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Universtity of LimerickGena Heraty was among those taken during the early hours of Sunday morningThe family of an Irish woman kidnapped from an orphanage in Haiti has said they are “absolutely devastated” and described the situation as “deeply worrying”.Gena Heraty, the facility’s director, was among several people taken in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital, on Sunday morning, according to mayor Massillon Jean.Her whereabouts are unknown since the group, which includes a three-year-old child, were taken from the orphanage, which cares for more than 250 children.Irish broadcaster RTÉ is reporting that contact has been made with the gang involved in the kidnapping.Intensive…

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Rwanda has confirmed it will accept deported migrants from the United States, as US President Donald Trump continues to push for mass deportation from the North American country.On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Rwandan government, Yolande Makolo, acknowledged that the African country had agreed to receive up to 250 deported individuals.Rwanda is now the third African country, after South Sudan and Eswatini, to strike a deal with the US to accept non-citizen deportees.“Rwanda has agreed with the United States to accept up to 250 migrants, in part because nearly every Rwandan family has experienced the hardships of displacement, and our…

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In a compliance industry saturated with checklists and generic automation tools, Vendict is staking its claim on a unique selling point-trust, not just speed, will define the next generation of GRC. The company’s recent $10 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $20 million, is a testament to its commitment to this vision and its AI-native platform. New investors Moneta Ventures and JAL Ventures led the round, joined by returning backers like NFX, Cardumen Capital, Disruptive AI, and Cyber Club London. Several existing investors doubled down beyond their pro-rata allocation, signaling a deeper conviction in Vendict’s model and…

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Ryan O’HanlonAug 5, 2025, 05:00 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”So far this summer, Premier League teams have spent transfer fees of at least €35 million on 21 different players. And of those, 12 are joining from clubs outside of the Premier League.The two most expensive signings of the summer — Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, both to Liverpool — are coming from the Bundesliga. Arsenal’s two biggest signings, Martín Zubimendi and Viktor Gyökeres, were players from the top-flight leagues in Spain and Portugal,…

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President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to take bold steps in building resilient and self-sustaining health systems across the continent. He made the call at the opening of the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in Accra. Addressing the gathering, President Mahama said the time had come for Africa to stop relying heavily on foreign aid to solve its health challenges. He stressed that African countries must become the authors of their own health future by investing in local solutions and strengthening national health systems. Related Articles “This summit is not just a…

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There was a moment at the end of Dead & Company’s Sunday night performance at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park when you could truly feel gratitude float through the chilly night air. Not from the 60,000 in attendance, but the two men standing with hand to heart on the stage.   Bob Weir and Mickey Hart have taken it upon themselves to continue the legacy started six decades earlier in the very same spot. The Grateful Dead, which they co-founded along with the late Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, had gone on to tour stadiums and have hit records, but…

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The UN’s food agency has warned that families trapped within the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher face starvation.The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had not been able to deliver food to the city in the western Darfur region by road for more than a year.El-Fasher has been surrounded by paramilitary fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly 16 months – determined to seize it from Sudan’s army.The WFP warning comes as local activists have already begun reporting deaths by starvation in the city, which is still home to about 300,000 people.Sudan was plunged into a civil war…

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50 Russia’s state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, has officially launched a $1.2 billion uranium extraction partnership with the government of Tanzania. The project, described as one of the country’s most ambitious clean energy initiatives, aims to use Tanzania’s huge uranium deposits to power its economic and industrial development and boost its position in the global energy market. President Samia Suluhu Hassan led the commissioning of a $400 million uranium pilot plant at the Mkuju River Project site in Namtumbo, Ruvuma Region. The facility is the first of its kind in Tanzania and represents a major shift in the country’s approach…

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Sports organisations in the US will press the Home Office to apply exemptions to new travel rules for American citizens entering the UK after the caddie of golfer Harris English missed out on around £130,000 by being denied access for the Scottish Open and Open Championship.The case of Eric Larson has alerted the likes of the NFL and NBA, which stage games in London, that sportspeople or staff can be prohibited from entering the UK under Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rules if they have a criminal conviction. Larson was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1995 for involvement in…

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