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Death Toll in TX Floods Rises; Rescue Efforts Continue
Fire Engineering
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July 7, 2025
By JIM VERTUNO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that killed more 80...
Search for Fischer Fellowship winnner
Local Government Focus
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July 7, 2025
The search is on across the nation for the first recipient of the inaugural Tim Fischer Fellowship, as the Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEF) announced a $50,000 annual funding grant for an Australian who has the passion, skills and...
What to know about deadly Texas floods "nobody saw" coming
CBS News
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Flash floods in Texas killed more than 80 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing, including girls attending a summer camp. On Monday, Camp Mystic confirmed at least 27 campers and counselors had died in the...
China Insists Communists Will Choose Successor After Dalai Lama Says He Will Control His Reincarnation
Breitbart
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July 3, 2025
China, through its “China Tibetology Research Center,” published a screed on Wednesday condemning a declaration by the Dalai Lama that only his office will have power to find his successor after his passing, asserting that the Communist Party...
Tears and Rubble: Families Return to Devastated Camp Mystic as Texas Flood Death Toll Climbs to 82”
[your]NEWS
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July 7, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna The heart-wrenching aftermath of the catastrophic flash floods that swept through central Texas continues to unfold as grieving families, rescue crews, and officials confront the magnitude of one of the deadliest natural...
Three Months of Elections Sketch Dos and Don’ts for EU Democracy Shield
Visegrad Insight
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June 30, 2025
Democratic forces are struggling to win elections convincingly. FIMI/DIMI operations continue to affect results, and build polarisation and political disillusionment, preying on poor leadership. Recent elections in Central and Eastern Europe, most...
Hill town Pope Leo chose for his holiday set for tourism boost
The Independent
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July 3, 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...
The Russian Prince-Turned-Priest of Western Pennsylvania
Providence
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July 7, 2025
In August 2023, as Russia’s war on Ukraine raged, Pope Francis told a gathering of Russian youth, “You are heirs of the great Russia—the great Russia of saints, of kings, the great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, the great, enlightened...
Crisis Deepens in Lima Archdiocese Amid Abuse Allegations and Accusations of Mismanagement Under Cardinal Castillo
Zenit
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July 7, 2025
(ZENIT News / Lima, 07.06.2025).- The Archdiocese of Lima is now the focus of mounting scandal. With Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio at its helm, a new wave of allegations—ranging from the mishandling of sexual abuse complaints to accusations...
Death toll in Texas flash floods rises to 82, sheriff says 10 campers still missing
The Times of Israel
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people...
Central Texas flash flood death toll rises to 82; sheriff says 10 campers still missing
Nola - Louisiana
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KERRVILLE, Texas — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in...
Albania’s for Sale, and Jared Kushner’s Buying
Jacobin
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After Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sealed a $1.4 billion investment to develop Sazan, Albania’s largest island, into a luxury resort, he shared digital mock-ups of the nature reserve transformed by ranks of glass-fronted apartments and...
Pope Leo has much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 6, 2025
After Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to prove a real vacation for the new pontiff. When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on 8 May 2025, it was the post-Easter period in Rome. This is the...
Call to “End Hunger, Nourish Dignity” among Priorities in Cape Town Declaration of G20 Symposium on Global Justice
ACI Africa
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July 2, 2025
“We reject governance models that silence grassroots voices,” they say in the Cape Town Declaration on Global Justice and Solidarity, which is to be submitted to G20 Sherpas and national leaders ahead of this year’s G20 Summit. The delegates have...
Through fraternity and unity, archbishops can be the example for the entire Catholic church, says Pope Leo
Dialog - Delaware
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June 30, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church needs today, Pope Leo XIV said. “The whole church needs fraternity, which must be present in all of our...
The Dalai Lama Turns 90: Why China Still Fears Him
Religion Unplugged
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July 3, 2025
(ANALYSIS) China stands as a global giant, with the world’s second largest economy, an expanding military footprint and growing influence in international diplomacy. Yet for all its power, it remains deeply unsettled by a monk living in exile in...
Leo XIV meets Italian prime minister for third time
Aleteia
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July 3, 2025
The subject of their meeting hasn't been disclosed, but their past communications have been about diplomacy regarding Ukraine and Gaza, and Italian politics. Leo XIV received Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on July 2, 2025. This was the...
Texas floods death toll rises to 82, 10 campers remain missing
1News
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Families sifted through waterlogged debris and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in central Texas. Rescuers...
Nicaraguan priest arrested because his driver was allegedly drunk
Christian Today
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July 7, 2025
The Christ of the Mercy statue in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. (Photo: Getty/iStock) A Catholic priest critical of the Nicaraguan government has been arrested and held incommunicado after his driver was accused of drunkenness. According to the...
Under the Southern Cross
The Imaginative Conservative - Texas
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July 7, 2025
John Plunkett defended the dignity of the natives of Australia; Caroline Chisholm defended the dignity of vulnerable immigrants to Australia. In doing so, they offer a living witness to the Lord’s commandment that we love our neighbors. Long after...