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Award winning professor shows how Queen’s expands its global health impact
The Queen's University Journal
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August 29, 2025
A new two-million-dollar project puts Queen’s at the forefront of research on hidden harms in humanitarian work. Faculty and researchers investigate health, justice, and equity in global contexts, and a recent multimillion-dollar award to Dr....
US immigrant population declines for first time in half a century, research shows
LAist - California
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August 21, 2025
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. For the first time in more than 50 years, the...
Why is the US offering a $5 million reward for a Haitian gang leader?
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 21, 2025
Jimmy Cherizier, who runs the G9 gang, holds a portrait of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 26, 2021. The United States government announced a $5 million reward last week for information leading...
U.S. immigrant population declines for first time in half a century, research shows
Pleasanton Weekly - California
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August 21, 2025
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For the first time in more than 50 years, the U.S. immigrant population is declining, with foreign-born residents either choosing to leave the country or being...
The “Mississippi Bubble” and the complex history of Haiti
MIT
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August 21, 2025
Many things account for Haiti’s modern troubles. A good perspective on them comes from going back in time to 1715 or so — and grappling with a far-flung narrative involving the French monarchy, a financial speculator named John Law, and a...
Broadcasting Haitian Culture Globally with Blackmagic Design
TV Tech
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August 20, 2025
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.—As a radio host and journalist in Haiti, I developed a deep passion for storytelling, music, and digital content over the course of my 20 year career. That passion led me to create Chokarella in 2010—a platform that amplifies...
Time for data-driven, comprehensive immigration reform in The Bahamas
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, The recent letter, titled “We need to be more aggressive on illegal migration” by former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis highlights illegal migration, particularly from Haiti. While the concerns he raises about public services, jobs,...
Haiti wants to hire private firm to collect border taxes. Not everyone is on board
Virgin Islands Free Press
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August 15, 2025
Haiti’s transitional government is brokering a deal to take control of its porous border with the Dominican Republic, which has become a gateway for illegal weapons, by giving a private firm control of security and tax collection. A Haitian...
More than a religion: Haitian academia and youth drive Vodou onto global stage | PART 1 of 3
Haitian Times
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August 20, 2025
Overview: On the 234th anniversary of the Bois Caïman Ceremony, Vodou stands as more than faith—it is identity, heritage and resistance. Once forced into secrecy, it now thrives through scholarship, advocacy and youth. In part one of a series, The...
WADDUP DOE? AfroFuture Detroit 2025 Takes Over The ‘D’ & The Diaspora Showed Up And Out
Black Enterprise
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August 28, 2025
by Keka Araújo August 28, 2025 AfroFuture Detroit 2025 is a clear statement that Detroit, a historical center for change, is now at the forefront of shaping a future where technology and identity are celebrated together. The AfroFuture Detroit...
Erik Prince’s Vectus Global Deploys Armed Drones and Mercenaries in Haiti Amid Secrecy and Controversy
teleSUR
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August 18, 2025 Hour: 6:31 pm The deployment of armed drones and foreign mercenaries by Vectus Global, a private military firm led by Erik Prince, has sparked alarm across Haiti and the international community. The operation, reportedly underway...
Harmony Fest, A Multicultural Function At Junction City (KS)...
Modern Ghana
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Middle America has long been thought of as a land of wide fields, quiet towns, and understated traditions. But every so often, something remarkable rises from its heartland—something that reminds us that culture, diversity, and human connection...
Haiti gang leader “Barbecue” challenges FBI after U.S. charges
Africanews
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August 13, 2025
U.S. charges Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier and American collaborator in sanctions-busting scheme One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as "Barbecue," has openly challenged U.S. authorities after being indicted by a federal...
Scientists race to save reefs amid bleaching crisis
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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For more than a decade, Mariane Aimar-Godoc regularly labored underwater, collecting coral eggs by moonlight to raise in nurseries and transplant back onto degraded reefs. As director of the nonprofit Guadeloupe Initiative for the Restoration of...
Business incubator collective launches digital platform to strengthen Haiti’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Haitian Times
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August 18, 2025
Overview: Port-au-Prince-based incubator Banj and its partners have launched Antreprann.ht, Haiti’s first digital database for entrepreneurs. The platform connects six key sectors to address resource gaps, training needs and funding shortages,...
Louise sparks change: From stoves to stronger communities
Food For Mzansi
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August 29, 2025
Louise Williamson wears many hats, and wears them well. Environmentalist, social entrepreneur, community developer, innovator, these labels barely scratch the surface of a career dedicated to creating meaningful impact. With 25 years’ experience...
Haitian nationals with 'protected' immigration status at risk of deportation come February
CAI - Massachusetts
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August 12, 2025
The Trump administration plans to end protected immigration status for citizens of Haiti in February, more than 15 years after the Obama administration granted it following a devastating earthquake in 2010. The program, called Temporary Protected...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
NASA develops incredible tech that can help save people trapped under rubble of natural disasters: 'We can separate those motions out'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 17, 2025
"Your body moves a millimeter when your heart beats." by Leslie SattlerAugust 17, 2025 Photo Credit: NASA via Facebook Space technology is saving lives on Earth. Rescue teams are deploying radar equipment that locates survivors buried beneath...
SHAVER: Canada must tighten its medical screening of asylum seekers
Winnipeg Sun
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August 29, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Published Aug 29, 2025 • Last updated 4 hours ago • 3 minute read Asylum seekers walk along Roxham Road near Champlain, N.Y., making their way toward the Canada/U.S. border on Aug. 6, 2017. Photo by Geoff...