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Mexican Caribbean Turns Seaweed Crisis into Fuel, Building Panels, and Carbon Credits
LatinAmerican Post
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August 13, 2025
On the beaches of Quintana Roo, the tide brings more than tourists. In 2025, record waves of sargassum threaten to choke the coastline’s turquoise brand—but engineers and scientists here are betting it can be turned into energy, products, and...
Home Depot Vs. Lowe's: Which Is The Best Investment As Q2 Results Approach?
myMotherLode - California
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Friday, August 15, 2025 10:10 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Looking ahead to next week’s earnings lineup, retail earnings from Home Depot (HD - Free Report) and Lowe’s (LOW - Free Report) will be a highlight, and it may be a worthy topic of whether...
Patriotic punters cost Ladbrokes owner with winning bets on Lionesses
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for August 15, 2025
The Rio Times
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August 15, 2025
Brazil’s financial markets open today amid political maneuvering and economic headwinds. The Centrão, Brazil’s center-right coalition, has aligned with President Lula. It rejected Eduardo Bolsonaro’s push to pardon the alleged coup plotters of...
US court halts YPF share turnover in Argentina’s $16.1bn dispute
The Sun Daily
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August 15, 2025
NEW YORK: A US appeals court has temporarily halted an order requiring Argentina to surrender its 51% stake in YPF to satisfy a $16.1 billion judgment. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan paused the June 30 turnover ruling while...
Patriotic punters in women’s Euros final costs Ladbrokes owner in winnings
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Many Hopes: Child Protection in Ghana and Latin America
Borgen Magazine
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August 14, 2025
Scotland — Child labor remains a critical issue in Ghana, as more than 1.1 million children aged 5 to 7 years old were working in 2023. This accounts for approximately 10% of children in that age group, with the majority from rural areas and often...
Brazil’s Stock Market Faces Pressure as Blue Chips Stumble and Uncertainty Rises
The Rio Times
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August 15, 2025
Brazil’s main stock index, the Ibovespa, slipped on August 14, ending at 136,355.78, down 0.24%. The market’s biggest companies — Vale, Petrobras, and Raízen — drove the decline after disappointing results. Rising worries about company finances...
Latin Americans scoop up new Brickell condos to make them rentals
Miami Today - Florida
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August 13, 2025
Written by Abraham Galvan on August 13, 2025 With investors being about 90% of buyers, the Brickell condo market demand is comprised of mostly Latin Americans seeking local long-time renters or short-term renters for visitors, luxury condominium...
CIBC Caribbean’s 2025 Walk for the Cure and 5K set for September 27
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 16, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 6 Hrs Ago Robert Dumas, from left, chairman of the TT Cancer Society; Mahadeo Sebarath, head of country Trinidad CIBC; and Anthony Stoude, event director at the launch of the Walk for the Cure and 5K at CIBC Caribbean on Long...
New business opportunities open for Central American and Caribbean ministers at farmers’ conference in Argentina
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
Jorge Werthein, Special Advisor to the Director General of IICA; Roberto Linares, Minister of Agricultural Development of Panama; Frederick Stephenson, Foreign Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA;...
Egypt Aims To Attract Potassium Investments
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – The Egyptian government is seeking companies working with potassium, kaolin, iron ore, and geopolymers to establish and set up plants in the country. According to information released by the...
Tariffs prompt Asia to rethink strategy
China Daily Global
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A truck transports a shipping container in Navi Mumbai, India, August 11, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The United States' enforcement of steep tariffs against most of its trading partners is disrupting the global trading environment, which has pushed...
Nouryon expands its South America industry-leading sodium chlorate capacity by 20% in support of new Arauco pulp mill and growing Brazilian pulp industry
chemeurope.com
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August 14, 2025
Nouryon has signed a long-term agreement with Arauco to supply essential sodium chlorate and chlorine dioxide solutions for Arauco’s new $4.6 billion pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. As part of the agreement, Nouryon will construct fully...
GECCU awards scholarships to 14 students increases financial support for 2025
NBC SVG
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August 15, 2025
The General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU) is again providing financial support to students in their educational journey at the secondary and tertiary level. On Tuesday, GECCU awarded scholarships to fourteen students at its 23rd...
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Nigeria News5 seconds ago President Tinubu Arrives Dubai [Video] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before proceeding to Japan and Brazil for official state visits. After a few days in...
Naija News
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August 16, 2025
After a few days in Dubai, Tinubu will depart to Japan to participate in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan from August 20 to 22. Naija News reports that the conference, themed “Co-create...
UK-Based SugaROx Secures £1 Million Investment to Accelerate Field Testing Biostimulant Research
AgriBusiness Global
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August 15, 2025
SugaROx, a UK-based venture leading the development of precision biostimulants, has today announced a £400,000 strategic investment from a global player in the fertilizer industry, The Mosaic Company, as part of a £1 million seed round extension....
Canada’s Barrick, China’s Shandong Gold Seek to Add $400 Million Investment in Argentine Mine
The Epoch Times
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August 15, 2025
Dump trucks and bulldozers operate at Barrick Gold Corp's Veladero gold mine in San Juan province, Argentina April 26, 2017. Reuters/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo China’s Shandong Gold and Canada’s Barrick Gold have submitted an application to the...
‘Living laboratory’: Trump admin urged to look to South America for lessons on fighting migrant gangs
Fox News
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Jose Arocha, a former lieutenant colonel in the Venezuelan military, told Fox News Digital that the recent U.S. intel community report denying Tren de Aragua is linked to the Venezuelan dictatorship is missing a key aspect. NEWYou can now listen...
Tinubu off to Japan, Brazil for TICAD, others
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 15, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday left Abuja for a two-nation official visit to Japan and Brazil, with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The president’s aircraft departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 11:15am...