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Securing the Canal: The Mind Behind PANAMAX Alpha
Dialogo Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Panama’s National Border Service (SENAFRONT) Deputy Commissioner Maritza Censión is a trailblazer in her field. As the longest-serving female officer in SENAFRONT and the executive officer of the Panama East Third Brigade, she brings decades of...
Brazil takes up Mercosur presidency aiming for deeper integration
Agencia Brasil
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July 3, 2025
Expanding trade, promoting energy transition, developing technology, fighting organized crime, and tackling social inequalities—these are the five priorities for the next Mercosur presidency, which Brazil will hold in the second half of this year....
US pauses restart of Mexican cattle imports due to screwworm
Farmers' Advance - Michigan
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Agri-Pulse’s Oliver Ward reported that “the Agriculture Department said Wednesday evening that the U.S. would be closing the southern border to livestock trade, effective immediately, after reports that New World screwworm has resumed its...
M&A and Global Compliance Lessons From OFAC’s Settlement With Key Holding
JD Supra - California
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July 15, 2025
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reached a settlement with Key Holding, LLC (Key Holding) concerning its non-U.S. subsidiary’s violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations...
Terramar DMC Mourns Sudden Loss of Industry Leader
Meetings Today
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Terramar DMC, a global destination management company with a large presence in Mexico, announced the sudden passing of Managing Director Lee Chipman, who spent a decade with the DMC as well as nearly three decades with Hilton. “Lee wasn’t just a...
Local Ally Thomas Set As Opener For James Slater, Tom Douglas At McLemore's Songwriter Series July 17
The Chattanoogan - Tennessee
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July 10, 2025
McLemore Resort’s signature Songwriter’s Series returns on July 17 with music from James Slater + Tom Douglas. The series is made possible by First Bank and Land Rover Chattanooga. Local singer/songwriter Ally Thomas will open the night....
Richard Li’s China insurance expansion talks stall amid backlash to father’s port sale plan, Bloomberg News reports
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 10, 2025
(Reuters) -Billionaire Richard Li’s efforts to expand his insurance business into mainland China have been put on hold after Beijing reacted with fury to his father Li Ka-shing’s plan to sell a suite of global ports to BlackRock, Bloomberg News...
Richard Li’s China insurance expansion talks stall amid backlash to father’s port sale plan
The Business Times Singapore
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July 10, 2025
The discussions were suspended shortly after the port sale was announced in early MarchPublished Thu, Jul 10, 2025 · 03:51 PM [HONG KONG] Billionaire Richard Li’s efforts to expand his insurance business into mainland China have been put on hold...
Plaquemine salutes military veterans during July Fourth celebration
Plaquemine Post South
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Seven veterans were honored as grand marshals at the City of Plaquemine July Fourth Hometown Celebration. The veterans served in various branches of the military, including the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The ceremony honoring veterans has...
Trump Administration Negotiates Global Network for Deportations Beyond Illegal Migrants’ Home Countries
[your]NEWS
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June 29, 2025
U.S. diplomats have approached nearly 60 countries to accept illegal aliens expelled from the United States under an expanding Trump administration policy that bypasses country-of-origin deportations. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom The Trump...
Carnival Cruise Passengers Agree That This One Route Needs To Make A Comeback
The Travel
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July 9, 2025
Carnival Cruises aren't having the best time at the moment. Between customers jumping ship over new loyalty scheme changes and angering locals over illness outbreaks, it's not been the cruise company's finest moment. However, it's the changes that...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
Ports expose Li family’s global dealmaking dilemma
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 7, 2025
Li Ka-shing believed in the power of combined forces, so he named his business Cheung Kong Industries after China’s Yangtze River, which aggregates numerous tributaries. The tycoon, now 96, built his plastics manufacturer into a global...
D&E President’s, Dean’s Lists released
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 15, 2025
Submitted photo Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. ELKINS — Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. The president’s list...
Gibraltar removed from EU ‘grey list’ for money laundering – scuppering last-minute bid from Spain’s far-right
Olive Press
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July 9, 2025
GIBRALTAR has been cleared for removal from the EU’s financial ‘grey list’ after the European Parliament rejected a last-ditch attempt by Spain’s far-right Vox party to keep the Rock on Brussel’s naughty step. MEPs voted 501 to 101 against a...
Bright Data beat Elon Musk and Meta in court — now its $100M AI platform is taking on Big Tech
VentureBeat
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July 2, 2025
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Bright Data, the Israeli web scraping company that defeated both Meta and Elon Musk’s X...
The UAE and Latin America can be better friends
The National News
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As part of its economic diversification and diplomacy strategies, the UAE is exploring uncharted terrains and increasingly focusing on Latin America. It has made strategic investments to enhance collaboration in a wide array of sectors –...
The Canadian Government Just Slapped The World's Hottest Country With A Travel Advisory
The Travel
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July 15, 2025
The Canadian government's travel advisory comes in four levels: Level 1 (exercise normal security precautions), Level 2 (exercise a high degree of caution), Level 3 (avoid all non-essential travel), and Level 4 (avoid all travel). The U.S. is...
IDB expands disaster risk coverage by $2bn, introduces new instruments
Reinsurance News
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July 3, 2025
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has expanded disaster risk coverage by an additional $2 billion and introduced new instruments for both sovereign and private clients. The $2 billion expansion includes $1 billion for its Contingent Credit...
Millionaires on the Move: UK Braces for Historic Wealth Flight as Global Migration Peaks
Hubbis
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A record-breaking 142,000 millionaires are projected to relocate internationally this year, with the UK expected to see the largest net outflow of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) by any country since international investment migration advisory...