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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...
With elections nearing, Honduran journalists face violence and harassment
LatAm Journalism Review
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June 26, 2025
By Silvia Higuera June 26, 2025 June 1 will be remembered as a dark day for journalism in Honduras. In the early morning hours, reporter Javier Antonio Hércules Salinas was killed while driving a taxi home in the western municipality of Santa Rosa...
Suriname’s Albert Ramdin becomes head of OAS as multiple crises loom
The Washington Diplomat
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May 9, 2025
Dutch-speaking Suriname is the smallest independent nation in South America. Rainforests cover 94% of its area, and its biodiversity is exceeded only by its ethnic richness—an unusual mix of East Indian, European, Javanese, Maroon, Creole, Chinese...
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...
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...
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...
South African artist creates space where memory resists erasure
GhanaWeb
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June 1, 2025
Bob Jeffrey, the chief executive of the International Centre of Photography (ICP), says such is the “enduring power” of an image that it commands an “ability to shine a light on the world around us and our shared humanity.” The ICP is the world’s...
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...
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...
Shutting the Door on a Biden-Era Immigration Cheat Code
Chronicles Magazine
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June 4, 2025
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow the Trump administration to terminate the Biden-era CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela) parole program while the case proceeds on appeal was a resounding win for the rule of law and a long-overdue...
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...
Bird Watching Tourism In Costa Rica: A Paradise For Avian Enthusiasts
MENAFN
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May 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Costa Rica is a world-renowned destination for bird watching, attracting thousands of ecotourists each year with its stunning biodiversity. Despite covering only 0.03% of the Earth's landmass, this small Central American...
Born into baseball: Joseph Zamora’s home away from home
The Appalachian - North Carolina
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June 3, 2025
From hot humid weather in Miami, Florida to the blistering cold climate in Boone, spring 2025 graduate infielder Joseph Zamora has made the High Country home. “It was baseball once I was born, and I’ve been playing it since I was five,” Joseph...
Mexico defeats Canada in group play at CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship
Winnipeg Free Press
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June 3, 2025
ALAJUELA – Montserrat Saldivar scored twice Monday to help defending champion Mexico defeat Canada 4-2 and finish atop Group B in a weather-interrupted game at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. Both teams had already accomplished their...
Full Episode: Florida lawmakers announce a budget framework plan, and the Supreme Court removes protected status for some immigrants
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 3, 2025
Lawmakers in Tallahassee announce budget framework agreement that could prevent a state government shutdown, and the Supreme Court removed a lower court's order that would have kept protected status protections in place for some immigrants....
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...
Trump admin asks high court permission to revoke migrants' status
Raw Story
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May 8, 2025
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Solicitor General John Sauer asked for the lifting of a lower court...
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...
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...
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,...