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IN PICS: $1.5 million NIL-valued Flau’jae Johnson celebrates Team USA’s gold medal with grateful message
Sportskeeda
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July 7, 2025
On Monday, Flau’jae Johnson celebrated Team USA’s gold medal with a grateful message. The United States won the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup in Santiago, Chile, defeating Brazil 92-84 in the final. With the win, they sealed a spot in the 2026 FIBA...
The world could get carved up into these 3 blocs as Trump tariffs accelerate deglobalization
Fortune
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The era of lower trade barriers and greater economic interdependence is waning, and President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade war is further stoking that trend. Economists at Wells Fargo recently sketched out a hypothetical scenario where the...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide Fast Facts
KESQ-TV - California
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July 7, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti. Personal Birth date: July 15, 1953 Birth place: Port Salut, Haiti Birth name: Jean-Bertrand Aristide Father:...
Abinader and Fernández to meet today to discuss Haitian crisis
Dominican Today
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July 3, 2025
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader is set to meet with former President Leonel Fernández this Thursday as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue aimed at addressing the Haitian crisis and its effects on the Dominican Republic. The meeting...
'Always Hiding': Haitian Laborers Fear Dominican Deportation Push
International Business Times
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July 4, 2025
Agamise Cheranfant hides as soon as he finishes his work at a banana plantation in the Dominican Republic. Like many others, he is Haitian, undocumented, and lives in constant fear of deportation. Owners of farms, construction companies and...
Jamaica To Launch Regularisation Process for Undocumented Dominican Nationals
Nevis Pages
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July 7, 2025
Source: CNW In a landmark move hailed as a humanitarian and diplomatic triumph, the Government of Jamaica has agreed to initiate a regularisation process for Dominican citizens living in the country without legal immigration status. The...
USA men's soccer vs. Mexico in Gold Cup Final: How to watch Sunday
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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It all comes down to this. It's the United States Men's National Team versus Mexico in the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final. The USMNT took care of business with a 2-1 win over Guatemala in the semifinals, with midfielder Diego Luna scoring two goals...
Sofia Coppola Kicks Off Paris Haute Couture Week in Cinematic Style at Le Bal d'Été
Vanity Fair
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July 7, 2025
How do you make Paris Couture Week’s most exclusive celebration even more elegant? Put Sofia Coppola in charge as artistic director, of course. Such was the case Sunday evening, when around 300 guests gathered at the Palais du Louvre’s Musée des...
Push for temporary work permits for foreign workers gains support
Dominican Today
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July 3, 2025
Santo Domingo.- Luis Sabater, the newly sworn-in president of the Dominican Concrete Institute (Indocon), stated that issuing temporary work permits to foreign laborers will not lead to an increase in the undocumented population, as most of these...
Hilton enters Q3 2025 with new openings and renovations
Hotel Management Network
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July 7, 2025
Hilton is broadening its global presence with a series of new hotel openings and extensive property renovations as it marks entry into the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. In the Americas, Hilton’s all-suites brands are extending their reach with...
PM Gaston Browne leads A&B delegation at 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Jamaica
The Antigua Observer
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July 7, 2025
- Advertisement - Prime Minister Gaston Browne is leading the country’s delegation at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), being held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from 6–8 July 2025....
'Premature' to say deal done for Dominican food imports
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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July 4, 2025
By Fay Simmons Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net THE announcement of a trade deal with the Dominican Republic has been described as "premature" by Agriculture Minister Jomo Campbell. Mr Campbell said the memorandum of...
World Chocolate Day 2025: 5 Benefits Of Eating Chocolate
Free Press Journal
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The love for chocolate is worldwide. There is hardly any individual who doesn’t love gooey chocolate. But this global obsession began in the 15th century when chocolate came to Europe. To celebrate this, World Chocolate Day is celebrated on July...
In new bestsellers, Fox’s Jones on first responders, and E. Jean Carroll’s memoir
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 7, 2025
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 21, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of...
New Building 21 focus is just one part of Allentown School District’s investment in AI. Here’s what the future holds
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 7, 2025
Renaming Building 21 as Bridgeview Academy and shifting its focus to artificial intelligence, health care and computer science is one step in the Allentown School District’s investment in the future. A new AI policy, staff professional development...
Island Car Rentals accelerates regional expansion
Jamaica Observer
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July 4, 2025
ICR Holdings Limited, parent company of Island Car Rentals Limited, has called on VM Wealth Management Limited (VMWM) to assist the company’s expansion initiative into Guyana, The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic over the next three years. ICR...
Royal Gold Acquires Sandstorm And Horizon In Bold Expansion Move
Benzinga
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Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD is making a decisive move to scale up in the precious metals streaming and royalty space through two simultaneous acquisitions, a $3.5 billion all-share merger with Sandstorm Gold Ltd. SAND and a $196 million cash deal for...
Dominican and Cuban Embassies host Cigar and Rum Night in Brussels
Dominican Today
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Illustrative image by Pexels Belgium.- The Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Belgium, in partnership with the Embassy of Cuba, hosted a successful Cigar and Rum Night in Brussels, celebrating the cultural and economic importance of these...
FEDA and Chinese Embassy collaborate to relaunch ProBambú Plant in Bonao
Dominican Today
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Bonao, D.R.- The executive director of the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA), Hecmilio Galván, welcomed the Chinese ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Chen Luning, to explore avenues for relaunching the FEDA ProBambú Plant in San...
Land registry or grab, Part II
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, Following on from Part I of this letter, I previously raised concerns about the land registry and related legislation. Why rekindle the land registry? To rekindle the idea of the land registry, the government operated quietly for some...