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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...
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...
Call for entries: The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2026
The Financial Times
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August 19, 2025
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Financial Times is compiling its seventh annual ranking of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies, to be published in...
US Guts Mentions of Indigenous Rights, Climate Change From Human Rights Reports
Truthout
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August 16, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...
Mexico: Solidarity with indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas
International Federation for Human Rights
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August 18, 2025
Abie Anongos, CWEARC, Philippines Abigail Severo Vásquez, Colectiva Ayuuk Toxëjk, Mexico Adolfina Kuum Dolie, Komunitas Peduli Lingkungan, Indonesia Adv Muhammad Bux, Sukaar Welfare Organization, Pakistan Agnes Kharshiing, Civil Society Women...
New beverage launches: Hendrick’s, The Macallan and more
Beverage Daily
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New product development (NPD) in the beverage industry is essential for driving growth, staying competitive, and meeting evolving consumer demands. As tastes shift and health, sustainability, and lifestyle trends gain momentum, brands must...
Quadrise: Sparkle venture has opportunity to shine - analyst
Proactive UK
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August 18, 2025
Whilst, understandably, investors in Quadrise PLC (AIM:QED) will be disappointed with news of delays in some key projects, stalled admin means that Sparkle – a venture in Panama – has a chance to shine, according to one City analyst. Oliver...
Survival of the most adaptable with unspun
Innovation in Textiles
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Tariffs are no longer a threat – they’re a reality and the new normal. As of August 7, 2025, default tariffs have officially kicked in following a short-lived 90-day pause. For fashion, this isn’t just a policy update, it’s a full-scale supply...
'On the US payroll': Secretive Army unit's involvement in drug trafficking and murder exposed
AlterNet
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August 16, 2025
As President Trump threatens to use U.S. special forces against drug cartels abroad, a new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, reveals some of the most secretive and elite special forces in the Army are...
They’re feeding the hungry. Then guarding the door from ICE.
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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Jose Angel Rodriguez doesn’t like when his stepmother goes outside alone. As he prepares to leave for the U.S. Marine Corps in less than a month, the 24-year-old has been haunted by news of families split apart and deported. Murmurs of people...
Trump is open to doing business with Russia. That could be tricky
CNN
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August 15, 2025
Follow London — US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are heading to Alaska for pivotal talks that could unlock a long-sought peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. A peace deal, or a simple thawing of relations between...
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports
Inside Climate News
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August 14, 2025
Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. That’s the stark message from the latest edition of the U.S. Department of State’s reports on human rights practices across the world, according to an Inside Climate News...
Twenty Dissidents Abducted in Nicaragua
Havana Times
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August 15, 2025
In the departments of Carazo, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas View of police patrols with riot gear during a raid in Managua. // Photo: Archive Among those illegally detained are former political prisoners, returned exiles, artists, businesspeople, and...
As Trader Joe's opens in New Orleans, try these quirky local restaurants near the grocery
Nola - Louisiana
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Sure, you can now get your everything bagel seasoning, frozen kimbap, sourdough rye chips and other favorite Trader Joe’s food brands in New Orleans. But did you know that right next-door you can get fresh squid ink noodles, vegan curry, Filipino...
In Kenner, a routine traffic stop can be a gateway to deportation
WWNO - Louisiana
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August 13, 2025
This article was produced in partnership with Gulf States Newsroom. Alexander Sanchez had only been in the United States for two months when police officers pulled him over one morning in December near a major intersection in Kenner, about 10...
Bolivian voters hungry for change, disillusioned by options ahead of election
The Mainichi
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Presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina waves during a closing campaign rally in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- The campaign billboards adorning the streets of Bolivia for Sunday's...
Weekly global protein digest: 2025 US forecast - broiler production up; egg & turkey production down
The Poultry Site
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Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff reports on global protein news Weekly US beef, pork export sales report Beef: Net sales of 4,300 MT for 2025--a marketing-year low--were down 73 percent from the previous week and 66 percent from the prior 4-week...
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for July 2025
JD Supra - California
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August 12, 2025
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month, with links to...