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U.S. Southern Command reaffirms interest in collaborating on security
Dominican Today
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During a tour of the agency’s facilities, along with the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, and officials from the country’s Command and Defense, the four-star admiral and naval aviator of the U.S. Navy...
8, including missionary, missing after gunmen storm orphanage
The Gleaner
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August 5, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Eight people including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs....
The bittersweet party
New Jersey Jewish News
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I posted the invitation in my Google Classroom stream: Join us for a party celebrating the last class of the spring session. On the surface, it was a standard invitation. It included the date, time, and location. In addition, I asked my adult ESL...
Guterres Appoints Swedish Diplomat Richardson as UN Resident Coordinator in Libya
The Libya Update
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August 9, 2025
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Swedish diplomat Ingibjörg Ulrika Olufsdóttir Richardson as his new Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator in Libya, succeeding Zimbabwe’s Raisedon Zenenga Shuma, to whom he...
Deportations contribute to higher costs
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.” So declared presidential candidate Donald Trump after descending the golden escalator at Trump Tower in New York and...
“Freedom and Abolition Went Together”: Julia Gaffield on Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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August 6, 2025
I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Defend Liberty is a new bio by Teacher Julia Gaffield of William & & Mary. Overview clarifies the life and custom of Haiti’s proprietor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758– 1806, a significant...
One Unscanned Bourbon, a Lifetime of Comparisons
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 8, 2025
I needed to go to the food store to pick up a prescription and bottled water. When I saw my favorite bourbon on sale, the two things on my list turned into three. I grabbed a couple of bottles, thinking that after a good week of pain management,...
iciHaiti - FLASH : Transfer with unauthorized operators
Haiti Libre
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July 31, 2025
iciHaiti - FLASH : Transfer with unauthorized operators 31/07/2025 09:49:11 The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) advises users of money transfer and mobile payment services, as well as the general public, that a series of advertisements...
13 of the best things to do in Florida
Lonely Planet
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There's no denying that Florida has fabulous beaches and world-class amusement parks but there's also so much more on offer. The Sunshine state has an incredible blend of experiences that combine a rich, multi-cultural history, diverse cities and...
Canada’s bishops call for ecological justice, wiping out crippling debt
OSV News
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August 8, 2025
(OSV News) — Faith-based organizations are commending a new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops pressing the Global North to wipe out low-income countries’ crippling debt and consider the ecological burden it has...
Americas: Regional Conference on Women must act as a safeguard against attacks on gender equality
Amnesty International
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August 8, 2025
The XVI Regional Conference on Women, the main United Nations forum on gender in Latin America and the Caribbean, will be held in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, from 12 to 15 August 2025. Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing action plan, which...
Earthquakes Fast Facts
KESQ-TV - California
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August 6, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer push the sides of the fault...
Prioritizing great power rivalry with China: Trump’s strategy to reassert US dominance
LINKS
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August 5, 2025
First published at Tempest in two parts. The Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to the existing domestic and international order. All the damage it has done can appear to be just a cynical smash and grab operation for Donald Trump and...
Fake grass is greener but is it worse for the environment? Florida a new testing ground
WLRN - Florida
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More fake lawns may be coming to your neighborhood. From the front yards of West Miami-Dade to the waterfront mansions of Fort Lauderdale, artificial turf is appearing more and more. And with the spread of artificial turf comes a mounting number...
Georgia Expanding Deadly Private Prison Into the Largest ICE Facility in the US
Truthout
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August 8, 2025
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Originally published by Capital B. While much of the outrage over the rising number of...
Living proud in a hostile era: Navigating trans rights in the second age of Trump
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Massachusetts
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August 8, 2025
By LAURA FAY For the Gazette NORTHAMPTON — When Scotia MacGillivray moved back to Northampton four years ago after spending decades away, the flags were the first thing she noticed. Hanging from people’s homes and businesses, their colors catching...
Patreon’s new CFO Carlos Cabrera on risk, payments and AI
CFO Magazine
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August 5, 2025
Carlos Cabrera took over the CFO role at Patreon last month after spending nearly a decade rising through the company’s ranks. A Stanford-trained structural engineer, Cabrera joined the media and community platform for creators as its first data...
Dominican Republic implements pilot plan for biometric facial registr
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 8, 2025
After touring the province of Pedernales to supervise immigration controls at formal border crossings, Ballester stated that the program is being carried out in coordination with local authorities and with the support of state security agencies....
Trump targets Latino migrants
Latin American Bureau
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August 8, 2025
By escalating deportations, ending humanitarian protections, and cutting remittances, Trump’s immigration policy threatens to destabilize Latin American economies and exacerbate humanitarian crises. Ironically, this might trigger a new wave of...
iciHaiti - Obituary : The Ministry of National Education in mourning
Haiti Libre
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August 1, 2025
iciHaiti - Obituary : The Ministry of National Education in mourning 01/08/2025 10:05:20 The Ministry of National Education deeply regrets its announcement to all its staff, particularly those of the ten Departmental Education Directorates, as...