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Minister inaugurates vehicle emission testing drive to curb air pollution
The Nation
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July 11, 2025
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Friday formally inaugurated the vehicle emission testing campaign in Islamabad. As part of the launch, a team from the Islamabad Transport Authority inspected the minister’s own vehicle using...
Government shuts substandard health facilities
Switch TV
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July 11, 2025
Duale Targets Substandard Hospitals, Pushes for Accountability in Health Sector The Kenyan government has launched a crackdown on both public and private health facilities found violating operational standards or exploiting national health...
Minister charges GEXIM board to support export-led growth
Business and Financial Times
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July 11, 2025
In a related development, the Minister also inaugurated the governing board of the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), urging members to collaborate closely with the Ministry to expand Ghana’s export economy. Acknowledging the professional...
Minister’s death spooks Russian elite
Bangkok Post
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July 11, 2025
Former transport minister committed suicide after being sacked, reportedly for corruption SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - The reported suicide of Russia’s transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking speculation...
Government faces criticism as emergency remains in 34 municipalities after windstorm
Radio Slovakia International
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An emergency remains in effect in 34 municipalities following the recent windstorm. "Everyone knows what to do," said Michal Kaliňák, State Secretary of the Interior Ministry, who believes that the aid system has now stabilized. "The government is...
Minister Gutsanov Comments on Trade Unions’ and Employers’ Negotiations for Calculating Minimum Wage
Bulgarian News Agency
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Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov said that if the current mechanism for determining the minimum wage remains, the amount will be about BGN 1,200 in 2026. His comment was related to transposing the Directive for adequate...
Minister Harichandan Reviews Excise Dept’s Works, Assures To Fill Vacant Posts
Ommcom News
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July 11, 2025
Cuttack: State Excise Minister Prithviraj Harichandan has assured that various problems plaguing the Excise Department will be resolved soon. He made the announcement during a high-level review meeting of the Excise Department held at the...
Minister of State of Foreign Affairs meets Italian Deputy FM
The Peninsula
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July 11, 2025
Rome: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met today in Rome with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic HE Edmondo Cirielli. The meeting dealt with discussing...
'Minister Senzo Mchunu is a pathological liar': MK Party DP Dr John Hlophe accuses Mchunu of perjury and misleading Parliament
IOL
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MK Party’s Deputy President Dr. John Hlophe says Minister Senzo Mchunu is a “pathological liar” who has repeatedly misled Parliament and the country. In an interview with Newzroom Afrika, Hlophe and MK Party Member of Parliament Visvin Reddy...
Government ‘shortcomings’ in water body spending saga, minister admits
Northern Scot
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July 11, 2025
The Climate Action Secretary responded to the report on Friday (Andrew Milligan/PA)There were “shortcomings” in the Scottish Government’s handling of spending at a water body. The former boss of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (Wics)...
Minister hails SIU’s R67 million recovery from ‘corrupt’ state contractor
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 11, 2025
The Special Tribunal has ordered R67 million be recovered from Kroucamp Plumbers after the contractor defrauded the public works department. A R67 million recovery order obtained by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on Friday against a...
Secretary Kennedy’s War on Miasma
ACSH
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July 11, 2025
What if that long-abandoned theory that “bad air” makes us sick wasn’t entirely wrong? Secretary Kennedy’s crusade against chronic illness often echoes 19th-century pseudoscience, but it’s built on decades of legal wins against real pollutants....
Minister Lipavský to Attend July Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
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11.07.2025 / 14:22 Date: 15.07.2025 , Venue: Brussels Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský will attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Discussions will focus on Russian aggression against...
Minister urged to resolve GP dispute as plans to ‘reset’ NI’s health service welcomed
The Irish News
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A senior medic has welcomed plans to “reset” Northern Ireland’s health service, but said a dispute with GPs must be settled first. Dr Alan Stout, chair of the BMA’s Northern Ireland Committee, was responding to the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt’s...
Secretary of State Rubio Impersonated With AI Deepfakes Targeting Officials
CPO Magazine
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July 11, 2025
A threat actor suspected to be based in Russia crafted AI deepfakes of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and attempted to use them to fool several foreign ministers and US officials, according to an anonymous source speaking with reporters from...
Minister welcomes Uni courses in foreign languages law
Cyprus Mail
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July 11, 2025
Parliament on Thursday evening passed the long-discussed legislation on offering foreign language study programmes at public universities, allowing the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) to offer up to 20 per cent...
Government may need to rescue second UK steel company - report
Proactive UK
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July 11, 2025
A second UK steel company could be rescued by the government, with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds leaving the door open to taking full control of Speciality Steel UK if its parent company, Liberty Steel collapses. The story was first...
Minister of Information Presents Medals to Long-Serving Offi...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 11, 2025— H.E. Neth Pheaktra (Pic. 1), Minister of Information, presides over a ceremony at the ministry’s meeting hall here this afternoon to present medals to 298 civil servants and contracted officials of the Ministry of...
Minister Singh condemns daylight vandalism at Suva temple
The Fiji Times
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July 11, 2025
Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs, Charan Jeath Singh has expressed deep concern over the vandalism at the Samabula Shiv Mandir this afternoon. In a statement, he described the act as both criminal and a direct attack on Fiji’s values of respect,...
Basic income scheme for artists comes into focus
RTE Ireland
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July 11, 2025
It is understood that the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan is pushing to retain the basic income scheme for artists which is due to expire early next year. The scheme has run for an initial three years and was due...