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The 15 Best Prison Movies Of All Time, Ranked
People have an innate desire for freedom of movement. We don't like being stuck anywhere that we're not allowed to leave — just look at how antsy people get after a plane has landed but isn't done taxiing to the gate yet. That's a huge part of...

Prime Minister Gaston Browne Leads Antigua and Barbuda Delegation at 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Jamaica
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Leads Antigua and Barbuda Delegation at 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Jamaica Montego Bay, Jamaica – 5 July 2025 – Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne is leading Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

New generation optical constellation CO3D satellites en route for launch pad
The four latest generation optical satellites, developed and built by Airbus in partnership with the French Space Agency CNES are on their way to their launch pad in French Guiana. They left Toulouse, France, for the European Space port in Kourou,...

Video 00:01:38 Science & Exploration Plato’s eyes meet brain 30/06/2025 59 views 2 likes Play
On 11 June, engineers at OHB’s facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA’s Plato mission. They used a special crane to lift Plato’s payload module, housing its 26 ultra-sensitive cameras, into the air and carefully line it up...

EasyJet and Ryanair cancel hundreds more flights amid French air traffic control strikes with 300,000 passengers affected across Europe
Nearly 300,000 air passengers have had their plans ruined after 1,500 flights were cancelled over two days due to a crippling strike by French air traffic controllers. EasyJet axed 274 flights across today and yesterday including 150 today; and...

It’s Time to Stop Resurrecting These Dinosaurs
The strangest thing has happened to the Jurassic Park films over the past 32 years. In the original movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, the characters were mesmerized by dinosaurs. They saw these amazing beings, resurrected from DNA that was...

Tens of thousands of passengers face another day of travel hell amid French air traffic control strikes... as chaos hits Eurostar and UK airports
Thousands of British holidaymakers have had their travel plans disrupted after nearly 200 flights were cancelled due to striking workers in France. Budget airline on Thursday Ryanair slashed more than 160 flights because of French air traffic...

French air traffic strike disrupts 300,000 passengers, cancels flights
Tens of thousands of passengers across Europe have been affected as French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike at the start of a busy summer holiday season to protest against understaffing and “toxic management”. The strike by two...

French air traffic controllers strike hits European summer travel
Planes are seen on the tarmac of Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, outside Paris, on July 3, 2025, as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people...

Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art
Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan HospitalsAnthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan Hospitals Over the past year, WellSpan Philhaven hospital in...

The Real Adventures of Henri Charrière, Author of “Papillon”
The great escape Tattooed while in the French navy, Charrière rebelled against naval discipline and evaded further service by amputating his own thumb. In Paris, he descended into a life of petty crime, becoming a notorious safecracker and thief....

Dinosaurs Deserve So Much Better Than Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth will bring in a billion dollars at the box office. Which makes this review mostly inconsequential. Look in your heart; you know this to be the case. Despite unanimous critical consensus that the franchise's previous film...

Portuguese Innovation Powers Europe’s Climate Satellites
The mission, called CO2M (Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring), is being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in partnership with the European Commission under the Copernicus Earth observation program. The mission will see...

SURINAME: WHO certifies Suriname malaria-free
CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) says Suriname has become the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification following nearly 70 years of commitment by the government and people of the Dutch-speaking Caribbean...
WHO certifies Suriname malaria-free
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Suriname has became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification following nearly 70 years of commitment by the government and people of the...

WHO certifies Suriname as malaria free after decades of efforts
Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). This historic milestone follows nearly 70 years of commitment by the government and people of Suriname to...

Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...

Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO
June 30, 2025 (PAHO) | Geneva – Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). This historic milestone follows nearly 70 years of commitment by the...