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Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
The bust was unusual – a narco submarine capable of carrying more than 1.5 tons of cocaine. There were no drugs onboard this time, but most notably, there were no traffickers. Last week, the Colombian navy announced that it had seized an...
The peace deal that put women first: What Colombia taught the world
Philadelphia Herald - Pennsylvania
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A group of about 20 women holding banners calling for inclusive peace in Colombia. Over 1500 women helped shape Colombia’s national action plan on women peace and security. Photo: UN Women/Juan Camilo Arias Cantadora singers in Tumaco rehearse on...
Colombia’s BRI Entry: Sovereignty Versus Development
Dialogo Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Colombia formalized its accession to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the ambitious strategic plan led by China to expand its global influence through massive investments in infrastructure, transportation, and technology. This announcement...
Is the U.S. involved in plot to remove Colombia’s Petro?
Winnipeg Free Press
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July 10, 2025
Opinion The South American country of Colombia has had a long history of political violence, attempted and successful political assassinations and deeply embedded corruption. At one time, the country was known pejoratively as the “cocaine capital...
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...
This Was Asu Coffee Fest 2025! Flavours, Community, And Specialty Coffee
The Asunción Times
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July 14, 2025
Once again, you take a deep breath and the coffee fills up the air, and your lungs. You go from stand to stand, accumulating little cardboard cups, and each cup tastes unique, probably a flavor you have never felt before from a country on the...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.15.25
Florida Politics
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July 15, 2025
Good Tuesday morning. Ballard Partners is announcing the addition of four lobbyists to its Washington, D.C. office: Thomas Boodry, Grace Colvin, Alison Anway, and Scott Wagner. This significant expansion of talent is complemented by the firm’s...
Small Satellites Market Research And Technology Forecast Report 2025-2033 Democratizing Space Access For Both Established Players And Emerging Market Entrants
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Explore the dynamic growth of the small satellite industry-democratizing space access for commercial and government sectors. This comprehensive report offers insights into market trends, technological innovations,...
Counter-UAS (C-UAS) Systems Market Research Report 2025-2033 Featuring Dedrone, Droneshield, Elbit Systems, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rafael , RTX , SRC, Thales, Boeing
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The report forecasts C-UAS technology trends from 2025-2033, evaluating markets geographically, especially in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It explores detection and mitigation methods for drones, noting...
Propel Venture Partners Closes $100M Fund V to Expand its Global Investments in Technologies Transforming the Financial Services Ecosystem
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2025-- Propel Venture Partners, a seed-stage venture firm investing in the infrastructure, enablers and adjacencies that power tomorrow’s economy, today announced it has raised a $100 million Fund V,...
Gujarat's Vasuki Indicus or Colombia’s Titanoboa, which is the largest snake on Earth? It weighs 1.25 tonnes, length is..., name is...
India.com
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July 10, 2025
Home Viral Gujarat’s Vasuki Indicus or Colombia’s Titanoboa, which is the largest snake on Earth? It weighs 1.25 tonnes, length is…, name is… Titanoboa, as wide as an oil drum, crushed its prey with a powerful bite that had a muscle force of...
Bogotá Strengthens Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions Offering
Finance Colombia
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July 7, 2025
To enhance MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) tourism in Bogotá, 56 local tourism service providers participated in a diploma course focused on this sector. The initiative aims to strengthen the industry by promoting trade,...
Fortinet report: Operational technology cybersecurity risk elevates within executive leadership ranks
iTWire
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July 10, 2025
GUEST RESEARCH: More than half (52%) of organisations report that the chief information security officer/chief security officer is responsible for operational technology, up from 16% in 2022, while 95 per cent of organisations report that the...
360 Health Data breaks down barriers to clinical research in Latin America with Coralia Health
The Bogota Post
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July 9, 2025
Healthcare standards and medical knowledge are ever evolving as clinical professionals continuously explore new treatments, document anomalies and study population outcomes. However, English remains the common shared language for scientific work...
Scientists Discover Ancient Snake that Rivals Titanoboa Size: Just How Big Were these Ancient Reptiles?
AOL
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Titanoboa swimming underwater© Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock.comTitanoboa was an ancient, down-right massive snake. Measuring 40 feet long and weighing over a ton, the great Titanoboa was known as the biggest snake to ever exist. However, in June 2025...
Major excavation of unmarked grave of babies and young children under way
Louth Live
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July 14, 2025
A major excavation of a mass, unmarked grave of babies and young children in the west of Ireland began on Monday. The excavation of the site of St Mary’s mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, will try to identify the remains of infants who died...
Letters: Can’t our politicians see the damage their anti-Israel stance is doing to our country?
Irish Independent
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I, and many Irish people, cannot understand why the Government indirectly encourages Hamas, a sick organisation that does not want a two-state solution, believes in keeping dead hostages, uses the death of their own citizens as propaganda and...
Colombia, Uzbekistan join BRICS Bank
Xinhua News Agency
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombia and Uzbekistan have joined the New Development Bank (NDB), expanding the membership of the multilateral lender commonly known as the BRICS Bank, the institution's president, Dilma Rousseff, announced...
Local critics of Colombian copper project force talks
EcoAmericas
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In rural Mocoa, a town in southwestern Colombia where the Andes mountains descend into the Amazon rainforest, tensions have flared between local communities and a Canadian mining company over plans to build the country’s largest copper mine. The...
New network could help support rural doctors and avoid burnout, research group says
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 8, 2025
A focus group study from a research group focused on northern Ontario issues says a rural coordination centre could help physicians connect with peers across the region. It could also help communities find replacements when doctors need time off....