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Meta AI Tools Fuel Cheating, Drop Exam Scores in Rural Colombia
WebProNews
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August 1, 2025
In the remote villages of rural Colombia, where internet access is spotty and smartphones are a luxury, Meta Platforms Inc. has inadvertently disrupted education by embedding artificial intelligence tools into its popular apps. Teachers in these...
Latin America has the fastest aging population in world
United Press International (UPI)
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Though Uruguay leads the trend, population aging is accelerating across Latin America. File Photo by Raúl Martínez/EPA July 29 (UPI) -- Uruguay is experiencing one of the most significant demographic transformations in Latin America, driven by a...
Bulgarian School Choir from Moldova to Perform at Varna Summer International Folklore Festival
Bulgarian News Agency
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The school choir Rodolyubets from the village of Valea Perjei, Taraclia District, the only one of its kind in Moldova with a Bulgarian folklore repertoire, is visiting the city of Varna, on the Black Sea. Nineteen students from grades 5 to 12 will...
Hunger declines in Latin America, but sharp disparities remain
United Press International (UPI)
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In the central kitchen of the World Food Program in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, employees work to combat hunger by preparing meals for refugee camps, where thousands of families await food that is sometimes their only meal of the day....
Evacuations ordered in South America as worst tsunami risk passes for US, Japan
The Age
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July 30, 2025
“We were fully deployed and ready to respond if necessary but grateful that we didn’t have to deal with the situation that this could have been,” she told reporters in Chile, where she is meeting officials. Unusually strong currents and...
Miami Dolphins Host Junior Dolphins Flag Football Clinics for Youth and Coaches in Brazil and Spain
Miami's Community Newspapers - Florida
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August 1, 2025
Dolphins continue international reach with nearly 1,000 kids and 150 coaches participating across Brazil and Spain The Miami Dolphins hosted a series of Junior Dolphins flag football clinics for youth and coaches in Brazil and Spain from July 14...
What’s on in Mexico City in August 2025?
Mexico News Daily
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August 1, 2025
After a very rainy summer in the capital, August arrives in Mexico City with a mélange of world-class documentary photography and emerging artists from Tepito. If you’re not much into art or photo exhibits, do not fret! Kids’ summer courses in the...
ICE arrested him in S.F. after 29 years. He returned to a Mexico he no longer remembers.
Mission Local - California
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August 1, 2025
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. CHIMALHUACÁN, Mexico — Miguel Lopez will never forget his 47th birthday. Maybe if the judge’s decision on his immigration...
Scientists make surprising discovery after studying drone footage of remote river: 'Confirms the utmost importance of this site'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 3, 2025
The insights gained can also serve as a catalyst for raising public awareness. by Michael MuirAugust 3, 2025 By utilizing cutting-edge technology, a research team from the University of Florida has developed a method to survey wildlife with...
SOLARCYCLE, Arizona State University develop solar panel made with 50% recycled solar glass
Solar Power World
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August 1, 2025
SOLARCYCLE announced a breakthrough in solar circularity with the successful development of a proof-of-concept solar panel made with 50% recycled glass from end-of-life solar panels. The demonstration panel, or “mini module,” was developed in...
Brazil’s Supreme Court expresses solidarity with Alexandre de Moraes
Agencia Brasil
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July 31, 2025
Brazil’s Supreme Court released a statement on Wednesday (Jul. 30) expressing solidarity with Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been subjected to economic sanctions by the United States. The Magnitsky Act, which targets individuals accused of...
Civil society organizations consulted throughout the Caribbean to advise CARICOM Migration Policy Framework
Dominica News Online
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August 1, 2025
Group from St Lucia consultation. Photo: IOMIn July 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), working with the CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), held eight meetings with over 127 civil society...
Argentine government formalizes investment citizenship program
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 31, 2025
Foreign nationals who make large investments in Argentina will be eligible to apply for Argentine citizenship. On Thursday, the government issued a decree that laid out the rules for the new program, which was established in President Javier...
Shantytowns and favelas: a century of urban informality in Latin America
Latinoamerica21
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July 30, 2025
The 1925 Tenants’ Strike was the first major social crisis of the 20th century in Panama. This strike emerged due to the overcrowding, precarious living conditions, and lack of housing alternatives faced by thousands of former Canal workers in the...
Dolphins stranded on Oahu had infectious bacterial disease
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 3, 2025
COURTESY ROBIN BAIRD University of Hawaii researchers have identified striped dolphins as especially vulnerable to the infectious disease Brucella ceti. University of Hawaii researchers have linked dolphin strandings this summer to a bacteria —...
What’s hot (Nine Inch Nails, Benson Boone) and not (Linkin Park, the Offspring) at local arenas this month
Pioneer Press - Minnesota
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August 3, 2025
August is full of distractions, from vacations to back-to-school plans to the Minnesota State Fair. Yet the month is traditionally one of the busiest when in comes to arena concerts in the metro. This year is no different, with a dozen acts...
Central America most affected by plastic bottle pollution
Azzet
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July 29, 2025
Central American countries are the most affected by plastic bottle pollution on Latin America’s Pacific coast, with large companies like Coca-Cola representing the majority of these pollutants. Most of the plastic bottles and caps polluting Latin...
Argentina’s political construct and governing the future
Latinoamerica21
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July 31, 2025
Politics—and thus the governments that succeed one another election after election—has the function of addressing both the structural and situational problems of a society. The issues that a society faces during an electoral moment are defined in...
Did you know Lionel Messi never went to college: He chose football over higher education at 17
The Times of India
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Lionel Messi never went to college. Instead, he chose football to be his learning ground. Before Lionel Messi became a global icon, before he lifted the World Cup and shattered every imaginable football record, he was just a quiet boy from...
EXCLUSIVE: Why did NYC Department of Education spend $745,000 at a single Brooklyn restaurant last fiscal year?
AM New York Metro
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August 1, 2025
NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, standing next to Mayor Eric Adams, speaks at a funding announcement on April 16, 2025. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office The NYC Department of Education approved spending close to $750,000 on catering...