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Lynchburg District announces weekly traffic alert for July 14-20
Stephen C. Brich, P.E., Commissioner | Virginia Department of TransportationStephen C. Brich, P.E., Commissioner | Virginia Department of Transportation Highway work is planned in the Lynchburg District from July 14 to July 20, 2025. The work may...

Rio Tinto Names Iron Ore Boss Simon Trott as Miner’s New CEO
(Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group has named its iron ore boss Simon Trott as its new chief executive officer, replacing the outgoing Jakob Stausholm. Trott, 50, takes on the role after Rio sought a leader with more mining experience to focus on...
Happy ‘Bastille Day’! Memories of Celebrating ‘Le Quatorze Juillet’ in Spectacular Style
Editor’s Note: On this French National Holiday, we are pleased to republish a column from our oft-times Paris-based correspondent Nicole Logan (no relation), which she wrote in 2023 about the huge parade in Paris that celebrates the most memorable...

Frostbite and fear: Inside a journey into Canada with human smugglers
Chidi Nwagbo says he made a "stupid" decision paying human smugglers to get him into Canada that left him permanently scarred and in the hands of the very U.S. immigration authorities he was trying to flee. The 57-year-old says he paid $2,000 US...

York County Road Back Open After Suspicious Object Identified
Traffic is back to normal on Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon after it was closed for several hours on Thursday because of a suspicious object on the roadside. York County deputies brought in the State Bomb Squad to investigate the object. It appeared...

Southern Maine road closed after car stereo part mistaken for bomb
Police closed a York County road for several hours on Thursday after a discarded piece of a car stereo system was mistaken for a bomb. The York County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a suspicious object on the side of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon...

Road back open after report of suspicious device in Lebanon
LEBANON (WGME) -- Police say Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon is back open after a suspicious device was found on the side of the road Thursday morning. The York County Sheriff's Office says the device turned out to be a discarded vehicle audio energy...

Road reopens in Lebanon after bomb squad investigation
A portion of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon was closed for several hours Thursday morning and into the afternoon after what police called an unknown device on the side of the road.Police said the device was determined to be a discarded vehicle audio...

Road reopens in Lebanon after bomb squad investigation
A portion of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon was closed for several hours Thursday morning and into the afternoon after what police called an unknown device on the side of the road.Police said the device was determined to be a discarded vehicle audio...

York County road reopens after state police bomb squad investigates suspicious device
LEBANON, Maine — A portion of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon has reopened after closing due to a suspicious object that was found along the roadside Thursday morning. The object was found between 380 and 472 Lower Guinea Road. Officials blocked off...

Bomb Squad Investigating Package in Southern Maine
According to an article on the WMTW website, a portion of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon was closed to traffic on Thursday morning. As of 11 AM a bomb squad was on their way to the site where a suspicious package had been spotted. The article did...

EGA: subsidiary redundancies
More than 2000 people will lose their jobs after an agreement between Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Guinea fell through. EGA said its subsidiary in Guinea is in the process of making the mass redundancies after the termination of a basic...

Amnesty International denounces lack of investigation into activists' abduction
Nobody has heard of Oumar Sylla, known as Foniké Menguè, and Mamadou Billo Bah, for an entire year. Nobody knows their whereabouts. The two Guinean activists, members of the now-dissolved National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC),...

‘Let’s Secure Our Maritime Domain’
Julius Debrah in talks with exhibitors at the 4th IMDEC 2025 President John Dramani Mahama has urged African leaders to devise technological strategies that will combat the threats around the Gulf of Guinea for the benefit of future generations....

Max just added a new award-winning black comedy — and it's a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" just got added to Max, and it's possible that the streaming service just added the best movie of the year. There's a good chance you haven't heard of this black comedy yet. A co-production between Ireland, the United...

Monday 7th July 2025 Football Match Results
International Friendlies Senegal vs Guinea 1-0 Club Friendlies TSV Hartberg vs Dynamo Kyiv PP Sion vs Stade Nyonnais PP Napredak Krusevac vs Oleksandriya PP Slovan Liberec vs TSV Hartberg 0-1 Qarabağ vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 4-5 Radnički...

NDLEA arrests drug kingpin, intercepts 722,875 opioid pills, cocaine in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a notorious drug kingpin and recorded several major drug seizures across the country, including the destruction of over 28,000 kilogrammes of skunk on farms in Edo State. The agency...

Nourish To Recharge: A Gentle Path Back To Energy
Some mornings begin with exhaustion. You wake up already weary ,not the kind of tiredness that a splash of cold water or a strong cup of tea can chase away. This tiredness is deeper, harder to name. Your mind feels foggy, tasks that should be...

Monday 7th July 2025 Football Match Fixtures
International Friendlies Senegal vs Guinea Club Friendlies TSV Hartberg vs Dynamo Kyiv Sion vs Stade Nyonnais Napredak Krusevac vs Oleksandriya Slovan Liberec vs TSV Hartberg Qarabağ vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Struga vs Ballkani Radnički Kragujevac...

Milan Eye Ambitious Move For Dortmund Striker Guirassy
1 Milan are considering a move for Borussia Dortmund forward Serhou Guirassy, despite reports the Bundesliga side want €70 million for the Guinea international. Reports from the Corriere dello Sport, via TMW, suggest that Milan sporting director...