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Anti-Cuban Agent Disguised as a “Sheep”
Adelante
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LA PAZ. – With tiger stripes beneath sheep’s wool, the U.S. government seeks to disguise its anti-Cuban agent Rosa María Payá, denounced Bolivian television channel Abya Yala in this capital. With a photo of her together with former de facto...
The Sprudge Twenty Class of 2025Presented By Pacific Barista Series
Sprudge - Oregon
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June 30, 2025
We are delighted to welcome you to the official announcement of The Sprudge Twenty, presented by Sprudge and Pacific Barista Series. This is the seventh class of Sprudge Twenty honorees, part of an annual tradition honoring and amplifying leaders...
Walmart Forced to Rely on Elderly Staff After Court Ruling Strips Stores of Migrant Workers
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 1, 2025
A court decision has sent shockwaves through Walmart, leaving the retail giant scrambling to fill a significant labour gap. With a ruling that has removed many migrant workers from its stores, the company now finds itself increasingly dependent on...
Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
The New Yorker
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June 27, 2025
Since its inception, in 2000, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which works with local governments to bring vaccines to low-income countries, has helped administer 1.9 billion vaccines and reached a billion children. Global vaccination work has nearly...
Walmart staff panic as bosses roll out mass sackings overnight leaving stores understaffed
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
Walmart employees are saying they're losing coworkers overnight. The retailer, America's largest private employer, is complying with a sweeping Supreme Court decision that allowed the Trump administration to revoke work protections for half a...
Iran and us: Time for a feel
Business World
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June 29, 2025
I ran and us, separated by the Asian landmass, are tangled up in invisible knots first entwined in the mid-20th Century. Time now to give these unseen knots a good feel. Seventy years ago, Iran’s elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was...
The Wretched History of Regime
CounterPunch
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June 30, 2025
Photograph Source: موسسه مطالعات و پژوهش های سیاسی – Public Domain “If we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation. We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future, and we see the...
Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different?
Foreign Policy
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were terrified of monarchy. They designed a constitution that separated and fragmented power, hoping that no single individual would ever amass the kind of authority that Britain’s king had enjoyed....
Give me liberty or a Tinpot Dictator
Independence Bulletin Journal - Iowa
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Peggy Noonan has been a right-leaning columnist for The Wall Street Journal since leaving the Ronald Reagan administration as his primary speechwriter. Five of Noonan’s books have been New York Times bestsellers. Consuming every word of her weekly...
Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations in a new US administration
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
The continued and evolving use of economic and financial sanctions by a growing number of jurisdictions and government authorities, the exponential increase in the sheer number of sanctions targets and the increasing level of complexity of...
Mexico’s Francisco Rodriguez Jr is the TSS Fighter of the Month for June
The Sweet Science
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June 30, 2025
At age 32, flyweight Galal Yafai was on the fast track. On Saturday, June 21, in Yafai’s hometown of Birmingham, England, Francisco Rodriguez Jr knocked him off the rails. There was a lot to like about Galal Yafai. One of three fighting brothers –...
Trump Follows the Grand US Tradition of Ignoring Intelligence to Go to War
Common Dreams
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June 28, 2025
I’ll never forget the day I was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. What does that have to do with President Donald Trump bombing Iran? I’ll get there, so indulge me. It was the spring of 1983, and I was sitting in an auditorium at CIA...
Caro Quintero’s life behind bars: The story of Mexico’s ‘Narco of Narcos’
El País
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June 30, 2025
In the only interview he ever gave, Rafael Caro Quintero — Mexico’s “Narco of Narcos” — answered with terrifying simplicity a question that almost seemed like a formality, about his role in the Guadalajara Cartel: “I didn’t realize anything about...
Holly Holm, Joshua Edwards, and Rene Alvarado Sparkle on the Paul-Chavez Undercard
The Sweet Science
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June 29, 2025
Holly Holm, Joshua Edwards, and Rene Alvarado Sparkle on the Paul-Chavez Undercard There were 11 fights altogether on tonight’s big card in California headlined by Jake Paul’s match with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The first six aired on youtube,...
A City Heights dental clinic is bringing confidence and smiles to underserved communities
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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June 30, 2025
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...
Jake Paul Vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Full Card - What Time Does It Start?
Forbes
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ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: Jake Paul (left) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. face-off prior to their ... More fight at Honda Center on June 27, 2025 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Melina Pizano/Getty Images)Getty Images Jake Paul will face Julio...
A triumphant Supreme Court term for Trump, fueled by emergency rulings
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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June 29, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court term that ended Friday included an extraordinary run of victories for President Donald Trump, culminating in a 6-3 ruling largely eliminating the main tool that his opponents have used to thwart his aggressive...
The Ultimate Guide To The World’s Finest Cigars
Maxim
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June 27, 2025
Renowned cigar expert Aaron Sigmond takes readers on an in-depth journey into every aspect of fine stogies in his new book. (Ian Spanier) “There is no typical cigar enthusiast,” declares Tom Chamberlain, dashing editor-in-chief of London’s The...
The Ultimate Guide To The World’s Finest Cigars
Maxim
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June 27, 2025
Renowned cigar expert Aaron Sigmond takes readers on an in-depth journey into every aspect of fine stogies in his new book. (Ian Spanier) “There is no typical cigar enthusiast,” declares Tom Chamberlain, dashing editor-in-chief of London’s The...
Opinion: What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 28, 2025
The Trump administration's decision to bomb Iran dramatically marks the now nearly half-century of hostility between the United States and Iran, which began in 1979 with Iran's takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the taking of 52 diplomatic...