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Ritter Sport appoints Christian Boulter as new UK sales director, amid key regional growth
Confectionery Production
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Christian Boulter joins Ritter Sport's UK operation, as its new sales director. Pic: Ritter Share this page German-founded premium chocolate brand Ritter Sport has named Christian Boulter as its new sales director for the UK and Ireland, as the...
Is the growth of executive power a threat to constitutional democracy?
The Brookings Institution
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President Donald Trump’s forceful exercise of presidential power has generated legal and constitutional controversies, many of which the U.S. Supreme Court will be called upon to resolve well before the president’s second term ends. This battle...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just the start of a state plan to remove immigrants. Will it wreck Florida’s economy?
WGCU - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Mega-farmer Francis Alfred “Alfie” Oakes III addresses the camera as massive watermelons come rolling down a conveyor belt at one of his farms in Collier County. Behind him are workers, all of them Hispanic, rapidly picking up the melons and...
Female Filmmakers Lead New Wave of Costa Rican Cinema: 5 Names to Watch
Variety
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July 1, 2025
Early in 2021, Costa Rican filmmaker Antonella Sudasassi launched a pioneering initiative in her home country: the Unión de Directoras de Cine Costa Rica, or the Union of Female Film Directors of Costa Rica, in literal translation. The...
Five Below-the-Line Talents to Track in Costa Rica
Variety
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July 2, 2025
Costa Rica’s most prized assets – aside from its unparalleled locations – are its highly skilled crews, known for their depth of experience, strong work ethic and bilingual skills. Honed through years of on-set experience – paired with formal...
Iran, 9 other nations condemn West sanctions on world states
Mehr News Agency
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July 2, 2025
In a joint statement at the 53rd session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Tuesday, the signatories stressed the necessity of respecting the sovereignty of countries as sanctions sap the ability of countries,...
Hurricane Flossie Intensifies to Category 2, Threatens Mexican Pacific Coast with Torrential Rains and Flooding
teleSUR
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July 2, 2025
Hurricane Flossie strengthens to category 2, threatening Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rains. Photo: EFE/Reference. July 1, 2025 Hour: 10:25 pm Hurricane Flossie rapidly strengthened to Category 2, advancing toward Mexico’s Pacific coast with...
Several states, including Iran, condemn West’s sanctions on world countries
Iran Front Page
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July 2, 2025
In a joint statement at the 53rd session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Tuesday, the signatories stressed the necessity of respecting the sovereignty of countries as sanctions sap the ability of countries,...
Trump’s immigration crackdown: Arrests, deportations and border security by the numbers
Malay Mail
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June 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, June 19 — US President Donald Trump has stepped up arrests of immigrants in the US illegally, cracked down on unlawful border crossings and stripped legal status from hundreds of thousands of migrants since January 20. Arrests Trump...
Undocumented workers say Cheesecake Factory recruited them, furnished fake work papers
HR Dive
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The Cheesecake Factory recruited undocumented workers to staff a Pennsylvania restaurant, provided them with false employment authorization documents and subjected them to abusive conditions, a group of five workers alleged in a June 19 lawsuit....
Iran, nine other nations condemn West's sanctions on world countries
Press TV
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Iran and nine other countries have condemned unilateral sanctions and coercive measures imposed by the West on various states, describing such actions as a violation of the UN Charter and the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians
Washington Examiner
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July 2, 2025
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump‘s move to terminate the protected status of more than 520,000 Haitians.Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the move, affecting over half a million Haitians who...
Cave discovery of ancient avocados could rescue a global crop
Earth.com
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The world’s appetite for avocados rests almost entirely on a single variety: the creamy Hass. That genetic sameness has streamlined production into a multibillion-dollar industry. But it also invites disaster, as uniform orchards can collapse...
Neighbours star Holly Valance, UK Reform billionaire Nick Candy property empire, potential settlement revealed
The West Australian
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July 2, 2025
Australian singer and former Neighbours star Holly Valance is in line for a major financial windfall following her split from British billionaire property developer Nick Candy, after 13 years of marriage. Despite reportedly signing a prenuptial...
Rainforests Disappearing Faster Than Ever: 2024 Sets New Record
The CSR Journal
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May 21, 2025
Last year, the world’s tropical rainforests were destroyed at a rate never seen before. New satellite data shows that about 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest were lost in 2024. This is an area as big as the Republic of Ireland, or...
A Cuban dad did time for a marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody last week
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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MIAMI – Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman....
Ideas & Opinions — Stan Thomas-Rose: Persecuting refugees
The Union - California
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Without cause, our current Republican administration has just succeeded in its attempts to end the legal status for over half a million refugees living and working peacefully in our country as they waited for our courts to review their cases. They...
USAID’s End Marks Shift in U.S. Foreign Aid: A New Chapter or Continued Intervention?
teleSUR
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July 1, 2025
U.S. interventionismis changing: USAID hands over aid programs to State Department.photo:EFE. July 1, 2025 Hour: 5:05 pm The U.S. government announces a significant overhaul of its foreign aid strategy, ending USAID’s direct role in aid...
Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations in a new US administration
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
The continued and evolving use of economic and financial sanctions by a growing number of jurisdictions and government authorities, the exponential increase in the sheer number of sanctions targets and the increasing level of complexity of...