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D&E President’s, Dean’s Lists released
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 15, 2025
Submitted photo Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. ELKINS — Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. The president’s list...
10 Colombian Directors to Watch
Variety
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July 15, 2025
Narrowing Variety’s choice down to 10 was no small feat, given the surge of talent emerging from Colombia. Each year, more of its filmmakers win recognition at top-tier festivals, most recently Simon Mesa Soto’s dramedy “A Poet” which took home a...
Young Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s violent Cauca gather to resist violence and elect new voices
North Shore News
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July 15, 2025
LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) — Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) — Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she...
Wolves line up £15m move for Colombia star hailed by Enzo Fernandez as 'one of the best players in the Club World Cup'
Daily Mail
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July 14, 2025
By SIMON JONES Published: 10:26 EDT, 14 July 2025 | Updated: 16:06 EDT, 14 July 2025 Wolves are close to agreement on a £15million deal for Fluminense winger Jhon Arias. The 27-year-old Colombia international has enjoyed an impressive campaign at...
Mitchell Weiss of Harvard Business School Says Generative AI Can Empower Students and Shape Future Leaders
Finance Colombia
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July 14, 2025
Mitch Weiss of Harvard Business School was recently in Medellín, Colombia as a keynote speaker during the 2025 WOBI event, which brings ideas and inspiration from some of the world’s greatest business minds. The global event rotates between major...
A Silent Emergency Is Unfolding on the Colombia-Venezuela Border
Caracas Chronicles
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July 14, 2025
The images of thousands of people stuck on the Venezuelan side of the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, waiting to enter Colombia, are no longer common. Nor are the crowds of people walking en masse, as seen years ago. But those who still cross...
Copa América Femenina 2025: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Preview, Key Players, Groups, Teams, Where and How to Watch Live
Time Bulletin
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July 14, 2025
From July 11 to August 2, the top South American national women’s football teams will assemble in Ecuador to vie for the Copa América Femenina championship in 2025. In addition to competing for continental honors, they will also compete for the...
Brazil tariffs add new dimension to Trump’s global economic war
World Socialist Web Site
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July 14, 2025
US President Trump’s threat to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, to come into effect on August 1, was an extraordinary act of imperialist intervention which adds a new dimension to the economic war against the world being waged by his...
Turkish flower workers are challenging a business model that puts profits over people
Equal Times
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July 14, 2025
When was the last time you bought flowers? For a hospital visit? Valentine’s Day? A birthday, maybe? Did you picture them snipped from a sunny garden, lovingly nurtured by a cheerful gardener humming a tune? Yeah, that’s a fantasy. Today, flowers...
'No State Is Above the Law': Hague Group Issues Plan to Counter Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Common Dreams
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July 16, 2025
The Hague Group—a coalition of Global South nations launched earlier this year by Progressive International to hold Israel legally accountable for its annihilation of Gaza—on Wednesday released a joint action plan aimed at bringing an end to the...
Hague Group charges Israel with genocide
Daily FT
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Multilateral coalition arrive in Bogotá to take action to stop Israel’s genocide, despite US condemnation and sanctions against UN and international courts Ministers and officials from over 30 countries gathered in Bogotá, Colombia on Tuesday (15)...
Florida’s Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero Secures 3rd at 2025 SEC Start Up
BVM Sports
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July 16, 2025
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero from the University of Florida secured third place at the 2025 SEC Start Up: A Student-Athlete Pitch Competition with his business idea, Musa Coffee, which highlights connections between coffee production and Colombian...
Latin American Cannabis Startups Turn Rolling Papers into Global Art
LatinAmerican Post
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July 13, 2025
From Chile’s pastel blunt tubes to Argentina’s circus-branded papers, Latin American cannabis creatives are flipping the script—selling design, identity, and feminist authorship into a global accessories market long dominated by Amsterdam and...
Biden’s former border adviser mocked for offering advice on reform
Washington Examiner
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July 16, 2025
Former President Joe Biden’s assistant secretary for border and immigration policy wrote an opinion editorial that became the butt of jokes on social media for offering advice on “how to fix our immigration issue.”Blas Nuñez-Neto penned the piece...
UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese demands global action to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 15, 2025
Bogota, July 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory has said that it is time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Francesca Albanese spoke to...
Exclusive: UN’s Albanese Proposes Revolutionary Approach to Palestinian Crisis
teleSUR
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In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has voiced her concerns regarding the effectiveness of the UN in addressing the plight of Palestine....
Colombian lender’s Chapter 11 converted to Chapter 7 in New York
Latin Lawyer
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Credit: Shutterstock/ Andrzej Rostek Latin American consumer lender Credivalores-Crediservicios’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been converted into a Chapter 7 liquidation by a New York court, after the company failed to consummate its restructuring...
Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
The bust was unusual – a narco submarine capable of carrying more than 1.5 tons of cocaine. There were no drugs onboard this time, but most notably, there were no traffickers. Last week, the Colombian navy announced that it had seized an...
Senator Blackburn urges Senate approval of $9 billion rescissions package
Nashville Standard - Tennessee
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July 16, 2025
Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator for Tennessee | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator for Tennessee | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) addressed the Senate floor, emphasizing...
Keller Williams Expands to Singapore
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 16, 2025-- Keller Williams Realty, LLC (KW), the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, is expanding across Asia. As momentum continues, KW has awarded a new master franchise in Singapore. As of...