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A New Wave of Affordable EVs Are Landing on Latin American Shores. Let’s Check Some of Them!
CleanTechnica
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July 6, 2025
Chinese EVs started arriving early on in Latin America, if only by a trickle of old workhorses such as the BYD E6 (back when European EVs were nearly as affordable as the Chinese ones, and with much better design). Entering the mainstream took...
Despite U.S. Pressure on Lebanon to Disarm Hizbullah, Tehran Alone Has the Leverage to Make It Happen
Daily Alert
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July 10, 2025
The US ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, returned to Beirut on Monday to hear what the Lebanese had to say about a proposal he had presented two weeks ago. Not long after his arrival, he declared he was “satisfied and grateful...
Watch out! New ant species in Spain can cause intense allergies and blind your pets
Euro Weekly News
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July 10, 2025
Climate change and warmer weather in Spain have facilitated the arrival of ant species from Latin America. When a fire ant stings a person, they will feel a sharp, burning pain. Multiple fire ant bites can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, swelling...
Global envoys call for urgent climate action at international conclave in Bhubaneswar
Orissa Post
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July 10, 2025
Bhubaneswar: Ambassadors and diplomats from eight countries Thursday voiced concern over the growing impact of climate change and global warming, calling for urgent and focused global action to protect the planet. Spain’s ambassador Juan Antonio...
BRICS aims to take lead in creating institutions in new fields such as AI — analyst
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. BRICS countries aim to set up international institutions in such new areas as artificial intelligence and climate finance, said Igor Makarov, head of the World Economy Department at the National Research University Higher...
Prabowo Says Brazilian President Will Lead Businesspeople to Indonesia
Tempo.co
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July 10, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Prabowo Subianto stated that President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will bring hundreds of businesspeople to Indonesia. Prabowo conveyed this in a joint press statement during a meeting with Brazilian President...
PM Modi To Meet South American, Caribbean Leaders On BRICS Summit Sidelines In Brazil
StratNews Global
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July 7, 2025
Home South America PM Modi To Meet South American, Caribbean Leaders On BRICS Summit Sidelines... As India eyes permanent membership in global decision-making bodies and ramps up its green transition, Latin America offers critical support, votes...
Vulgarity of Money
Dissident Voice
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July 10, 2025
Several times, the question arose of whether Menachem Begin saw any comparison between the struggle of the Palestinians and the Jews’ War of Independence. Once, Mike Wallace, the well-known American interviewer asked him directly, “Mr. Prime...
Colombia’s BRI Entry: Sovereignty Versus Development
Dialogo Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Colombia formalized its accession to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the ambitious strategic plan led by China to expand its global influence through massive investments in infrastructure, transportation, and technology. This announcement...
Progressive leaders' Summit in Santiago announced
MercoPress
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Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC The gathering at La Moneda is expected to last about four hours Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font will host a “High-Level Meeting Democracy Forever” Summit on July 21 at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago...
Peru Women vs Chile Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 12th 2025
Sportskeeda
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July 10, 2025
Peru Women and Chile Women will begin their 2025 Copa America Femenino campaign when they square off on Saturday (July 12th). The game will be played at Estadio Banco Guayaquil. The Peruvians finalized preparations for this tournament with a 3-2...
Educating in the 20th century for 21st century problems
Latinoamerica21
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July 7, 2025
Across much of Latin America, university academic offerings continue to follow an educational model inherited from the last century. The most in-demand degrees are still Law, Business Administration, Medicine, Civil Engineering, or Accounting,...
American Gun Violence Goes Global
Foreign Affairs
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July 9, 2025
Gun violence has become a staple of daily life in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the United States suffered over 600 mass shootings—defined as incidents in which at least four people were killed or injured, not including...
Does the football season ever really end?
The Athletic
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July 10, 2025
“Let’s hear it for the boys — make some noise!” cries the voice over the public address system at Park Hall Stadium on a beautiful summer evening. It’s July 8, in Oswestry, an English market town that’s only three miles from the Welsh border and...
Bangladesh’s Democratic Promise Hangs in the Balance
Inter Press Service
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July 7, 2025
Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Economy & Trade, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Inequality, Labour, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Abdul Goni/Reuters via Gallo Images...
Sam Altman’s AI Empire Relies on Brutal Labor Exploitation
Jacobin
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Review of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao (Penguin Press, 2025) Artificial intelligence (AI) is quite possibly the most hyped technology in history. For well over half a century, the potential for AI to...
Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Dinah Pounds, presents new tour guides with their Green Badges
Cambridge Independent
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July 9, 2025
An actress, a paleontologist, a financial services manager, a Clare College porter, a musician, a retired schoolteacher, and a former head of transport strategy at Cambridgeshire County Council were among the new batch of Cambridge Green Badge...
Brazil, Peru show biggest gaps in student outcomes in Latin America, report says
United Press International (UPI)
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July 7 (UPI) -- A new regional report highlights sharp disparities in student achievement across Latin America, driven by socioeconomic status and gender. Brazil and Peru top the list for inequality, while Chile and Uruguay show higher levels of...
"Guiteras" Sugar Mill Concludes the Most Difficult Harvest Ever
Periódico 26
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After several days of waiting for essential resources for agro-industrial machinery and automotive and rail transport, it was inevitable that the Antonio Guiteras sugar mill would enter the liquidation phase of the harvest. Las Tunas, Cuba.-...
PM Modi takes aim at China’s rare-earth stranglehold: ‘Prevent weaponisation’
The Indian Express
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July 7, 2025
BRICS countries must work together to secure supply chains for critical minerals and ensure no country uses these resources as a “weapon” against others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the annual summit.In his address at a session on...