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Unnoticed oil & gas threat looms for Indigenous people near Amazon blocks
Mongabay
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June 6, 2025
While oil prospects in the Amazon north shore attract international attention, the offer of exploration blocks around Indigenous territories goes unnoticed in Mato Grosso state. Brazil will auction 21 blocks in the Parecis Basin, an area with...
Screams of ‘rot in hell’ and ‘you f***ing freak’ as John Belfield jailed for life for murder of love rival Thomas Campbell
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
A court erupted in screams of ‘rot in hell’, 'rat' and ‘you f***ing freak’ as John Belfield was jailed for life for the murder of Thomas Campbell. Belfield, 31, recruited a team to help him kill Campbell after he began a relationship with Demi-Lee...
The founder of ‘Art of Living’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally respected spiritual leader
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 1, 2025
Due to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s self-development programmes, millions of people around the globe are experiencing stress relief, peace and good health. These programmes, though based on ancient yoga techniques, aredevelopedas per current...
Jeangu Macrooy is singing about the “Independent girls and nasty evil gays”
OUTinPerth
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July 4, 2025
Eurovision star Jeangu Macrooy has just shared new track Independent Girls and Nasty Evil Gays. The track features on his forthcoming album Young, Awkward & Lonely, and he’s poking a lot of fun at conservative politicians. It’s described as a...
Amazon Indigenous Communities Create Solar-Powered Boat, Retire Diesel
Folha de Sao Paulo
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June 5, 2025
Sustainability is what drives the boats of the Kara Solar project through the rivers of the Amazon. The vessels run on solar energy, eliminating the use of diesel—a petroleum-based fuel that contributes to global warming. Nantu Canelos, the...
Dad pays tribute to ‘cheeky chap’ Thomas Campbell as John Belfield jailed for life
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
The family of Thomas Campbell have paid tribute to their beloved son, brother and father, as a ‘cheeky chap’ who was always smiling. Mr Campbell was ‘tortured to death’ in his own home on the night of July 2, 2022. John Belfield, 31, recruited a...
UG’s Architecture Department cops first place at Fifth Int’l Lekol Architectural Competition in French Guiana
Guyana Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
– ‘win signals the expertise the department possesses and the calibre of students in the programme’, dep’t head says THE University of Guyana’s Architecture Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has once again copped the...
Man who murdered love rival thought he was too clever to be caught
Liverpool Echo
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July 4, 2025
Andrew Bardsley Court reporter 09:11, 04 Jul 2025Updated 09:11, 04 Jul 2025 A man who executed the murder of a love rival "tortured to death" in his own home thought he was above the law. John Belfield, 31, recruited a team to help him kill Thomas...
T&T leads CARICOM Classic Chess tournament after four rounds
News Room
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July 3, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago is currently leading the CARICOM Classic Chess Team Tournament after four rounds. The tournament is being held at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. The Guyana Chess Federation, in collaboration with...
The cocky murderer who thought he was too clever to be caught
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
Despite being thousands of miles away in his bolthole in South America, John Belfield exerted an extraordinary influence on a court case in Bolton. His interference in British judicial proceedings ultimately failed. But it revealed an arrogance...
Netherlands police embrace a public health approach to drugs. Will it work in the South?
WBHM 90.3 - Alabama
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July 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining the opioid crisis in the United States and the Gulf South, and comparing it to successful drug use harm reduction efforts in the Netherlands. You can read other entries in the series...
From Washington and Jefferson to Trump and Rubio: Threats to Get a Puppet Elected
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 3, 2025
Photo: Metroworldnews.com By Hernando Calvo Ospina / CUBA DEBATE With the exception of John Adams and his son, John Quincy, the first 12 presidents of the United States, some of them known as the "Founding Fathers," not only owned hundreds of...
Death of a cocaine kingpin: The last time drugs lord was seen alive as gang ambushed him to be tortured to death after he was betrayed by his wife
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
This is the moment a vicious gang ambush a cocaine kingpin on his doorstep before torturing and murdering him. Chilling CCTV footage shows the group swarming Thomas Campbell's quiet cul-de-sac hideaway after his vengeful ex-wife gave them the...
The OAS Caves to US Pressure Yet Again
Jacobin
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Cuban American activist Rosa María Payá was voted into the Organization of American States (OAS)’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday despite concerns from an independent panel of her “conflicts of interest” and lack of...
Unique Arts Dance School marks 16 years; eyes stronger regional reach
News Room
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July 2, 2025
Sixteen years ago, it began as a small circle of eager dancers guided by the bold vision of Kelton Jennings. Today, Unique Arts Dance School stands as one of Guyana’s leading cultural powerhouses — and it’s now setting its sights even further...
Las Cruces native Aaron Herrera stars for Guatemala at Gold Cup
Las Cruses Sun News - New Mexico
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Las Cruces native and Guatemala and D.C. United defender Aaron Herrera was one of his country's best players in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, helping the Central American nation reach its first Gold Cup semifinals since 1996. Herrera played all 450...
UG’s Architecture Dept. cops 1st place at int’l competition
I News Guyana
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July 3, 2025
The University of Guyana’s Architecture Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has once again copped the first prize at the 5th International Lekol Architectural Competition held in French Guiana from June 24 to 27, 2025....
Charles Town Maroons honour matriarch Gloria ‘Mama G’ Simms
The Gleaner
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July 2, 2025
AGAINST THE background of a blazing and crackling ‘bunfire’, Gloria ‘Mama G’ Simms stood, like a spectre of Nanny of the Maroons, as a beaming MC Daveai Ellis handed her a lifetime achievement trophy given to her by the Charles Town Maroons of...
Havana hosts Int’l Convention Cubambiente 2025
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
Held every two years, the event officially begins this Wednesday with the attendance of professionals from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Spain, the United States, Haiti, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, and Suriname, among other nations....
John Belfield GUILTY of murdering and conspiring to rob love rival Thomas Campbell
Manchester Evening News
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July 3, 2025
A drug dealer who plotted and executed the horrific murder of a love rival 'tortured to death' in his own home faces a life sentence after being convicted of murder. John Belfield, 31, recruited a team to help him kill Thomas Campbell after he...