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Vietnam, Portugal celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties, eye stronger future cooperation
VietnamPlus
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July 1, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - Since establishing diplomatic relations on July 1, 1975, Vietnam and Portugal have cultivated a deepening bond, marked by political goodwill, expanding economic ties, and vibrant people-to-people exchanges. Half a century of...
Altri To Acquire A Majority Stake In Aeoniqtm To Scale World's First Industrial Production Of Climate Positive Textile Yarn
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) AeoniQTM, a Swiss-based cleantech spin-off of HeiQ Materials AG, has developed the world's first climate-positive, biodegradable cellulosic filament yarn engineered to replace polyester and nylon. The AeoniQTM platform is...
Child dies as heat records broken in Spain and Portugal
The Manila Times
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July 2, 2025
MADRID, Spain — A two-year-old died in northeast Spain on Tuesday after being left in a car for several hours during a heatwave that has pounded the country and neighbouring Portugal. Emergency services in Valls, in the Tarragona region, were...
MINDHAUS | Research on behalf of the Portuguese Tourism Organization
Tornos News
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July 1, 2025
Important international distinction for MINDHAUS, the specialized marketing and strategy company for the tourism industry and member of the V+O Group, which was selected by the Portuguese Tourism Organization (Turismo de Portugal) to carry out the...
Confidence Enduring Among European Accommodations but Skill-Gap Concerns and Industry Division Loom
Hospitality Net
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July 2, 2025
63% of European accommodations expect positive business development in the coming six months. 62% plan to maintain existing levels of investment 47% of European accommodations cite a lack of necessary skills or experience as a core barrier to...
Francisco cycled 20,000 kilometers from Lisbon to Maputo, stopping in Angola
Ver Angola
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"I wanted to go on a long trip, a trip where I wanted to understand what it's like to be so far from home for so long, I wanted it to be by bike," Francisco França told Lusa in Maputo, his destination for this adventure that is a mix of "madness...
Edmunds Jansons’ Born in the Jungle enters final stages of production
Cineuropa
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02/07/2025 - The animated family adventure flick, inspired by the life of Latvian explorer Aleksandrs Laime and based on a children’s book, is nearing completion and attracting strong international interest Born in the Jungle by Edmunds Jansons (©...
The Media construction of a Threat: Scapegoating the Latinx ...
Modern Ghana
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Historically as well as contemporarily, immigration has been a key and extremely polarizing issue in American political discussion and discourse at all levels of US society. Certain leaders have maintained more open and accepting immigration...
Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’; Germany’s Joyn & ProSieben Greenlight ‘The Hunt’; RTL Completes Dutch Sale; Warner Bros Sets Italy Production Team – Global Briefs
Deadline
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July 2, 2025
Dean O’Gorman & Simone Kessell Join WBD New Zealand Series ‘Ms. X’ Dean O’Gorman (After the Party, The Hobbit) and Simone Kessell (Yellowjackets, Obi-Wan Kenobi) are among the cast added to Ms. X, the six-part crime comedy-drama for Warner Bros....
U.S. Manufacturing Continues To Struggle, Amidst Signs Of Jobs Resilience
myMotherLode - California
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025 1:36 PM EDT The ISM manufacturing index remains in contraction territory, but the job vacancy statistics are holding up fairly well and inflation pressures remain elevated. Fed Chair Powell, speaking in Portugal, continues to...
Savannah raises £4.8m to advance Portuguese lithium project with...
Proactive UK
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July 2, 2025
Savannah Resources PLC (AIM:SAV, ETR:SAV, OTC:SAVNF) has raised a total of £4.8 million in fresh investment after strong support from both institutional and individual investors, with the latest tranche coming through a retail-focused share offer....
Rodeo coming to Lisbon
The Herald Star - Ohio
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LISBON — Dust off your boots and get ready to cowboy up for the 40th-annual Hoppel’s Championship Rodeo that will be riding back into Lisbon Friday and Saturday. The landmark celebration is sanctioned by the International Professional Rodeo...
Spain and England record hottest June as heatwave grips Europe
BBC
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Thomas MackintoshBBC News ShareSave A woman fans herself during the June heatwave in Madrid Spain and England have recorded their hottest June ever, as scorching temperatures continue to grip Europe. Spain's weather service Aemet said the...
Fed’s Powell says tariff hit to consumers likely coming this summer
Semafor
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July 1, 2025
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday warned that Americans would likely feel the impact of tariffs on prices in the coming weeks. “We’re watching. We expect to see over the summer some higher readings,” Powell told a panel led by the...
Fieldfisher launches offices in Lisbon and Porto
Iberian Lawyer
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July 1, 2025
Fieldfisher strengthens its Iberian presence with the launch of Fieldfisher Portugal, welcoming a 68-strong team from André Miranda Associados. The international law firm has officially launched operations in Portugal, opening offices in Lisbon...
When An easyJet Airbus A320 Headed For Morocco Diverted To Portugal After A Passenger Hallucinated Snakes
Simple Flying
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July 1, 2025
Earlier this year, an easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Marrakesh was forced to divert to Faro, Portugal, for perhaps the strangest reason you have ever heard. Roughly two hours into the flight, a man onboard suddenly started screaming that...
Temperature records broken in Spain and Portugal
East Coast Radio
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The IPMA agency said the record temperature -- the equivalent of 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit -- was registered on Sunday at Mora, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital, Lisbon. That beat the previous June high of 44.9C in the...
Brits heading to Spain, Portugal and Italy warned to stay indoors
Yorkshire Live
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July 1, 2025
British holidaymakers in Spain, Portugal, and Italy have been advised to remain indoors during daytime owing to a severe heatwave across the European Union. The soaring temperatures have resulted in fatalities in Italy, with two people losing...
Terrified UK tourists in Spain, Portugal, Greece warned to stay indoors during day
Birmingham Live
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July 1, 2025
UK tourists in Spain, Portugal and Italy have been warned to stay indoors during the day. It comes amid a European Union heatwave which has seen two people die in Italy as temperatures continue to soar amid an intense heatwave across Europe. In...
Portugal has nine nature reserves. The first was established 50 years ago.
Portugal Pulse
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June 21, 2025
In March 1975, the creation of the Sapal de Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António Natural Reserve marked a significant milestone, enabling the country to protect areas that would otherwise have been detrimentally impacted by human...