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The University of L’Aquila in Italy has joined the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies
As part of her visit to the Italian Republic, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska met with Italy’s Minister of Universities and Research, Anna Maria Bernini. During the meeting, a memorandum was signed confirming the University of L’Aquila’s...

Kalju vs Partizani Prediction and Betting Tips | July 10th 2025
Kalju will entertain Partizani at Kadriorg Stadium in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League first qualifying round on Thursday. The hosts are back in a European qualifier for the first time in five years. Demat e Kuq will try their luck in a...

Island Games: Everything you need to know about Orkney 2025
ShareSave Orkney is hosting the 20th edition of the biennial Island Games The Island Games will be taking over Orkney this week, with thousands of visitors from around the world expected to descend on the Scottish archipelago. An estimated 2,000...

Choose your Chancellor
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Cambridge! More Nobel prizes than well-known country France! Being its Chancellor must be...

Beyoncé Gets Blasted For ‘Cowboy Carter Tour’ Outfit That Looks Exactly Like The Russian Flag
Well, that probably shouldn’t have made it to the stage… Of course, Beyoncé is currently on the road for her Cowboy Carter tour, which kicked off in May in Los Angeles, in support of her latest “country-inspired” album. It’s already had a few...

Sports for News: Jack Prior triumphs in the Henley Royal Regatta
In sport, there's an exciting week of football to look ahead to, and there were medals in a big judo competition. But first, Jack Prior triumphs in the Henley Royal Regatta. Jack Prior and his club Leander triumphed in the Ladies Challenge Plate...

Hearts target another goalscoring winger transfer with Burkina Faso's Pierre Landry Kabore
Tynecastle club doing more business in the summer window Hearts have opened talks with Estonian club JK Narva Trans about a potential deal for goalscoring winger Pierre Landry Kabore. The Burkina Faso internationalist has struck 12 goals and...

Delegates from around the world attend fossil conference in Llandrindod Wells
The 35 delegates have come from 12 countries, including China, Estonia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, the USA, and Canada to share research and to see the local rocks and fossils—and in particular, the newly discovered Castle Bank Biota. The...

Shame Tease 'Cutthroat' With New Single Quiet Life
Photo: Jamie Wdziekonski Shame have shared another track from their upcoming album. Taking a detour from their punk-infused roots into more rockabilly-influence territory, Quiet Life marks the second preview of 'Cutthroat', due out through Dead...

SQM Lithium Ventures invests $3m in electric cargo bike developer
SQM Lithium Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of SQM International Lithium, has announced its investment of $3-million in Vok Bikes, an Estonia-based startup developing next-generation electric cargo bikes. This investment forms part of...

Almost 90,000 people gathered for 'Iseoma' Song Festival's final concert
The final concert of the "Iseoma" Song and Dance Festival took place on Sunday with more than 32,000 performers and an audience of nearly 58,000 gathering at Tallinn's Song Festival Grounds. The long-awaited Song Festival began at 2 p.m. and...

The masks of Naomi Osaka at the US Open
US Open champion Naomi Osaka wore a different face mask for each of her matches at Flushing Meadows this year. They each carried the name of a Black American and aimed to highlight racial injustice in the United States to a wider audience: Round...

The Engineering Behind UgCS: Insights from Kristaps Brass on the Future of Drone Flight Planning
Kristaps Brass Drone technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and with it comes the need for more advanced, reliable, and user-friendly flight planning software. At the forefront of this innovation is UgCS, developed by SPH Engineering. To gain a...

The curse of Live Aid: How the lives of the stars who took to the stage at Wembley have been blighted by tragedy in the last 40 years
Phil Collins performed on both sides of the Atlantic in one day, and Freddie Mercury was so perfect that Live Aid is often incorrectly cited as his final performance with Queen. On July 13, 1985 more than 20 acts were watched by two billion people...

Bringing The Penguin to life
How did you get started in VFX? I was 18, going to college at SVA in NYC. I needed a job, and so in 2000 a local studio, Curious Pictures, took me in as an intern. I already knew how to use Adobe After Effects, a platform they were using, so I...

Aus Open PIX: Nadal, Halep advance; Pliskova ousted
Images from Day 6 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Saturday. Nadal sails into fourth round IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his third round match against compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta. Photograph: Kelly...

Award-winning docs and dramas dot Jerusalem Film Festival
A week before the 42nd edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival opens on July 17, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, which hosts the festival, unveiled on Tuesday the full program for the festival online. The festival’s international program includes...

ishowspeed IRL Europe Tour
Popular streamer IShowSpeed is gearing up for a Europe tour, promising high-energy IRL streams across multiple countries. Fans can expect the IShowSpeed live broadcasts to bring chaos to their screens. It will be filled with of IShowSpeed viral...
FNE ar Venice 2025: Venice Gap-Financing Market 2025 - The selected projects
The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 54 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding. 330 project applications have been received and the selection reflects the great diversity of backgrounds, stories...

Bulgaria becomes 21st member to adopt euro after EU nod
EU ministers gave the final green light for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026, making it the single currency area's 21st member. Bulgaria's switch from the lev to the euro comes nearly 19 years after the country of 6.4 million people...