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Colombian president orders immigration raids, vows deportations of migrants without legal status
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits, mainly Venezuelans, as he attempts to make significant changes to the nations immigrat

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Colombian president orders immigration raids, vows deportations of migrants without legal status

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits, mainly Venezuelans, as he attempts to make significant changes to the nations immigrat

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Sports

Chinese humanoid robot sets new 100-meter sprint record in 8.86 sec at Beijing Games

BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors – and the fastest recorded human time. The race was part of China's World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-

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Business

Taiwan charges nine over illegal AI server exports to China, including Nvidia and Super Micro staff

Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI rivalry between China and the United Sta

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Entertainment

Music icon and actor Dolly Parton dies at 80

AP – Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Known

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Commentary

Janiel McEwan | Earning the chair: Dr Brian Langrin and the long apprenticeship of a Jamaican economist

I read the news the way most Jamaicans probably did, on a phone screen, in the middle of an ordinary Monday. The Gleaner's report was short, businesslike, the kind of article that states a fact and moves on to the next one. Dr R Brian Langrin had been

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Letters

Letter of the Day | The burden of landlessness
THE EDITOR, Madam: The challenge of the lack of land ownership by the majority of Jamaicans has come to the fore once again with the treatment of the residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny. The very name, ‘Pen, has British colonial underpinnings, reflec

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Lifestyle

Something Extra | Tuesday

The Sunken Garden at Hope Botanical Gardens came alive on Sunday as Solara drew a stylish crowd for an all-white sunset experience. Sponsored by Johnnie Walker and Don Julio, the event featured music, a fashion showcase and branded experiences against the

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Shipping

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World News

ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump's second term

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the a

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