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U.N. Hosts Dress Rehearsal for COP30
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Brazilian negotiators prepare for November’s United Nations climate conference, a Nicaraguan dissident is killed in Costa Rica, and a Peruvian Japanese restaurant in...

Forgotten alliance: How Iran once turned to Israel for help
Long before today's tensions between Iran and Israel, a period of unexpected cooperation existed between the two nations – one that few remember today. In the early 1960s, a natural disaster became the unlikely catalyst for collaboration that...

Beijing joins hands with global partners to build digital-friendly city
BEIJING - “The question is not whether global digital transformation will continue, but whether we can ensure its benefits are inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all,” UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in China, James George, delivered...

The Partisan Perception Gap: Electoral Commission Credibilit...
Abstract The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana stands at the critical intersection of democratic consolidation and partisan contestation. This paper examines the paradoxical phenomenon whereby ruling governments consistently endorse EC actions...

Full list of players for each team in the 2025 NBA Summer League
With the draft and free agency in the rearview, summer league action is the next major tentpole on the NBA's offseason calendar. The action begins when eight franchises send teams to either Salt Lake City or San Francisco from July 5-8, before all...

Trump’s united surveillance states of America: How will your data be deployed?
Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an upcoming demonstration against the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras fighting the...

This dental clinic is bringing confidence and smiles to underserved communities
When Cheryl Martinez enrolled in an addiction recovery program last May, one of her first orders of business was calling Ms. Darlene. Martinez had just spent a few months in jail and was sent to a recovery center in North County, after decades of...

Belgian customs seized 16.7 tonnes of cocaine during first half of 2025
Belgian customs seized 16.7 tonnes of cocaine in the Antwerp region during the first half of 2025, as drug traffickers continue to evolve their criminal strategies, reports RTBF/Belga. The quantity of white powder recovered was approximately five...

Weekly Coffee News: Luckin Enters U.S. + Good Food Awards Entry Period
Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News! Subscribe here for all the latest coffee industry news. Also, check out the latest career opportunities at CoffeeIndustryJobs.com. Luckin Coffee Officially Enters the U.S. Market Following months of...
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Who Can Build on the Moon? Understanding the Wild West of Lunar Architecture
If all goes to plan, by 2040 people may be living on the moon in houses made—essentially—from mushrooms. At least, that’s how astrobiologist Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild is picturing it. She imagines domed habitats that could comfortably host three...

KALW Almanac - Monday July 7, 2025
Today is Monday July 7, 2025 July 7 is the 188th day of the year 177 days remain until the end of the year 77 days until autumn begins the sun rose in San Francisco at 5:53:23 am and sunset will be at 8:35:15 pm Today we have 14 hours and 41...

How Will Your Data Be Deployed
Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an upcoming demonstration against the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras fighting the...

Trump wants to take back citizenship already given to some immigrants
Stripping some naturalized Americans of citizenship is now a top priority of the U.S. Justice Department, according to memorandum recently made public. “President Trump and Attorney General (Pam) Bondi have directed the Civil Division to use its...

Jobs Report Casts Warning On Immigration And Labor Force Declines
Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the White House on March 7, 2025. The latest ... More jobs report released in July warns policymakers that immigration and labor force declines threaten to harm the U.S. economy. (Photo by Anna...
The Playbook for America: We Thought We Saw it All with Freedom Torches and Edward Bernays Fomenting Regime Change in Guatemala, Chile
Speaking with Dan Kovalik about his co-authored book, Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change Another rousing talk with a true socialist, Dan Kovalik, from Pittsburgh, here, pre-airing on my Radio Show, Finding Fringe on kyaq.org. Here’s today’s (July 1)...

Gov Radda attends infrastructure summit in China, seeks CCECC’s support
Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has strengthened the ‘Building Your Future’, administration’s partnership with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The strategic discussions took place during a high-level site meeting...

Fascism’s New Face is Still The Same!
On July 3, the Meeting of Promoting Teams of the Antifascist International is taking place at a right time. The stated objective is “to update and strengthen our shared agenda in a critical moment of regional and global tension amid the escalation...

Health care slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and spending...

Brazilian entrepreneur Paulo De Miranda reflects on impactful career shaped by education
Paulo De Miranda, a graduate of the Maxwell School, has built a career around humanitarian aid and peacekeeping assignments worldwide. His early work involved writing reports on fieldwork, but he often felt they lacked insight into the real impact...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...