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Colombia Accuses Peru of Taking Remote Island on Amazon River
The City Paper Bogotá
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August 5, 2025
A border issue between Colombia and Peru has erupted into a full-blown diplomatic row after Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Peru of violating the 1934 Rio de Janeiro Protocol by unilaterally occupying an island in the Amazon River within...
Uncovering algorithmic harm in Peru's pension program
International Journalists' Network
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It all started with a recurring question in our newsroom: Why are so many older adults removed from the Pensión 65 social program without explanation? To understand this, we investigated the system that determines which households are considered...
Madera one of nine UNG students to study abroad in Peru
JacksonHerald Today - Georgia
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Nine University of North Georgia (UNG) students strengthened their linguistic skills and cultural awareness through a five-week study abroad program in Peru this summer. The experience was part of a partnership with the organization Peru Study...
JK Rowling calls for Marks & Spencer boycott amid media hysteria over ‘trans’ employee
Pink News
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August 6, 2025
JK Rowling has waded into a media frenzy over a ‘trans’ retail worker. (Getty) JK Rowling has called for a boycott Marks & Spencer (M&S) after a customer complained that a supposedly ‘trans’ employee approached her and her teenage daughter in the...
Colombia and Peru clash over Amazonian river island
Colombia Reports
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August 5, 2025
Tensions have arisen between Colombia and Peru over the control over an island in the Amazon river on the border between the two countries.. A diplomatic row escalated on Tuesday when Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed that Peru was laying...
Art, sailing, dogs: What to do in Newport County this weekend
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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The Jessica Hagen Gallery's "Echoes of Form" exhibit opens Saturday, featuring artists exploring science and poetic expression. Jamestown's Artists' Open Studios event showcases over 30 artists on Saturday. The Newport Art Museum hosts Wet Paint,...
Engineezy Converted His Marble Pixel Art Machine Into a Wearable for Open Sauce
Hackster.io
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Engineezy, formerly known as JBV Creative or Jay BV, builds really impressive machines. But most of them are large and portability isn’t a feature he usually cares about. That was a problem when Engineezy decided to attend Open Sauce 2025, which...
Sally Hawkins Breaks Silence on Dropping Out of Paddington in Peru
Comic Book Resources (CBR)
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August 5, 2025
The Paddington franchise lost its leading lady when Sally Hawkins, who played Mary Brown, dropped out of Paddington in Peru before it began filming. Now, she's finally opened up about why. In an interview with The Times (via The Independent)...
Debut food truck park to launch with new Peruvian mobile eatery
Port City Daily - North Carolina
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August 5, 2025
After a year-and-a-half of planning and construction, Wilmington’s first food truck park is debuting to the public Friday. While it will feature a multitude of flavors, one in particular is new to the dining scene. (Port City Daily/Shea Carver)...
Still thriving in pay TV, Fox sets launch of $20 SVOD Fox One
StreamTV Insider
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August 5, 2025
Fox Corp. on Tuesday finally announced the major details of its big SVOD play, Fox One — it’ll cost $19.99 a month (or $199.99 annually) and launch on August 21. But don’t get too excited, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch advised during the media company’s...
Uber driver Jomon Perumayan Joseph loses job after stun gun found on his dashboard
Newstalk ZB
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August 6, 2025
An Uber driver was found with a homemade stun gun on his dashboard, which a judge has alluded to as being a method of protection for the man. Jomon Perumayan Joseph, 39, was stopped by police for an unrelated traffic matter in New Plymouth about...
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La Salle-Peru soccer players, coach get ‘amazing opportunity’ to travel to Spain
Ilinois Valley
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When La Salle-Peru boys soccer coach David Spudic was playing travel soccer growing up, he had the opportunity to travel overseas to play. When he became the coach at L-P, Spudic wanted to bring the program to the Cavaliers, but his initial...
Producer Sameer Nair Watches Mari Selvaraj's Bison Kaalamaadan Calls Film A Searing, Powerful Work Of Art!
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) Sameer Nair, one of the producers of ace director Mari Selvaraj's eagerly-awaited sports drama 'Bison Kaalamaadan', featuring actor Dhruv Vikram in the lead, has now praised the film after watching the...
The artist behind the art: Anouk Antoine
Belga News Agency
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August 6, 2025
Art is personal, but often there is a barrier between the public and the artist. This week, Belga English brings the creators to the reader in a series of four intimate interviews with female artists in Belgium. The explosion of vibrant colours on...
JPA nafi perubahan sistem pencen kerajaan mulai 2025
The Sun Daily
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August 6, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) sekali lagi menafikan kononnya berlaku perubahan sistem pencen kerajaan mulai 1 Jan 2025 seperti ditularkan pihak tertentu di media sosial. Dalam kenyataan di akaun Facebook rasminya hari ini, JPA juga...
Cuba falls to Peru at Women's Pan American Volleyball Cup
Cuban News Agency
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August 5, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 4 (ACN) Cuban women's national team lost 2-3 to Peru in the first round of Group A of the Senior Pan American Volleyball Cup, held in Colima, Mexico, where they will face Puerto Rico this Tuesday. According to www.norceca.net,...
5 Nashville Neighborhoods for Live Music, Bar-Hopping, and Great Food
AFAR
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August 5, 2025
When brothers Benjamin and Max Goldberg opened a bar in their hometown in 2003, Nashville was more than a decade away from becoming bachelorette-party-central. The bar (now closed) was in The Gulch, then a rundown corner of Downtown without many...
Post-Maduro Venezuela Will Look a Lot Like Peru or El Salvador
Caracas Chronicles
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August 5, 2025
Let’s imagine for a second that the ruling PSUV party is no longer in power. How that could happen doesn’t matter for the sake of this exercise. Let’s just assume that both the high command and the Supreme Court also step down, and their...
Colombia’s President Petro accuses Peru of annexing disputed Amazon island
Yahoo News
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the neighbouring country of Peru of annexing a disputed island on the Amazon River, resuscitating a longstanding disagreement between the two nations. In a social media post on Tuesday, Petro said that...
TIFF’s 2025 Centrepiece programme includes Motor City, a ’70s-set action movie with four lines of dialogue
JoBlo
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August 5, 2025
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, is scheduled to take place from September 4th through the 14th, and today the festival (known as TIFF) announced this year’s Centrepiece programme, their global...