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Global Trade Is Learning To Diversify

International trade is entering a phase in which excessive dependence on a single market is no longer merely a commercial choice. It has become a strategic risk. The shift can be seen in different but connected moves: while Brazil deepens its ties with Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada negotiate to avoid another round of tariffs.

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✅🕒 Published on August 19, 2026 - 12:19

Justice & Rights

Humanitarian Workers Under Attack

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The number of humanitarian workers falling victim to violence remains at historically high levels. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 907 aid workers were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025 while carrying out assistance operations in conflict zones.

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✅🕒 Published on August 19, 2026 - 12:05

Climate & Environment

Colombia Trembles, And The Crisis Goes Beyond The Rubble

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Colombia entered a new stage in its response on Thursday, August 13, to the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the western part of the country on Monday morning, August 10. With at least 265 people dead and around 500 still missing, emergency teams have begun reducing search operations at some sites and shifting efforts toward removing rubble.

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✅🕒 Published on August 13, 2026 - 14:55

News

Syria Sentences Bashar Al-Assad To Death

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A Syrian court on Tuesday (11) sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death in a trial in absentia that found him guilty of murder, torture, arbitrary arrests, and crimes against humanity committed during the nearly 14-year war in the country.

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✅🕒 Published on August 11, 2026 - 18:00

News

Earthquake Hits Colombia Days After Presidential Inauguration

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Colombia was struck Monday by one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the country in the past decade. The 7.4-magnitude quake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), was centered near San José del Palmar in the department of Chocó and left at least 82 people dead, while causing widespread destruction across western Colombia. The death toll is still being updated.

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✅🕒 Published on August 10, 2026 - 15:53

News

Record Ocean Heat Signals A World Of More Extremes

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The global oceans reached their highest recorded surface temperature in July, as different regions of the planet faced a succession of extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, wildfires and severe storms.

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✅🕒 Published on August 10, 2026 - 14:00

Focus

How A Warm Ocean Creates A Typhoon

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Typhoon Dolphin struck Japan and reached the eastern coast of China on Sunday, August 9, after leaving six people injured in Okinawa, disrupting transportation and prompting the evacuation of more than 1 million people in China. But the storm’s path tells only part of the story.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 18:04

Culture & Society

How Social Media Is Reviving Interest In Reading

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For decades, the image of a reader was associated with silence: one person alone with a book, temporarily removed from the rest of the world. Social media has begun to change that relationship, turning reading into conversation, collective discovery and a cultural phenomenon.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 17:43

Insights & Data

When Political Decisions Become A Bill For Society

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Politics often presents decisions as demonstrations of strength. A government announces a change, signs an executive order, alters a rule or imposes a tariff, expecting the authority of the state to turn the decision into reality. The problem begins when reality pushes back.

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✅🕒 Published on August 8, 2026 - 17:04

Security & Defense

Italy Keeps Border Controls As Tensions Rise With Spain

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Italy has decided to maintain border controls on travelers arriving from Spain until at least August 15, rejecting pressure from Madrid to lift the measure. The dispute began after a mass arrival of migrants from Morocco in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in northern Africa, and quickly developed into a broader argument over security within the European Union.

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✅🕒 Published on August 8, 2026 - 16:33