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Researchers link genetic ancestry to severity of dengue fever
Medical News
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July 1, 2025
For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening doors to new treatments and vaccines for the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide. The study was published today in...
Hospital Internacional de Colombia Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network, Leading the Way in Colombia and South America
Bioengineer.org
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June 30, 2025
In a landmark development for healthcare in Latin America, the Hospital Internacional de Colombia (HIC), situated in Bucaramanga, Colombia, has officially joined the prestigious Mayo Clinic Care Network. This milestone marks HIC as the first...
The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That's Why We Must Save It
Yahoo News
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A diver surveys a coral reef on Nov, 27, 2017 near the Comoros archipelago, Indian Ocean. Credit - Alexis Rosenfeld—Getty Images When the world’s first marine reserves were established in the 1920s, Jacques Cousteau was an adolescent. The deepest...
FMC Corporation Expands Novel Fluindapyr Fungicide Technology To EMEA Region
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Tremisia® fungicide receives registration in Ukraine, bringing growers a new tool to combat challenging crop diseases PHILADELPHIA, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC ), a leading global agricultural...
Global Jesuit University Leaders to Convene in Bogotá for IAJU Assembly 2025
University of Scranton - Pennsylvania
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The International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) will hold its 2025 Assembly at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia from June 30 to July 3. This global gathering of presidents, rectors, and senior leaders from Jesuit...
Chubb Launches New Engineering Center in Bogotá, Colombia
Finance Colombia
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June 29, 2025
Multinational insurer Chubb has announced that it is launching a new engineering center in Bogotá, Colombia, joining existing Chubb engineering centers in India, Mexico and Greece. Scheduled to open in October 2025, the new center will enhance...
A Childhood Cost Calculator costing lab case study: aeioTU early childhood education program in Colombia
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print In 2023, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution launched the Childhood Cost Calculator (C3), a publicly available tool for making costing and cost analysis of programs focused...
Blind Eagle Uses Proton66 Hosting for Phishing, RAT Deployment on Colombian Banks
The Hacker News
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June 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Vulnerability The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published...
Tinder to require new users in California to use facial recognition tech to verify their profiles
TechCrunch
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June 30, 2025
Tinder is requiring new users in California to use facial recognition technology to verify their profiles, Axios reported on Monday. The new “Face Check” feature aims to reduce impersonation on the dating app and ensure that people aren’t being...
TCU's Olivia Miles drops 2-word reaction following Team USA's dominant win over Colombia at FIBA AmeriCup
Sportskeeda
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June 30, 2025
Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Olivia Miles has had a busy offseason. She opted against declaring for the WNBA draft, entered the transfer portal and joined the TCU Horned Frogs. Miles was among the prospects picked for Team USA's FIBA...
What Is Zumba? How Did It Dance Its Way From Colombia To Kerala School Controversy?
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 12:36 IST Kerala Zumba Controversy: While state is firm on its stance, Muslim organisations and cultural groups have objected to the plan, raising concerns over mixed-gender dancing, attire Kerala zumba controversy:...
Brazil Drops in Global Peace Rankings, Colombia Marks Worst in Latin America
The Rio Times
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June 30, 2025
The 2025 Global Peace Index, published by the Institute for Economics & Peace, now places Brazil at 130th out of 163 countries. This is a big fall from its position at 103rd in 2015. The Index uses 23 factors, including crime rates, internal...
Explainer: How Colombia has driven the global increase in illegal cocaine production
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Here’s what it shows about the worldwide cocaine market. Where does cocaine come from? The coca plant, the main ingredient for cocaine, is primarily cultivated in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Colombia drove the recent increase in illegal cocaine...
Science Vortex sending reps to Jaslo, Poland
Sedona Red Rock News - Arizona
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June 28, 2025
The Science Vortex of Verde Valley is partnering with the Sedona Sister Cities Association to send Science Vortex president Laurie Altringer and her son Kellan, an eighth-grader, and daughter Mica, a junior at Mingus Union High School, who are...
Shawsheen Tech grad honored with MAFLA Award for Excellence in World Language Study
The Lowell Sun - Massachusetts
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June 29, 2025
BILLERICA — Recent Shawsheen Valley Technical School graduate Ronan Dewar, of Burlington, was selected to receive the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association Award for Excellence. This distinguished recognition is granted to a select group of...
‘My boss is the app’: Venture capitalists fuel boom in worker surveillance technology
Scroll.in
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This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the...
Colombia is moving towards a fairer and more inclusive labor model
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 27, 2025
Colombia is moving towards a fairer and more inclusive labor model. Image: Instagram By María Josefina Arce The Colombian Congress finally approved the labor reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro's government. Once it comes into force, it...
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...
Colombia Triumphs At Cannes Lions 2025: Gold, Silver, And Bronze In Official Debut
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) The Gold Lion in Creative Strategy and the Bronze Lion in Creative Data were awarded to Humanimal Tourism , a campaign that transformed the migratory routes of over 1,200 species into personalized messages for travelers in...
From rhetoric to action: Colombia and the challenge of uniting Latin America and the Caribbean
Latinoamerica21
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June 28, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean face the urgent need to strengthen strategic ties and move toward more effective regional integration in a period marked by geopolitical tensions, the rise of protectionism, and the weakening of the rules-based...