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Moderate gains and major revisions paint a mixed economic picture
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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August 4, 2025
The U.S. unemployment rate changed little in July at 4.2% while total nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 73,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August 1st employment situation summary. Job gains occurred in ambulatory health care...
ECOSENS: Economic and social considerations for the future of nuclear energy in society
Innovation News Network
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August 4, 2025
The ECOSENS project provides a detailed picture of Europe’s perception of nuclear energy and emerging technologies. Nuclear energy, particularly using advanced technologies and/or small modular reactors (SMRs), is receiving increasing attention...
This Day in History on August 4: Britain Declares War on Germany, World War I Commences
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
August 4th has long been a date marked by moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe. One of the most impactful events associated with this date happened during World War I. On August 4, 1914, the United Kingdom declared war...
New mural addresses "disproportionate art access" in mountain town
CBS 4 - Colorado
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A new mural in one of Colorado's most popular resort towns is getting a lot of attention, not only for the man who painted it, but because what it can represent for the mountain community that's sometimes called "elite." The project was...
When nuns perished during adoration in wartime Warsaw, white doves rose into the sky
The Leaven - Kansas
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August 6, 2025
The convent of the Benedictine Nuns of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Church of St. Casimir in Warsaw, Poland, are seen in an undated photograph before the buildings were destroyed during the Second World War by German bombing amid the Warsaw...
German culture minister bans gender-inclusive language
RTL Today
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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer has banned the use of gender-inclusive language in official communications from his department. "At the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the Chancellery, the rules of the...
84 Per Cent of Germans Believe People Afraid to Speak Their Mind for Fear of Consequences
Breitbart
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August 4, 2025
More than eight in ten Germans said that they believe people are afraid to express their full opinions amid an increasingly censorious political climate in the country. A survey published on Monday by the Institute for New Social Responses (INSA)...
First Gelij carpet of Mazandaran province woven
Tehran Times
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August 6, 2025
TEHRAN--For the first time in Mazandaran province, an authentic carpet with a “Gelij” design and inspired by ancient motifs from the Sassanid period was created entirely by hand: a luxurious work that revives a connection between the ancient art...
Germany Witnesses Surge in Military Recruitment
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN) The German military has reported a 28% surge in enlistments between January and late July this year, compared to the same timeframe in 2024. This development occurs as Moscow persistently condemns the alliance’s growing focus on what it...
International Chopin Piano Festival: 'Musical cocoon': Polish mountain town hosts Chopin fest
RTL Today
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August 4, 2025
A few hundred people gather in front of a large white tent in the peaceful spa town of Duszniki-Zdroj, nestled on the Polish-Czech border. Inside, the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to open the 80th edition of the...
This Weekend in History on August 2 and 3: Adolf Hitler Becomes Führer of Germany
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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August 3, 2025
August 2 and 3 have long been days marked by transformative events that have shaped the world in significant ways. In the 19th century, August 2 marked a critical moment during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1870, the Battle of Mars-la-Tour unfolded,...
Lidiya Yankovskaya joins list of classical musicians leaving U.S.
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Among the ranks of classical musicians leaving the United States, there will soon be another name: Lidiya Yankovskaya, the former Chicago Opera Theater music director who is a familiar presence on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra podium. Around the...
Crunchyroll Announces Several Series Pick-Ups at AnimagiC in Germany
Animation Magazine
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August 4, 2025
Global animate platform Crunchyroll held its Crunchyroll Panel at AnimagiC 2025 on Saturday, August 2, at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany. During the panel, several acquisitions of highly anticipated titles were announced that...
Arajet showcases Dominican culture with new onboard music experience
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Dominican airline Arajet is reinforcing its cultural identity by introducing original Dominican music onboard its flights. Beginning this month, passengers will be welcomed and bid farewell with specially composed merengue and...
Foreign producers show interest in musicians from Kyrgyzstan
24.kg
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August 4, 2025
Kyrgyz traditional music groups have captured the attention of foreign music producers. The Ministry of Culture of Kyrgyzstan reported. The interest emerged during Rukh Sanat World Festival of Traditional Culture and Music, held on August 1–3 on...
Minaris Advanced Therapies Opens New State-of-the-Art GMP Facility to Support Global Cell and Gene Therapy Growth
Korea Herald
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August 4, 2025
MUNICH, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Minaris Advanced Therapies, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization and testing provider, has announced the opening of its new GMP manufacturing facility in Munich, Germany. The...
How three singer-songwriters changed Sydney church music
Sydney Anglicans
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August 3, 2025
When a band starts making waves, stories always emerge about how its members first met – at school, at university, at the pub, gigging around. Around the turn of the millennium there was just such a meeting, when Rob Smith and Nicky Chiswell, who...
Meet art dealer Larry Gagosian’s latest girlfriend, model Erica Pelosini
South China Morning Post
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August 4, 2025
“It” couples aren’t just a Hollywood phenomenon: it turns out the art scene can get hot and bothered over its own power pairings. One such figure whose love life has been a subject of gossip and speculation for years now is prolific art dealer...
Local connection to Aussie music countdown
Shepparton News
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The Hottest 100 of Australian Songs was counted down by triple j and Double J, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds taking out two coveted spots. Multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey was born in 1958 at Rochester Hospital, the son of the local Church of...
August 5 is here: Art 370 abrogation to Ram Mandir, why date matters to Modi govt
The Federal
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August 4, 2025
In recent years, August 5 has emerged as a strategically significant date for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The date has witnessed two major announcements and developments that have changed the country’s political and cultural trajectory. This...