Stories for July 2025

Monday, July 7th 2025 - 20:19 UTC
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find Grandson #140

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization announced Monday the finding of the 140th grandchild, born to people kidnapped and disappeared under Argentina's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:58 UTC
Suriname Assembly chooses first-ever female president

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National Assembly on Sunday. She ran unopposed and will be inaugurated on July 16.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:47 UTC
Caricom Summit underway in Montego Bay

The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from July 6-8. The summit focuses on critical issues for the region, including security, trade, climate change, and economic integration.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:36 UTC
BRICS Summit insists on two-state solution for Middle East crisis; Iran objects

The 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro issued Sunday a new declaration advocating for a two-state solution, one Palestinian and one Israeli, like on previous occasions.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:30 UTC
IMF and WB “a reversed Marshall Plan” says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday criticized the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) because they represent “a reverse Marshall Plan, in which emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world.”
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:03 UTC
Buenos Aires Peronists join forces to fight Milei's chainsaw policies

The Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires agreed on a unified strategy vis-à-vis the Sept. 7 mid-term provincial elections in a convention attended by 691 representatives and chaired by Fernando Espinoza. The conclave agreed on appointing a commission to form this new front.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:59 UTC
At least 81 killed in US State of Texas due to heavy rains

Devastating flash floods in central Texas, particularly in Kerr County, have resulted in at least 81 deaths and more than 41 people still missing as of Sunday. The Guadalupe River surged dramatically, rising to the height of a two-story building in a short period, catching many off guard. Travis County, which includes the State's capital, Austin, has confirmed at least six deaths.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC
Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC
Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.
Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:45 UTC
As more and more tourists flock to Antarctica: a visitors’ tax and a numbers’ system cap

By Daria Hatton MacDonald , University of Tasmania And Elizabeth Leane, University of Tasmania - The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is likely to continue in the long term.