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Crowley launches first-ever route between U.S. Northeast and Central America
Fresh Fruit Portal
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June 26, 2025
Logistics company Crowley has announced a "significant expansion" of ocean shipping services with its first-ever route between the U.S. Northeast and Central America. Utilizing Crowley’s new, state-of-the-art Avance Class vessels, the five-day...
Ukrainians adrift in legal system following Trump orders
Bainbridge Island Review - Washington State
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June 26, 2025
When President Donald Trump cancelled humanitarian parole, a temporary admission to the U.S. for people fleeing life-threatening conditions in their home countries, the order targeted people from Latin America and Russia, putting them at risk of...
North America’s belted kingfisher: a local bird in a global family
The Telluride Daily Planet - Colorado
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It was a cold and crystal clear late morning in February, walking around the beaver pond when I heard the unmistakable call of the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). Actually more of a rattle, a vibrating staccato sound, that could easily be...
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference
The Independent
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June 12, 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...
Latin American fact-checkers urge funders, platforms, governments to defend public’s right to know
Poynter
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June 25, 2025
Editor’s note: Latam Chequea, a Latin American network of fact-checking organizations in 21 countries, promotes collaboration among fact-checkers and the strengthening of evidence-based journalism as a fundamental tool for democracy. It met on...
Guac Is Extra, But Should It Be? Texas A&M Anthropologist Shows The Resilience Of Ancient Avocados
Texas A&M Today
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June 25, 2025
The El Gigante Rockshelter is among a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Credit: Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara Today’s avocado industry, a...
Trump’s exceptional leadership
The Spectator Australia
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June 25, 2025
Despite the hatred, ridicule, and contempt constantly directed at Donald Trump, he has demonstrated again, as long maintained in this column, that he will go down as one of the greatest leaders the West has known. His short, sharp clinical...
Invest 95E expected to become Tropical Storm Flossie as system becomes better organized in Eastern Pacific
FOX Weather
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June 24, 2025
Invest 95E has a high likelihood of developing into a tropical depression or tropical storm, according to the NHC. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Flossie. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring an area of low pressure...
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting U.S. Militarism, Building Unity
Pressenza
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June 21, 2025
Around two years ago, I watched a puppet show, created by a group of eight to 16-year-olds at the summer camp where I worked, about the eviction of the U.S. Navy from the island of Vieques. After I conducted a few brief workshops reviewing the...
CMC invites you to Cuba
Sopris Sun - Colorado
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June 25, 2025
Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is offering an opportunity this fall for students and interested community members to travel to Cuba through a faculty- led study abroad program. The 11-day, 10-night trip is scheduled for Nov. 21 through Dec. 1,...
Airstream Club Int’l Sells Out 2025 Rally; Sets 2026 Event
RV Business
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June 25, 2025
MINOT, N.D. — After selling out its 2025 International Rally in record time, Airstream Club International (ACI) announced that its 69th International Rally will be held Aug. 22–27, 2026, at the North Dakota State Fair Center in Minot, according to...
Highclere Castle Gin raises stakes in US
The Spirit Business
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June 25, 2025
This year, Highclere Castle Gin is expanding its distribution in the US and preparing to launch a new expression. Highclere Castle Gin will be available in 28 US states Highclere Castle Gin is made with botanicals from the Highclere Castle estate,...
The Implications for Global Governance of China and Russia’s Post-2022 Alignment
CEPA
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June 23, 2025
Executive Summary The political alignment of China and Russia is best defined as a friendship rather than a classical alliance. While they are committed to coordinating and supporting each other, the relationship does not entail the strict...
Under new leadership, OAS is determined to show progress on Haiti
The Gazette - Colorado
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Amid pressure from Washington to resolve the crisis in Haiti, the new head of the Western Hemisphere’s top multilateral organization pledged to work with the United Nations and international donors to chart a road map for peace in the...
Necaxa's Sylla fled Guinea as a refugee. Now he's living 'Mexican dream'
ESPN Africa
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June 25, 2025
It's been a long road for Ibrahime Sylla, who escaped persecution in Guinea. Now, at Liga MX club Necaxa, he's 'the happiest man in the world'. ESPNIbrahime Sylla is one of nearly 120,000 people who sought asylum in Mexico in 2022. His journey...
Next tropical system likely to form this week in Eastern Pacific Ocean
FOX Weather
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June 23, 2025
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects an area of low pressure to develop within the next two days several hundred miles off the coast of Central America. It has a high chance of developing over the next week. The National Hurricane Center...
How a family fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba and made Nashua their home
New Hampshire Public Radio
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June 24, 2025
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Flights from Cuba to the United States, which allowed thousands of refugees to flee Fidel Castro's Cuba safely by air rather than risk their lives trying to cross the ocean on a raft. Moultonborough...
Crowley Expands International Shipping with Inaugural Route Connecting U.S. Northeast and Central America
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 24, 2025
Crowley, an international leader in logistics, marine and energy solutions, has announced a significant expansion of ocean shipping services with its first-ever route between the U.S. Northeast and Central America. Utilizing Crowley’s new,...
How Trump's immigration policies are affecting Latin American journalists inside and outside the United States
LatAm Journalism Review
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June 24, 2025
Mariana Padrón* is a Venezuelan journalist living in New York on a talent visa. She's still awaiting approval for her permanent residency and green card, so the travel ban announced earlier this month by President Donald Trump—which prohibits...
Who are the candidates for the NYC Democratic mayoral primary?
NBC 4 - New York
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June 23, 2025
The New York City primary election to select the Democratic nominee for mayor is Tuesday. Before heading to the polls, get to know the candidates: Adrienne Adams, Democratic candidate for New York City mayor. Adrienne Adams Adrienne Eadie Adams...