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Factbox-Uribe joins list of former Latin American presidents with criminal convictions
Audio By Carbonatix By Kylie Madry and Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) -A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official, making him the first ex-president in the country’s history...

Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways There are...

Socialist Communes and Anti-Imperialism: The Marxist Approach
“The direct antithesis to the empire was the Commune.” –Karl Marx, The Civil War in France Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has gone hand in hand with ruthless assaults on the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, all of it...

Trendsetters in Trump’s America
DC Pathak (The writer is a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau. Views are personal) Amidst criticism of US President Donald Trump for making executive directives a principal instrument of governance in a democratic dispensation, many...

Screwworm Scare Highlights Ongoing Cattle Trafficking Loopholes in Southern Mexico
Amid growing concerns over the spread of the screwworm parasite, Mexico’s national ranchers union is calling for tougher actions to halt the trafficking of cattle smuggled from Central America to Mexico and the United States. Mexico’s National...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska
Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration....

State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The United States is building an unprecedented network of deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals with around a third of the world’s nations to expel immigrants to places where they do not hold citizenship. Once exiled, these third-country...

Georgina Forbes
Georgina Forbes CHELSEA — Georgina “Dinny” Forbes, Artist, Activist, Therapist, and Visionary, Dies at 82 Georgina “Dinny” Forbes died peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Jack Byrne Center in Hanover, NH on Friday, June 27, 2025. The cause of...

The Trump Administration and Temporary Protected Status
On July 8, 2025, the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras and Nicaragua. The notice was the latest in a series of actions aimed at reducing the number of countries designated for TPS status as part of the...

Trump’s immigration policy shakes up the elder care sector: ‘Losing these caregivers is a profound blow’
Florida has historically been an oasis for retirees. Nearly a third of the state’s elder care workforce is concentrated in the south end of the peninsula, between Miami and Palm Beach. For a long time, newly arrived immigrants were a reliable...

The mirage of a Palestinian state
First published in Arabic at Al-Quds al-Arabi. Translation from Gilbert Achcar's blog. More countries recognizing a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is positive in terms of its symbolic impact in recognizing the Palestinian people’s...

El Salvador Expands Global Reach with Exports to 111 Countries.
El Salvador’s export sector experienced a significant boost in June 2025, with shipments reaching $574 million—marking the second-highest monthly growth this year and reflecting a 12.5% increase in value, according to data released by the Central...

What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, July 28
We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list of the...

University of Glasgow invites applications for 2025 MBA scholarship
The University of Glasgow is inviting applications for its MBA Scholarship for the September 2025 intake. Aimed at supporting high-achieving and self-funded candidates from around the world, the scholarship package includes both full and partial...

13 Examples of Multilateral Organisations
A multilateral organisation is an entity created by three or more countries to address issues of mutual interest that require collective action. These organisations typically operate on a global or regional scale and focus on areas such as...

How Minneapolis Turned Into Somalia
Milton Friedman once said, “Nothing is as permanent as a temporary government program.” The income tax — both in this country and in Britain — was supposed to be a temporary measure to finance wars (in our case, the Civil War). Farm subsidies were...
Legal Notices for the Week of July 23 – July 29, 2025
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 1. The name of the limited liability company is GLASS MASTERS 801 LLC. 2. The address of the registered office in Arizona is 3311 E. Andy Devine Ave., Kingman, AZ 86401. 3. The statutory agent’s name and mailing and physical...
The 1924 Election was Nearly as Bad as the 2024 Election
[Source: 21voa.com and ar.inspiredpencil.com] Voters then, too, were faced with the choice of two corporate-backed candidates promoting regressive economic policies In 1924, at least, there was a genuinely progressive third candidate, Robert La...
NYC joins federal lawsuit to protect Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from 3 countries
New York City said it’s backing a federal lawsuit to protect more than 60,000 immigrants at risk of losing their legal status. The city filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, a case challenging the...

Fears Mask a Deeper Workforce Crisis Unfolding in Nursing Homes Amid Tighter Immigration Policies
Florida, long known as a retirement haven, is facing a labor crisis in long-term care, where many immigrant workers have historically filled key roles aided in recent years by humanitarian relief laws. Recent immigration policies under the Trump...