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DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention
KSAT - Texas
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June 27, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY – The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp. Homeland...
Get outside, meet people, have fun and save the world!
Rabble.ca
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July 10, 2025
Most people care about the planet and each other. Yet we watch in dismay as moneyed and powerful forces destroy the natural systems our health and lives depend on. Addressing global heating and biodiversity loss — which affect everyone but...
Government plans to fight flesh-eating maggot by breeding billions of flies
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Cattle crowd a feedlot in the southern U.S., where officials are working to prevent the spread of flesh-eating screwworm larvae — a parasite that could devastate livestock if not contained. It may sound like science fiction, but the U.S. is once...
A Southern Swing To The Sapodilla Caye Range
Channel 7 Belize
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Last night we took you to the Laughing Bird Caye National Park off the Placencia peninsula, and tonight we go even further south to the Sapodilla Caye Range. It's a string of 14 islands, only a few miles from the Guatemalan line of demarcation -...
Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
Of the more than 4,000 known tree species found only in Mesoamerica, nearly half are threatened with extinction, according a new assessment. Agriculture emerges as the primary threat across the region from both small- and large-scale farming,...
Key takeaways from the 2025 TCRS Shrimp Summit
The Fish Site
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Although the original 9 July deadline for implementing US tariffs has now been pushed back to 1 August, uncertainty around trade policy dominated early discussions. In a live poll during the summit’s opening session, attendees unanimously cited...
Is this the breakfast of the future? Bread made of BUGS & fungus created to fight food shortage – so would YOU try it?
The Sun
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June 25, 2025
A GROUNDBREAKING bread made of grasshoppers, mealworms and fungus could fight a looming global food crisis, boffins claim. The breakthrough "insect flour" project was led by Dr Celeste Ibarra-Herrera with a team of researchers focused on feeding...
U.S. Government Breeding Flies to Fight Flesh-Eating Maggots
The Daily Beast
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July 2, 2025
The New World Screwworm Fly, which lays flesh-eating maggots, has appeared in southern Mexico. Scientists are concerned that the flies will migrate northward. To combat the threat, scientists are breeding sterile flies and casting them from...
Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
State of the Planet
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June 25, 2025
The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...
ICAO, EASA leaders headline FSF Asia Pacific Safety Summit 2025
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 9, 2025
Top aviation executives and safety experts to speak at AP-SAS 2025, focusing on innovation, resilience, and future-proofing aviation safety. SINGAPORE – ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar and EASA Executive Director Florian Guillermet top...
ICC and WCO release trade facilitation recommendations for enhanced integrity at borders
World Customs Organization
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US$1.2 to US$1.5 trillion. That's the staggering annual cost of bribery alone – equal to roughly 2% of annual global GDP. But bribery represents just one facet of corruption's devastating impact. The true cost runs far deeper, undermining the very...
Column: Feel better — get outside, meet people, have fun and help the world!
Castlegar Source
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July 9, 2025
By David Suzuki July 9th, 2025 Most people care about the planet and each other. Yet we watch in dismay as moneyed and powerful forces destroy the natural systems our health and lives depend on. Addressing global heating and biodiversity loss —...
Pinellas County to spend $126 million to widen, elevate badly eroded beaches
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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July 10, 2025
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Pinellas County’s beaches are the envy of the world. They bring in visitors from all over, and for locals like Anthony Coston, they are a major highlight of calling Tampa Bay home. “Honestly, man, you know, it’s a...
QS World University Rankings 2026: Full List of World’s Best Universities Here
Newsd
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June 19, 2025
Institutions Overall Rank in 2026 Overall Rank in 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1 1 Imperial College London 2 2 Stanford University 3 6 University of Oxford 4 3 Harvard University 5 4 University of Cambridge 6 5 ETH Zurich...
Best hotels in Cancun, from family getaways to wellness escapes
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 2, 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...
U.S. Plans to Begin Breeding Billions of Flies to Fight Pest
The Japan News
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP A New World screwworm larva is seen in this undated photo. The Associated Press 13:41 JST, July 9, 2025 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of...
So, they sacked Pio
Amandala
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July 9, 2025
by Colin Hyde I am not very interested in finding out what UB found in its investigation into the comportment of Dr. Pio Saqui; it is enough to go on what is out there, that he was farad, fresh with some of the young ladies at the national...
Kristi Noem Responds to ICEBlock App: 'Obstruction of Justice'
Newsweek
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July 1, 2025
By Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He writes about U.S. politics and international news, with a focus on infrastructure and technology. He has covered technological and cultural issues extensively in the U.S. and...
Trump was winning with Latinos. Now, his cruelty is derailing him
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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July 2, 2025
The Pew Research Center is one of the most trusted polling firms in the country, especially when it comes to Latinos. Last week, it published findings that should have been a victory lap for Donald Trump and his tortuous relationship with...
US 4th Fleet Holds UNITAS 25 Final Planning Conference
Dialogo Magazine
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet hosted the UNITAS 2025 Final Planning Conference, June 23-27, bringing together U.S. and partner nations representatives in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo: U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S....