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‘Fresh brewed news’: Community café offers locals a chance to sip with reporters
Christian Science Monitor
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July 1, 2025
It’s a sunny morning in downtown Camden, Maine. Inside the Villager Cafe, the scent of freshly brewed coffee lingers, and chatter is sporadically interrupted by chirps from a cafégoer’s walkie-talkie. Three women settle into a window-side table....
Binance to keep hundreds of staff in Singapore despite crackdown, sources say
The Straits Times
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July 2, 2025
Singapore – The world’s largest digital assets exchange Binance plans to keep hundreds of remote workers in Singapore, despite a crackdown on unlicensed crypto outfits in the city-state. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently announced...
Binance to keep hundreds of staff in Singapore despite crackdown
The Business Times Singapore
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July 2, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The world’s largest digital assets exchange Binance, plans to keep hundreds of remote workers in Singapore, despite a crackdown on unlicensed crypto outfits in the city-state. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently...
BVI could be on ‘Grey List’ for years
The Royal Gazette
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June 29, 2025
Created: Jun 29, 2025 08:00 AM A government official with the British Virgin Islands concedes it could take two years to escape the anti-money laundering grey list of jurisdictions “under increased monitoring”, after being placed there by the...
Work Of Sargasso Sea Commission Showcased
Bernews
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June 28, 2025
The Sargasso Sea Commission showcased its collaborative efforts to protect the high seas at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, with marine research fellow Fae Sapsford participating in key discussions on conservation and ocean governance. A...
BVI and other overseas territories miss final deadline for anti-corruption measure
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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In 2020, the UK government ordered its overseas territories to introduce publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers (known as PARBOs). The aim was to ensure anyone with a legitimate interest – such as journalists, NGOs or financial crime...
PSTEB Receives 115 Tablets from ITA to Boost Digital Crash Data Collection
Jamaica Information Service
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July 1, 2025
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) has received 115 tablet computers from the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) to support digital collection of electronic road crash data. The tablets were...
Five things for pharma marketers to know: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Medical Marketing and Media
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Moderna announced its experimental influenza vaccine was found to be 26.6% more effective than a currently approved annual flu shot from GSK when tested in adults aged 50 years and older in a late-stage study. Moderna has been banking on revenue...
Yorkville Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of $172,500,000 Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option
Business Upturn
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June 30, 2025
Mountainside, NJ, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yorkville Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: YORKU) (the “Company”) today announced that it closed its initial public offering of 17,250,000 units, including the issuance of 2,250,000 units as result of...
Minister says small MRCU team doing ‘massive job’
Cayman News Service
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June 18, 2025
(CNS): As the new health minister, Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, continues scoping out all her areas of responsibility, a morning spent in the field with the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) appears to have been an eye-opener. After witnessing...
Canada Qualifies For T20 World Cup 2026 After Dominant Win Over Bahamas
News24
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June 22, 2025
Canada have assured themselves a place in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as the 13th team to qualify for the 20-team tournament being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. They qualified on the strength of a dominant seven-wicket win over the...
Practical issues in cyber-related sanctions as OFAC designations highlight renewed focus on digital currency
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Overview of the Cyber-Related Sanctions Programme The United States has been at the forefront of establishing a cyber-focused economic sanctions regime,[2] which is primarily administered by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign...
KTI and Prager Metis launch digital solutions company PM IT Services
Consultancy.org
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June 27, 2025
Kearns Technology Inc. (KTI), a Toronto-based IT services firm, has partnered with Prager Metis, a mid-market US accounting firm, to launch PM IT Services (PM ITS), a Miami-based digital solutions company. PM ITS combines KTI’s enterprise...
Kenya scraps 3% digital asset tax following industry uproar
Coingeek
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June 30, 2025
Homepage > News > Finance > Kenya scraps 3% digital asset tax following industry uproar Kenya has scrapped a controversial 3% digital asset tax that would have taken effect in a few weeks following industry uproar and concerted lobbying from local...
Bezos ‘forced to move Venice wedding party’
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 24, 2025
The yacht, which sails under a Cayman Islands flag, is anchored off an island on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. It will arrive in the Venetian lagoon this week, accompanied by a support ship, the Abeona, another mega-vessel, equipped with a helicopter...
As celebrities head to the event, activists are protesting against Bezos and for wealth taxes
The New Zealand Herald
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June 23, 2025
The yacht, which sails under a Cayman Islands flag, is anchored off an island on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. It will arrive in the Venetian lagoon this week, accompanied by a support ship, the Abeona, another mega-vessel, equipped with a helicopter...
Adventure Is Out There
Tallahassee Magazine - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Shane Reynolds is a true Floridian. He was born in Pensacola, raised in Fort Walton, and lives in Destin. As a kid, Reynolds didn’t stray too far from home. “My dad liked to be home, and that was his thing,” he says. “My mom, on the other hand,...
Drone soccer debuts in Gardenia Court at Camana Bay
Caymanian Times
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June 25, 2025
Igniting passion for STEM and sports Camana Bay’s Gardenia Court buzzed with excitement recently as Dart Minds Inspired sponsored the first Cayman Islands Drone Soccer event, drawing curious spectators and aspiring drone pilots to learn more about...
Basic wage increase for tourism workers on hold
Cayman News Service
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June 17, 2025
(CNS): Labour Minister Michael Myles has said that a planned increase in the minimum wage for those employed in the tourism industry is on hold. Shortly after the previous administration rejected a 2023 report which advised increasing the basic...
Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability’s High School Climate & Energy Challenge Closes as Winners Receive their Prizes
I News Cayman
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June 26, 2025
Student Winners Five students from Cayman Prep & High School were named as the winners of the Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability’s High School Climate & Energy Challenge. The winning students, Elena and Olivia Kish (who shared a...