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Drug Cartel Attack Leaves Six Colombian Police Officers Dead
Six Colombian police officers lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries on Thursday after suspected members of the country’s most powerful drug cartel, the Gulf Clan, launched a deadly assault involving a weaponized drone. Authorities...

Coffee Prices Explode as Trump Pushes Crisis to Boiling Point
Coffee drinkers are facing record-breaking prices in part due to Donald Trump’s anger over the conviction of his friend, Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the consumer price for a pound of beans...

Traces of mercury have reached the most remote areas of the Colombian Amazon
It’s no surprise that the Amazon region is poisoned by mercury. In the region that’s fighting to remain humanity’s greatest asset against climate change, there are at least 2,312 sites and 245 areas where illegal mineral extraction takes place....

Russian Aircraft Equipped with Ballistic Missiles Fly Over Barents Sea during 'Zapad 2025' Drills
Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia, Rosie Harrison said her organization’s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. “We have...

Drone and Car Bomb Attacks Kill at Least 18 in Colombia
Drone and car bomb attacks in Colombia leave at least 18 dead, with authorities blaming FARC dissidents and the Gulf Clan. A drone and a vehicle-borne explosion kill at least 18 in Colombia, targeting police and a military facility. Photo:...

Car Bomb and Helicopter Crash Kill 17 in Colombia
A car bomb in Cali and a military helicopter crash in Antioquia killed 17 people. President Petro blamed FARC splinter groups for the attacks. According to media reports, two separate incidents in Colombia have left 17 people dead: a car bomb...

At least 18 killed in Colombia bomb, drone attacks by ex-FARC groups
The aftermath of Thursday's deadly bomb attack near the Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School in Cali, in western Colombia. Photo by Ernesto Guzman/EPA Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Dissident factions of the FARC guerrilla movement involved in the drugs...

ESGold Pens Colombia Tailings Project Deal as Global Reprocessing Grows
ESGold (CSE:ESAU,OTCQB:ESAUF) has signed a binding memorandum of understanding with Colombian firm Planta Magdalena to form a 50/50 joint venture on a fully permitted gold- and silver-bearing tailings project. Under the agreement, ESGold will...

Violence in Colombia: Deadly twin attacks expose country’s deep security crisis
Six people were killed in the heart of Cali in an explosive attack on a military facility. Twelve police officers were murdered after the helicopter in which they were traveling was shot down in a rural area of Antioquia. The war is becoming...

At least 17 dead in Colombia after car bombing and helicopter attack
22 August 2025, 01:31 | Updated: 22 August 2025, 03:42 At least 17 people were killed after a car bombing and an attack on a police helicopter in Colombia, officials have said. Authorities in the southwest city of Cali said a vehicle loaded with...

Police Helicopter Attacked By Drone In Colombia, 8 Officers Killed | WATCH
The helicopter was carrying police personnel assigned to a mission to destroy coca plantations in Antioquia. (Picture credit: X) At least eight officers were killed and eight others injured when a police helicopter in Colombia was attacked and...

Commercial Air Purifiers Market Outlook To 2030: Energy-Efficient Air Purifiers Gain Traction Amid Rising Operational Costs
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, Aug. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Commercial Air Purifiers Market Research Report 2025-2030" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Commercial Air Purifiers Market was valued at USD...

Six Colombian police killed in clashes with drug cartel
Six Colombian police officers were killed and seven were injured Thursday in clashes with the country’s biggest drug cartel, which used a drone to down a police helicopter, the security forces said. The attack took place as the police were...

Chiquito Malo: Warlord of Colombia’s AGC Crime Conglomerate
The Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) are known by many names: the Gulf Clan, the Urabeños, and the Gaitanistas. The group emerged from the ashes of Colombia’s paramilitary movement, when...

Luxembourg City launches new green initiative, Colombian attacks, and Menendez denied parole
The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Friday, 22 August. Luxembourg GREEN INITIATIVE – Luxembourg residents are being encouraged to look at their walls in a new way, as a campaign spotlights the environmental potential of...
Vessel hits bridge on major Colombia river

Canadian Miner Esgold (CSE: ESAU) (OTCQB: ESAUF) Reports MOU For High-Grade Tailings Project In Colombia
ESGold Corp. (CSE:ESAU ) (OTCQB: ESAUF ) (FSE: Z7D) announced today that it has entered into a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Planta Magdalena S.A.S. ("Planta"), a Colombian corporation, to form a joint venture for the development...

Exclusive-India snaps up steeply discounted palm oil from Colombia, Guatemala
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian importers for the first time bought palm oil from Colombia and Guatemala as producers sitting on surplus stocks offered cargoes at steep discounts, four trade sources with direct knowledge of the matter...

India snaps up steeply discounted palm oil from Colombia, Guatemala
MUMBAI: Indian importers for the first time bought palm oil from Colombia and Guatemala as producers sitting on surplus stocks offered cargoes at steep discounts, four trade sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Indonesia and Malaysia...

India snaps up steeply discounted palm oil from Colombia and Guatemala
Indian importers for the first time bought palm oil from Colombia and Guatemala as producers sitting on surplus stocks offered cargoes at steep discounts, four trade sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Indonesia and Malaysia dominate...