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Kevin Hamilton, VP of Global Marketing and Communications USHBC: “We want to embed blueberries in everyday life”
Fresh Fruit Portal
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July 24, 2025
It’s a good time to be in the blueberry business. The industry currently has a $9.1 billion impact on the U.S. economy, with prices increasing 9 percent compared to 2024 alone, and more than half of American shoppers adding the fruit to their...
21 best indoor plants for filtered light
AOL
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Image Credit: Shutterstock.If you’d like to know the best indoor plants for filtered light, we’ve got a great list for you here. Of course, it’s not an exhaustive list. There are other plants that can do well in filtered light and because plants...
The Opium Balloon: Taliban Crackdown Moves Opium Market to Pakistan
Talking Drugs
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July 24, 2025
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have sought to completely eradicate the opium market by banning poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. The ban, enacted in April 2022, has successfully decreased opium production by an estimated 95% by...
The World’s Best River Cruises 2025, According To Experts
Forbes
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The World's Best River Cruises 2025 getty Gliding across the world’s most scenic waterways, from emerald valleys of the Douro to floating markets of the Mekong, is an undeniable poetic journey where fairytale castles meet vine-draped cliffs,...
Groups Scholars prepares incoming students for college success
Indiana University Indianapolis
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July 24, 2025
KOKOMO, Ind. — As the first in his family to go to college, Izaac McNew was unsure what to expect. He got an inside look at life at Indiana University Kokomo this summer by joining the Groups Scholars program. “Nobody else in my family has done...
Nintendo, Gearbox, and More Confirmed for PAX West 2025
Comicbook
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July 24, 2025
PAX West organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade have confirmed additional names from the full list of over 200 exhibitors attending the large gaming festival set to take place at the end of August. Among the announced companies exhibiting at the show...
Swipe for baby: Behind the app hoping to revolutionise fertility treatments
City A.M.
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July 23, 2025
Wednesday 23 July 2025 9:54 am | Updated: Wednesday 23 July 2025 10:23 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Sofie Hafström Nielsen, chief executive of Y...
It is one of the deadliest chemicals on Earth – but even Mexico’s cartels can’t resist the lure of mercury
The Guardian
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July 24, 2025
Mercury is one of the world’s 10 deadliest chemicals – once extracted from the Earth’s crust, it can take centuries to break down. In 2013, more than 100 countries signed up to the Minamata convention, committing to restrict its production, export...
Arizona reports first plague death in nearly two decades
WISH 8 - Indiana
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July 18, 2025
(CNN) — A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades. This death might bring to mind the bubonic plague, the form of the plague that killed millions during the...
City Council seeks project revenue
Ketchikan Daily News - Alaska
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The Ketchikan City Council in a special work session meeting Tuesday discussed the proposed capital improvement projects in the draft 2026 City of Ketchikan and Ketchikan Public Utilities budgets. According to the documents attached to the meeting...
The Ultimate (and Unabridged) Guide to New England Seafood
Boston Magazine
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July 22, 2025
An A-to-Z encyclopedia to our wild, whimsical, and occasionally weird regional bounty of fish. Nothing says summer more than a seafood spread at Woodman’s of Essex. / Photograph by Nina Gallant From A(tlantic cod) to Z(on’s zebrafish), here’s a...
Salsify in Cape Town: The fine dining restaurant rewriting the South African food story
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 24, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
NEET 2025: HC junks plea by candidate who entered Wrong Booklet Number in OMR Sheet
Medical Dialogues
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July 24, 2025
Gwalior: The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by a NEET UG 2025 candidate seeking relief for the non-declaration of her corrected result due to an alleged error in filing the wrong booklet number in the OMR sheet. While...
Stock up on all your holiday essentials for less, thanks to the Boots Big Summer Sale
Metro
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July 19, 2025
There’s never been a better time to stock up on summer essentials! (Picture: Metro/Boots/Getty) Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission –...
Which Countries Produced the World’s Gold in 2024?
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 24, 2025
Where do we get our gold? Last year, mines globally produced an estimated 3,661 tonnes of gold. It was a new record, but only 3 tonnes higher than the previous record set in 2018. Between 1970 and 2019, gold production generally increased year...
The U.S. Is Abandoning the Global Fight for Equality
Foreign Policy
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July 24, 2025
On July 11, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio carried out his State Department overhaul plan by laying off more than 1,300 career public servants. Though the details remain unclear, the cuts appear to have targeted nearly every employee working...
Miranda Lambert Announces Band Together Texas
Country Living
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July 24, 2025
Miranda Lambert is committed to lending a helping hand to her fellow Texans in the wake of the powerful July 4 floods that devastated the Texas Hill Country. Immediately following the natural disaster, the 41-year-old country singer set out with...
Cuzco and the Sacred Valley: A wine lover's guide
Decanter
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July 18, 2025
The World Heritage-listed city of Cuzco (Cusco), high in the Peruvian Andes, is the former capital of the Incan empire, one of the most extraordinary civilisations in the Americas. Modern Cuzco is a chaos of colour, mammoth stonework and...
On the Big Screen This Week: Rarely Seen Silent Classics and a Subtle Examination of Trauma
Racket - Minneapolis
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July 24, 2025
We have a great silent film scene here in the Twin Cities, with several excellent performers and ensembles composing original scores for old movies. This weekend, for instance, you can catch pianist Katie Condon at the Trylon and the Heights—both...
ITB Berlin survey highlights global LGBTQ+ travel safety perceptions
Travel Daily News
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July 24, 2025
ITB Berlin, Diversity Tourism, and A3M launch first global LGBTQ+ travel safety survey, revealing gaps between legal rights and lived experiences. How safe do LGBTQ+ people feel when travelling? Where is social acceptance most noticeable? For the...