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Gonsalves says NDP apologists, fellow-travellers suffer from contagious denial
St. Vincent Times
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August 20, 2025
THE POLITICAL DISEASE OF DENIAL The apologists and fellow-travellers of the opposition NDP are in a state of denial; they should avoid each other because this contagious political disease among this small, and shrinking band of rank opportunists...
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The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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Major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills 1, injures 15 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia has launched a major aerial attack on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles. The attack has targeted western...
Detentions, deportations multiply immigrants’ fear
Anabaptist World
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August 20, 2025
A growing number of people detained or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are members of Anabaptist churches in the United States. In recent weeks, Anabaptist World heard stories by phone and email from across the country of families...
ICE Has Stopped Reporting How Many Transgender People It Holds In Custody
Truthout
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August 20, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Immigration officials no longer report the number of transgender people in their custody, as advocates warn that the decision hampers...
IICA presidency candidates to be examined by agriculture ministers from 12 countries
Dominica News Online
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August 18, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 10:25 AM The contest for the leadership of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a prominent organization responsible for shaping agricultural policies and...
‘Coercive’: Analysis reveals how anti-Trump judge tried to put himself in control of nation’s ‘foreign affairs’
WorldNetDaily
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August 20, 2025
U.S Attorney General Pam Bondi and Judge James Boasberg A legal analysis of the political agenda adopted by James Boasberg, the anti-Trump judge working in the courts system in Washington, D.C., reveals how he abandoned his role as a “judge” and...
GBH Daily: ‘Stop attacking our cities’
WGBH - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
This is a web edition of GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter bringing you local stories you can trust so you can stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. Sign up here! 🌂A chance of showers with highs in the 70s. Sunset is at 7:37 p.m., like the...
Marine Leaders of the Americas Strengthen Ties during MLAC 2025
Dialogo Americas
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August 20, 2025
Senior naval infantry and Marine Corps leaders from the Americas listen to a panel on day two of the Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference in Washington, D.C., August 4, 2025. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Payton Goodrich) BY...
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on returning Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
Who's really behind "debt trap"?
People's Daily Online
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By Gao Wencheng (Xinhua) 14:58, August 20, 2025 LONDON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- For years, some Western politicians and media have been pushing a rhetoric: China is driving developing countries into a "debt trap." But a new report from London-based...
A burning issue in South America: how to ensure an economic future for people affected by extreme weather events
Equal Times
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August 19, 2025
In 2024, Bolivia burned with a thousand fires. These wildfires, which are an annual occurrence, were the worst on record, with 12.6 million hectares, four times the size of a country like Belgium, going up in smoke. Many Indigenous communities saw...
Opinion: Who's really behind "debt trap"?
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua writer Gao Wencheng LONDON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- For years, some Western politicians and media have been pushing a rhetoric: China is driving developing countries into a "debt trap." But a new report from London-based charity Debt Justice...
Mexico’s migration policy isn’t perfect, but it’s more effective than the United States’: Here’s why
Mexico News Daily
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August 18, 2025
As a U.S. citizen who lives in Mexico part of the year, I pay close attention to the presidents of both countries and their perspectives on immigration issues and border policy. And I’m particularly interested in immigration because I grew up...
Pneumococcal vaccine trial aims to provide more protection to babies
EurekAlert!
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A new vaccine for pneumococcal disease will be tested under an international trial aiming to provide greater protection to babies against the common infection that causes pneumonia, sinusitis and meningitis. The Murdoch Children’s Research...
New World Screwworm: What to know about the parasite threatening the food supply
Washington Examiner
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August 19, 2025
Multiple departments in the Trump administration are working to combat the proliferation of a flesh-eating parasite quickly spreading northward through Central America and threatening the United States’s food supply. U.S. Agriculture Department...
International study tests promising vaccine against 21 strains of pneumococcus
Medical News
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August 19, 2025
A new vaccine for pneumococcal disease will be tested under an international trial aiming to provide greater protection to babies against the common infection that causes pneumonia, sinusitis and meningitis. The Murdoch Children's Research...
ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody
Prism
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August 19, 2025
Immigration officials no longer report the number of transgender people in their custody, as advocates warn that the decision hampers efforts to ensure queer people’s safety in the nation’s rapidly escalating immigration detention regime. The Vera...
‘Green is Gold’
Dawn
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WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY Twenty years ago, Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang province, visited a village in Anji county in the province, where polluting quarries were being closed down. He told the locals that it made sense to do so,...
Morocco to Join 66th Edition of UNITAS Naval Exercise in the US
Morocco World News
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August 19, 2025
Rabat – Morocco will take part in the 66th edition of UNITAS, the world’s oldest multinational maritime exercise, scheduled to run from September 15 to October 6, 2025, along the American East Coast. The large-scale exercise, whose name means...