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CBD Pharmaceuticals Signs Long-Term Seed Supply Agreements With European Wholesalers

Yuluka Health SAS is in the final completion stage of its licensing and infrastructure upgrades to its subsidiary, CBD Pharmaceuticals, in Colombia. The signing of multiple long-term supply contracts with European wholesalers will start this calendar year.

Benzinga

We should talk about history-making, Oscar-nominated 'Encanto' composer Germaine Franco

LOS ANGELES — Disney's "Encanto" — a story about the Madrigals, a magical family fighting to save their equally enchanted home in the hills of Colombia — has bewitched viewers young and old. And while the animated film's "Dos Oruguitas" is nominated for original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, and…

Los Angeles Times

Swimming instructor killed by shark in Colombia dragged from water as he snorkelled

Italian swimming instructor Antonio Straccialini, 56, was swimming off the coast of a Colombian island on Friday when he was bitten by what is believed to have been an 8ft tiger shark

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Dramatic CCTV footage shows Colombian drug cartel leader escaping high-security prison

Gang boss Juan Castro also known as "Matamba" was filmed escaping on Friday from the prison in Columbia and remains on the run after walking out the jail

Daily Mirror

Shark in Caribbean ‘hunted and killed’ after fatal attack on Italian tourist

A 56-year-old Italian man died after being mauled by a shark on the Colombian island of San Andres

The Independent UK

‘Legends are to be told’: Colombian library goes beyond books to keep stories alive

The award-winning Kankuaka library opened with one box of books. Now it is reconnecting indigenous youth to their past through oral histories, gatherings with elders and workshops

The Guardian - UK

VIDEO: Colombian Navy Finds Clandestine Cartel Shipyard With Two Narco Submarines

Authorities allege a FARC dissident group ran the drug-trafficking operation.

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Tourist killed in horror shark attack at snorkel hotspot near Caribbean beach

Italian tourist Antonio Roseto Degli Abruzzi was killed when an eight-foot shark bit him as he was in the water in a popular-snorkelling area called La Piscinita on the Colombian island of San Andres

Daily Mirror

‘It’s either kill or be killed’: the South Americans going to fight in Ukraine

From anti-communist groups in Brazil to former Colombian police, a broad spectrum are hoping to take up arms against Putin

The Guardian - US

A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how

On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able to operate equipment with batteries disconnected. During the evenings, the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights, could be…

The Conversation

US seeks regional approach to migration and asylum seekers

The U.S. is faced with the likelihood of eventually reopening its southern border to asylum seekers, and the government is urging allies in Latin America to shore up their immigration controls and expand their own asylum programs

The Independent UK

Alfredo Morelos poised for Colombia call-up ahead of Rangers vs Celtic clash

The striker has already missed some action for the Light Blues this season due to international duty

Glasgow Live

Alfredo Morelos gets Colombia redemption shot as Rangers striker aims to avenge nightmare trip

His non-participation for the World Cup qualifiers in January were compounded by the fact Rangers were dismantled 3-0 by title rivals Celtic.

Daily Record

Colombian centrist must push social policies to win over polarized nation in vote -analysts

Mathematician Sergio Fajardo, chosen to represent Colombia's center-left coalition at presidential elections in May, will need to present concrete policies against poverty and graft to defeat foes in a bitterly polarized nation, analysts said.

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Whale migrations: how new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas

A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, travelling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate thousands of kilometres each year, gathering to mate and give birth in the…

The Independent UK

Leftist is frontrunner after Colombia presidential primaries

Colombians have voted for a new congress and also cast ballots in presidential primaries to choose party candidates for the May presidential contest

Tribune News Service

Colombia selects candidates who’ll battle Petro for presidency

For months, Gustavo Petro, the former guerrilla and Bogota mayor, has been all the talk ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections. The rich fear him, while many of the poor love his promises to redistribute land and wealth.

Reuters

Colombians vote in presidential primaries, legislative contest

Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday to elect members of congress and participate in one of three presidential primaries for candidates from right, left and centrist coalitions.

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Colombian conflict victims will head to Congress after Sunday vote

Colombians from areas hard hit by nearly six decades of fighting will for the first time on Sunday elect victims of the conflict to serve as special lawmakers in Congress, fulfilling part of the terms of a 2016 peace accord.

Liverpool Echo

Colombia hero names moment that shows Luis Diaz is 'being eaten up by anxiety' at Liverpool

Faustino Asprilla believes there is more to come from Luis Diaz at Liverpool

Los Angeles Times

Biden names Colombia a ‘major non-NATO ally,’ countering Putin’s influence in Latin America

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will name Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, a significant recognition as the United States tries to undercut Russian President Vladimir Putin’s influence in Latin America after his invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - US

US conducting ‘legal review’ of possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine – as it happened

White House clarifies there is a ‘legal review process’ after Harris says ‘absolutely there should be an investigation’

The Independent UK

Biden announces major non-NATO ally status for Colombia

President Joe Biden has announced that he intends to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally

Reuters

Biden to grant Colombia special non-NATO ally status after Duque meeting

President Joe Biden told Colombian President Ivan Duque on Thursday he plans to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, granting the strategic status to a key country in a turbulent region as the United States seeks to isolate Russia.

Reuters

Colombia presidential hopeful Fajardo proposes tax reform to fund more social spending

Colombian presidential hopeful Sergio Fajardo told Reuters on Tuesday that if elected his government would seek to raise income taxes on the country's highest earners to expand social spending.

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