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Oil Prices Climb After the EU Imposes New Sanctions on Russia
Oil Price
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July 18, 2025
Oil prices moved higher on Friday morning after the EU agreed to an 18th package of sanctions against Russia, but the effectiveness of the sanctions is yet to be seen. Friday, July 18th, 2025 The constant drumbeat of Russian sanction announcements...
Capital Fliers: Record Breaking Exodus of Latin America Millionaires
Nearshore Americas
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July 9, 2025
A record number of millionaires are fleeing Latin America. The region’s four largest economies — Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina — are set to lose around 1,600 high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) by 2025. The breakdown is stark. Brazil alone...
5 immigrants said in solitary confinement at Eswatini jails
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 19, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
FWD Group’s China expansion plans stall amid backlash to Li Ka-shing’s port sale plan
Deal Street Asia
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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 reported on...
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...
Australia stops imports of Sahrawi phosphate
Sahara Press Service
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London, 9 July 2025 (SPS) - The Australian company Dyno Nobel (formerly Incitec Pivot) has definitively halted the importation of phosphate from occupied Western Sahara, announced on Tuesday by the International Observatory for Natural Resource...
White House touts decline in migrant crossings at Darien Gap
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 13:29 EDT, 17 July 2025 | Updated: 13:30 EDT, 17 July 2025 Advertisement Activity at a deadly jungle choke point in Central America where hundreds of thousands of migrants...
The U.S. government sold off these aging ships — leaving states in the Pacific Northwest to pay the price
InvestigateWest - Washington State
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July 17, 2025
Three years ago on a sunny day in August, a nearly 80-year-old steel, navy blue ship with patched holes and streaks of rust drifted down an inlet connecting downtown Tacoma to Commencement Bay. The 169-foot vessel was an unusual sight for local...
International demand for pineapple juice grows
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Demand for pineapple juice and the growth of markets such as Israel and Dubai are boosting Costa Rican exports, despite production limitations due to weather conditions. According to Álvaro Figueroa, president of the Tropicales del Valle company,...
Vino a EE.UU. para pagarle el tratamiento a su hijo enfermo. Lo detuvieron. Luego desapareció.
ProPublica
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Richard Li's China insurance expansion talks stall
The Manila Times
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July 10, 2025
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 reported on...
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 –...
Colombian Brand Chevignon Expands into the U.S. with First of Ten Stores
The MDS
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July 10, 2025
More Latin American fashion in the United States. In a key step in the internationalization of Colombian fashion, Chevignon, which specializes in denim, has made its physical landing in the U.S. market with the opening of its first store in the...
The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Foreign Affairs
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Department of Homeland Security began sending immigrants living in the United States to prisons in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama and to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. At the...
He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
ProPublica
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs...
Over $35 million in assets of former MP Makeyenko arrested and transferred to ARMA
Interfax Ukraine
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July 18, 2025
The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) secured the seizure of funds and securities worth over $35 million belonging to a former People's Deputy of Ukraine in court. "At the request of the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office, on July 15,...
US has reclosed its southern border to livestock imports after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico
12 News Now - Texas
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American officials worry that if the fly reaches Texas, its flesh-eating maggots could cause large economic losses, something that happened decades ago. WASHINGTON — The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a...
12 of the best Princess cruise ships for your next laid-back sailing
The Times
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With its relaxed on-board feel, excellent range of excursions and good value itineraries, Princess is the perfect line for families, first-time cruisers and anyone who only wants to pay for extras they will use. Packages include all entertainment...
What to expect from INC-5.2 – where is the Global Plastics Treaty now?
Packaging Europe
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July 18, 2025
What does the Global Plastics Treaty draft text currently look like, and what can we expect from the upcoming round of negotiations? With the help of WWF, we take stock of our current position, and where we have left to go. Back in March 2022,...
This DC-Area Lawyer Wants More Americans Betting on Elections
Washingtonian
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July 10, 2025
I t’s a springtime Thursday night at Nanny O’Brien’s Irish Pub in Northwest DC, and up on the TVs, the University of Maryland men’s basketball team is struggling against the University of Florida. The bar is stuffed with revelers eating chicken...