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10 Epic Eco-Friendly Trips, from Tracking Snow Leopards in India to Seeing the Greenland Ice Sheet
AFAR
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July 14, 2025
Traveling can be enlightening, transformative, and joyous—but it can also come with a heavy environmental cost. From carbon emissions produced by flights to all the various disposable plastics that travelers may encounter during their trips, it’s...
Challenging the Media Myth of Latino Machismo: Recognizing Feminist Strides in Latin America
Pressenza
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July 15, 2025
Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made in the region....
Desarticulan en Costa Rica presunta red de trata de personas que estuvo vinculada al Tren de Aragua
KESQ-TV - California
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July 16, 2025
Por Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español Las autoridades de Costa Rica desarticularon una banda delictiva presuntamente dedicada a la trata de personas que obligaba a mujeres venezolanas a prostituirse y que podría tener vínculos con el Tren de...
To change the environment, change the narrative
Mongabay
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July 15, 2025
Narratives help shape our society, culture and environment, entrenching beliefs that can help — or harm — our planet and human rights. Tsering Yangzom Lama, story manager at Greenpeace International, joins Mongabay’s podcast to explain how...
OpenID forms group to address silos between ID and identity communities
Biometric Update
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July 7, 2025
The OpenID Foundation has launched an Artificial Intelligence Identity Management Community Group to tackle emerging gaps between AI platforms and identity standards. As AI reshapes everything from social media to financial services, the...
Major Storm on the Horizon: NCDs and mental health conditions to cost South America trillions by 2050
Pan American Health Organization
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July 15, 2025
Washington D.C., 15 July 2025 (PAHO) – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions will cost South America over US$ 7.3 trillion in lost productivity and healthcare spending between 2020 and 2050, according to estimations in a new...
The Disconnect Between Climate Goals And Funds For Factory Farms
Forbes
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A pig farm next to the Toachi River in northeast Ecuador.Tex Montes de Oca It’s hard to overstate the importance of rivers like Peripa to residents of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. “For us, losing a river means losing our life, losing...
Ismael Rescalvo Takes Over as Barcelona SC Aims for Title
Times News Global
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June 28, 2025
Quito, Ecuador — Barcelona SC has a new manager. Ismael Rescalvo, who replaces Segundo Castillo, is set to lead the team as they pursue a championship title this season. Rescalvo’s first match is on Saturday against Libertad in LigaPro. Last...
OpenID forms group to address silos between AI and identity communities
Biometric Update
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July 7, 2025
The OpenID Foundation has launched an Artificial Intelligence Identity Management Community Group to tackle emerging gaps between AI platforms and identity standards. As AI reshapes everything from social media to financial services, the...
New York Rum Festival shares 2026 date
The Spirit Business
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July 16, 2025
On the heels of its most recent showcase, the New York Rum Festival has announced it will return to Brooklyn next June. The New York Rum Fest welcomes hundreds of attendees each year Hosted by The Rum Lab, next year’s New York Rum Festival will...
Personal Belgians
n+1
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July 14, 2025
You can tell men’s cycling isn’t a serious sport because the “Big Six” athletes come from four small nations—Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Slovenia—with a combined population of 38 million. Meet the rogues’ gallery of minor European...
Cuenca’s First Overpasses: A New Era for Traffic Management
The Cuenca Dispatch
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July 7, 2025
Members receive weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Start your subscription today for just $1 for the first month. (Regular subscription options $4.99/month or $42/year/) Click here to subscribe. The $36.2 million...
Editorial: Time to retire Jaguars from IAF fleet
Telengana Today
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July 16, 2025
Four crashes this year involving the ageing Jaguar — claiming three lives — have raised questions over their safety Persisting with the ageing, outdated aircraft has been the bane of the Indian Air Force (IAF). This has put the lives of young...
3 of the best indie games from the first half of 2025
T3
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July 15, 2025
There are so many indie games released every year that keeping tabs on them all is nearly impossible, and as we’ve just passed the halfway point in 2025, now is a good time to take stock and look back on all the great stuff we’ve been able to play...
2025 Jubilee Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
Catholic Standard - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
When he announced the Jubilee Year that would begin Dec. 24, 2024 and continue until Jan. 6, 2026, the late Pope Francis chose “Pilgrims of Hope” as the theme for the Holy Year. “The pilgrimage expresses a fundamental element of every Jubilee...
Culture Canvas: Concert of Colors building bridges through music
Bridge Detroit - Michigan
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July 15, 2025
Hey Detroiters! Welcome back to Culture Canvas. Hope you all have been able to enjoy some of the many festivals that have taken place so far this summer like Movement, Motor City Pride, Hart of Detroit Summer Festival, or last weekend’s Detroit...
Seven players signed, £211m spent and Chelsea still have one glaring squad issue
Football London
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July 16, 2025
Chelsea were officially crowned the best club side in the world in the United States at the weekend. Yet even after winning the FIFA Club World Cup, there are areas of the squad that need improving ahead of the upcoming season. The Blues have...
Latin American solidarity brigade to attend Cuban celebrations for July 26th
Cuban News Agency
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July 15, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) The 30th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba, with 132 members from 11 nations, will participate in the July 26th celebrations as part of its visit to the country from July...
“Justice is more than just a judgment” An interview with the President of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana
EJIL: Talk!
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July 14, 2025
On 19 March 2025, I interviewed Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the ‘IRMCT’ or ‘Mechanism’). It was a wide-ranging conversation in which we discussed, among...
GANGING UP Europe hits back at domestic cross-border crime gangs
Europe Diplomatic Magazine
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July 3, 2025
© europarl.europa.eu Europe’s most enduring drugs marketplace was known as Archetyp Market. It operated on the so-called “dark web”. Like more traditional markets that sell illicit goods it had to retain a low profile, and it did. At least, it did...