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Business News: July 2025
Chemical Engineering
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July 1, 2025
June 13, 2025 — Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo; www.tosoh.com) plans to increase its production capacity for chloroprene rubber (CR) by adding a second CR production facility at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan City, Japan. The new plant will add 22,000 metric...
Sonesta expands in Latin America with Aken Hotels
Hotels Mag
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Sonesta International Hotels has signed an agreement with Aken Hotels & Resorts to expand its footprint in Latin America. The partnership supports Sonesta’s international growth strategy and will bring Aken’s hotels into Sonesta’s distribution and...
Eat Like a Blue-Zoner: The Best Vegan Recipes Inspired by the Italian Island of Sardinia
VegNews
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June 26, 2025
Laughter, regular long walks, and good relationships with grandparents are just a few of the things that might be helping people on Sardinia, Italy live longer, healthier lives than many of those in the US or the UK. In fact, according to the Blue...
Panama Shuts the Darién—and the Silence Leaves Villages Reeling
LatinAmerican Post
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July 1, 2025
A year after the Darién Gap echoed with the paddles of migrant canoes, the jungle is quiet. President José Raúl Mulino’s hard-liner strategy has throttled crossings, but in river towns like Bajo Chiquito, the aftermath feels like a ghost has...
First-ever Everlove Festival comes to Osler Bluff
Collingwood Today
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Two Collingwood business owners Ariana Novak and Dan Fotopoulos are the force behind new festival running July 4-6 A new festival pushing health and wellness is coming to Osler Bluff next weekend, the brainchild of two Collingwood business owners....
NL’s top attraction: the Newfoundland Insectarium
The Muse
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July 1, 2025
Displaying insects since 1998 Tucked away in Reidville, just outside of Deer Lake, the Newfoundland Insectarium is one of those hidden gems that takes you by surprise. More than just a museum, it’s a buzzing, beautiful space where bugs,...
AP Sports SummaryBrief at 3:33 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Myles Turner will join Bucks, who waive Damian Lillard, AP source says, in a free agency surprise Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived nine-time All-Star Damian Lillard to make the acquisition happen,...
The Debt Is a Burden for Med Students, But There Are Options
Medscape
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For most medical school graduates, the transition from student to practicing physician brings both professional fulfillment and a sobering financial reality. According to the Education Data Initiative, medical school graduates, as of last August,...
Our ocean — let our actions safeguard it for our future generations
Viera Voice - Florida
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This past month, Nice was home to the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3). The conference aims to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water) by encouraging international cooperation, promoting...
Sonesta Executes Definitive Agreement with Aken Hotels & Resorts
Hospitality Net
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July 1, 2025
NEWTON, MA – Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta) today announced the execution of a strategic alliance with AKEN Hotels & Resorts LLC, a distinguished hotel group with a growing presence across South America and the Caribbean. This...
Las Raíces de la Resiliencia
WUFT - Florida
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June 24, 2025
Escrito por Alex Land. Traducido por Gabriella Chavez. SARAPIQUÍ, COSTA RICA — En el verde y abundante paisaje rural de Sarapiquí, en el norte-centro de Costa Rica, María Luz Jiménez se destaca entre los agricultores del país. Jiménez cultiva...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...
Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 1 de julio: Trump en “Alligator Alcatraz”, Bondi sobre México y semifinales Copa Oro
KVIA - Texas
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July 1, 2025
Por CNN en Español Trump visitará hoy el centro de detención de inmigrantes “Alligator Alcatraz”. Pam Bondi llamó “adversario extranjero” a México por una sola razón. Investigan el hallazgo de 383 cuerpos en un crematorio en Ciudad Juárez,...
Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC
Sabrang India
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July 1, 2025
Over sixty former civil servants have released an open letter to the Supreme Court expressing fear at the outcome of the pending challenge to the FCAA 2023, stating that it is possible that this may possibly be compromised considering the conflict...
The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict
14ymedio
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July 1, 2025
The defense will submit its briefs for the conclusion of the summary on July 11. The hearing lasted almost seven hours, from 8:30 in the morning / Courtesy 14ymedio, Miami, June 24, 2025 — Cuban scientist Oscar Casanella, a member of the San...
Trump’s migrant deportations to Central America run into legal hurdles
El País
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June 27, 2025
The agreements reached by various Central American countries to receive migrants deported from the United States are running into new legal obstacles. In El Salvador, a letter signed by 12 U.N. experts and made public this week urgently calls on...
OAS SG outlines comprehensive financial reform strategy as Antigua and Barbuda praised for “excellent” hosting of landmark Assembly
The Antigua Observer
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July 1, 2025
By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Ambassador Albert Ramdin unveiled his multi-pronged approach to addressing his organisation’s chronic financial crisis during Friday night’s...
World Bank appoints new Country Manager for Armenia
Public Radio of Armenia
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July 1, 2025
The World Bank has appointed Fabrizio Zarcone as its new Country Manager for Armenia, effective July 1, 2025. An Italian national, Zarcone brings more than two decades of development experience to the role, including leadership positions across...
PAHO launches birth defects data platform for Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 27, 2025
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new interactive platform to track birth defects across Latin America and the Caribbean. The Birth Defects Repository in the Americas compiles real-time data from national surveillance...
Obscure Deals Shadow China’s ‘Gift’ Diplomacy
Dialogo Magazine
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June 30, 2025
El Salvador’s new $500 million stadium with a 50,000-seat capacity, under construction and financed by China — a gift from Beijing — is expected to be completed by mid-2027. The large-scale construction that will rise in Antiguo Cuscatlán, is...