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Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Avocado sector fights back after Wimbledon ban #WorldAvocadoOrganisation #Wimbledon
Leisure Opportunities
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July 9, 2025
Job opportunities The Pickaquoy Centre £30,900pa + Local Govt Pension + attractive benefits package location: Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom more jobs The World Avocado Organisation (WAO) has warned Wimbledon that banning avocados from its menus...
Juez envía a prisión en Colombia a mujer implicada en el ataque al precandidato Miguel Uribe
Los Angeles Times
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June 18, 2025
BOGOTÁ — Un juez colombiano ordenó el martes enviar a la cárcel a una mujer señalada de presuntamente participar en el ataque a tiros en un mitin político contra el senador y precandidato presidencial Miguel Uribe Turbay, quien se encuentra en...
Coljuegos expands operations to combat illegal gambling in Colombia
Gambling Insider
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The Colombian regulator has confiscated nearly 100 unlicensed gambling devices in recent operations as part of broader efforts to combat illegal betting nationwide. By Gambling Insider Key points: - 96 unauthorized gambling machines were seized in...
Silver and blue economies gaining ground in coloured economy
Jamaica Observer
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July 9, 2025
The silver economy, which centers on the needs and contributions of older citizens, is becoming increasingly relevant as Jamaica’s population ages. By 2025, data from the Ministry of Health and Wellness suggest that approximately 17 per cent of...
Arrests made but no answers in attempted assassination of Colombia’s Miguel Uribe Turbay: Perspective
Latin America Reports
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June 17, 2025
Bogotá, Colombia — Colombia continues to speculate over who is behind last week’s assassination attempt of Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and pre-candidate for the 2026 presidential election, gunned down in a public park during a rally...
Photos Show Where US and China Have Sent Hospital Ships
Newsweek
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June 18, 2025
Both China and the United States, rivals in the contest for naval dominance in the Pacific, have recently deployed naval hospital ships. USNS Comfort has been conducting a medical mission in Latin America since May 30, according to the U.S. Navy....
Closing the extractive frontier: An interview with Colombia’s former Minister of Mines and Energy Andrés Camacho
LINKS
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June 18, 2025
First published at Phenomenal World. Today, more than half of Colombia’s export revenues come from coal and fossil fuels. The industry employs roughly 100,000 people, a quarter of which are unionized through the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO). In...
Houston's Valeria Gonzalez defies odds in pursuit of Miss Universe Honduras crown
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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HOUSTON - Valeria Gonzalez, a local Houston resident and student at Sam Houston State University, is set to compete in the Miss Universe Honduras competition, representing the department of Copan. Her journey to the pageant stage is a testament to...
Covid bullying — civil society slams Big Pharma’s non-disclosure vaccine deals
Daily Maverick
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June 16, 2025
Civil society groups across the world have contributed to expanding accountability in the pharmaceutical industry through strategic litigation, particularly when it comes to issues of price transparency for vaccines and medicines. This is...
Shooting victim Colombia Senator Uribe Turbay critical after brain surgery
St. Kitts Gazette
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June 16, 2025
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is reported to be in extremely critical condition after undergoing surgery to tend to a brain bleed, just more than a week after being shot in the head during a campaign event. The attack was part of an...
Inside the Indigenous ‘land back’ movement in Colombia
Resilience
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June 17, 2025
Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the Amazon rainforest, a world unfathomably greater...
Georgia State Students Collaborate in Virtual Exchange With Students in Colombia, Egypt
Georgia State University
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June 17, 2025
ATLANTA — Andrew Young School of Policy Studies faculty Glenwood Ross and Cyntoria Johnson have led study abroad programs for years. This spring, however, not one student left their seat as they were led to better understand economics and criminal...
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Meghan Markle Teases Her "Fun Life" Behind the Scenes After Her Viral Hospital Dance
InStyle
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Meghan Markle is addressing her viral "baby momma" dancing video for the first time in a new interview. The As Ever founder recently shared a throwback clip of her dancing in the hospital room while giving birth to her daughter Lilibet. In a sneak...
¿Qué pasó en el atentado contra Miguel Uribe Turbay, senador colombiano? Lo que se sabe del ataque y los sospechosos
KESQ-TV - California
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June 16, 2025
Por Gerardo Lemos, Fernando Ramos y Sol Amaya, CNN en Español El senador y precandidato presidencial colombiano Miguel Uribe Turbay sufrió un atentado en Bogotá el 7 de junio en un evento de campaña. Ya son tres los detenidos por el ataque. El...
Cardinal seeks dialogue to find solutions for violence in Colombia
Crux Now
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June 16, 2025
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Amid a growing wave of violence in Colombia, the Church decided to play an active role in promoting peace, calling President Gustavo Petro and other authorities to dialogue. There is a tragic phenomenon taking place in the...
Supreme Court Suspends Injunction Preventing RFK Jr.'s HHS Cuts
BioSpace
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay in favor of the Trump administration on Tuesday, allowing the sweeping reorganizations of federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to proceed. A California court in May...
Detienen a una tercera persona por el ataque contra el senador colombiano Miguel Uribe Turbay
KVIA - Texas
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June 16, 2025
Por Sol Amaya, CNN en Español Una tercera persona fue arrestada en el marco de la investigación por el ataque al senador y precandidato presidencial de Colombia Miguel Uribe Turbay. Según informó la Fiscalía General de la Nación, una mujer, a la...
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: CDC Vaccine Committee Layoffs, Diet-Related NCDs in Kenya, and Deforestation Progress in the Amazon
Food Tank - Maryland
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June 16, 2025
Each week, Food Tank is rounding up a few news stories that inspire excitement, infuriation, or curiosity. New Data Show Regenerative Practices Outperform Conventional Farming in Europe A new study by the European Alliance for Regenerative...
Group of trekkers taking to the stage for first pantomime in aid of hospital
Salisbury Journal
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The friends, who all met on fundraising expeditions for the Stars Appeal - Salisbury Hospital's charity - will take to the stage in June at Winterslow Village Hall to perform Dick Whittington Goes Trekking. The idea for the pantomime came about on...