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Uruguay resumes training for Copa América after players protest conditions
The Athletic
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July 9, 2025
After refusing to train in protest one week before the start of Copa América Femenina, the Uruguayan women’s national team has resumed training and is on its way to Ecuador to compete in South America’s premier soccer competition, The Athletic has...
Why is IAF only air force to operate Jaguar? ALL about the fighter jet
DNA India
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July 9, 2025
The IAF is the only air force in the world to operate the Jaguar fighter jets, which were conceived in the 1960s. Manufactured by SEPECAT, a joint venture between Breguet and the British Aircraft Corporation, it was sold to India, Ecuador, Nigeria...
Asia is a hotbed of telco AI factories
Telecom TV
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July 9, 2025
A growing number of telcos are investing in ‘AI factory’ facilities in an effort to capitalise on the broad business potential of AI infrastructure, with Asia home to many of the operators that are adopting such strategies. That’s one of the key...
Why is Latin America shifting to the right?
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The second world war ended with an agreement of coexistence that included the creation of the UN multilateral system and a development model that combined the state, the market and democracy as an arena for political dispute. In Latin America,...
Latif Abubakar wins Best Project Management prize in Africa
Joy FM
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June 26, 2025
Ghanaian Playwright and Project Management facilitator of the Joy Business Masterclass on-air series, Latif Batalima Abubakar PMP, has been named winner of the Sky Africa Best Project Management Professional Prize. His innovative “Single Simple...
Time to invest more in women
Bangkok Post
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July 6, 2025
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, which ended on Thursday, has taken place at a time of escalating debt crises, rising poverty, declining food security and proliferating climate-related damage....
Educating in the 20th century for 21st century problems
Latinoamerica21
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July 7, 2025
Across much of Latin America, university academic offerings continue to follow an educational model inherited from the last century. The most in-demand degrees are still Law, Business Administration, Medicine, Civil Engineering, or Accounting,...
Cool books for a hot summer
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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July 11, 2025
In May, we gave you a head start on your summer reading list with our bookshelf on the nine British novels that contended for the Climate Fiction Prize. (“And So I Roar” by Abi Dare took the prize.) Now we have 12 more titles for you to consider:...
The UAE and Latin America can be better friends
The National News
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As part of its economic diversification and diplomacy strategies, the UAE is exploring uncharted terrains and increasingly focusing on Latin America. It has made strategic investments to enhance collaboration in a wide array of sectors –...
Credit unions as key international development actors
Co-Operative News
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July 7, 2025
Credit unions play a key role in international development as promoters of affordable financial services. This role is particularly important since, despite considerable progress in recent years, over 1.7 billion adults worldwide remain unbanked....
The Invisible Web of Influence: How China’s Criminal Networks Are Expanding Across Latin America – PART I
Dialogo Magazine
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July 11, 2025
In an eye-opening interview with Diálogo, Leland Lazarus, a leading expert on China-Latin America relations and transnational crime and founder and CEO of Lazarus Consulting firm, discussed the alarming rise of Chinese organized crime networks in...
The rising tide of food fraud
New Food Magazine
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Dr Saskia Van Ruth, University College Dublin, explains how supply chain disruptions and economic pressures are fueling a rise in food fraud worldwide. Recent cases highlight the urgent need for coordinated prevention efforts, such as the European...
ICE arrests have tripled across the West. Inside the reasons and the costs
Deseret News - Utah
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July 11, 2025
Monthly ICE arrests in Utah and neighboring states have tripled since Trump entered office. The arrests have increasingly targeted unauthorized immigrants without a criminal record. By June, ICE was arresting 4,000 immigrants a week with no...
World Cup betting guide: Strategies for every major FIFA Tournament
Syracuse.com - New York
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July 11, 2025
The FIFA World Cup is soccer’s most prestigious tournament, captivating fans every four years and drawing bettors from around the globe. With national teams vying for glory across group stages and knockout rounds, the event offers a rich array of...
Trump’s tariffs may split the world into 3 rival blocs — here’s where each nation could land
The Economic Times
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July 7, 2025
The world may be entering a new era of economic rivalry and it’s one where each country might need to pick a side. US president Donald Trump’s return to the White House has started a trade war because of his sweeing tariffs, which has led allies...
‘Green Shield’ breaks criminal networks in Amazon, seizes $64 mn
Sharjah24
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The operation resulted in the arrest of 94 individuals and the seizure of illicit assets worth over US$64 million. Over a two-week period, the operation – codenamed “Green Shield” – carried out more than 350 field operations with the participation...
Recognizing and supporting the transformative role of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in facing the climate crisis
Latinoamerica21
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July 8, 2025
In recent years, the effects of weather and climate phenomena in Latin America and the Caribbean have rippled across the region—from the Andes to Patagonia, from cities to coastal towns—causing deep socio-economic and environmental disruptions....
World Architecture Festival Reveals the 2025 Shortlist
ArchDaily
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July 7, 2025
Populus by Studio Gang Denver, Colorado, United States. Image © Jason O’Rear Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1031858/world-architecture-festival-reveals-the-2025-shortlist The World Architecture...
Mike Yardley: Flying LATAM Airlines to South America
Newstalk ZB
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July 8, 2025
LATAM, Latin America’s leading airline group, connects Auckland to Santiago and beyond. I recently travelled to Ecuador and the Galapagos with LATAM Airlines. From New Zealand, there is no quick and easy route, but LATAM jetted me all the way to...
Working conditions in Spain's tourism sector: precariousness and exhausting working hours
Equal Times
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July 11, 2025
In several regions of Spain, as in other European countries, tourism seems to have reached a turning point. Although the discontent with mass tourism in coastal areas or cities such as Barcelona has been intensifying over the last decade, it was...