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Science is a gift says Bishop Poggo
Church Times
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August 1, 2024
THE Lambeth Call on Science and Faith committed the Church to working collaboratively with science, the secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, the Rt Revd Anthony Poggo, has said. It could offer the wisdom of faith to the disciplines of...
Why You Should Be Grateful For Scientists This Thanksgiving
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - New York
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November 27, 2024
DES PLAINES, IL - NOVEMBER 26: Bake shop manager Debbie Sanders restocks and arranges pumpkin pies ... [+] November 26, 2002 at a Jewel-Osco food store in Des Plaines, Illinois. With Thanksgiving just two days away, supermarket shoppers are busy...
Guatemala records 141 homicides less than in 2023 term
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 6, 2024
In an interview with the Red Noticias Radio Station, the deputy minister argued that throughout the first months of 2024, the data show a constant drop in violent incidents. Her statements were related to the impeachment trial this afternoon of...
GAC International announces foray into Guatemalan market
Gasgoo
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November 21, 2024
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- From November 7 to 17, 2024, the Autoferia Cofiño 2024 was held at Forum Majadas in Guatemala. GAC International, the global business arm of GAC Group, made a debut at the event, showcasing multiple car models and officially...
Guatemalan Government Apologizes to Victims of Illegal Adoptions
The Progressive Magazine
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July 22, 2024
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has taken an important step in seeking justice for tens of thousands of children illegally adopted from the Central American country. On July 12, the president made a public apology to the parents of two...
Guatemalan chicken restaurant puts Gretna, Lincoln and Crete on its expansion map
Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska
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Pollo Campero — a fried chicken restaurant chain that began in Guatemala more than 100 years and six generations ago — now has about 400 restaurants in more than a dozen countries. And by the end of this year, plans will be solidified for its move...
A portrait of Guatemala’s rapidly evolving youth culture
Dazed & Confused
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November 14, 2024
For decades, Guatemala was frozen in time, photographer Juan Brenner tells Dazed. Held down by colonisation, civil wars and natural disasters, the Mesoamerican country had historically lagged behind its Latin American counterparts. But, in recent...
Researchers Find Apparel Industry Accounts for 14 Percent of Global Plastic Pollution
Sourcing Journal - New York
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July 22, 2024
Plastic waste and plastic leakage continue to plague the health of the environment—and the apparel industry just keeps piling it on. A new study conducted by researchers with North Carolina State University, Cotton Incorporated, Quantis, the...
Inter-American Court finds Guatemala responsible for 1989 forced disappearances of indigenous rights defenders
JURIST
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November 16, 2024
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court...
Boulder-area events for Friday, July 11: “The McGuckin Way — 70 Years as Boulder’s Favorite Everything Store” exhibit at Museum of Boulder
Daily Camera - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
Today “The McGuckin Way — 70 Years as Boulder’s Favorite Everything Store” exhibit: 9 a.m., Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Celebrate the 70th anniversary of McGuckin Hardware as “Boulder’s Favorite Everything Store” and its growth as...
Guatemala: New COVID-19 Variants Circulating
teleSUR
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July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024 Hour: 6:06 pm The agency said it was important to resume the use of masks in people with respiratory symptoms or chronic illnesses, as well as covering the mouth and nose with the inside of the arm or with a handkerchief when...
Ormat Technologies Announces Major EPC Contract With Contact Energy For 101MW Geothermal Plant In New Zealand
MENAFN
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November 12, 2024
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Expect Year End 2024 Product Segment Backlog to Exceed $300 Million RENO, Nev., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading geothermal and renewable energy technology company,...
Peru Promotes The Development Of Technology Startups By Attracting Foreign Investors
MENAFN
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November 11, 2024
(MENAFN- News Direct) --News Direct-- Twenty-five foreign investment funds from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico and Paraguay met with Peruvian startups and venture capital funds dedicated to...
Ormat Technologies Announces Successful Monetization of 40% Investment Tax Credit for ...
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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RENO, Nev., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading renewable energy company, today announced the successful deal to transfer investment tax credits (ITCs) from the 80MW/320MWh Bottleneck Project to third...
Kansas State University lands USAID grant for research on sustainably boosting crop yield
Kansas Reflector
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November 11, 2024
TOPEKA — The U.S. Agency for International Development pledged up to $50 million over the next five years for research led by Kansas State University to raise agricultural productivity while moderating environmental tradeoffs. The infusion of...
El Salvador and Guatemala Successfully Conclude 11 Bilateral Cooperation Projects.
El Salvador in English
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November 11, 2024
The governments of El Salvador and Guatemala convened virtually today to review the progress of their joint agenda for the 2023-2025 period. Through the Joint Commission for Technical, Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Cooperation, both...
U.S. approves Guatemalan Hass avocado imports with safety measures
Fresh Plaza
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November 8, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of fresh Hass avocado (Persea americana var. Hass) fruit from Guatemala into the United States. Through careful analysis and...
Artist Vivian Suter’s Guatemalan jungle hideaway
The Financial Times
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November 7, 2024
“I did fall in love with that tree,” says artist Vivian Suter, gesturing towards the enormous strangler fig in her garden, its roots wound like thick braids around clods of earth. It’s the reason she bought the property in Panajachel, in the...
Shyne Barrow Honors Ladyville Tech High School’s Robotics Achievement
Love FM
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November 8, 2024
Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow donated a prize of one thousand dollars to the Ladyville Tech High School Robotics Club. The check was dated Tuesday to the team for taking silver in Samsung’s twenty-twenty-four “Solve Tomorrow Challenge “in...
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Vampire Bats
The Hindu
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November 7, 2024
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Vampire Bats Bats flying in Lanquin Cave, Guatemala, Central America Bats for the science page. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Where are vampire bats typically found? Europe Africa Central and South America Australia...