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Honduras: 3 Men Charged Over Plot to Kill Former President Zelaya and Overthrow Castro
teleSUR
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One of those involved in the plot against President Xiomara Castro and her husband. August 14, 2025 Hour: 2:52 pm On Thursday, Honduran authorities arrested Arcadio Lopez, Perfecto Enamorado, and Antonio Catan, who were formally charged with the...
Corals keep cooking in climate-heated seas. These crossbreeds may keep hope alive
WUSF - Florida
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August 17, 2025
The first-in-the-world experiment began not with a splash, but with a gasp from a respirator. Neoprene-clad scientists sank to the shallow bottom of Flamingo Reef off Key Biscayne, clutching black milk cartons filled with precious cargo. Inside...
Honduras: interactive tool traces developments in Guapinol anti-mining struggles
Latin American Bureau
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August 13, 2025
Drawing inspiration from LAB’s Environmental Defenders series, LAB contributor Leon Elliott has created an interactive tool that traces important developments in the fight for water and life in Guapinol, Honduras. For over a decade, the community...
Science Stories with Joe Johnson: Meteorite Strikes and the Return of Flesh-Eating Flies
Radio Catskill - New York
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August 13, 2025
Our resident science guy Joe Johnson has a fascinating update on three very different science stories: the subtle changes in Earth’s rotation, a rare meteorite impact in Georgia, and the resurgence of the screwworm fly in Central America and...
Innovative technologies for controlling Aedes aegypti: countries of the Americas receive training in Mexico and Brazil
Pan American Health Organization
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August 14, 2025
Washington, D.C., 14 August 2025 - To strengthen national capacities for implementing innovative vector control strategies, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and partners held an international workshop on the operational use of sterile...
Honduras joins race for IICA presidency, Guyana’s candidate consolidates position with Caribbean unity
Jamaica Observer
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August 11, 2025
The race for the top job at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) officially gained a new candidate last week, when the Honduran government formally announced the nomination of its secretary of agriculture and...
Youth, technology and multilateral cooperation
New Age Bangladesh
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| Freepik EVERY year on 12 August, International Youth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of young people to global progress. The 2025 theme, ‘youth advancing multilateral cooperation through technology and partnerships’,...
The plant diet: plant-based aquafeed research in North America
Aquaculture North America
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August 11, 2025
Updates on canola for salmon, soybeans for tuna and other plant-based feed and feed additive developments Sustainability in aquaculture is already baked in due to superior feed efficiency compared to poultry, swine and cattle. At the same time,...
They’re feeding the hungry. Then guarding the door from ICE.
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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Jose Angel Rodriguez doesn’t like when his stepmother goes outside alone. As he prepares to leave for the U.S. Marine Corps in less than a month, the 24-year-old has been haunted by news of families split apart and deported. Murmurs of people...
China strengthens party ties with Honduras
Friends of Socialist China
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August 8, 2025
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has strengthened its friendly ties with the ruling Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) Party of Honduras. On July 27, Ma Hui, Vice-Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met...
NASA and SpaceX launch crew to space station on second try
Yahoo News
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Running a day late, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Friday on a mission to deliver a fresh three-man one-woman crew to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:43 a.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as...
With Temporary Protected Status Revoked, Hondurans in the Diocese of Brooklyn Fear Departing US
The Tablet - New York
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August 5, 2025
Juan Romero appears in this photo with his wife, Carmen, and daughter, Stephanie. (Photo: Courtesy of Juan Romero) MASPETH — Since 1999, a government-issued Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation has allowed Juan Romero, a Honduran, to...
Scientists blast EPA greenhouse gas rule changes, Madison singles seek love IRL
Wisconsin Public Radio
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Leaders in Wisconsin are speaking out about changes at the Environmental Protection Agency. They say the agency will make fighting climate change harder. The Dane County Sheriff says an accused drunk driver should face charges in Wisconsin — not...
Honduras announces its candidate for head of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
Dominica News Online
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July 30, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 at 9:38 AM Honduran Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Laura Suazo, nominated for the position of IICA Director General, stands next to Foreign Minister Javier Bu Soto, who formalized the...
The program making some Baltimore youth top job candidates in a tough economy
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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Young adults are finding it especially tough to secure employment in today’s job market. This spring has featured the highest unemployment for people ages 16-24 since the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The state of the U.S....
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
KASU - Arkansas
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August 4, 2025
The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated,...
Scientists call for urgent policy reform to accelerate cross-border coral restoration efforts
Phys.org
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July 24, 2025
An international team of coral scientists is calling for urgent regulatory reform to support assisted gene flow (AGF)—a powerful tool to boost coral resilience—before climate change causes further reef decline and irreversible damage to coral...
Remains found in Alameda Marina in 2008 identified as 20-year-old man from Honduras
CBS News Bay Area - California
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Human remains found floating in the Alameda Marina nearly two decades ago have now been positively identified, authorities announced. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post on Thursday that partial skeletal remains were...
Remains found in Alameda identified after 16 years with DNA technology
KTVU - California
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ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. - A DNA laboratory in Texas has identified human remains found in Alameda 16 years ago. Using forensic genetic genealogy, the biotechnology company Othram identified the remains as 20-year-old Esteban Pablo, whose skeletal...
Technology key for closing productivity gap in regional coffee industry says Guyana’s Head IICA nominee
Dominica News Online
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July 22, 2025
Muhammad Ibrahim in Lima (Perú). Photo credit: EFE/ Paolo AguilarAgronomist and global development expert Muhammad Ibrahim, representing Guyana as its candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture...