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Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes
Firstpost
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July 11, 2025
Picture this: Hundreds of millions of flies being dropped from planes. It sounds incredulous — almost like something from a horror movie. But, in fact, the US government actually plans on breeding flies and then dropping them from aircraft in...
Adekeye Adebajo | Trump’s Nobel fantasies
The Gleaner
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July 13, 2025
The nomination of United States (US) president, Donald Trump, for the Nobel Peace Prize by Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recalls the sardonic quip, in 1973, by American songwriter Tom Lehrer, that the prize being awarded to...
TotalEnergies expands partnership with AES
Energy Global
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July 3, 2025
TotalEnergies has announced the closing of its acquisition of a 50% stake in the solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) portfolio of AES Dominicana Renewables Energy. This deal follows TotalEnergies’ 2024 acquisition of a 30% share...
US sanctions firms in Pakistan, India over Iranian oil trade links
Daily Times
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July 4, 2025
The United States has imposed sanctions on six companies and multiple vessels for helping Iran sell and transport oil and petrochemical products. The blacklisted firms include those based in Pakistan, India, the UAE, and Panama. Washington says...
Costa Rica Stars in Variety’s Top Ten Film Locations
Tico Times
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July 3, 2025
Variety Magazine named our small piece of paradise a top filming destination in its latest featured article, “Ten Locations to Die For,” spotlighting our country’s famous landscapes and growing film industry. The recognition highlights Costa...
Millionaires on the Move: UK Braces for Historic Wealth Flight as Global Migration Peaks
Hubbis
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A record-breaking 142,000 millionaires are projected to relocate internationally this year, with the UK expected to see the largest net outflow of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) by any country since international investment migration advisory...
US review makes the AUKUS deal look more like a lemon than a bargain
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 10, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size I still fail to understand why the Australian government remains committed to spending...
South America Adopts Zero-Trust Principles
SIGNAL Magazine
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June 25, 2025
While the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) works to meet its 2027 zero trust cybersecurity framework deadline, South American nations are adopting the concept across their own infrastructures. Zero trust, a term coined by Forrester Research...
Historic 2023-2025 droughts killed people, devastated crops & trade routes across globe
Down to Earth
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Between August and October 2023, rising rice prices became the top driver of inflation in Indonesia, pushing the government to deliver rice aid to over 21 million families and financial assistance to nearly 19 million more. Coffee production, too,...
Brazil takes up Mercosur presidency aiming for deeper integration
Agencia Brasil
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July 3, 2025
Expanding trade, promoting energy transition, developing technology, fighting organized crime, and tackling social inequalities—these are the five priorities for the next Mercosur presidency, which Brazil will hold in the second half of this year....
GLENN DE GROOT
The Edgerton Enterprise - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
February 19, 1936– June 22, 2025 Glenn De Groot, son of John and Johanna (Vander Burgh) De Groot was born February 19, 1936, on a farm in Murray County, Minn., the youngest of three children. He passed away after a short illness on June 22, 2025...
The president who wasn’t there
EurActiv
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July 10, 2025
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Donald Trump: Warmonger or peacemaker?
Frontline - The Hindu
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July 3, 2025
Six months into his second presidency, Trump has shown a wide array of foreign policy possibilities—from wanting to take over Greenland and buy the Panama Canal, to looking at Gaza as real estate to develop, to announcing he would end the Ukraine...
Timor-Leste joins rapidly growing market of fake registries taking in sanctioned tonnage
Lloyd's List
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TIMOR-LESTE has become the target location of the latest fake flag operation registering sanctioned ships via an entirely fraudulent shipping registry. Lloyd’s List has tracked at least eight ships that have started using the fake Timor-Leste flag...
Best Online Casinos: Top Real Money Gambling Sites Of 2025
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) GLENDALE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 3, 2025 / Online gambling in 2025 has become the default choice for millions of users seeking real money gaming from home or on the go. With over 40 U.S. states now offering regulated...
On This Day: Scopes 'Monkey Trial' begins in Tennessee
United Press International (UPI)
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1 of 8 | Photograph shows William Jennings Bryan (seated, left, with fan) and Clarence Darrow (standing, center, with arms folded) at an outdoor courtroom during the Scopes Trial (Tennessee v. Scopes) in Dayton, Tenn., in July 1925. UPI File Photo...
Iran Threatens Hormuz Shutdown as CFOs Brace for Supply Chain Impact
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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June 23, 2025
Global trade is only global thanks to key commercial arteries established over the duration of human history. Think the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and many more. On that list is the Strait of Hormuz in Iran, through...
New World Screwworm getting closer to U.S.
KOLD News 13 - Arizona
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July 12, 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A flesh-eating parasite is getting closer to our southern border, and ports will now remain closed to Mexican cattle and horses. The New World Screwworm has been detected less than 400 miles south of the Texas-Mexico...
South of the Border: Efforts ramp up to stop screwworm short of the U.S.
Kilgore News Herald - Texas
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It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from a low-flying airplane. Seeing a plane in those days was odd. Seeing one that low was even more unusual. But the kicker...
Clarksons Research: Demolition to Increase Going Forward, as Fleet Supply Growth Remains Below Overall Trend
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 2, 2025
Clarksons Research have today released their mid-year review of shipping markets. With shipping often at the “frontline” of uncertain geo-political dynamics, understanding underlying market trends has often been “tricky”. Our cross-market day rate...