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‘Cocaine, gold and meat’: how Colombia’s Amazon became big business for crime networks | Colombia
High above the Colombian Amazon, Rodrigo Botero peers out of a small aircraft as the rainforest canopy unfolds below – an endless sea of green interrupted by stark, widening patches of brown. As director of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS), he has spent years mapping the transformation of this fragile landscape from the air. His team has…
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The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, alongside all…
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Tharoor says organisation needs strengthening
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday came out in support of the views of his party colleague Digvijaya Singh, saying the organisation should be strengthened. At the 140th Foundation Day event at the Congress‘ Indira Bhawan headquarters, Tharoor was seated next to Digvijaya Singh and exchanged notes. Ahead of the CWC meet on Saturday, Singh created a flutter…
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A look at milestones, events in Church education during 2025 – Church News
2025 has been a historic year for the Church Educational System in many ways — from record-level enrollments to milestone anniversaries and from innovations to expansions. During his final general conference address, President Russell M. Nelson noted, “The rising generation is rising up as stalwart followers of Jesus Christ.” In speaking to tens of thousands of university, college, seminary and…
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Panel flags 1,100% profit margins on non-scheduled drugs
New Delhi/Hyderabad: Revealing the way in which some medicines are being sold at a margin of 1,100 per cent, the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers discussed a critical gap in the regulation of prices of medicines. This gap was especially true for medicines not on the list of ‘Essential Medicines’. This was in the 14th report of the committee…
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A Maryland Program Connects Marginalized Communities to Critical Health Services
It started during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people across the United States were unsure how to stay safe and whether to get vaccinated. Hesitancy was especially pronounced in communities of color because of experiences of discrimination and historical injustices like the Tuskegee Study, which intentionally withheld treatment from Black men diagnosed with syphilis. In that moment, building trust in…
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How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
Getty Images Immigration agents in Portland spraying crowd control chemicals into a protester’s frog costume went viral in October The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes. It also might have a unicorn’s horn or a chicken’s feathers. As protests against the Trump administration continue in US cities, demonstrators are adopting the energy…
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Mounjaro changed my life – it could help so many others
The weight loss injection has helped numerous people across Wales but unfortunately some others who may benefit don’t yet fit the criteria Swansea MP Carolyn Harris started to take Mounjaro after receiving endless hate on social media(Image: Carolyn Harris ©House of Commons) Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East Carolyn Harris has said using Mounjaro has changed her lifestyle completely.…
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Opium, smuggled cigarettes worth over Rs 1 cr seized in Assam
Assam CM Himantha Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Contraband goods, including opium, worth over Rs 1 crore have been seized in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He, however, did not mention whether any arrests were made in the two operations. “Whether you’re Karbi Anglong’s ‘Heisenbergs’ with 19 kg of opium worth Rs 1.2 cr or hauling 40…
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Why Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago is the opening act to Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection bid
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this week, the encounter will mark more than a diplomatic reunion. For Netanyahu, it’s the opening act of his 2026 reelection bid, in which the US President is positioned to play a starring role. Israel is officially scheduled to hold elections in October 2026, though that timeline…
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