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COP16 Biodiversity Summit: How Nations Are Tackling Global Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction
The COP16 summit in Colombia brings global leaders together to address the alarming loss of biodiversity, with over one million species at risk of extinction. Countries will assess their progress on reversing species extinction and take steps towards a target of protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030. The meeting also focuses on financing biodivers...
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Colombia Says Will Suspend Coal Sales To Israel "Until Gaza Genocide Stops"
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday that his government will suspend coal exports to Israel while it continues its war against Hamas in the Gaza strip.
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''Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks'' With Treasure Worth $20 Billion To Be Taken Out By Colombia
There is currently a dispute as Spain, Colombia, and Bolivia's indigenous Qhara Qhara nation have laid claims to the ship's treasure.
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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Colombia Awards Medals To Rescuers Who Found Missing Children After 40 Days In Amazon
The children remain hospitalised but the government has said they are recovering satisfactorily.
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South Korea, Colombia, US Experts To Help Plan Delhi's Mohalla Bus Service Scheme
Experts from South Korea, Colombia and the US will help the Delhi government to firm up its plans to launch the Mohalla Bus Service as announced in the budget for 2023-24.
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Colombia to Soon Get Digital Currency Aimed at Slashing Tax Evasion Crimes
Tax evasion in Colombia is a major issue and is estimated to account for up to eight percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) so far. Under the newly officiated Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the government of Colombia is banking on the development and use of a national digital currency to prevent financial crimes thriving in the...
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"You Beat Me," World's 'Most Dangerous' Drug Trafficker Said On Capture
The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.
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Colombia's Top Drug Trafficker 'Otoniel' Captured, Says Government
Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said Saturday.
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Copa America: Colombia No Longer Co-Hosts, Tournament Not To Be Postponed
South American football's governing body CONMEBOL on Thursday rejected a request by Colombia to postpone the Copa America 2021 tournament it is co-hosting with Argentina.
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3 Cops Dead, 7 Others Injured In Colombia Police Station Attack: City Government
Three officers were killed and seven other people injured after an attack on a police station in troubled southwestern Colombia on Friday, a local official told AFP.
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"Trump Gave Order To Kill Me": Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused Donald Trump of ordering neighbouring Colombia's government to kill him, but said he was open to the possibility of talks with the U.S. leader and his own domestic foes.
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21 Dead In Car Bomb Attack At Colombian Police School
Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded -- the worst such incident in the city in 16 years.
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Sterlite, China's State Grid Win Brazil Power Licenses
India's Sterlite, China's State Grid, and Colombia's Isa clinched licenses to build power transmission lines in Brazil in a government auction on Thursday that is expected to draw a total of 6 billion reais ($1.55 billion) in investment.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
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COP16 Biodiversity Summit: How Nations Are Tackling Global Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction
The COP16 summit in Colombia brings global leaders together to address the alarming loss of biodiversity, with over one million species at risk of extinction. Countries will assess their progress on reversing species extinction and take steps towards a target of protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030. The meeting also focuses on financing biodivers...
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Colombia Says Will Suspend Coal Sales To Israel "Until Gaza Genocide Stops"
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday that his government will suspend coal exports to Israel while it continues its war against Hamas in the Gaza strip.
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''Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks'' With Treasure Worth $20 Billion To Be Taken Out By Colombia
There is currently a dispute as Spain, Colombia, and Bolivia's indigenous Qhara Qhara nation have laid claims to the ship's treasure.
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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Colombia Awards Medals To Rescuers Who Found Missing Children After 40 Days In Amazon
The children remain hospitalised but the government has said they are recovering satisfactorily.
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South Korea, Colombia, US Experts To Help Plan Delhi's Mohalla Bus Service Scheme
Experts from South Korea, Colombia and the US will help the Delhi government to firm up its plans to launch the Mohalla Bus Service as announced in the budget for 2023-24.
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Colombia to Soon Get Digital Currency Aimed at Slashing Tax Evasion Crimes
Tax evasion in Colombia is a major issue and is estimated to account for up to eight percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) so far. Under the newly officiated Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the government of Colombia is banking on the development and use of a national digital currency to prevent financial crimes thriving in the...
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"You Beat Me," World's 'Most Dangerous' Drug Trafficker Said On Capture
The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.
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Colombia's Top Drug Trafficker 'Otoniel' Captured, Says Government
Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said Saturday.
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Copa America: Colombia No Longer Co-Hosts, Tournament Not To Be Postponed
South American football's governing body CONMEBOL on Thursday rejected a request by Colombia to postpone the Copa America 2021 tournament it is co-hosting with Argentina.
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3 Cops Dead, 7 Others Injured In Colombia Police Station Attack: City Government
Three officers were killed and seven other people injured after an attack on a police station in troubled southwestern Colombia on Friday, a local official told AFP.
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"Trump Gave Order To Kill Me": Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused Donald Trump of ordering neighbouring Colombia's government to kill him, but said he was open to the possibility of talks with the U.S. leader and his own domestic foes.
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21 Dead In Car Bomb Attack At Colombian Police School
Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded -- the worst such incident in the city in 16 years.
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Sterlite, China's State Grid Win Brazil Power Licenses
India's Sterlite, China's State Grid, and Colombia's Isa clinched licenses to build power transmission lines in Brazil in a government auction on Thursday that is expected to draw a total of 6 billion reais ($1.55 billion) in investment.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
