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Immigrants file class-action lawsuit against Trump over ‘unlawful’ ICE arrests inside courthouses
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Highlights of Venezuela vs Colombia in CONMEBOL Women’s Copa America
VAVEL
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July 17, 2025
End of transmission Our coverage of the Venezuela vs Colombia match for the CONMEBOL Women's Copa America 2025 comes to an end. Thanks for joining us! Stay tuned to VAVEL.com to keep up to date with the world of sports. 📢 Highlights Relive the...
Panama Hats
The Portugal News
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What’s so special about Panama Hats? Hundreds of similar straw hats are available - different weaves, head sizes, brim widths, shapes, etc - all are light and designed for hot weather, and a significant portion of them are made in China. But the...
Will Mexico be the new powerhouse for Holcim?
Global Cement
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Holcim Mexico has been promoting itself as the lynchpin of the group’s growth in Latin America this week. The move makes sense following the spin-off of Holcim’s North America business in late June 2025. The company says that Mexico has a housing...
Dreaming with Water
Orion Magazine
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IN WHICH TWO OF OUR HEROES celebrate Robert Macfarlane’s buoyant new book, Is a River Alive? by discussing reciprocity, action, grace, and how we might dream a different world into being. Terry Tempest Williams: Rob—it is so wonderful to finally...
Almost 100 arrested in UAE-led operation in the Amazon Basin
The National News
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The UAE has led a major international operation against environmental crimes in the Amazon Basin, resulting in 94 arrests and the seizure of assets valued at more than $64 million. The 14-day effort, Operation Green Shield, was a multinational...
Debt, heat and uprisings: What Seville failed to solve
Mail & Guardian
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July 15, 2025
The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the issue of funding countries hit hardest by the climate crisis. (Envato Elements) Sweltering heatwaves, caused by an escalating climate crisis, increasingly shock countries during their...
From Extraction to Regeneration: Architecture's Role in Rural Developments in Latin America
ArchDaily
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July 16, 2025
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Farmed Shrimp Is High Carbon As Well
CleanTechnica
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July 16, 2025
After writing about two of the highest carbon foods, which are beef and lamb, it seems a mini-series is developing. The next high-carbon food, to make a trio, is farmed shrimp. Some of us may have had a kiddie shrimp cocktail or taken a family...
BizTalk: Global Tech Companies Discover Arlington as a Top Business Destination
Arlington Now - Virginia
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July 16, 2025
This article is written and sponsored by Arlington Economic Development. Arlington’s diverse talent, strong innovation ecosystem and collaborative business community are making it a top landing destination for global technology companies expanding...
The Dominican Republic and the New Caribbean Geopolitical Order
Global Americans
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July 16, 2025
“As the Summit of the Americas nears, geopolitical rivalry is reshaping the Caribbean—and the Dominican Republic is emerging at the heart of this evolving order.” For the ancient Romans, the Mediterranean was known as Mare Nostrum – “our sea” –...
Tradition in Tanzania: Reviving East Africa’s Ocean Heritage
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 16, 2025
While grassroots efforts thrive, a transformative movement is reshaping legal frameworks on a global scale. The concept of Ocean Rights advocates for recognising the legal rights of the ocean as a living entity, acknowledging its intrinsic value...
Jamaica registers boost in airlift
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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July 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica is being transformed into a more accessible destination due to the significant boost in airlift and connectivity between the island and various international markets, particularly in Latin America, Western and...
The Creeping Reach of International Law
Quadrant
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July 16, 2025
If national democracy is to be maintained in any recognisable form within self-sustaining states, the power and claims of international rule-making will have to decline. —Harry Gelber, Quadrant, October 2015 … since the end of the Cold War the...
What’s the matter with Chicago?
The Spectator Australia
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July 15, 2025
As the song goes: “Chicago, that toddlin’ town.” It was certainly toddlin’ in the 1950s and 1960s, when that song was a hit for Frank Sinatra. The city had bounced back from the Great Depression, begun building skyscrapers again and renewed its...
Ecological Design Group Thinks Outside the Box
Arkansas Business
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July 14, 2025
Tanner Weeks is a principal and co-founder of the Ecological Design Group. (Madeline Circle) Tanner Weeks and Martin Smith did something few others were doing in 2008: They quit their jobs to launch a new business. Today, the landscape architects...
This is why handheld fans in Spain are enjoying undimmed popularity
Gulf Today
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July 16, 2025
As passengers wilted in a packed Madrid metro, one traveller defied the summer heat by snapping open her handheld fan — a quintessential Spanish accessory enjoying undimmed popularity. The burst of coolness drew envious eyes to a must-have item...
Exotic fruit summer market: Lime on the up, avocados struggling
Fresh Plaza
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July 15, 2025
The lime situation is finally improving after difficult months. Avocados are in the midst of a crisis, while mangoes and ginger are affected by logistical pressures and overlapping supply. Giorgio Donnarumma, sales manager of the Milan-based...
Coral once feared extinct rediscovered in the Galápagos after 25 years
Mongabay
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July 11, 2025
Wellington’s solitary coral, a species thought to be extinct for more than two decades, was rediscovered in 2024 near Tagus Cove in Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands, according to a recent study. Over multiple dives in 2024, scientists from the Charles...
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:...