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Celtic targeting "great" gem who Salah once called one of Liverpool's best
Football FanCast
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July 30, 2025
With the beginning of their fourth consecutive Scottish Premiership title defence just days away, Celtic have reportedly set their sights on signing a Premier League gem. Rodgers hopeful of new Celtic arrivals this week Despite the fact that his...
Austrian Foreign Minister: Neutrality Alone Will Not Protect Us
Charter 97
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1 Vienna said it was ready to discuss abandoning neutrality because of Russia. Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger told Die Welt that she is ready to discuss Vienna's possible abandonment of neutrality, although she noted that the idea...
Chris to cycle 1,800 miles to raise funds for ‘wonderful’ York music charity
YorkMix
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July 28, 2025
A musician is taking on an epic journey to help boost the funds of a ‘wonderful’ York charity. Chris Bartram, formerly a senior lecturer on the community music course at York St John University, is now a trustee at Musical Connections. It runs...
This Day in History on July 28: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Leading to World War I
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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July 28, 2025
July 28 has been a date marked by pivotal moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe. One of the most impactful events associated with July 28 took place in 1776, during the infancy of the United States. Although the...
England stars, Liverpool owners and Man United's Glazers ready to join rugby breakaway league as bombshell plans reveal TV deal, million-dollar salaries and six venues
Daily Mail
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July 28, 2025
Liverpool and Manchester United’s owners are ready to go head-to-head by buying teams in the new rugby rebel league threatening to rip up the sport and create a brand new global structure by ploughing in millions of pounds of fresh investment....
SPWinds Wins Gold At World Orchestra Fest In Austria
Bernama
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July 28, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 July (Bernama) -- The Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP) orchestra, Seri Puteri Symphonic Winds Orchestra (SPWinds), has once again brought honour to the country on the international stage by winning the Gold Award at the 11th World...
IMYO win Award of Excellence at World Festival of Orchestras, Vienna
Westmeath Examiner
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Published: Mon 28 Jul 2025, 9:00 AM The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra received an Award of Excellence for their performances throughout the 11th World Orchestra Festival in Vienna on July 10-13. The event gave youth orchestras from 12 countries a...
Across China: Legendary maestro Mehta rolls back years in China
China Internet Information Center
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CHONGQING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- At 89, the legendary conductor Zubin Mehta has embarked on a new musical journey across China with the Florence May Musical Orchestra, reigniting emotional connections through timeless symphonies and reaffirming his...
Austria: ICE train passengers stuck in for 6 hours in tunnel
Deutsche Welle
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July 26, 2025
Some 400 passengers left hot and in the dark on an Intercity Express (ICE) train in a tunnel near Vienna have been freed after an evacuation operation lasting more than six hours. The high-speed Deutsche Bahn train was traveling from the Austrian...
History Today: When Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war on Serbia began World War I
Firstpost
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July 28, 2025
World War I, one of the most defining events of the 20th century, began on July 28, 1914, with Austria and Hungary declared war on Serbia. This was a direct response to the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by a Serbian...
Tom Lehrer's iconic songs: Musical gems from satirical genius
The Times of India
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Tom Lehrer, the musician and satirist known for his razor-sharp wit and dark humour, has passed away at the age of 97. A Harvard-trained mathematician, Lehrer rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s with his clever songs that blended comedy with...
RS Feva Worlds Qualifying Series complete
Sail-World
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July 30, 2025
by Chrissie Le Petit 30 Jul 03:24 PDT 26 July - 1 August 2025 Two days of qualifying series with 168 boats on lake Bourget, Club Nautique Voile d'es Bains, sailors split into three flights of yellow, blue, and red. The sailors faced varied...
Lewis Hamilton Opens up on 'Complicated' Love Life Amid F1 Goals
Newsweek
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July 30, 2025
Ferrari Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has opened up about how "complicated" it is to have a love life amid the full-time commitment to the sport. Hamilton also spoke about his goal of securing an eighth world title with Ferrari, stressing that...
George Russell set to sign multi-year contract extension with Mercedes
Planet F1
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July 30, 2025
Mercedes driver George Russell is set to sign a multi-year contract extension with the team, PlanetF1.com understands. It comes after PlanetF1.com revealed at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix that Max Verstappen has opted to stay with Red Bull...
Damon Hill delivers ‘very disappointing’ Max Verstappen quip after Belgian GP
Planet F1
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July 30, 2025
Told by F1 commentator Harry Benjamin that he expected “a little bit more” from Max Verstappen at Spa, Damon Hill responded with sarcasm. Quipping that it was a “very disappointing Max Verstappen performance,” 1996 World Champion Hill put the...
New music this week: Songs from Remember Monday, Marko Bosnjak, Ilinca and more
wiwibloggs
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July 27, 2025
Summer is the quiet period for Eurovision fans as we wait for the new season to commence. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new songs for us to enjoy. Contrary to the commonly...
7 Best Beaches in Venice for Swimming in the Adriatic Sea or the Venetian Lagoon
Conde Nast Traveler
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July 30, 2025
Ah, Venice—a city of art, history… and beaches. That’s right. Though La Serenissima draws travelers for its culture, you might be surprised to find the best beaches in Venice are just as perfect for a spot of swimming and sunbathing as some of the...
BREAKING: NNPC Rules Out Sale Of Port Harcourt Refinery, Insists On Fresh Rehabilitation Despite Past Failures
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), has shut down speculations about a possible sale of the Port Harcourt Refining Company. In a press statement posted on Wednesday across its official...
The Russia hoax and COVID lies share the same deep-state fingerprints
The Blaze
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July 30, 2025
“Conspiracy theory” is the go-to smear against those of us who questioned any aspect of the government’s authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as the great Austrian economist Murray Rothbard once observed, the smear serves one...
'The world has changed,' — Austrian official signals openness to debate over joining NATO after decades of neutrality
The Kyiv Independent
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July 27, 2025
Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger expressed in an interview with German media outlet Welt on July 26 willingness to engage in a "national debate" about the country’s potential accession to NATO, citing Europe's evolving security...