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Israel’s embassy denies genocide claims
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 18, 2025
News Jada Loutoo An Hour Ago Ambassador Itai Bardov. - Photo courtesy Embassy of Israel (Panama) ISRAEL’s embassy for Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom is challenging claims that Israel is engaging in genocide in...
Rep. Gonzales, USDA announce plan to stop screwworms
Big Bend Sentinel - Texas
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June 18, 2025
From U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales EDINBURG, Texas — Today, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced...
Talk is cheap, except for the cadres
Politicsweb
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Thursday, 19 June 2025 19/06/25 OPINION Talk is cheap, except for the cadres Andrew Donaldson | 18 June 2025 Andrew Donaldson on President Ramaphosa's initiative to "reimagine" the country A FAMOUS GROUSE TALK is cheap, it’s said — except when...
Texas leaders prepare to launch “fly dispersal” facility in South TX
The Devine News - Texas
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June 18, 2025
“The United States has defeated NWS before and we will do it again,” said USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins during the big announcement this past Wednesday, June 18. Congressman Tony Gonzales and Rollins laid out the plan to launch an $8.5 million...
These Are the 5 Best Countries for Retiring Abroad
AFAR
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June 16, 2025
Oooh, I could live here—it’s a thought that’s crossed many travelers’ minds when abroad. Retirement could be the perfect time to make that passing dream a reality. Every year, the publication International Living releases its Annual Global...
Earth Today | 25 years and counting
The Gleaner
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June 19, 2025
YESTERDAY, JUNE 18, marked 25 years since the entry into force of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol). The anniversary flagged a quarter of a century of dedicated efforts to conserve and sustainably...
New world screwworm causes import restrictions
Tri-State Neighbor - Nebraska
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Trade, imports, and tariffs have been on a lot of our minds over the past several months. New world screwworm The new world screwworm (NWS) is a tropical fly that has plagued Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and many countries in South America...
The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas to fight a flesh-eating parasite
Journal Advocate - Colorado
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June 18, 2025
By JOHN HANNA The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating...
Government Turns Its Back On Workers’ Safety – NZCTU
The Daily Blog
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June 16, 2025
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is dismayed by the Government’s decision to abstain from the new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on biological hazards that would strengthen worker protections. “This...
US plans to open fly factory in Texas as part of fight against flesh-eating parasite
ABC News - New York
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June 18, 2025
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from...
USDA announces new screwworm facility in Texas
AGDAILY - Michigan
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June 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced the launch of an $8.5 million facility in South Texas dedicated to the aerial release of sterile New World screwworm flies. The facility at Moore Air Base is part of a broader,...
The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite
KPRC - Texas
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June 18, 2025
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from...
USA men's soccer vs. Saudi Arabia in Gold Cup: How to watch Thursday
Daily Record - New Jersey
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The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is off and running. The tournament got started this past weekend in the United States and continues with group stage play currently underway for all 16 teams involved. Coming into the Gold Cup, the United States Men's...
A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is
Grist Magazine
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June 19, 2025
After founding the Better Planet Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021, Zia Mehrabi, one of a handful of scientists studying the intersection of food insecurity and climate change, soon found himself fielding a steady stream of...
The man who helped shape the modern Republican Party – before Trump
Christian Science Monitor
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June 18, 2025
Few individuals have had as decisive an impact on a modern-day American political party as William F. Buckley Jr. Starting with his founding of the conservative magazine National Review in 1955, Buckley largely defined and articulated the ideas...
Trinis in Israel warned: Stay close to shelters
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 18, 2025
News Jada Loutoo 2 Hrs Ago Itai Bardov, Israel's-non-resident ambassador to Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom. - Israel’s non-resident ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom Itai Bardov has urged foreign nationals...
Gold Cup 2025 bracket, schedule, results and latest standings
Sporting News
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June 17, 2025
The biennial CONCACAF continental championship sees Mexico defend their Gold Cup title at the 2025 tournament held largely across the western portion of the United States. Only once in the tournament's history has someone other than USA or El Tri...
Knights of Columbus celebrate student champions
Arlington Catholic Herald - Virginia
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The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Knights of Columbus Council No. 8183 gathered June 1 to recognize the accomplishments of the parish youths. Winners from two contests were recognized at the luncheon: the September 2024 Soccer Challenge and the December...
The tragic free fall of US trustworthiness
Dawn
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This photo taken on Aug 4, 2022 shows the White House and a stop sign in Washington, DC, the United States. [Photo/Agencies] One of the founding fathers of the United States Benjamin Franklin famously coined the phrase "Honesty is the best...
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 16, 2025
USNI News
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June 16, 2025
USNI News Photo These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 16, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting...