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Young Scientists Gather in Moscow to Design Habitable Base for Venus Atmosphere
Sada Elbalad
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July 10, 2025
Thu 10 Jul 2025 | 02:20 PM Flags of BRICS members. Source: IRNA Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) is currently hosting the 30th edition of the International Youth Scientific School “Space Development: Theory and Practice”...
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Consortium News
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July 11, 2025
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism. Statue of José Martí in Cienfuegos, Cuba. (Vgenecr/Wikimedia Commons/CC...
Documentaries To Stream On Showmax This July
Lagos Post Online
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July 10, 2025
From serial killers to superhero comebacks, these are the documentaries that hit the hardest. If you’re craving something real, gripping, intense, and unforgettable, this Showmax lineup delivers. Ranked by emotional impact, not just accolades,...
From BRICS to BRICS+: Implications for the Global South
Tehran Times
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July 4, 2025
The upcoming 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will, for the first time, host an expanded grouping of 11 members and 10 partner countries, marking a significant milestone in BRICS history. Originally composed of four members – Brazil,...
Meet the First Female-Only Skateboarding Group in Ethiopia
My Modern Met - California
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July 2, 2025
Every Saturday morning, at the Addis Skate Park in Ethiopia’s capital city, countless girls gather to skateboard. That wasn’t always the case, especially because skateboarding has so often been associated with men. But once 27-year-old Sosina...
India Deepens Strategic Ties Across Latin America and Caribbean Region
StratNews Global
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July 8, 2025
Home South America India Deepens Strategic Ties Across Latin America and Caribbean Region These sustained bilateral efforts reflect New Delhi’s broader strategic intent to position itself as a reliable partner to the Latin America & Caribbean...
Chronic inflammation in ageing not seen across all populations
Diabetes.co.uk
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July 11, 2025
A study led by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the link between aging and chronic inflammation may not be as universal as once believed. The phenomenon known as ‘inflammaging’ — a state of persistent, low-level...
Bitcoin is aiding Afghanistan's human rights push
Cryptopolitan
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July 10, 2025
Digital currencies are providing Women in Afghanistan with the tools to stand up against an oppressive regime. That’s according to the Digital Citizen Fund (DCF) founder Roya Mahboob, who was speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the...
Spain and Ireland to join more than 20 states to declare ‘concrete measures’ against Israel
Middle East Eye
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July 10, 2025
More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye. The “emergency summit” is due to be held on 15-16 July, co-hosted by the...
Pakistan rejects claim of China’s role in border clash
EasternEye
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July 10, 2025
Diplomats from both countries at the meeting, which included a lunch, decided to “deepen bilateral relations and commercial ties,” according to a statement from the Argentine presidency. John Dramani Mahama welcomes Modi on his arrival in Accra...
How the Cinchona tree took on malaria
The Hindu
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July 11, 2025
The flowering Cinchona pubescens, also known as red cinchona | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons One of humankind’s greatest enemies has been the mosquito. More specifically, the female Anopheles mosquito that spreads malaria. Some experts reckon...
Modi courts Latin nations to expand trade relations
EasternEye
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July 10, 2025
INDIA’S prime minister, Narendra Modi met Argentine president Javier Milei in Buenos Aires last Saturday (5), urging the expansion of New Delhi’s preferential trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc. The bilateral talks with Milei were the...
Spanish town where locals soak each other with wine
The Nation
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July 1, 2025
HARO - A glass of Burgundy sipped during dinner. A chilled Chardonnay while the sun goes down. A sparkling Champagne at a wedding. Typically, a glass of wine is something savored. Except in one quiet town in Northern Spain, where it’s used for...
Arizona legislators demand Trump admin release frozen funds for Arizona schools
KAWC Colorado River Public Media - Arizona
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July 8, 2025
The Trump administration is withholding nearly $6.9 billion in federal K-12 funding, and according to the Learning Policy Institute, more than $118 million of those funds were meant for Arizona schools. Congress had passed a continuing resolution...
Panama’s national strike, state repression and US imperial interests: An interview with union leader José Cambra
LINKS
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July 10, 2025
Large sections of Panama’s working class have been mobilising since April in nationwide strikes and protests against the José Raúl Mulino government. Teachers were the first to walk off and have maintained an indefinite national strike for more...
Scientists Unite: Asunción To Host Ibero-American Researchers’ Night 2025
The Asunción Times
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July 8, 2025
Paraguay is set to become the focal point for the sixth “Ibero-American Researchers’ Night 2025”, an event for scientific collaboration. The event will be held on September 26 and 27 2025 in Asunción, and will represent the most ambitious...
Is Inflammation Really a Sign of Aging? Not Always, Study Says
AOL
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New study shows chronic inflammation with age isn't universal and may depend on lifestyle, infections, and environment. (CREDIT: Getty Images)Aging often brings new health challenges, but recent research questions whether all age-related changes...
Powerless Rights? Structural Limitations of Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 in the Face of the Climate Emergency
Pressenza
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July 10, 2025
Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of international environmental law, integrating climate change into the corpus iuris of human rights. However—and I regret having...
Permanezcan unidos, cuiden a los que están perdidos, los que sufren, dice el Papa a los sacerdotes del mundo
The Record - Kentucky
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June 27, 2025
Por Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Los sacerdotes están llamados a ser acogidos y modelados por el amor sin límites de Dios, y a darse cuenta de que no hay lugar para la división y el odio de ningún tipo, dijo el Papa...
Trump threatens to slap Brazil with 50 percent tariffs over treatment of Bolsonaro, other disagreements
Politico Europe
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July 9, 2025
And it echoes a social media post Trump shared earlier this week, accusing the country of unfairly treating Bolsonaro, who is on trial over allegations related to his role in 2022 riots in the capital of Brasilia, when his supporters stormed...