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Rebels in Colombia attack a military patrol with a drone, killing 3 soldiers
CityNews Halifax
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July 21, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rebels in northeastern Colombia used a drone to attack a military patrol in a rural area, killing three soldiers and injuring eight, the military said. The army blamed the attack on the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a...
Inteligencia contra la delincuencia financiera: el rol crucial de la IA
SAS Blogs - North Carolina
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July 21, 2025
La lucha contra la delincuencia financiera es un desafío constante y cada vez más sofisticado. En Colombia, en 2023, se registraron 28.000 millones de intentos de ataques digitales dirigidos al sistema bancario, de acuerdo con datos de la...
'¡Que viva Colombia!' CT Latino communities revel at an Independence Day carnival in Stamford
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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July 21, 2025
At the Stamford Town Center, Elsa Bohorquez dances to Colombian folk music known as vallenato while wearing a long, flowy yellow skirt. She’s joined by her daughter Cielo Urrego, who wears a red skirt, and Gina Bohorquez in a blue skirt. As they...
China’s J-20 Shot Down! State Media Claims Its 4.5-Gen J-10C Destroyed J20 Stealth Fighter During War Drills
The Eurasian Times
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August 4, 2025
It seems China is no longer satisfied with the phony tagline of ‘Rafale Killers’ for its frontline 4.5-generation fighter jet, the J-10C ‘Vigorous Dragon.’ After promoting the J-10C in the export markets as ‘Rafale Killers’ ever since the brief...
Investors’ Forum Urges Multi-Stakeholder Investment in Bamboo Value Chains
The News Chronicle
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August 4, 2025
Participants at a one-day Investors’ Forum have advocated for a multi-stakeholder action and investment in bamboo value chain development in Anambra State and Nigeria at large. Stakeholders at the forum decried the untapped and underutilized...
Did Clifton Bridge 'body in a suitcase' murderer kill before? How savage butchery of gay couple in their London flat sparked fears he'd killed for Colombian cartels
Daily Mail
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July 22, 2025
As Douglas Cunningham was cycling home on July 10 last year he spotted a tourist hauling suitcases across Clifton Suspension Bridge who appeared a little lost. But when he stopped to help, it soon became clear that Yostin Mosquera was no ordinary...
Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US
The Guardian
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August 4, 2025
Billowing smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires – most of which are in the Canadian Prairies – have caused severe air quality alerts across Canada and the United States. Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto,...
World textile and apparel trade and production trends
Knitting Industry
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Report summary This latest report in our flagship series contains statistical data, information and insight into the textile and apparel industries in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The report presents a wealth of information and...
Insurtech financing in LatAm up 370% to $121m in H1’25
Reinsurance News
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July 21, 2025
Insurtech financing in Latin America reached $121 million in the first half of 2025, marking a 370% increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Digital Insurance LATAM, sponsored by MAPFRE. This figure also surpasses...
From COVID to Foreign Aid Cuts: How Community-Led Financial Access Can Help Women and Their Communities Weather Crises
Next Billion
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July 21, 2025
When I grasped the implications of the global shift the social impact field is facing, between cuts to foreign aid and U.S. tariffs, I had the same sinking feeling in my stomach that I felt when I realized the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re...
U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs
KRPS - Kansas
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July 21, 2025
At a small, industrial roastery in Washington, D.C., the nutty, inviting smell of roasting coffee hangs heavy in the air. It's where Lost Sock Roasters, a local company, roasts and packages its coffee beans — destined for its two cafes, customers'...
The bodies of all 5 miners are found and identified in Chile's El Teniente mine after collapse
Imperial Valley Press - California
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The bodies of all five miners trapped in a collapsed shaft in the world's biggest underground copper mine for three days have been found and identified, an official said Sunday. Aquiles Cubillos, the lead prosecutor in...
Moment blood-soaked Colombian killer dances naked after decapitating and murdering couple in their London home...then drags suitcase carrying remains on Clifton Suspension Bridge
Daily Mail
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July 21, 2025
This is the chilling moment a blood-soaked killer sings and dances naked after barbarically murdering a couple in their London home before dumping their dismembered bodies on Clifton Suspension Bridge. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, faces a life...
Nigeria Among Top 5 Countries With Highest Gas Flare –World Bank
Leadership
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July 21, 2025
A World Bank report has identified Nigeria as one of the top global nations in gas flare. According to the World Bank’s annual Global Gas Flaring Tracker, Nigeria, Russia, Iran, Iraq, the USA, Venezuela, Algeria, Libya, and Mexico remain the top...
India-Russia oil trade: EU's sanctions unlikely to have much impact, say experts
The Federal
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July 21, 2025
The European Union’s (EU) latest round of sanctions is unlikely to have much impact on India’s booming oil and energy trade with Russia, experts say. They point out that such measures may even boost the trade further. EU sanctions Vadinar refinery...
The president who preached revolution
Eurozine
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… ever since 1789, there has been one magic word which contains within itself all imaginable futures, and is never so full of hope as in desperate situations – that word is revolution. Simone Weil Ever since he took office on 7 August 2022, the...
Breaking down the FC 100: Which clubs were best represented? Who made the list for the 9th straight year?
ESPN Singapore
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August 5, 2025
It has been several weeks since the 2024-25 ESPN FC 100 -- our ninth annual list of the world's best players in men's soccer -- published, and it feels like so much has happened in the soccer world since. We've had several high-profile FC 100...
Debunking the “wealth shock” illusion: A strategic rebuttal of five myths undermining China’s true economic fragility.
The Gateway Pundit
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July 19, 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Recent commentary from an Argentine economist and sitting member of the Argentine Congress resurfaces a recurring narrative: “China is poised for a global buying spree triggered by currency revaluation and newfound...
Christos Haritonides: From Greek-Cypriot Refugee to Business Owner in 7 Countries
Greek Reporter
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July 20, 2025
Christos Haritonides is one of many Cypriot refugees who had turned to the business economy to survive after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20, 1974. Displaced from his native Kyrenia at the age of 24, during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus...
Inside The New Cannabis Hospitality Economy: The Shift From Gimmick To Global Business
Forbes
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The Beach SamuiCourtesy of The Beach Samui At a lakeside resort in Missouri’s Ozarks, a new kind of traveler is greeted not with champagne but with a cannabis-infused mocktail and a curated wellness itinerary. Meanwhile, on the beaches of Koh...