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A small irrigation project in Bohol reflects a larger problem

THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has a problem complying with laws, rules and regulations. Year after year, the Commission on Audit (COA) finds flaws and deficiencies in the agency’s bidding procedures, contract awarding, project implementation, monitoring and assessment, and release of payments. Contrac…

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'Iron Gate plan is merely wordplay': Iran mocks US military initiative to disrupt supply routes

'Iron Gate plan is merely wordplay': Iran mocks US military initiative to disrupt supply routes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has dismissed a new US military initiative to restrict the movement of goods through Iran's land borders and the Caspian Sea as “merely wordplay”, as tensions over shipping …

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Messi wins second MLS Golden Boot

MIAMI — Inter Miami's Lionel Messi won his second consecutive MLS Golden Boot award on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) after the defending champions took second place in the Eastern Conference with a wasteful 3-3 draw against Charlotte on the final day of the regular season.

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Orbiting Orbital review – Nitin Sawhney casts a spell inspired by Samantha Harvey’s Booker winner

Schwarzman Centre, OxfordNitin Sawhney’s eclectic global fusion brings in new writings from Harvey, drawings by Antony Gormley and collaborations from academics in space and ecosystems Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning novel Orbital ends in music – an ecstatic word-orchestra of sound summoning not the music of the sp…

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Israel kills two Palestinians in attack on Gaza's Khan Younis

Israel kills two Palestinians in attack on Gaza's Khan Younis Israeli bombardment of southern Gaza's Khan Younis city has killed two people, including a woman, Wafa reports citing a medical source. According to the source, the attack struck a group of civilians near the Taiba Towers, in the city's west, resulting in…

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'Iron Gate plan is merely wordplay': Iran mocks US military initiative to disrupt supply routes

'Iron Gate plan is merely wordplay': Iran mocks US military initiative to disrupt supply routes Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 11/08/2026 - 13:34 Centcom has announced a US initiative to establish Task Force Iron Gate through Iran's land routes and the Caspian Sea A man holds portraits of Iran’s late leaders Ruholla…

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"تحرکات شناورهای مرتبط با ایران" نزدیک کابل‌های زیردریایی

یک شرکت اطلاعات دریایی از فعالیت مشکوک چهار شناور مرتبط با ایران در نزدیکی کابل‌های اینترنتی دریای عمان خبر داد. احتمال نقشه‌برداری یا مین‌گذاری مطرح شده، اما شواهدی از خرابکاری وجود ندارد.

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Israeli forces detain teacher following school raid in Masafer Yatta, install gate east of Tammun

Israeli forces detain teacher following school raid in Masafer Yatta, install gate east of Tammun Israeli forces have detained a teacher following a raid on a school in Hebron's Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, Wafa reports citing a "media activist". According to the activist, Osama Makhamreh, soldi…

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The Inflation Hot Potato

The Inflation Hot Potato Authored by Connor O'Keeffe via Mises Institute,The 2020s have been a crazy decade in American politics.They began, of course, with one of the most chaotic and intense years in recent American history. After a global pandemic brought almost all aspects of life to a halt, cities erupted in na…

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اهدای جایزه آزادی بنیاد فریدریش ناومان به مردم ایران از نگاه دوربین

بنیاد فریدریش ناومان روز شنبه ۷ نوامبر جایزه آزادی ۲۰۲۶ را به شاهزاده رضا پهلوی به نمایندگی از مردم ایران اهدا کرد. هم‌زمان هزاران نفر به حمایت از رضا پهلوی در فرانکفورت در تجمع‌ها و راهپیمایی‌ها شرکت کردند.

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گرسنگی در افغانستان: «ترس زودتر از سرما به خانه‌ ما می‌آید»

گرسنگی در افغانستان روز به روز افزایش می باید و وضع بشردوستانه متشنج است. اکنون سازمان ملل متحد در مورد وخامت بحران گرسنگی در زمستان امسال هشدار می‌دهد. مردم کابل چه می‌گویند؟

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Dems will fail in 2028 if they go hard left and don’t work with President Trump, Gingrich warns

Democrats could bomb out of the 2028 election if they move further left and refuse to work with President Trump after their sweeping midterm victories, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. “Bernie Sanders … intends to drive as hard as he can to get a very left-wing Congress. That would be a profound mistake for...

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Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political awakening and sporting distinction

Michigan senator-elect’s former peers recall his time at university in Britain – and his love of coronation chicken sandwichesIn the cold, twilight days of 2008, inside the University of Michigan’s fortress-like Fleming administration building, one student was given a particularly adulatory sendoff.Mary Sue Coleman,…

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IRGC Says Three More Tankers Ablaze In The Strait Of Hormuz

IRGC Says Three More Tankers Ablaze In The Strait Of Hormuz On Sunday Iran announced that three more international tankers are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after presumably hitting mines in an 'illicit' transit area as Tehran continues to try and clamp down on passage under its protocol."Since the early hours of t…

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