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Congressional District 7 race: Democrats Grijalva, Hernandez lead the pack in fundraising
KJZZ - Arizona
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July 7, 2025
Longtime Tucson politicians Daniel Hernandez and Adelita Grijalva lead in fundraising ahead of next week’s special primary election in Congressional District 7. The final day for southern Arizonans to nominate a new representative is July 15. CD7...
Nigeria to face new 10% US tariffs from Trump over BRICS partnership
Business Day
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will face an extra 10% tariff for joining BRICS, a group of emerging economies that he claims follow “anti-American policies.” The US president made this announcement on Sunday through his Truth...
BRICS Envoys Flock to Rio
Foreign Policy
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July 4, 2025
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Brazil readies to host the BRICS leaders’ summit, Bolivia embraces cryptocurrency amid an economic crisis, and Mercosur notches a new trade deal. Brazil Prepares to...
Will Mexico be the new powerhouse for Holcim?
Global Cement
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Holcim Mexico has been promoting itself as the lynchpin of the group’s growth in Latin America this week. The move makes sense following the spin-off of Holcim’s North America business in late June 2025. The company says that Mexico has a housing...
Hobbs talks legislative session, from groundwater to school vouchers
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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PHOENIX – The way Katie Hobbs sees it, the just completed legislative session was the best that could be hoped for in a divided government. In a wide-ranging interview with Capitol Media Services, she noted the $17.6 billion budget that eventually...
Marta 'saddened' by conditions at Copa América
ESPN Australia
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July 18, 2025
Brazil players, including six-time FIFA Player of the Year Marta, have criticised CONMEBOL and the organisers of the Women's Copa América in Ecuador for requiring teams to warm-up in confined indoor areas rather than on the pitch. Images...
Trump Threatens Extra 10% Tariff for Countries ‘Aligning’ Themselves With ‘Anti-American’ BRICs Policies
TIME Magazine
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July 7, 2025
President Donald Trump has threatened additional tariffs on any country that supports the “anti-American” policies of the BRICS group, a political and diplomatic coordination forum consisting of 11 countries. “Any country aligning themselves with...
Walton-backed aquaculture innovation hub launches in Mexico
Undercurrent News
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July 3, 2025
Innovaciones Alumbra, the ocean-focused foundation created by Christy Walton, daughter-in-law of Walmart founder Sam Walton, has launched a new aquaculture innovation hub in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The Center for Applied Aquaculture...
Tinubu Supports BRICS Push for Fair, Inclusive Global Development
Point Blank News
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July 7, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s full support for BRICS’ efforts to foster a collective, fair, and inclusive global development framework, emphasizing the urgent need for reform in international governance, finance, and...
What We Owe Our Country
Discourse Magazine
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A bright future. Despite its flaws, the American experiment is the most successful one in history. Image Credit: Elyse Lewin/Getty Images When I was growing up, my mother once told me that, as a parent, her job was to love me unconditionally. That...
Column | What US history reveal about shared global struggles
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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July 7, 2025
As an international student in the United States, I’m often told that I’m here to “learn from America.” And I have. I’ve learned about the Civil Rights Movement, the legacy of slavery, the politics of immigration and the constant negotiation...
Rio Declaration: BRICS calls for more equitable global order
Agencia Brasil
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July 7, 2025
Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the BRICS countries released the Final Declaration of the 17th Summit this Sunday (Jul. 6), highlighting the “importance of the Global South as an engine of positive change, especially in the face of significant...
Milei urges Mercosur to pursue greater trade openness at summit
Buenos Aires Times
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July 3, 2025
President Javier Milei on Thursday urged his Mercosur partners to push for greater trade openness within the bloc as he opened a major summit of the South American bloc in Buenos Aires. Speaking at the opening of the event, the La Libertad Avanza...
Monday 7th July 2025 Football Match Results
The Nigerian Voice
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International Friendlies Senegal vs Guinea 1-0 Club Friendlies TSV Hartberg vs Dynamo Kyiv PP Sion vs Stade Nyonnais PP Napredak Krusevac vs Oleksandriya PP Slovan Liberec vs TSV Hartberg 0-1 Qarabağ vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 4-5 Radnički...
Comprehensive plan report finds county population aging and poverty rate growing
Parker Pioneer - Arizona
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Matrix Design Group of Phoenix is the firm hired by La Paz County to create their comprehensive plan for the next 10 years. In order to create such a plan, Matrix first had to find out where the county was. Their findings were reported in a...
STRONG START, CLEAR VISION: Treñas opens term with action and commitment to inclusive leadership
Panay News
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July 6, 2025
ILOILO City – Barely a week since assuming office, newly installed Mayor Raisa S. Treñas has already made significant strides in delivering on her promise of inclusive, action-oriented governance. From day one, the young Treñas has walked her talk...
Lula Meets With Abu Dhabi Prince
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met on Saturday afternoon (5) at Fort Copacabana in Rio de...
Two-thirds of humanity still lack proper representation in 20th century global institutions: PM Modi
The Hindu
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July 6, 2025
The majority of the world’s population is not properly represented in key global institutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (July 6, 2025), addressing fellow leaders of emerging nations at the BRICS summit in Rio De Janeiro. PM Modi...
Nigeria to face additional 10% tariff for aligning with BRICS – Trump
Nairametrics
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July 7, 2025
President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be among countries facing an additional 10% tariff for aligning with what he described as the “anti-American policies of BRICS.” The U.S. president made the declaration on Sunday via a post on...
No School, No Work: The Worrisome Expansion of LatAm’s ‘Ninis’
Nearshore Americas
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July 17, 2025
Young people in Latin America who neither study nor work — the so-called Ninis — are becoming a ticking time bomb for the region’s economies. There are now 20 million Ninis, making up over 18% of Latin America’s youth aged 15 to 24, according to...