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Mitigating risk in Latin America amid new US administration and recent sanctions trends
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Introduction In recent years, sanctions targeting Russia, Iran and North Korea have received significant attention. Yet, some of the longest-standing and most comprehensive sanctions programmes of the United States target individuals and...
Roaming Charges: After Midnight
CounterPunch
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June 27, 2025
B-2 Stealth bomber flying at night. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder / U.S. Air Force. After midnight We’re gonna let it all hang out We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion Give an exhibition Find out what it is all about – JJ Cale, After Midnight...
UK faces benefits bill crisis and Rachel Reeves has no plan
Daily Express
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June 21, 2025
It doesn’t seem to have dawned on Labour that the spiralling health and disability benefits bill is set to hit £100billion a year by 2030. That’s one and a half times the defence budget – almost ten times the policing budget. But Labour’s changes...
Why Fishing With A Local is hooked on benefits beyond the catch
About Regional
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June 30, 2025
Fishing With A Local school holiday program with Figtree High out of school care group. Photo: Supplied. When George Newcombe talks about fishing, it’s about more than catching a meal. For this UK-born adventurer turned Illawarra and Shoalhaven...
COLUMN: Impact of trying to eliminate a harmful species
The Gazette - Colorado
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In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the flesh-eating maggots from infested wounds — eyes, noses, umbilicus — and then used to smear benzol and pine tar oil on the...
Marshalltown Area United Way’s annual golf event raises record $28,000+
The Times Republican - Iowa
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The Marshalltown Area United Way (MAUW) is proud to announce the success of its 2025 Annual Charity Golf Event, which raised a record-breaking $28,000+ to support programs that focus on health, youth opportunity, financial security, and resiliency...
US Reopens Mexico Cattle Import Sites After Screwworm Battle
Newsweek
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July 1, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Monday a phased reopening of livestock import sites along the Mexican border, beginning July 7 with Douglas, Arizona. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins said the decision follows weeks of...
How to Watch Jamaica vs Guadeloupe: Live Stream CONCACAF Gold Cup, TV Channel
Newsweek
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June 20, 2025
Jamaica will face Guadeloupe in this 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup matchup on Friday at PayPal Park, and you can catch all the action with FuboTV. Jordan Leborgne #18 of Guadeloupe controls the ball during the Group Stage - Group C match between Panama...
Seattle switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje is picked for All-Star Futures Game at Atlanta on July 12
The Porterville Recorder - California
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje was among nine first-round picks from last year's amateur draft selected Monday for the All-Star Futures Game at Atlanta's Truist Park on July 12. A 22-year-old from the Netherlands...
Which way forward for the resistance?
Tempest
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June 30, 2025
Our resistance must build independent and democratic organizations for class and social struggle, oppose all of President Trump’s attacks on the exploited and oppressed, and organize. In this editorial, the Tempest Collective argues that now is...
20 International Cities That Are Perfect for American Retirees
24/7 Wall St.
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June 28, 2025
Personal Finance Maridav / Shutterstock.com Regardless of the reason, many Americans are relocating to international cities. On the plus side, there is a good chance they are doing so because not just of a changing view, but an opportunity to save...
USDA to resume livestock imports from Mexico after screwworm fears
United Press International (UPI)
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture in May suspended the transport of live cattle and other livestock from Mexico to stop the spread of the New World screwworm. The agency plans a phased-in reopening starting Monday. File Photo by Juan Manuel...
Miracle on the Interamericana: Bus Crash Leaves 8 Injured in Veraguas
Newsroom Panama
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June 20, 2025
A bus from the Panama-David-Frontera route, with 57 passengers on board, hit a coupled or articulated truck, detained on the track, in the sector of Cañazillas, Las Palmas, Veraguas. The accident occurred at 6:00 am on Tuesday June 17 when the bus...
Angry, afraid and embarrassed under Trump
The Freeman - Wisconsin
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To the editor: I am angry, afraid and embarrassed! I am angry that the Trump administration seeks to require our universities and scientific institutions to ban foreign students from their research on world health and environmental problems. Their...
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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Dolphins trading CB Jalen Ramsey and TE Jonnu Smith to Steelers for S Minkah Fitzpatrick MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins are sending All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick...
Prison Break: 10 episodes ranked best to worst
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
Fox released Prison Break in August 2005. It's about a structural engineer who deliberately lands in state prison to break out his death-row brother. Wentworth Miller leads as tattoo-mapped mastermind Michael Scofield, while Dominic Purcell’s...
Is there a resemblance between Trump and Hitler?
Egypt Independent
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June 30, 2025
Across different eras, there have been leaders who have wielded arrogantly wielded their power, disregarding international laws and resorting to political pressure and bullying to achieve their aims. Among them, Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler share...
British government’s Strategic Defence Review hypes war threat against China
Friends of Socialist China
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June 29, 2025
The British government published its new “defence” strategy on June 2. According to a summary carried by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), it “aims to put a ‘stronger, more lethal’ Nato at the forefront of British defence plans as the country...
Fast-Track to Pura Vida: Kristi Noem and Rodrigo Chaves-Robles Ink Historic Global Entry and Security Pact
The Costa Rican Times
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June 29, 2025
San José, June 25, 2025 — In a move destined to reshape travel, trade and security ties, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves-Robles joined forces Wednesday in San José to sign a groundbreaking...
Trump’s irresistible force flattens immovable objects
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 30, 2025
In a stunning display of political disarmament, the NATO member nations (except for Spain) capitulated to Trump’s demands for a massive increase in their defence spending as a percentage of each country’s GDP. NATO chief Mark Rutte wrote to Trump,...