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Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don’t fear AI – you could have this important advantage
The Conversation
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August 7, 2025
Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions “prompting ChatGPT” or “running this through AI”, and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You’re not alone. There’s a growing narrative that artificial intelligence...
Chancay Port opens Inca Trail of New Era toward shared prosperity between China, Latin America
China Daily Global
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Container cranes and rail-mounted gantry cranes shipped from China arrive on June 27, 2024 at the Chancay Port in Peru. [Photo/Xinhua] LIMA -- More than 500 years ago, the legendary Inca Trail stretched from Cusco across the Andes, linking...
Borderlands Mexico: Latin America poised for global trade growth, experts say
Yahoo Finance
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Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Latin America poised for global trade growth, experts say; DSV begins construction of logistics hub in Texas;...
Puma launches Jamaican-Inspired H-Street at Notting Hill Carnival
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Paying homage to the fastest nation in the world, PUMA will be re-releasing its special-edition 2003 H-Street in two Jamaica inspired colorways, as a tribute to the Caribbean nation and its globally recognized track and field legacy.Black, yellow,...
'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years age is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds
LiveScience
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August 7, 2025
A prehistoric skull discovered half a century ago in an Italian cave is the oldest example of artificial cranial modification ever discovered in Europe, new research reveals. The unusually long skull, which is about 12,500 years old, confirms that...
15 startup conferences that are actually worth attending in 2025
The Sociable
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August 7, 2025
Big-name expos and star-studded keynotes may grab headlines, but in 2025, it’s the smaller, more focused conferences that are gaining traction with founders. These events may not have the flashiest lineups or the biggest stages – but they...
Ñande Yvy, Ñande Rekove: An Ancestral Gathering In The Heart Of Asunción
The Asunción Times
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August 7, 2025
August 9 is, declared by the United Nations, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. On this day in 2025, Plaza Italia in downtown Asunción transforms into a sacred space where voices, sounds, and hearts converge under an ancestral...
CARIBBEAN MUSIC ROYALTY HONOURED: BURNING FLAMES TO BE MADE NATIONAL HEROES IN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA!
Times Caribbean
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August 4, 2025
ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA – August 3, 2025 — In a historic and emotional tribute befitting Caribbean music royalty, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced a sweeping series of national honours for the region’s most iconic jam band — Burning...
BACA head: Bring back national soca competition
Barbados Today
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August 7, 2025
76 Though hailed the 2025 Crop Over season as a success, President of the Barbados Association of Creatives and Artistes (BACA), Sean Apache Carter has renewed calls for the revival of a national soca competition. Speaking to Barbados TODAY,...
Central American country acknowledges new Russian zones
MENAFN
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August 2, 2025
(MENAFN) Nicaragua’s Co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have declared full support for Russia in its conflict with Ukraine and officially recognized the incorporation of four former Ukrainian regions—Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, and...
Irregular Warfare Center Research Bibliography No.2: Lebanese Hezbollah in Latin America
Small Wars Journal
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August 3, 2025
Irregular Warfare Center Research Bibliography No.2: Lebanese Hezbollah in Latin America Pamela Ligouri Bunker – IWC Research Contractor and Small Wars Journal Associate Alma Keshavarz – IWC Research Contractor Robert J. Bunker – IWC Research...
Can mainline liberals get their story back?
Baptist News Global
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August 7, 2025
In my most recent column I drew attention to the certainty gap between American evangelicals and mainline Protestants. While 85% of evangelicals and 82% of Black Protestants believe in God without a shadow of a doubt, the same can only be said for...
'Every mural is an opera': Amber Santos on 7 years as Nelson's mural festival curator
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
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Amber Santos brought paper and a box of watercolour pencils with her to an interview with the Nelson Star, and she spread them across the table as soon as she sat down. She drew and coloured as she talked about her seven years as curator of the...
Caribbean cultural heritage under threat:
The Gleaner
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August 2, 2025
WASHINGTON DC: “Mi glad fi si ounu, yu si. Mi glad bag almost buss up,” declared Dr Bertram L. Melbourne, a Jamaica-born professor of New Testament studies and a former associate and interim dean of Howard University School of Divinity. His voice...
USAID shutdown threatens search for 120,000 disappeared in Colombia
OregonLive.com
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August 7, 2025
By Juan Pablo Pérez | Edited by Patricia Guadalupe After a week listening to victims of unspeakable war crimes, Ángela Cordón makes herself a cup of coffee and sets a thick folio on the dinner table in her home in Neiva, Colombia. It’s just past...
Latin American Market returns to Bazaar del Mundo | Aug. 1-3
CBS 8 San Diego - California
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Attendees can explore one-of-a-kind creations, including handmade wooden figurines made by world-renowned artist Jacobo Ángeles and extensive Mata Ortiz pottery. Author: cbs8.com Published: 9:10 AM PDT August 1, 2025 Updated: 9:10 AM PDT August 1,...
Bolivia's socialists lose support of the Aymara, once their base
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Monica Machicao and Lucinda Elliott LA PAZ (Reuters) -The rise in power and influence of the Indigenous Aymara in Bolivia has been the country's biggest political shift of recent decades, driven by the success of former President Evo Morales...
Building a Cyber-Aware Workforce: Mexico's Push for Security Training
The State of Security – Tripwire
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August 7, 2025
Last year, Mexico was hit with 324 billion attempted cyberattacks, lending credence to the World Economic Forum's report that the country is the recipient of more than half of all cyber threats in Latin America. This does not bode well for the...
Caribbean Wine Food & Music Festival brings island flavors, reggae rhythms to Chesterfield
WTVR-TV - Virginia
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August 4, 2025
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Scores of folks spent part of their Sunday at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds for this year's Richmond Caribbean Wine Food & Music Festival. The event featured tasty wines, mouth-watering treats and island grooves....
Things to do in Chicago this weekend — Bud Billiken Parade, Northalsted Market Days, Taste of Chicago and more
FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois
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CHICAGO - It's the second weekend of August and while the summer may be counting down, the events are ramping up! This weekend Chicago will host the Northalsted Market Days, Bud Billiken Parade, Sabor Taco and Tequila Fest and more! Here's a look...