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Colombia Ancient DNA Reveals Ghost People Lost to History
LatinAmerican Post
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June 27, 2025
High in Colombia’s Eastern Andes, scientists have recovered DNA from hunter-gatherer skeletons that belonged to a vanished human lineage—one that predates Indigenous groups alive today and had disappeared long before the Roman Empire, challenging...
Op-ed: EU Deforestation Regulation must survive flawed technicalities
The Parliament Magazine
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July 9, 2025
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is under attack once again. Not content to have delayed the regulation by a year last November, shortly ahead of its entry into force, the European People’s Party (EPP) and far-right parties are now using a...
Fantasia International Film Festival announces final wave of titles for 29th edition!
JoBlo
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July 3, 2025
The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings...
74 visa-free destinations Filipinos can visit
Gulf News
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Ready to trade your screens for skylines? If your passport's feeling neglected and your feet are itching for an adventure, we’ve got just the ticket — or rather, 74 of them, as per Henley & Partners (H&P) and latest updates (as of July 8, 2025)....
Burrows to retire after 24 years with SDSU Extension
DGR News
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Rhoda Burrows, professor and South Dakota State University Extension Horticulture Specialist, is retiring after 24 years with the organization. Her many contributions over the years have included supporting local foods, the Master Gardener’s...
In Pantanal, tourism is tapped to power conservation
EcoAmericas
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Until just a few years ago, it was common for men gathered in the local bars of Brazil’s Pantanal region, site of the world’s largest freshwater wetland, to swap stories about their latest jaguar-hunting experiences. So says Wendell Ribeiro, 48, a...
Living like Tarzan is key to avoiding agonising deaths in tech and takeaway-addicted cities
Daily Star
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July 8, 2025
Living like Tarzan is the key to dodging an agonising death, boffs say. Eggheads reckon living sedentary, tech and takeaway-addicted city lives is killing millions of us early. They say the answer is to go back to caveman-style hunter gatherer...
Auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei charged with human trafficking and labor exploitation
Catholic News Agency
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July 6, 2025
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 6, 2025 / 07:00 am The Argentine justice system has added the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei, the organization’s second in command, Monsignor Mariano Fazio, as a defendant in the case involving the alleged human...
Health communicators from eight countries meet to discuss trachoma in the Region of the Americas
Pan American Health Organization
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June 26, 2025
Washington, D.C, 23 June 2025 (PAHO) – More than 60 communicators from the country offices of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and delegates from the Ministries of Health of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, El...
Perus Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Mint
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June 27, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
BRICS Countries Approve Principles for Global AI Governance at Rio de Janeiro Summit
teleSUR
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BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July, 2025. X/ @olhardigital July 8, 2025 Hour: 11:19 am At a summit held in Rio de Janeiro, BRICS member countries approved a declaration outlining principles for the global governance of artificial intelligence....
AI, the New Frontier for Global Tobacco Control
The Good Men Project - California
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July 9, 2025
[DUBLIN, SciDev.Net] Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be harnessed to clamp down on the tobacco sector targeting young people globally in the digital space, especially where resources are limited, a conference heard. Speakers at the World...
Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
AOL
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
‘On The Mountain’ Is A Short Film With A Big Message
Forbes
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A still from the film, On The Mountain. Fernando Rocha Released last year, On The Mountain is a touching production set against the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Inspired by real events, the film follows the journey of...
Miculla Petroglyphs
Atlas Obscura
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Under the scorching sun of southern Peru, on the fringes of the Atacama Desert, lie the Miculla Petroglyphs, a collection of ancient rock carvings whose origin remains a mystery. Preserved by both the dry climate and isolated location, the...
Kazakhstan Takes Seat at BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro as Partner Country
The Astana Times
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July 8, 2025
ASTANA – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu represented Kazakhstan for the first time as a partner country at the 17th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 7. Summit participants emphasized the need to strengthen...
Morales seeks re-election defying constitution and criminal charges
The Week Magazine
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June 23, 2025
Enduring support for former president Evo Morales has once again boiled over into violence in Bolivia, deepening the nation's political and economic crisis. At least four first responders are dead after clashes between anti-government protesters...
Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years
The Independent
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June 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Mexico Threatens Legal Action Over SpaceX Rocket Debris
WebProNews
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June 27, 2025
The escalating tension between Mexico and SpaceX, the aerospace giant founded by Elon Musk, has taken a sharp turn as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatens legal action over environmental contamination caused by rocket debris. Following a...
Archaeologists Found a Lost Temple From a Civilization That Vanished 1,000 Years Ago
Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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June 27, 2025
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The discovery of an ancient Tiwanaku temple in Bolivia is helping researchers paint a more complete picture of what the society once looked like. The Tiwanaku civilization was considered one of...