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Domestic work is care work
Now Grenada
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June 17, 2025
by Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes, Regional Director of the ILO for Latin America and the Caribbean Every 16 June, on International Domestic Workers Day, we remember a fundamental truth: domestic work is care work. This is affirmed in the resolution...
These Countries Have Suffered The Biggest Declines In Freedom
Zero Hedge
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Over the past decade, freedom has sharply declined in many countries. Authoritarian leaders have expanded their power by rewriting constitutions, silencing the media, and suppressing opposition. As democratic institutions erode, waves of protest...
Industry Update: NCBA, PLC Provide Update from Capitol Hill during WSGA summer meeting
Wyoming Livestock Roundup
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June 16, 2025
The third day of the 2025 Wyoming Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show, hosted by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) in Laramie June 2-4, kicked off with updates from ag agencies and organizations based in the state of Wyoming and...
With migrants’ legal status revoked, Marshfield employer faces loss of 100-plus workers
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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But their employer hasn’t received any notification about how to proceed, leaving everyone with questions yet to be answered: Do they have to be fired? Will ICE come knocking if they aren’t? Could this policy decision ultimately be reversed? Get...
Telefónica to sell Ecuadorian unit to Millicom for $380m
Data Center Dynamics
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Telefónica will sell its Ecuadorian unit to Millicom Spain for $380 million. It's the latest in a long list of deals the carrier has struck in Latin America, as it looks to consolidate its business in key European markets. Millicom snapped up...
What Bull Shark Teeth Reveal About Their Powerful Bite and Diet
AOL
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What do bull sharks eat - face close up© Havoc/Shutterstock.comBull sharks (Carcharhinus Leucas) are one of the ocean’s most fearsome creatures. Although some animals may prey on bull sharks, such as crocodiles, killer whales, and the occasional...
There's good news in the tropics but some Florida storms, high heat
Treasure Coast Palm - Florida
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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three tropical waves in the Atlantic basin, including one in the western Caribbean. An area of low pressure in the eastern Pacific is expected to become a tropical depression over the next couple of...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 6.16.25
Florida Politics
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June 16, 2025
Good Monday morning. Today, we begin running our list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians until we reach the No. 1 spot on Friday. As it typically does, this list contains some familiar faces. But it also has surprises, like who landed at the...
The Tyrant Test
The Atlantic
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June 16, 2025
For as long as I’ve been alive, American presidents have defined tyrants by their willingness to use military force against their own people in reprisal for political opposition. This was a staple of Cold War presidential rhetoric, and it survived...
China's Rising Influence in Global Energy Markets
Oil Price
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June 16, 2025
In the last 25 years, China has gone from providing less than 2 percent of Latin America’s exports to being the second largest trade partner for the region and the single biggest trade partner of South America. This skyrocketing trade relation...
PM Holness calls on regional governments to escalate collective diplomatic engagement as part of efforts to stem flow of illicit arms
Irie FM
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June 16, 2025
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has called on regional governments to escalate collective diplomatic engagement as part of efforts to stem the flow of illicit arms throughout the region. His call follows a recent ruling by the United States...
NHC tracks 3 tropical waves. When will we see first named storm?
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical waves across the Atlantic, Caribbean. Tropical waves are low-pressure areas that are often considered the seeds of a tropical storm, but their development can be inhibited by Saharan dust...
William Kennedy Smith, MD — iCons
ABILITY Magazine
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Circa 2008 Globe-trotting William K. Smith, MD, founded the Center for International Rehabilitation, formerly known as Physicians Against Land Mines. The latter was co-recipient of a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. These days, Smith also heads up iCons,...
Op-Ed: Domestic work is care work
Demerara Waves
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June 16, 2025
– Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers by Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes, Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Latin America and the Caribbean Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes, Regional Director...
Waking Up From the American Dream and Returning to the Cuban Nightmare
14ymedio
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June 14, 2025
“My mother received an email this morning saying her permit was revoked.” Before, waiting a year without applying for asylum used to seem like the logical option. Today, it’s become a trap. / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 13 June 2025 — The call came...
Domestic work is care work: Settling historical debt to millions of women
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 16, 2025
Commentary Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes - ANA VIRGINIA MOREIRA GOMES EVERY June 16, on International Domestic Workers Day, we remember a fundamental truth: domestic work is care work. This is affirmed in the resolution concerning...
Spokane attorney: The right to protest is guaranteed, but with limitations
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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The right to protest was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution in 1791 with the adoption of the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Not surprising, considering the nation got its start by protesting the acts of the British king and Parliament, and...
In the news: Quick recap of the week’s news… 6.14.25
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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June 14, 2025
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Pawtucket: June 23: Slater Park Carousel opens daily, 11am to 5pm. June 28th – Pawtucket Vets public pool opens. Aug. 29 – Sept. 7, Pawtucket Arts Festival An unintentional overspend of Rhode Island’s motion picture tax...
Millions take to US streets to say "No Kings" to Trump
The New Arab
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June 15, 2025
Millions across the US said "No kings" to the Trump administration. [Brooke Anderson/TNA] On the day that US President Donald Trump paraded tanks and troops through Washington, DC in a display of military might on his birthday, millions of people...
Building security through cooperation on arms trafficking
Jamaica Observer
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June 15, 2025
Some of the guns that were destined for Jamaica but which were seized at Miami International Airport some years ago. The seizure of 233 illegal firearms and over 40,000 rounds of ammunition — the single-largest weapon find in Jamaica to date —...