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WHO certifies Suriname as malaria free after decades of efforts
Medical News
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June 30, 2025
Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). This historic milestone follows nearly 70 years of commitment by the government and people of Suriname to...
Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO
Pan American Health Organization
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June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025 (PAHO) | Geneva – Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). This historic milestone follows nearly 70 years of commitment by the...
Airbus CO3D optical constellation satellites on their way to launch
GIM International
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June 30, 2025
The four latest-generation optical satellites developed by Airbus in collaboration with the French Space Agency CNES are now en route to their launch site in French Guiana. Departing from Toulouse, the satellites are headed to the European...
Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...
Modern Ghana
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The French government has signaled a fresh willingness to tackle long-standing demands for greater local control in French Guiana, while also addressing economic pressures across overseas territories. French Guiana's long-held dream of greater...
Meet the most extreme traveler in the animal kingdom
AS
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June 23, 2025
The painted lady butterfly sounds as if it might be an artist’s most famous masterpiece but is actually one of the world’s most fascinating insects, not only because of its startling appearance, but also due to its migratory habits. How far can...
Missing Golden Grove woman found dead in French Guiana
I News Guyana
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June 15, 2025
The body of 34-year-old Guyanese woman Coretta Blair Sandy, also known as “Mindy,” has been discovered in French Guiana, days after she was reported missing under troubling circumstances. The grim discovery was confirmed by the woman’s family, who...
Missing Guyanese woman found dead in French Guiana
News Room
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June 15, 2025
[Waterkant.Net] – Missing 34-year-old Guyanese woman Coretta Blair Sandy (photo), also known as Mindy, has been found dead in French Guiana. The woman had been to French Guiana with her husband Terrence Glasgow. However, as of Wednesday 11 June,...
NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover
Space.com
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June 30, 2025
Cuts to NASA's budget proposed by President Donald Trump would likely cause further delays to Europe's ExoMars rover mission, due to the fact that some critical technologies currently unavailable in Europe were to be provided by the American space...
Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Africa is a country
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Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...
French Guiana Drops Visa Requirement for Brazilians, Opening New Doors for Trade and Travel
The Rio Times
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June 6, 2025
On June 5, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Brazilians no longer need a visa to enter French Guiana. The news came during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s official visit to France. Macron called the agreement...
Guam: Forever a Colony?
The Guam Daily Post
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What’s taking so long? It’s been close to 500 years that Guam has been flying a foreign flag, and still there’s been no serious effort to shake loose and walk its own path. Decolonization peaked years ago - soon after World War II when long-time...
French experts conclude training with law enforcers
Stabroek News
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June 14, 2025
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday delivered closing remarks at the conclusion of a Special Operations Course conducted for members of Guyana’s law enforcement agencies by French Special Operations experts. A release from the...
WTA Eastbourne International 2025: Schedule, Draw, Results, Prize Money and TV Guide
Yardbarker
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June 9, 2025
CHANNEL BROADCASTER COUNTRY & TERRITORIES AMC Networks Czech Republic and Slovakia BEIN SPORTS France CANAL+ Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia DAZN Spain DIGISPORT Romania ELEVEN SPORTS Portugal MATCH4/NETWORK4 Hungary NOVASPORTS Greece & Cyprus...
Stymied French politicians turn to sins of the past
Deutsche Welle
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On Thursday, two years after France's controversial retirement age increase, the National Assembly voted to withdraw the reform. While the news was politically explosive because the far-right National Rally helped the left-wing opposition gain a...
The 15 Best Prison Movies Of All Time, Ranked
/FILM - Indiana
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June 29, 2025
People have an innate desire for freedom of movement. We don't like being stuck anywhere that we're not allowed to leave — just look at how antsy people get after a plane has landed but isn't done taxiing to the gate yet. That's a huge part of...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 and Annual Revision
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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June 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
First day of International scientific conference on decolonization wraps up in Baku
Azertag
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June 3, 2025
Baku, June 3, AZERTAC The first day of the international scientific conference entitled "Constructing Empires: Colonial Ideologies and Realities" concluded in Baku on Tuesday. Organized by the Baku Initiative Group, the event marked the first...
New generation optical constellation CO3D satellites en route for launch pad
AvioNews
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June 26, 2025
The four latest generation optical satellites, developed and built by Airbus in partnership with the French Space Agency CNES are on their way to their launch pad in French Guiana. They left Toulouse, France, for the European Space port in Kourou,...
Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Squid Game The big one. The uberviolent South Korean juggernaut – still Netflix’s most popular show ever – reaches the end point … and Player 456 is still in the game. What will happen after the armed rebellion? Will he figure out he’s playing...
US Gun Violence Is Too High, But 39 Countries Are Still Worse
24/7 Wall St.
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June 25, 2025
An estimated 62 million people worldwide die each year. A majority of these deaths are attributable to noncommunicable diseases, such as cancer, heart attack, or stroke. A smaller but still significant number die from infectious diseases like...