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Egypt nears record strawberry exports to Germany
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Egypt is enhancing its role in the global fresh strawberry sector, with exports to Germany at a peak for the past five marketing years. Data from the German Statistical Office and Global Trade Tracker, relayed by EastFruit, indicates a shipment of...
Radio Quality in Rail Transport: NET CHECK Launches ACT-SCAN
Total Telecom
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July 10, 2025
NET CHECK, a company of the NC Group, is launching ACT-SCAN, a novel measurement system that for the first time enables fully automated and simultaneous monitoring of both public mobile networks and railway communication systems. Following...
Germany receives first Eagle 6×6 medical vehicle
Army Technology
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July 8, 2025
The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) has received the first Eagle 6×6 Medium Protected Medical Vehicle variant from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS). The handover occurred on 4 July at the medical training regiment’s base in...
R is for reclining: Everything to know about plane seats, from A to Z
WAtoday
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July 10, 2025
In the 1960s heyday of the Boeing 707, the distance between the back of your seat and the back of the seat in front was a generous 86 centimetres. Today you’re more likely to get 79cm. There is also the passenger-load factor. Airlines have gotten...
German Surveillance Plane Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser In Red Sea Points To Disturbing Pattern
The Drive
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July 8, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A Chinese warship targeted a German surveillance aircraft operating over the Red Sea with a laser, according to a...
Germany summons China’s ambassador after aircraft lasered over Red Sea
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 8, 2025
Germany’s Foreign Office said Tuesday it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German aircraft in the Red Sea. The surveillance aircraft was part of the EU mission Aspides, which is intended...
Tired of Kenya’s Traffic Chaos? German Cities Will Make You Breathe Easy
TV47
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July 10, 2025
From unpredictable matatu stops to the never-ending traffic jams and overlapping boda bodas, Kenya’s roads often feel like a daily battle for space, sanity and safety. But just a few hours in the German cities where order, timeliness and seamless...
Germany Blames Chinese Warship for Laser Attack on Aircraft in the Middle East
USNI News
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July 8, 2025
Satellite photo of the Red Sea. NASA Image Germany on Tuesday accused China of targeting a German civilian aircraft employed on a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea with a laser from a People’s Liberation Army Navy ship In a post on...
Royal Caribbean Shares How Modern Cruise Ships are Really Built
Cruise Hive
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July 10, 2025
The cruise industry has been absolutely booming, and the new mega-ships that are coming out this year are more sophisticated and innovative than ever before. In 2025 alone, Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Princess Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Disney...
BALKAN BLOG: Can Croatia become a European energy and transport hub?
BNE Intellinews
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Croatia has ambitions to become a gateway for energy and trade in Europe, using its position on the Adriatic to link global markets with Central Europe. But as the small country ramps up investments in new gas pipelines, and the modernisation of...
Rethinking the Underground Railroad and Alton’s role in civil rights history
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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ALTON — Eugene Jones Baldwin came to pay his respects at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Josephine Beckwith in 2017. He had interviewed her two years prior on her 100th birthday when he learned a remarkable detail about her childhood — she...
EUROPE: German ship owner Reederei Bernd Sibum awarded funding for electric combi freighters
Bunkerspot
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July 10, 2025
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 10 July 2025 Reederei Bernd Sibum has received funding from the German Government to upgrade four vessels it has on order with Damen so they will have wind assist propulsion, the ability to use shore power...
Shipbuilding, Manufacturing Companies Grow In Pennsylvania
Business Facilities
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July 8, 2025
In Pennsylvania, Rhoads Industries will invest nearly $100 million to grow its manufacturing operations at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The project will create at least 450 new jobs and retain 541 existing full-time positions. The company will...
Germany summons China ambassador, too
Inquirer
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July 9, 2025
BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s Foreign Office said on Tuesday it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German military aircraft in the Red Sea. The maritime surveillance aircraft was part of the...
ADNOC Gas enters Into three-year LNG supply agreement with Germany’s SEFE
Decarbonisation Technology
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July 10, 2025
10-07-2025 ADNOC Gas Plc and its subsidiaries announced today that it has entered into a three-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Germany’s SEFE Securing Energy for Europe, for the delivery of 0.7 million tonnes of LNG with...
German exports to U.S. plunge in May as tariff pause nears expiry
Xinhua News Agency
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BERLIN, July 8 (Xinhua) -- German exports to the United States fell sharply in May, hitting their lowest level in more than three years as the threat of new tariffs continued to cast a shadow over Europe's largest economy. Data released Tuesday by...
Merz says Germany is prepared to buy Patriot systems from US for Ukraine
Ukrainska Pravda
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A Patriot air defence system. Photo: Getty Images Germany is prepared to purchase Patriot air defence systems from the United States and send them to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome. Source:...
How I leapt from a plane and transformed myself into Tom Cruise
The Times
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In a small office in central London I am watching myself being dragged behind a speeding truck. Usually, I am a long way from being a Hollywood stuntman. But today I am not only taking part in a high-speed chase, but also parachuting, running...
“A pineapple grown in Brazil, packed in Indonesia, and shipped to Europe or the U.S. can travel over 10,000 km”
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
The vertical farming sector is entering a critical phase. Once considered a high-tech niche with limited scalability, it is now steadily evolving into a practical component of sustainable food systems and a contributor to global climate...
Israel, EU agree to boost Gaza aid: ‘More trucks, more crossings, and more routes’
The Times of Israel
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July 10, 2025
Israel and the European Union have agreed upon “significant steps” to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip “in the coming days,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced Thursday. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed...