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A roundtable across 18,000 kilometers sparks broad attention through its exchange of thoughts and global perspectives

A roundtable across 18,000 kilometers sparks broad attention through its exchange of thoughts and global perspectives

The "Global Times Overseas China Week and Global South Dialogue: Roundtable Forum of China-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries" is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 25, 2025 of local time. Photo: Liu Yang/GTThe "Global Times...

Wins

Wins

Over the last few weeks, there have been big legislative wins for the nation. For me, one of these wins is the signing, at last, of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Along with Congressman Bob Latta, we began the quest in 2021 to permanently designate...

Strategic Partnerships: Costa Rica’s Answers to New Threats

Strategic Partnerships: Costa Rica’s Answers to New Threats

Costa Rica’s Vice Minister of Special Investigation Units of the Ministry of Public Security Manuel Jiménez Steller brings a strong background in criminal law and extensive prosecutorial experience to his crucial role. Having led complex organized...

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends

Investing William Potter / Shutterstock.com This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income hungry investors are often continually on the lookout...

The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis

The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis

As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.’s Skid Row when he noticed the first signs of a monumental change in the city. Day after day, workers, hired from the...

Turning Back the Pages - July 17, 2025

Turning Back the Pages - July 17, 2025

125 years ago — July 1900 D.R. Spalding of Falls Village, who was eighty six years old July 4, does all the raking on 200 acres of meadow land. The selectmen of Norfolk are going to see that all unregistered dogs are killed. A large black bear was...

Dining Solo at Sea: Here’s What I Ate on a 19-Day Luxury Cruise

Dining Solo at Sea: Here’s What I Ate on a 19-Day Luxury Cruise

When I boarded a cruise ship at Long Beach Pier earlier this year for a 19-day solo trip through the Panama Canal, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I’d traveled on other cruise lines before and had recently toured one of Seabourn’s other ships....

Phillippi Creek remains ignored. Will it flood again?

Phillippi Creek remains ignored. Will it flood again?

Phillippi Creek work remains undone Nearly a year ago Phillippi Creek overflowed its banks, flooding dozens of homes, causing hundreds to evacuate and forcing others to be rescued by boat. The creek water level also rose over bridges at Bahia...

The world could get carved up into these 3 blocs as Trump tariffs accelerate deglobalization

The world could get carved up into these 3 blocs as Trump tariffs accelerate deglobalization

The era of lower trade barriers and greater economic interdependence is waning, and President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade war is further stoking that trend. Economists at Wells Fargo recently sketched out a hypothetical scenario where the...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for...

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for...

In cell phone messages to The Associated Press on Thursday, Mdluli said it wasn't clear how long that would take. The men, who the U.S. says were convicted of serious crimes and were in the U.S. illegally, are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba,...

The USMNT's to-do list before the 2026 World Cup, ranked by urgency

The USMNT's to-do list before the 2026 World Cup, ranked by urgency

So, uh, 2025, huh? If we put the U.S. men's national team on the same August-to-July calendar as club teams, it's been an incredibly disappointing year for the Americans. It started out great! After flaming out of the Copa América, the USMNT got...

First Ladies Determine Their Role in a Polarizing World—Together

First Ladies Determine Their Role in a Polarizing World—Together

Amid constant warfare, climate change, a reduction in mental health across the globe, and the rapid deployment of AI, what does it mean to be a first lady? It is one of the most visible roles, with access to an international platform, and yet in...

The Week in Women's Football: NWSL review; Angel City coach Straus speaks

The Week in Women's Football: NWSL review; Angel City coach Straus speaks

This week, we present part 2 of our 2025 NWSL Season Review to Date, during the NWSL summer break for international tournaments. This week we look at Gotham FC—who are in the last playoff spot if the season ended today—North Carolina, Bay FC,...

Globus launches new 11-day small group tour through Ecuador

Globus launches new 11-day small group tour through Ecuador

Tour Operators By Christine Roberti July 18, 2025 Globus has launched a new small group discovery tour: Ecuador: Natural Wonders & Ancient Cultures. This 11-day journey from Quito to Guayaquil offers a rich tapestry of cultures, climates and...

5 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement

5 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement

Published: 18 Jul. 2025, 10:35 Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on July 17. [AP/YONHAP] Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump...

Not left or right, but authoritarianism vs. liberal democracy: Will McCorkle

Not left or right, but authoritarianism vs. liberal democracy: Will McCorkle

This past month, I went to a panel at the University of Costa Rica with a group of refugees from Nicaragua. This group of fairly progressive individuals had fled Nicaragua due to political persecution. One was a transgender woman and all were...

The Morning Briefing: Colbert's Tedious Reign as the Anti-Carson Is Coming to an End

The Morning Briefing: Colbert's Tedious Reign as the Anti-Carson Is Coming to an End

Top O' the Briefing Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Stedwërgenz felt no reason to explain why braunschweiger was his preferred medium for sculpting Peloponnesian War figurines. While putting together the Briefing last night it...

Canadian firm halts missions following African mine death

Canadian firm halts missions following African mine death

(MENAFN) Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals has paused operations at one of its Trident project sites in Zambia after a fatal dump truck accident claimed the life of an employee. The incident occurred at the Sentinel copper mine,...

So much depends upon and other poems

So much depends upon and other poems

Telepathic Lines Swerve of high tech roller blades― Not those antediluvian metal Edsels So incapable of transcending gravel― But those sugar-coated rollers: Gliding waltz, ballet grace, Lifting knee pads high, figure eight, Touching toes,...

West Coast Opportunities Await Space Industry Rocket Booster Builders

West Coast Opportunities Await Space Industry Rocket Booster Builders

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base.(NASA/Bill Ingalls) For copyright and restrictions refer to - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html America is struggling to keep up with a booming...

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