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What to do in Madison this weekend: Opera in the Park, Dane County Fair and more Isthmus Picks
Isthmus
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July 17, 2025
Blooming Butterflies, through Aug. 10, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: The indoor conservatory is filled with butterflies for this annual event, with more than a dozen species darting among the tropical plants. Added programming indoors...
St Kitts to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture
St. Vincent Times
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July 12, 2025
The 19th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) will be launched on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, setting the stage for the event which will be held in St. Kitts and Nevis from 29 September – 3 October. CWA 2025 will be held under the theme...
Venezuela Looks To Turkey And Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Industry
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Venezuela's top oil official, Delcy Rodríguez, met with leaders from Turkey and Saudi Arabia at a major OPEC event in Vienna. These talks aimed to build stronger business ties in oil and gas, as Venezuela searches for new...
Brazilian Left Calls Bolsonaro Supporters 'Stray Dogs' as Opposition Blames Lula for Trump's Tariff Hike
Folha de Sao Paulo
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July 10, 2025
Left-wing lawmakers referred to Bolsonaro supporters as "vira-latas" — a Brazilian slang term meaning "stray dogs" — and made appeals for national unity after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian products. The opposition,...
Brazil stocks slip, real rebounds after Trump's 50% tariff threat
Yahoo Finance
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By Marc Jones and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Brazil's stock market was dragged lower by its financial sector on Thursday while the real currency rebounded, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's shock move to slap 50% tariffs on...
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Trump impact on Canada: Carney gears up to block steel imports from China
Firstpost
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July 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to further crack down on the amount of cheap, foreign steel entering the Canadian market by the end of the month, as the domestic industry continues to be clobbered by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Carney...
Mexico City protest targets gentrification, tourism
Daily Journal of Commerce - Oregon
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July 10, 2025
Some demonstrators in Mexico City last week used signs to protest gentrification and other housing issues in desirable neighborhoods such as Condesa and Roma. (Fernando Llano/The Associated Press) At a glance: Protesters decry mass tourism and...
Brazilian President Lula threatens to suspend economic deals over Trump’s 50% tariffs
WLRN - Florida
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....
PM Gonsalves calls for transformation of Education Sector to address global challenges
NBC SVG
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July 16, 2025
This’s country’s education sector must be transformed, in order to effectively address global challenges. This view was expressed by Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves during his address at the launch of the Global Partnership for Education...
Mexico's Sheinbaum Blasts Trump Admin's Move: 'Completely Exaggerated'
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
By Mandy Taheri is a Newsweek reporter based in Brooklyn. She joined Newsweek as a reporter in 2024. You can get in touch with Mandy via email: m.taheri@newsweek.com. Languages: English, French Mandy Taheri and Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News...
Brazil’s monthly inflation slows, annual rate remains above target
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 10, 2025
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s monthly inflation slowed for the fourth time in a row in June, but the annual rate ticked up and remained well above the official goal, data showed on Thursday. Consumer prices as measured by the benchmark IPCA index...
Caribbean Leads the in Reducing AIDS-Related Deaths Globally, But Progress on Reducing New Infection Slow
Antigua News Room
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July 10, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Data from the latest Global AIDS Update Report, released by UNAIDS, shows the Caribbean recorded a 62% reduction in AIDS-related deaths, between 2010 and 2024, the steepest decline among eight regions...
Trump is doing something no one wants
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
Last week, the right-wing president of the United States wrote a pointed letter to the left-wing president of Brazil. With typical brio, Donald Trump threatened to impose steep tariffs as punishment for, among other sins, the prosecution of Jair...
Brazil's president warns of retaliation after Trump unveils 50 percent tariffs
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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July 10, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned on Wednesday that his government is prepared to retaliate after President Trump announced plans to impose 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from his country. In a statement posted to the...
Mexico sentences 10 men arrested at cartel ranch to 140 years each in prison
The New Zealand Herald
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July 10, 2025
In March, six months after the arrests, the site generated national headlines after volunteers searching for their missing relatives found what they called underground cremation ovens, burned human remains, hundreds of bone shards and discarded...
Mexico president threatens to sue over SpaceX rocket debris
Space Travel
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Mexico president threatens to sue over SpaceX rocket debris by AFP Staff Writers Mexico City (AFP) June 25, 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday threatened legal action over falling debris and contamination from billionaire Elon...
Brazil indicates retaliation against Trump's 50-percent tariff
NHK
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has indicated his country may retaliate against the 50-percent tariff that US President Donald Trump plans to impose on Brazilian imports starting on August 1. The 50-percent rate was mentioned in a...
Brazil to respond to US tariffs with reciprocity law, says Lula
Agencia Brasil
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July 10, 2025
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated on Wednesday (Jul. 9) that Brazil will respond to the 50 percent tariff on all its exports to the United States by invoking the Reciprocity Law. On social media, the president defended Brazil’s...
Mexico High School Announces Honor Marks For June 2025 Regents Exams
Oswego County Today - New York
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July 10, 2025
OSWEGO COUNTY – Mexico High School has announced its regents honor marks, indicating the student earned a score of 90 or higher on the indicated exam. An apostrophe indicates the student earned a perfect score of 100. Algebra 1 John Flora Sophie...
Brazil court halts plan to blast 35-km river rock formation hosting endangered species
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
A federal court in Brazil has blocked the start of planned explosions along a 35-kilometer (22-mile) rock formation called Pedral do Lourenço in the Tocantins River, pausing a major infrastructure project until a judge can inspect the site. The...