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$750 million facility to protect Texas cattle, wildlife from screwworm threat
The Center Square
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August 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – Responding to calls by state lawmakers and the agricultural industry for immediate action to be taken to protect cattle and wildlife from a parasitic fly, the Trump administration is investing $750 million to build the first...
A few storms today as Erin’s swells reach our coast | FIRST ALERT WEATHER
WJAX - Florida
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August 18, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This morning is mostly dry with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Coastal showers are possible through midday, then shifting inland with a few storms through the afternoon. Temperatures will rise into the upper 80s and low 90s...
Business incubator collective launches digital platform to strengthen Haiti’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Haitian Times
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August 18, 2025
Overview: Port-au-Prince-based incubator Banj and its partners have launched Antreprann.ht, Haiti’s first digital database for entrepreneurs. The platform connects six key sectors to address resource gaps, training needs and funding shortages,...
Defense Minister meets UN Secretary General’s special representative for Haiti in Santo Domingo, Blackwater contracted
DR1
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Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre met with Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at the Ministry of...
NASA develops incredible tech that can help save people trapped under rubble of natural disasters: 'We can separate those motions out'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 17, 2025
"Your body moves a millimeter when your heart beats." by Leslie SattlerAugust 17, 2025 Photo Credit: NASA via Facebook Space technology is saving lives on Earth. Rescue teams are deploying radar equipment that locates survivors buried beneath...
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 • Student helps bring healing to Haiti’s children
Lassen County Times - California
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August 17, 2025
Publisher’s note: This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 edition of the Lassen County Times. Sarah Quale spent three weeks in Haiti using music to help bring healing and hope to children, many who had been affected by a...
iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien : 355th Anniversary Celebration and Patronal Feast
Haiti Libre
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August 16, 2025
iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien : 355th Anniversary Celebration and Patronal Feast 16/08/2025 09:36:44 The celebration of the 355th anniversary of the founding of the city of Cap-Haitien coincided this year with the patronal feast of Our Lady of the...
Youth, agro-ecology and green jobs
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Environment : Youth, agro-ecology and green jobs 18/08/2025 10:06:34 As part of the monitoring mission for projects supported by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Labor...
Advocacy for gender equality funding
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - CELPAC : Advocacy for gender equality funding 18/08/2025 10:30:14 As part of the 16th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and...
Caribbean Matters: How to support Haitians fighting deportation from the US
Daily Kos
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August 16, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. While much of the media’s focus...
Silence is survival in Haiti
Haitian Times
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August 16, 2025
Overview: Originally published by Index on Censorship, this report investigates how USAID funding cuts under Donald Trump’s administration have weakened Haiti’s media, LGBTQ+ and health services sectors—leaving civil society voiceless amid gang...
What We’re Watching: Haiti turns to foreign fighters, China’s economy slumps, protests flare-up in Serbia
GZERO Media
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August 15, 2025
Haiti turns to foreign guns as gangs tighten grip Blackwater founder Erik Prince is ramping up his private security firm’s presence in Haiti, deploying hundreds of fighters from the US, Europe, and El Salvador to battle gangs controlling much of...
iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien 355th : Mobile clinic, the North celebrates by caring
Haiti Libre
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August 15, 2025
iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien 355th : Mobile clinic, the North celebrates by caring 15/08/2025 10:27:15 To celebrate Cap-Haïtien's 355th anniversary, the North Health Directorate kicked off the festivities with a free mobile clinic, embodying humanity...
Henfrasa transformed into a giant altar for Haiti into praise 2025
BGospel Magazine
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August 14, 2025
This Sunday, August 10, the Henfrasa center turned into a real adoration altar on the occasion of the new edition of Haiti in praise. Despite a covered and threatening sky at the time of launch, the event attracted a large and determined crowd,...
As legal status is set to end for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages
WBUR - Massachusetts
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In the living room of a Randolph apartment, a 3-year-old boy beams as he shows off his electric tricycle. His father, Jacques, smiles, but he has big worries. His boss at a Boston hospital just told him he’ll be let go if he can’t secure a new...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Journey of faith: How global perspective, Haitian husband changed Mennonite woman's life
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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In 2007, at the age of 19, Anita Felisma, left the confines of her conservative upbringing to see the world. Per her mother’s request, Anita, who was raised in upstate New York within the strict bounds of the Beachy Amish Mennonite tradition,...
iciHaiti - Politic : The country relies on its youth to build a sustainable and sovereign future
Haiti Libre
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August 14, 2025
iciHaiti - Politic : The country relies on its youth to build a sustainable and sovereign future 14/08/2025 10:13:49 As part of International Youth Day (August 12), celebrated by the United Nations, Haiti is counting on its youth to build a...
Haitian nationals with 'protected' immigration status at risk of deportation come February
CAI - Massachusetts
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August 12, 2025
The Trump administration plans to end protected immigration status for citizens of Haiti in February, more than 15 years after the Obama administration granted it following a devastating earthquake in 2010. The program, called Temporary Protected...
The International Court of Justice can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide?
Prism
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August 14, 2025
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) made headlines in July with a historic climate ruling. In a long-awaited advisory opinion, the United Nations’ highest legal body confirmed what many in the Global South have long known: Wealthy nations...