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A Nicaraguan View from the Frontlines: Revolution, Reconciliation, and Resistance
CovertAction Magazine
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June 26, 2025
[Source: Photo courtesy of Jennifer Aist] “Democracy in the U.S. has never been functional. It’s just in some laws, but it has never been implemented. There’s a huge misinformation campaign going on in the U.S., and media is manipulating people...
Where Is NFF? Mikel Obi, Siasia Remind Us of 2016 Olympics Logistic Failures
This Day
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June 28, 2025
The sporting world is again captivated by the never-ending drama surrounding Nigeria’s tumultuous last-minute arrival at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. A competition where, against all odds, Nigeria attained a hard-earned men’s football...
Not Just A Fish Story
Fort Myers Florida Weekly
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June 25, 2025
How Florida’s aquaculture is helping feed a growing planet Grace Ju Miller is just as at home hauling tilapia from a Florida fish pond as she is earning degrees from top universities nationwide. A childhood immigrant from the Philippines, Miller...
Activists gather at Peace Garden to draw attention to 'disappeared' migrants
The Batavian - New York
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June 27, 2025
About 18 people turned out to the International Peace Garden on late Thursday afternoon to protest the current immigration policy under President Donald Trump, accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents of "disappearing" migrants without...
Some immigrants chose to leave the US. But is ‘self-deportation’ really becoming a thing?
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Their stories have emerged in new reports and on social media feeds: individuals and families, sometimes of mixed immigration status, who have lived in the United States for years and are now choosing to leave. Or, as it’s sometimes called,...
EU proposes eel trade restriction despite opposition from Japan
Japan Times
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June 28, 2025
Brussels – The European Union on Friday proposed making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an international treaty to protect endangered species — a move that Japan opposes. The EU, along with the Dominican...
The Home Depot parking lot labor economy is at heart of Trump's ICE immigration battle
CNBC
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June 27, 2025
U.S. Border Patrol and protesters clash after a raid was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement near a Home Depot on June 7, 2025 in Paramount, California. Around 30 agents wearing tactical gear were stationed near a Home Depot in...
Guyana asks OAS members to support its candidate for IICA Director General post
Guyana Chronicle
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June 27, 2025
THE Government of Guyana presented to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which will meet until Friday in Antigua and Barbuda, its request for support from the countries of the continent for its candidate Muhammad...
AP News Summary at 7:57 a.m. EDT
The Porterville Recorder - California
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Trump says US has signed a deal with China on trade, without giving details BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has signed an agreement with China on trade and expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard...
Two men found guilty in deaths of 53 migrants in Texas will spend rest of their lives in prison
The Guardian
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June 28, 2025
Two men face spending the rest of their lives in prison after a federal judge sentenced them on Friday for their roles in the deaths of 53 people – including six children – who were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022. A...
ICE Detains a Respected Immigrant Journalist
The New Yorker
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June 28, 2025
“La Boca del Lobo,” a 2019 Times short documentary, follows the work of Mario Guevara, a reporter based in the outskirts of Atlanta who has a large audience among Latino immigrants in the area. In one scene, a woman tells Guevara that her husband,...
EU Proposes Eel Trade Restriction Despite Japan’s Opposition
The Japan News
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June 28, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Grilled eel Jiji Press 16:03 JST, June 28, 2025 BRUSSELS (Jiji Press) — The European Union on Friday proposed making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an international treaty to...
At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA
Antigua.News
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June 27, 2025
Also present are the foreign ministers of several Caribbean countries, including the host, Antigua and Barbuda, as well as the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
From F1 to Evita: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
The Guardian
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June 28, 2025
Going out: Cinema M3gan 2.0 Out now Hitting the sweet spot between camp value and genuine entertainment that’s often surprisingly hard to manage in horror, the first M3ganGAN film saw a sassy artificially intelligent doll slay in both senses of...
Cielo Coffee Roasters Takes Flight at Penrose in Kansas City
Daily Coffee News
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June 25, 2025
The Novel and Penrose building in Kansas City. All images courtesy of Cielo Coffee Roasters. The clouds have parted and the runway is clear for a new boutique coffee roaster outside Kansas City, Missouri, called Cielo Coffee Roasters. Led by Kyle...
Guyana Seeks OAS Support for IICA Top Post as Assembly Meets in Antigua
Antigua News Room
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June 26, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA The Government of Guyana presented to the General Assembly of the...
For Canada, the real Gold Cup starts now
Winnipeg Free Press
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June 28, 2025
Opinion After getting some rest, dressing their wounds and departing the heat of southeast Texas, the Canadian men’s national team will shortly get back to doing what they entered the Gold Cup to do. That is, playing football. Ah yes, the...
Tariffs Threaten Tobacco Accessories, Supply Chain as Retailers Adapt
Convenience Store Decisions
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June 26, 2025
As on-again, off-again tariffs roil markets, retailers are watching for possible impacts on the tobacco category while customers are pulling back on spending and finding opportunities to trade down. According to Observatory of Economic Complexity,...
2025 Gold Cup, Matchday 10: Match thread and discussion
Stars and Stripes FC - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
Groups B and C will be decided tonight in the final day of group stage play at the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. Group C is up first, as Panama will take on Jamaica and Guadeloupe and Guatemala will clash in the early time slot. After that, it’s Group...
Mega Prisons, Maximum Security: Bukele’s El Salvador Inspires a Regional Trend.
El Salvador in English
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June 28, 2025
The Salvadoran prison model promoted by President Nayib Bukele is gaining momentum beyond national borders, as several Latin American countries move to replicate both the infrastructure and administrative approach of El Salvador’s penitentiary...