the Longer Tables Fund to develop a community-based aquaculture facility for...
ACTIF returns to build on breakthroughs with bigger Africa-Caribbean trade deals
News Room
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July 2, 2025
As the 2025 Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2025) wrap up, anticipation is already building and attention has turned to this year’s Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) — a pivotal event set to deepen the blossoming partnership...
Cruises Profit as Cost-Conscious Travelers Set Sail This Summer
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- America’s Independence Day holiday is fast approaching, but instead of the usual beach barbecues and fireworks displays, many US travelers are setting sail for some exotic port. Most Read from Bloomberg The cruise industry has...
Disgraced and deported reality star begs Donald Trump for a ‘second chance’
The Independent
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June 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
How To Beat The Heat And Lower Energy Consumption
Our News Bahamas
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June 26, 2025
Advertisement NASSAU, BAHAMAS – With scorching summer temperatures, the demand on the power grid is surging as air conditioners, fans, and appliances work overtime. However energy experts say small changes can make a big difference. Bahamas Power...
How to face rise in suicides
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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July 2, 2025
IT was not always this way. Ten or 15 years ago or more, it was a shock to the community when people heard of a suicide or an attempted suicide. It was such a rare occurrence that it was major news when such an incident happened. It is not that...
ALICIA WALLACE: Politics - full of sound and fury
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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July 2, 2025
By ALICIA WALLACE The next general election is just down the road and around the corner. The current administration is making promises and already signalling the need for more time to “continue” its work and the opposition is pointing fingers and...
Breaking the mental health mold with Ketamine: insights from creator of Better U
Los Angeles Blade - California
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July 2, 2025
Ketamine therapy was once on the fringe, but now makes up a fast-growing field in the world of Mental Health. Derek Du Chesne of Better U, a mental health service in West Hollywood, shares how his team attempts to make psychedelic care safer,...
CDEMA and NEMO host sixth BRICS Project Steering Committee meeting
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines played host to a regional meeting that focussed on issues of climate change, disaster management and building resilience. It was the sixth meeting of the BRICS Steering Committee which took place on June 19 and 20,...
The story behind Duchess Sophie's royal rings as the mystery of her bare finger sparks questions
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
MailOnline has compiled a rich list of the Royal's engagement rings, which reveals those with the greatest value and most rare stones. The Princess of Wales: Value: £500,000+ Ring: Originally Princess Diana's engagement ring, the 12-carat oval-cut...
Progress starts with a belief in possible solutions
Global Environment Facility
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Joaquin Labougle is the Regional Program Officer for Latin American and the Caribbean at the Blue Nature Alliance, a joint effort by the Global Environment Facility, Conservation International, Pew Charitable Trusts, Minderoo Foundation, and Rob...
CFAL unveils $50m target for new private equity fund
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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July 2, 2025
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A Bahamian investment house is seeking to grow its new private equity fund to $50m within five years of launching to local investors on July 21. Anthony Ferguson, president of...
Work on new Supreme Court complex to begin by year’s end
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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June 26, 2025
The Supreme Court building By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE government plans to break ground on the new Supreme Court Judicial Complex before the end of the year, with a public unveiling scheduled for July...
Building on virtues or vices?
The Nassau Guardian
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The Bahamas continues to struggle with negative outcomes. The latest example is students and parents apparently fighting at a high school graduation ceremony. We do not like to see these outcomes but why is this continuing to happen? As I have...
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Chandi Dayle Is Rebuilding After Hitting Rock Bottom
Vanity Fair
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July 2, 2025
The women of the Netflix reality hit America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are most fascinating when they’re walking out the door. That was true of season one breakout Victoria Karlina, who left Texas after four fraught years with the...
O-Zone: Maybe OK
Jacksonville Jaguars - Florida
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JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it … Zone. With all the discussion of what went wrong last year and how some key players digressed a bit, do you think the constant losing had an effect on the effort on the field? There were a lot of games where we...