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A Childhood Cost Calculator costing lab case study: aeioTU early childhood education program in Colombia
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print In 2023, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution launched the Childhood Cost Calculator (C3), a publicly available tool for making costing and cost analysis of programs focused...
Blind Eagle Uses Proton66 Hosting for Phishing, RAT Deployment on Colombian Banks
The Hacker News
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June 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Vulnerability The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published...
TCU's Olivia Miles drops 2-word reaction following Team USA's dominant win over Colombia at FIBA AmeriCup
Sportskeeda
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June 30, 2025
Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Olivia Miles has had a busy offseason. She opted against declaring for the WNBA draft, entered the transfer portal and joined the TCU Horned Frogs. Miles was among the prospects picked for Team USA's FIBA...
What Is Zumba? How Did It Dance Its Way From Colombia To Kerala School Controversy?
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 12:36 IST Kerala Zumba Controversy: While state is firm on its stance, Muslim organisations and cultural groups have objected to the plan, raising concerns over mixed-gender dancing, attire Kerala zumba controversy:...
Brazil Drops in Global Peace Rankings, Colombia Marks Worst in Latin America
The Rio Times
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June 30, 2025
The 2025 Global Peace Index, published by the Institute for Economics & Peace, now places Brazil at 130th out of 163 countries. This is a big fall from its position at 103rd in 2015. The Index uses 23 factors, including crime rates, internal...
Scientists capture first evidence of orcas using seaweed to make tools
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 23, 2025
Humans will spend big bucks on a seaweed spa treatment, and why not? It's rejuvenating and relaxing: just ask a group of orcas. Southern Resident orcas — an endangered coastal population that swims off North America's Pacific north-west — have...
Scientists Use AI To Combat Water Scarcity, Desertification
Media Line
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June 23, 2025
As water scarcity and desertification worsen, AI is emerging as a vital tool for innovative water management and drought resilience worldwide Last week marked World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, a UN holiday promoting public awareness...
Explainer: How Colombia has driven the global increase in illegal cocaine production
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Here’s what it shows about the worldwide cocaine market. Where does cocaine come from? The coca plant, the main ingredient for cocaine, is primarily cultivated in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Colombia drove the recent increase in illegal cocaine...
Bogotá’s ‘Regiotram’ is back on track
The Bogota Post
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June 21, 2025
Work starts on long-awaited light rail projected to connect commuter towns to Colombia’s capital, part of transport solutions at last taking shape. It’s been a slow train coming, but after much planning, several false starts, and deferred...
‘My boss is the app’: Venture capitalists fuel boom in worker surveillance technology
Scroll.in
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This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the...
Shawsheen Tech grad honored with MAFLA Award for Excellence in World Language Study
The Lowell Sun - Massachusetts
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June 29, 2025
BILLERICA — Recent Shawsheen Valley Technical School graduate Ronan Dewar, of Burlington, was selected to receive the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association Award for Excellence. This distinguished recognition is granted to a select group of...
Avianca, Amazon boost Bogotá–Miami freighter service to twice daily
STAT Trade Times
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June 28, 2025
Colombian cargo carrier Avianca Cargo and Amazon Air have expanded their Bogotá–Miami freighter service to twice-daily flights. At the 2025 TIACA Executive Summit in Hong Kong, Avianca Cargo CEO Diogo Elias confirmed that the freighter service,...
From rhetoric to action: Colombia and the challenge of uniting Latin America and the Caribbean
Latinoamerica21
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June 28, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean face the urgent need to strengthen strategic ties and move toward more effective regional integration in a period marked by geopolitical tensions, the rise of protectionism, and the weakening of the rules-based...
Scientists shed light on how forgiveness does and doesn’t reshape memories
PsyPost
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June 20, 2025
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General provides insight into how forgiveness affects memory. The researchers found that forgiving someone who has wronged you does not blur or alter the details of the event in...
Advancing Quantum Science: Hausi Müller’s Journey
IEEE Spectrum
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June 26, 2025
When Hausi A. Müller began conducting research on quantum computing a decade ago, he was excited about the technology’s possibilities for engineering and computer science applications. Quantum computing leverages the principles of quantum...
Chubb to launch new engineering centre in Bogotá, Colombia
Reinsurance News
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June 27, 2025
Global insurer Chubb has announced plans to open a new engineering centre in Bogotá, Colombia, scheduled for October 2025. Joining existing engineering centres in India, Mexico, and Greece, the Bogotá centre will strengthen Chubb’s technological...
Book Review: The Mystery of Alzheimer’s Disease in Rural Colombia
The Good Men Project - California
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June 26, 2025
By age 43, Ofelia, who lived in the hills north of Medellín, Colombia, could no longer hold down a job because of the mistakes she made. She started collecting garbage and bringing it home for no apparent reason. She lost the ability to write...
From Colombia to Kyiv: The War in Ukraine Recruits Far from Home
LatinAmerican Post
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June 26, 2025
News that a charter flight carrying fifty Colombian ex-soldiers is en route to Ukraine has jolted regional security analysts, raising urgent questions about how economic desperation and combat experience are turning Latin America into a new...
Aguia Resources Strengthens Colombian Presence Amid Santa Barbara Project Expansion
Kalkine Media
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June 27, 2025
Highlights Aguia Resources expands leadership team in Colombia Santa Barbara Gold Project situated in prolific Colombian gold belt New Country Manager brings over two decades of mining expertise Aguia Resources (ASX:AGR), a South American mining...
AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Colombia
JD Supra - California
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June 26, 2025
Despite congressional activity on AI in Colombia, regulation remains unclear and uncertain. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (“AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no specific laws, statutory rules, or regulations in Colombia that directly...