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The road ahead: Control and operations centre in Bolombolo, Colombia, by El Equipo Mazzanti and ContraFuerte
The Architectural Review
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June 30, 2025
The second in a series of roadside service centres by El Equipo Mazzanti and ContraFuerte in Antioquia, Colombia, promises public uses that are yet to materialise Contributing around 14 per cent to GDP, the department of Antioquia is Colombia’s...
Natural Disasters Claim 84 Lives in Colombia, Pakistan, and Sudan
Tempo.co
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June 30, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Throughout the past week, there have been reports of mourning from various parts of the world. Various natural disasters and accidents have claimed at least 84 lives. There were landslides in Colombia, widespread flooding in...
What Is Zumba? How Did It Dance Its Way From Colombia To Kerala School Controversy?
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 12:36 IST Kerala Zumba Controversy: While state is firm on its stance, Muslim organisations and cultural groups have objected to the plan, raising concerns over mixed-gender dancing, attire Kerala zumba controversy:...
Explainer: How Colombia has driven the global increase in illegal cocaine production
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Here’s what it shows about the worldwide cocaine market. Where does cocaine come from? The coca plant, the main ingredient for cocaine, is primarily cultivated in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Colombia drove the recent increase in illegal cocaine...
Panama Logistics Hub Gains Traction
Newsroom Panama
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June 29, 2025
Amazon and several U.S. companies are actively evaluating Panama as a supply hub, turning Central America’s powerhouse into a potential regional logistics hub. Indeed, Panama’s geographic position and infrastructure upgrades make it an ideal...
Juan Angel bring his game from Colombia for Golfweek PNW Senior
Golfweek - Virginia
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Even though Juan Angel has been playing golf since he was 9 years old, it’s the little things that have come together recently. And those make all the difference. Angel, at 55 years old, is ranked No. 232 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and is...
Juan Angel brings his game from Colombia to U.S. senior circuit for Golfweek PNW Senior
Yahoo Sports
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Even though Juan Angel has been playing golf since he was 9 years old, it’s the little things that have come together recently. And those make all the difference. Angel, at 55 years old, is ranked No. 232 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and is...
UNODC warns of “new era of global instability” with cocaine production
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) According to the latest report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), worldwide cocaine production reached an unprecedented high in 2023. The report highlights significant increases in drug seizures, the number of...
Paraguay’s growing pork industry looks to expand in Asia
Buenos Aires Herald
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June 28, 2025
Paraguay has been known for many years solely as an agricultural country, with soybeans as its leading product, and, to a lesser extent, as a cattle-raising country with beef production. The country is currently positioning itself on the global...
Global cocaine production hits record high as drug use and deaths surge
Weekly Blitz
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June 28, 2025
In a stark warning on the state of the world’s drug crisis, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has revealed that global cocaine production surged to an unprecedented all-time high in 2023. The UN’s annual report, released on June...
Colombia Ancient DNA Reveals Ghost People Lost to History
LatinAmerican Post
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June 27, 2025
High in Colombia’s Eastern Andes, scientists have recovered DNA from hunter-gatherer skeletons that belonged to a vanished human lineage—one that predates Indigenous groups alive today and had disappeared long before the Roman Empire, challenging...
Charting the Global Economy: Consumer Spending Weakens in US
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- US consumers are growing tired, according to fresh data that showed cutbacks in spending on big-ticket goods and services, extending a first-quarter demand slowdown. Most Read from Bloomberg Inflation-adjusted consumer spending...
Avianca, Amazon boost Bogotá–Miami freighter service to twice daily
STAT Trade Times
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June 28, 2025
Colombian cargo carrier Avianca Cargo and Amazon Air have expanded their Bogotá–Miami freighter service to twice-daily flights. At the 2025 TIACA Executive Summit in Hong Kong, Avianca Cargo CEO Diogo Elias confirmed that the freighter service,...
Colombia to reject key US extradition requests
The Messenger - Kentucky
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Colombia's new justice minister told AFP on Thursday that some key drug extraditions to the United States "will be suspended," even if it worsens already frayed ties with Washington. Eduardo Montealegre said the leftist government's priority would...
Perus Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Mint
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June 27, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
Should Australia have a babies-for-profit industry? Some think so
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 27, 2025
For Daniel and Michael Montgomery-Morgan, becoming parents wasn't easy. It took four years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring their daughter Spencer into the world. "We really questioned whether we're meant to be parents. It's not a...
Should Australia have a babies-for-profit industry? Some think so
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 27, 2025
For Daniel and Michael Montgomery-Morgan, becoming parents wasn't easy. It took four years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring their daughter Spencer into the world. "We really questioned whether we're meant to be parents. It's not a...
Production and consumption of coffee projected at records, says USDA
Times LIVE
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Global coffee production and consumption are projected to reach new historical peaks in the 2025/26 season that starts in October, the US department of agriculture (USDA) said in a report on Wednesday. The USDA projected that global production...
Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
AOL
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
How passionate Colombians are shaking up Cartagena's cultural scene
AOL
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Locals make up the vibrant street scene in Cartagena's Getsemani district. Photograph by Karolina WiercigrochThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The roar of scooters battles with the beat of salsa and the bellows of...