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U.S. to Build Fly Factory in Texas to Combat Flesh-Eating Screwworm Threat
The Enterprise World - Ohio
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June 21, 2025
In a decisive move to prevent a dangerous flesh-eating parasite from crossing into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to establish a $8.5 million fly-breeding facility at Moore Air Base in Texas, near...
What is the New World Screwworm and what can be done about it?
Beef Central
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June 20, 2025
A cowboy iherding cattle on a ranch in eastern Oregon. Picture: Shutterstock A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will...
Gambling Firm 1XBet Branded ‘The Wagner Group Of Sports Betting’
Byline Times
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June 20, 2025
Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features… The triumph of Paris-Saint Germain in the recent final of the UEFA Champions League marked the end of...
The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want
Inside Climate News
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June 21, 2025
It was an audacious moment. During a recent government hearing, allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro berated Brazil’s environment and climate minister, telling Marina Silva she was “hindering our country’s development,” didn’t deserve respect...
USDA reveals plan to combat New World screwworm's spread into the United States
DGR News
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan (PDF, 380 KB) to enhance USDA’s ability to detect, control, and...
'My Soul Is Broken': Mother Mourns Teen Lost In Hamptons Crash That Left 6 Others Injured
Patch
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June 20, 2025
Scarleth Urgiles was "responsible, studious, loving — she always wanted to help others. A piece of my heart is missing," her mother says. Posted Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:38 am ET|Updated Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:09 am ET EAST HAMPTON, NY — It was a...
Central American countries hail India's proactive role in fostering gl...
The Morung Express
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New Delhi, June 19 (IANS): Representatives from Central American Integration System (SICA) member countries appreciated India's proactive role in fostering global South-South cooperation during a virtual dialogue held on India-SICA cooperation, on...
Central American Countries Hail India’s Proactive Role In Fostering Global South-South Cooperation
Ommcom News
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June 19, 2025
New Delhi: Representatives from Central American Integration System (SICA) member countries appreciated India’s proactive role in fostering global South-South cooperation during a virtual dialogue held on India-SICA cooperation, on Wednesday. The...
Fearing arrest, Venezuelan migrant gives up on US dream
Wyoming News Now
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A Venezuelan woman who went through hell to emigrate to America is going back to her troubled homeland, saying that living in fear is no life at all. Deisy -- who declined to give her last name for safety concerns -- will uproot her three...
Cartagena Convention Secretariat: Caribbean Sea fundamental to regional well-being
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 20, 2025
News Paula Lindo 2 Hrs Ago Eretmochelys imbricata/Hawksbill Sea Turtle. - Photo courtesy Noel Lopez THE 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol) was observed on June...
Showcasing flag football
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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Being in Los Angeles this weekend, practicing and playing in flag football games, and mentoring younger players, makes it all seem that much more real for quarterback Darrell “Housh” Doucette. Just three summers from now, his sport will make its...
QS World University Rankings 2026: Full list of institutes here
The Indian Express
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June 19, 2025
Institutions Overall Rank in 2026 Overall Rank in 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1 1 Imperial College London 2 2 Stanford University 3 6 University of Oxford 4 3 Harvard University 5 4 University of Cambridge 6 5 ETH Zurich...
8-mile manure spill in Monroe County kills hundreds of fish
Public News Service
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By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient. Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration At least eight miles of a Southwest-Wisconsin stream were polluted by a manure spill...
Iowans across the state asked to conserve water due to dry wells, high nitrate levels
Iowa Capital Dispatch
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June 17, 2025
Iowans in communities around the state, primarily in central and southern regions, have been told to refrain from watering their lawns, washing their cars and filling swimming pools. Some utilities issued preventative conservation orders in...
Flesh-Eating Fly Invasion Could Cause Devastation Across America
ScienceAlert
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June 19, 2025
A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will infest a wide range of hosts, including humans and their pets. The "New World...
UNHCR closure to affect 25,000 asylum seekers
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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RADHICA DE SILVA Senior Multimedia Reporter radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt With an estimated 122 million refugees globally, and US$26 million being pumped to help asylum seekers and refugees in T&T, the United Nations High...
Ombudsman Calls for Calm and an End to Violence in Bocas del Toro Strike
Newsroom Panama
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June 18, 2025
Two months after the start of the crisis of protests and strikes, and after the implementation of “Operation Omega” in Bocas del Toro, the Ombudsman, Eduardo Leblanc, provided a report on the situation in the province. Leblanc referred to the...
UNHCR closure to affect 25,000 asylum seekers… 39 T&T employees
CNC 3
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June 21, 2025
Senior Multimedia Reporter [email protected] With an estimated 122 million refugees globally, and US$26 million being pumped to help asylum seekers and refugees in T&T, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is shutting its...
New South Texas facility will help fight return of flesh-eating pest
Texas Standard
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June 20, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to open a new facility in South Texas to defend against New World Screwworms: a destructive pest once eradicated from the U.S. but on its way back. Screwworms – which are actually flies – used to be a huge...
Rollins announces bold plan to combat New World Screwworm’s northward spread
Lassen County Times - California
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June 19, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this morning launched an $8.5 million sterile New World Screwworm fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan (to enhance USDA’s already robust ability to detect,...