Peru failing to curb illegal gold mining, mercury trafficking

A South American trade bloc on Monday ruled that Peru is failing to meet its commitments to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking, siding with indigenous groups who say their Amazon rivers and food supply are being poisoned. The...

St. Martin de Porres

St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 as the son of Spaniard Juan de Porres, and a freed colored-woman from Panama, Ana Velasquez. Being of mixed race, Martin was of a lower social caste, though his father looked out for him and made...

Clashes between police and Gen Z protesters in Peru leave one dead

Clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police in the Peruvian capital, Lima, have left a 32-year-old man dead and more than 100 people injured, including many police officers. The protests come less than a week after José Jerí was...

Muere un manifestante durante multitudinaria protesta en Perú contra el Gobierno y el Congreso

Por EFE Al menos un manifestante murió presuntamente por un disparo de arma de fuego durante la multitudinaria protesta del miércoles en Lima contra el Gobierno y el Congreso de Perú, según confirmó la Defensoría del Pueblo, que también reporta...

The sweet taste of success: Health trends boost Turkish fig sales across Europe

As the demand for healthy, natural foods continues to rise across Europe, Turkish figs and pomegranates are experiencing something of a golden era. At the heart of this growth is Noada Holding, led by Cem Varnatopu, a Dutch-based trader who has...

Pharmexcil to host business delegation to Chile, Peru, Guatemala & Colombia to boost pharma exports

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) with the support of the Union ministry of commerce is organizing business delegation to Chile, Peru, Guatemala and Colombia between December 1, 2025 and December 12, 2025. The...

How to make fast food healthier: These burgers are the best options for calorie-counters

Burgers are a staple of many Americans’ diet: research shows that over a third of the U.S. population visits fast-food restaurants that specialize in the dish - such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s - multiple times a week. Indeed, 13% of...

President Jeri: We need dialogue and calm in Peru

The top official indicated that citizen expression in the streets is a right in response to years of neglect by the Peruvian State. However, he said, a small group will not be allowed to use violence as a means. "A small group is attempting to...

José Jerí, unelected president of Peru, swears in a cabinet made up of ultra-rightists.

Peru’s interim president, José Jerí, swore in his first ministerial cabinet. The new chief minister criminalizes protest and openly proposes to avoid socialism Jerí took office as president after Congress removed Dina Boluarte (2022-2025) on...

Strong Peruvian blueberry supply pressures pricing and challenges logistics

Blueberry supply from Peru is picking up. "While Peru's volumes were slow to start, production has since accelerated and the country is the current dominator of global supply," says Sarah Consalo, chief financial officer and global partnerships...

The Lima ‘Mafia Pact’: Corruption, Rolexes, and the Failure of the Peruvian State

The recent removal of President Dina Boluarte by Congress, using the expedient mechanism of “permanent moral incapacity,” is more than just a corruption and jewelry scandal; it is the chronicle of a structural crisis bleeding Peruvian democracy...

Peru: Exports up 18.8% from January to August 2025

It indicated that this strong performance of Peruvian products is explained by the growth of nearly all productive sectors, such as mining, agriculture, fishing, chemical, metallurgy, textile and apparel. Thus, agricultural goods reached US$8.198...

Missing TN woman found murdered in banana plantation, partner arrested

A 35-year-old woman, who went missing recently, was found dead in a suspected case of murder by her partner in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district. An NDTV report quoting police sources said that the body of Sonia, a beautician from Appakudal town, was...

Custard’s not-last stand

“Ooh, we love custard, and my recipe is perfect.” “Wait no, I have the perfect custard!” “And here we are pretty sure our custard is the best ...” I was chatting about this and that with a few friends, when we stumbled onto the seemingly-at-odds...

Genetic Landscape of VIP Pharmacogenomic Variants in the Kinh Vietnamese Population

Introduction Drug-response of a patient is influenced by different physiological factors, in which genetic predepositions have been reported to have association with the metabolism and immunological response of a medicine.1–3 Pharmacogenomics is...

Peru Woman Dies In Miami County Vehicle Accident

InkFreeNews.com Posted Oct 05, 2025 Updated: Oct 5, 2025 @ 8:33 AM News Release PERU — A Peru woman has died after a two-vehicle accident in Miami County on Saturday morning. Just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, officers from the Indiana State...

The CPM-K’s “Letter to the Kenyan Left”: An attempt to inherit Odinga’s pro-capitalist legacy

The Stalinist Communist Party Marxist-Kenya (CPM-K) has issued a “Letter to the Broad Kenyan Left: The Death of Raila Odinga and the Future of the Kenyan Left”. It took the CPM–K five days to issue anything beyond a pitiful tweet from its leader,...

KOREAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WORLD/1 - Celebrating "the Lord of Miracles" among the Peruvian villages of Cusco

by Pascale Rizk Quehue (Agenzia Fides) – “When you play football with children at 4,000 meters above sea level, you realize that being a missionary also means testing your own physical limits…” This is how Korean priest Michele Kim, from the...

Auckland Council’s first in-house desexing clinic making strides in dog desexing programme

Auckland Council’s first-ever in-house dog desexing clinic is starting to show real impact in the city’s battle against dog overpopulation, with 475 desexing procedures already completed in just under five months. The clinic, led by veterinarian...

States turn to warning labels to address mental health issues tied to social media use

WASHINGTON (TNND) — California became the latest state to require social media companies to add warning labels to tell their users about its risks to mental health amid a national debate on how to confront its effects on the country’s youth and...