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Dry-running hydrogen compressors’ performance overhauled
Engineering News
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A plant in South Africa, which was losing up to 20% of output owing to frequent downtime over more than ten years, experienced a turnaround in performance owing to a range of solutions from US-based, global reciprocating compressor solutions firm...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
This dental clinic is bringing confidence and smiles to underserved communities
The Union Democrat - California
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When Cheryl Martinez enrolled in an addiction recovery program last May, one of her first orders of business was calling Ms. Darlene. Martinez had just spent a few months in jail and was sent to a recovery center in North County, after decades of...
12 Ultra-Aged Gold Medal Rums Under $100 You Have To Buy
Forbes
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Glass of rum on the rocks with cigar in front of a cask getty If you think rum is just for tropical cocktails, think again. Ultra-aged rums are some of the most complex, flavorful, and underrated spirits in the world. Whether sipped neat, used in...
Screwworm cases cause border closures for livestock imports
El Paso Times - Texas
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New cases of the New World Screwworms in Veracruz, Mexico have caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to once again close southern borders to livestock days after reopening them. On Tuesday, July 8, the National Service of Agro-Alimentary...
Crowley Expands Caribbean and Central America Service with Newest LNG Container Ship
Offshore Source - Florida
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Crowley’s newest, LNG-powered containership Tiscapa began its inaugural service on July 10, adding faster, bigger options for timely ocean cargo transport around the US Caribbean and Central America. Like its sister ships in the Avance Class,...
America, ‘nation of immigrants,’ turns on immigrants: A conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Real News Network
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July 9, 2025
For generations, the Statue of Liberty has stood as a beacon representing the promise of America as a land of freedom and opportunity for immigrants from all over the world. But in 2025, as immigrant communities are being vilified and terrorized...
Religiosas en México acompañan a migrantes ‘atrapados’ por políticas de EU
Texas Catholic
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July 10, 2025
Hermanas católicas apoyan a quienes no pueden avanzar ni regresar a sus países. Por Rhina Guidos/ Global Sisters Report Es difícil saber cuántos han pasado por el mural en el albergue administrado por las Hermanas Josefinas en Ciudad de México y...
Mother Cabrini's sisters carry on missionary's zeal to 'heal the wounds of humanity'
Detroit Catholic
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July 11, 2025
CHICAGO (OSV News) -- On the 175th anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini's birth July 15, the sisters of the order she founded continue on with her tireless work of service to those in need, especially immigrants. The Missionary Sisters of the...
The world could get carved up into these 3 blocs as Trump tariffs accelerate deglobalization
Fortune
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The era of lower trade barriers and greater economic interdependence is waning, and President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade war is further stoking that trend. Economists at Wells Fargo recently sketched out a hypothetical scenario where the...
New UN brief prompts growing global action against transnational repression
International Service for Human Rights
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July 11, 2025
On 30 June 2025, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched its first–ever brief on transnational repression (TNR) at a side event during the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The event brought...
Beijing joins hands with global partners to build digital-friendly city
The Nation
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July 5, 2025
BEIJING - “The question is not whether global digital transformation will continue, but whether we can ensure its benefits are inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all,” UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in China, James George, delivered...
FLOP: Without Russia’s Putin and China’s XI, the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro Is Emptied, Reflecting Brazil’s Lula da Silva Disastrous Foreign Policy
The Gateway Pundit
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July 6, 2025
BRICS Members today (6) at the BRICS Summit at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil – By Indian Prime Minister’s Office/Wiki Commons A few days ago, British magazine The Economist ran a piece called: ‘Brazil’s president is losing clout abroad and unpopular...
175 years later, St. Frances Cabrini remains a model of courage
Catholic Courier - New York
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July 10, 2025
(OSV News) — Before the great wave of Hispanic immigration that swept the U.S. in the last several decades, historians spoke of four main periods of Catholic immigration linked to four ethnic groups: the Irish (peaking in the 1850s), the Germans...
What is BRICS and why does it matter?
Deutsche Welle
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July 3, 2025
Leaders of the world's fast-growing BRICS economies gather in Rio de Janeiro this weekend, promising to strengthen trade and technology exchange within the bloc in the shadow of US President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Brazilian President Luiz...
New measures adopted by Donald Trump against Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 11, 2025
After failing to overthrow the Cuban Revolution for six decades, the hawks in Washington, supported by wealthy Cuban-American mafiosi who profit from their dirty policy, have continued to intensify their genocidal hostility against a people who...
Trump’s 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods Could Make US Coffee Prices Soar
Daily Coffee News
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July 10, 2025
United States President Donald Trump yesterday announced a sweeping 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports, up from the 10% tariff initially introduced in April. Beyond the sordid political context — Trump said the tariffs were related to the “witch...
US Prepares to Combat New World Screwworm Outbreak Using Sterile Flies
Times News Global
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July 11, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is mobilizing to combat an outbreak of New World screwworms, a flesh-eating insect threatening livestock health along the southwestern border. This initiative involves aerial dispersal of sterilized flies to...
Forbes includes Peru's Lenin Tamayo, Creator of Quechua Pop, in its Under 30 list
Andina
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July 11, 2025
Among the more than 150 selected from across the region, Peruvian Lenin Tamayo stands out. Tamayo is the creator of Q'Pop (Quechua Pop), an innovative genre that fuses Andean rhythms, Quechua, and K-pop. He is also the only Quechua artist featured...
Immigration enforcement should be proportional
Florida Catholic
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ORLANDO | So 40 miles due east from Everglades City and 55 miles due west from downtown Miami lies a center of controversy surrounding the complicated issue of immigration. “Alligator Alcatraz,” as it has become known, is in Ochopee, Florida,...