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Behind the national workers’ strike in Panama: An interview with union leader José Cambra
Green Left
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July 18, 2025
Large sections of Panama’s working class have been mobilising since April in nationwide strikes and protests against the José Raúl Mulino government. Teachers were the first to walk off and have maintained an indefinite national strike for more...
The Beer Store adds locations to closures
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 19, 2025
9 views Bolivia’s Congress descended into chaos as opposition lawmakers and allies of Evo Morales clashed over controversial lithium contracts with China and Russia. Watch as debates turn violent — the energy minister was drenched with water and...
How Cuban and Jamaican Criminals Became Eswatini’s Unlikely Prison Guests
LatinAmerican Post
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July 18, 2025
In a move that stunned immigration watchers, the U.S. deported five violent convicts—including men from Cuba and Jamaica—not to their homelands, but to Eswatini, a tiny monarchy in Africa now grappling with the consequences of an unprecedented...
Trump intenta reescribir la historia sobre haber sido “engañado” por Putin
KESQ-TV - California
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July 15, 2025
Análisis Aaron Blake, CNN Queda por ver cuán duradero y severo será el giro del presidente Donald Trump contra Vladímir Putin. Trump ha criticado al mandatario ruso en términos sin precedentes en los últimos días y ha dado señales de que enviará...
Socialist Communes and Anti-Imperialism: The Marxist Approach
Venezuelanalysis
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July 15, 2025
“The direct antithesis to the empire was the Commune.” –Karl Marx, The Civil War in France Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has gone hand in hand with ruthless assaults on the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, all of it...
Latin America positions itself as a global green hydrogen leader by 2050
United Press International (UPI)
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The first interurban bus powered by green hydrogen in Chile, put on display in October 2023, is a project promoted by the state agency Corporation for the Promotion of Production and the company Foton, represented by Andes Motor. File Photo by...
Water scarcity in Los Cabos hits locals as resorts and golf courses use millions of liters daily
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 19, 2025
Water scarcity in Los Cabos hits working‑class neighborhoods hard as luxury resorts and golf courses draw millions of liters daily, leaving thousands of families without reliable access. Los Cabos is celebrated worldwide for its pristine golf...
Spain and Ireland to join more than 20 states to declare ‘concrete measures’ against Israel
Middle East Eye
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July 10, 2025
More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye. The “emergency summit” is due to be held on 15-16 July, co-hosted by the...
‘Foundations of Our Shared Humanity at Risk,’ UNRWA’s Lazzarini Tells Hague Group
The Palestine Chronicle
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July 16, 2025
Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), By Palestine Chronicle Staff “This is not only a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a crisis for international humanitarian law and the rules-based international...
Colombia hosts first Hague Group summit to finalize action against Israel’s Gaza offensive
El País
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July 15, 2025
Colombia will host the first emergency ministerial summit of the Hague Group this week. The meeting, scheduled for Bogotá on July 15 and 16, seeks to coordinate concrete actions, including “legal and diplomatic measures,” against Israel’s...
Cabo San Lucas fireboat AINA enters final testing phase
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 19, 2025
Cabo San Lucas fireboat AINA enters final testing phase as Mexico’s first fireboat operated by a local department, backed by Wild Cabo and Bisbee’s Mexico with over 5 million pesos in private support. The Cabo San Lucas Fire and Rescue Department...
Fearless at 14
The Malaysian Star
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July 19, 2025
At the tender age of 14, when most teenagers are busy trying to find their footing in the world, Lisa Lu founded the International Youth Tobacco Control (IYTC) – an initiative focused on innovative youth-led tobacco prevention strategies and...
Oman's passport improves rankings with more visa-free access
Oman Observer
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July 22, 2025
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman's Passport has been improving its rankings consistently from 67th in 2018 to 56 in 2025, based on several countries, including China and Russia, announcing visa-exemption for Omanis, according to the latest Henley...
Parker Council approves ordinance for marijuana facilities
Parker Pioneer - Arizona
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By a 4-2 vote, the Parker Town Council approved an ordinance, No. 01-2025, regarding rules and regulations allowing for the establishment and operation of medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries within the town limits. At the Council’s...
Hague Group Confronts Israel Over Gaza
Consortium News
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July 18, 2025
The U.S. is now expected to pressure other countries not to sign on to the joint action plan announced by the 12 countries in Bogota, Mick Hall reports. Portion of the skyline of Bogota, Colombia. (CAPRA Initiative/Flickr/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 By Mick...
To end the Gaza genocide, the Global South takes justice into its own hands
New Internationalist
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July 18, 2025
Kate McMahon reports from Bogotá as states gather for emergency meeting to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Twelve states from across the Global South made history this week by announcing unprecedented measures to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza....
Here's everyone who filed for office in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender
Star News - North Carolina
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The 2025 Municipal Election candidate filing period ended July 18. The election will be held on November 4, with early voting starting October 16. Candidates are listed for various positions across New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties. As...
Reporting on the economy of genocide
The Manila Times
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July 18, 2025
SO explosive is the last report of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, that she immediately became the only UN rapporteur to be sanctioned by a United States...
BRICS 2025 and the Indian dilemma
The Express Tribune
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July 15, 2025
Listen to article The 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro concluded without the presence of the presidents of China, Russia and Iran. Russia and Iran were represented by their foreign ministers, and China by their premier. The theme of this year's...
The 17th BRICS Summit, 2025
Diplomacy & Beyond Plus
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July 9, 2025
The 17th BRICS Summit was convened on July 6-7, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro under Brazil’s presidency, alongside 11 permanent members of BRICS, the newest being Indonesia, 9 partner countries, 8 invitee countries, and 7 heads of international...