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Foreign investor lawsuits impede Honduras human rights & environment protections
Mongabay
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December 12, 2024
Foreign investors in Honduras have “extraordinary privileges,” allowing them to sue the government for reforms that affect their investments, hindering public interest legislation, a recent report has found. Honduras faces billions of dollars in...
PAHO convenes regulatory authorities from the Americas to strengthen access to health technologies and promote self-sufficiency in health
Pan American Health Organization
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December 11, 2024
Washington, D.C., December 11, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened the eight national regulatory authorities of regional reference (NRAr) from the Americas to strengthen health regulation and improve access to...
Adventist Hospital in Honduras Celebrates 50 Years of Compassionate Care
Adventist Review
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December 10, 2024
Seventh-day Adventists recently celebrated half a century of dedicated service and health-care outreach through the Valley of Angels Adventist Hospital (HAVA) in Valle de Ángeles, Honduras. The two-day event, held November 15-16, brought together...
Rare human case of New World screwworm identified in United States after travel from El Salvador
KTBS 3 - Louisiana
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(CNN) — A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the US Department of Health and Human Services said. The US Centers for Disease Control and...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
Industry * Academia & Education Aerospace, Defense & Security Agriculture Asset Management Automotive Banking & Payments Chemicals Construction Consumer Foodservice Government, trade bodies and NGOs Health & Fitness Hospitals & Healthcare HR,...
Excellence in poultry education at Zamorano in Honduras
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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December 12, 2024
My WATT colleague, Roy Graber, brought to my attention a publication from Auburn University entitled “Learning by doing” by Kristen Bowman. It gave me the idea to write a blog about it, so here I am. The publication is very interesting, because it...
Breaking Barriers: Private Jensie Enamorado Becomes Belize’s First Female Aircraft Engineer in the BDF
Love FM
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December 7, 2024
Private Jensie Enamorado has etched her name into history as the first woman aircraft engineer enlisted in the Belize Defence Force (BDF). Her groundbreaking achievement was celebrated during a ceremony honoring her and her colleague, Private...
"A chilling effect": Research finds governments across the globe are cracking down on free speech
Salon
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December 5, 2024
New research has found that the most significant violation of civic freedoms in 2024 occurred in occupied Palestinian territories or was perpetrated against those in solidarity with the Palestinian people. In its annual global report, “People...
Consensus builders: how female leadership is bridging policy and innovation in Europe
The Copenhagen Post
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August 17, 2025
Our conversations at dinner tables or while having coffee with family, friends, or business colleagues in Europe have gradually shifted over the past 24 months. We are getting used to acknowledging the need for new technologies in critical...
How Ormat Technologies is accelerating the global energy transition with innovative solutions
Energy, Oil & Gas magazine - Florida
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November 30, 2024
Preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2025, Ormat Technologies (Ormat) boasts unparalleled renewable energy expertise as one of the world’s leading geothermal energy companies. The company is vertically integrated, overseeing the...
USAID funding research into climate resilience in crops, improved use of precision technology
Brownfield Ag News
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News USAID funding research into climate resilience in crops, improved use of precision technology The U.S. Agency for International Development is funding research to study climate resilience in crops and improved use of precision technology....
COP29: Harness digital technology to reach everyone with early warnings
World Meteorological Organization
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November 16, 2024
An event hosted by the COP29 Presidency on Science, Technology, and Innovation/ Digitalization Day highlighted the need to harness digital technologies to ensure that early warnings are accurate, accessible and reach everyone, leaving nobody...
We need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed
Salon
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August 24, 2025
According to polling data, 62 percent of Americans favor the government being responsible for the health coverage of all people in the country. Sixty-five percent of Americans polled favored the infrastructure bill passed during Joe Biden’s...
Guest shows UL Elementary students that Santa uses science
The Times Leader - Ohio
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MORRISTOWN — Jason Lindsey, better known as Mr. Science, visited Union Local Elementary School on Friday afternoon for a holiday-themed presentation. Lindsey is a nationally recognized science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher who...
The Life panelists describe their relationship with God in 1 word
Global Sisters Report
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August 25, 2025
Throughout our lives, our relationship with God is constantly evolving — shaped by life's joys and struggles, and moments of clarity and doubt. It is at once deeply personal and universally human, inviting each of us into ongoing encounter and...
Laser-based lidar tech is rewriting history — if climate change doesn't erase it first
Salon
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November 24, 2024
Tashbulak and Tugunbulak may be largely forgotten today, but the pair of Uzbekistani cities thrived during the Medieval era. Nestled in the Tien Shan mountains, the largest east to west mountain range on Earth, merchants from all over Europe and...
Hytera Exhibits at Nicaragua and Honduras Trade Fairs, Expanding Its Reach in Central America
The Critical Communications Review
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Narrowband | Broadband | Video | 2024-11-29 The event brought together business leaders and representatives of international organizations to strengthen economic and trade ties between China and Nicaragua. Hytera, a global leader in professional...
Why You Should Be Grateful For Scientists This Thanksgiving
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - New York
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November 27, 2024
DES PLAINES, IL - NOVEMBER 26: Bake shop manager Debbie Sanders restocks and arranges pumpkin pies ... [+] November 26, 2002 at a Jewel-Osco food store in Des Plaines, Illinois. With Thanksgiving just two days away, supermarket shoppers are busy...
A father and son duo fight invasive lionfish on a Honduran reef
Mongabay
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November 18, 2024
Live coral covers 68% of Tela Bay, on the northern coast of Honduras, creating a complex ecosystem that’s part of the wider Mesoamerican Reef system. Among stressors including overfishing and coral bleaching due to climate change, is the invasive...
Daily briefing: Why the man behind a ‘mouse utopia’ disappeared from the scientific literature
Nature
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Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library The drug KarXT, sold as Cobenfy, gained regulatory approval in the United States in September, making it...