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Australia Women vs Panama Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 5th 2025 

Australia Women vs Panama Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 5th 2025 

Australia Women will face Panama Women in an international friendly on Saturday (July 5th). The game will be played at Hands Oval. The Australians will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing 1-1 draw against Slovenia in a friendly last...

Government plans to fight flesh-eating maggot by breeding billions of flies

Government plans to fight flesh-eating maggot by breeding billions of flies

Cattle crowd a feedlot in the southern U.S., where officials are working to prevent the spread of flesh-eating screwworm larvae — a parasite that could devastate livestock if not contained. It may sound like science fiction, but the U.S. is once...

Panama’s Esports Scene Levels Up

Panama’s Esports Scene Levels Up

Not long ago, esports in Panama meant a few friends squeezed into a net café, wired up on energy drinks and trash talk. No sponsors, no teams, no streams – just skill, pride, and maybe a borrowed mousepad. It was DIY, down to the brackets...

El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.

El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.

El Salvador continues to position itself as a rising destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America, registering an inflow of $322.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 alone—a 64% increase compared to the same period in 2024,...

TrumpTargets International Students

TrumpTargets International Students

International students are one of many targets in Donald Trump's war on universities. He has attempted to make it difficult for those students to enter this country and he has tried to reduce the financial aid available to them by restructuring...

The Panama Canal and its importance for Australia

In the light of President Trump’s recent comments, Professor Michael G.H. Bel discusses the significance of the Panama Canal for global freight, and considers how rising costs and proposed alternate routes may affect Australia’s supply chains....

Protests Rise Over Panama Canal’s New Water Project

Protests Rise Over Panama Canal’s New Water Project

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino on Tuesday defended the construction of a new reservoir for the interoceanic canal and criticized those who oppose the project, which aims to secure water supply for navigation. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP),...

Costa Rica Extradites David Ochy to Panama for Alleged Money Laundering

Costa Rica Extradites David Ochy to Panama for Alleged Money Laundering

Costa Rican authorities have extradited David Ochy, a former Panamanian presidential candidate, to Panama, where he faces charges of money laundering tied to the high-profile “New Business” case. Ochy, a businessman, was escorted by Interpol...

Panama’s President Mulino Travels to Argentina to Participate in the Mercosur Summit

Panama’s President Mulino Travels to Argentina to Participate in the Mercosur Summit

President José Raúl Mulino will travel to Argentina this Wednesday to attend the 66th Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), where Panama will participate for the first time as an Associate State. As an Associate State,...

Weird: US Government Dumping Billions of Flies to Combat Flesh-Eating Maggots

Weird: US Government Dumping Billions of Flies to Combat Flesh-Eating Maggots

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Sometimes a headline on a news item just makes you stop, take a second look, and feel your eyebrows toboggan off the top of your...

Panamanian President to attend Mercosur Summit in Argentina

Panamanian President to attend Mercosur Summit in Argentina

According to a joint statement from Palacio de las Garzas (headquarters of the Executive), this block of countries represents the fifth largest economy in the world and the first in Latin America, with more than 271 million inhabitants and a Gross...

Panama’s Opposition Leader Jorge Herrera Elected as President of the National Assembly Defeating Front Runner Shirley Castañeda

Panama’s Opposition Leader Jorge Herrera Elected as President of the National Assembly Defeating Front Runner Shirley Castañeda

In a five-hour day of tension, five hours of political arm wrestling in the National Assembly, maneuvering, and political pressure, the National Assembly elected opposition leader Jorge Herrera as president, in a surprising defeat for Shirley...

Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots

Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots

Buck Wehrbein, NCBA President and rancher, sounds the alarm on the return of the screwworm and urges action from Mexico while crediting strong pressure from the Trump administration and Secretary Rollins for recent progress. NEWYou can now listen...

Grief leads widow to international missions

Grief leads widow to international missions

NAIROBI, Kenya — “Life doesn’t end because of sorrow or because of tragedy or because of loss,” said International Mission Board missionary Sue Foster, reflecting on her call to international missions after becoming a widow. “It doesn’t end...

Panama President Mulino Supports Jorge Herrera’s Election and Reiterates Respect for the Separation of Powers

Panama President Mulino Supports Jorge Herrera’s Election and Reiterates Respect for the Separation of Powers

Panama Shuts the Darién—and the Silence Leaves Villages Reeling

Panama Shuts the Darién—and the Silence Leaves Villages Reeling

A year after the Darién Gap echoed with the paddles of migrant canoes, the jungle is quiet. President José Raúl Mulino’s hard-liner strategy has throttled crossings, but in river towns like Bajo Chiquito, the aftermath feels like a ghost has...

Panamanian and U.S. medical experts change lives aboard the USNS Comfort

Panamanian and U.S. medical experts change lives aboard the USNS Comfort

COLÓN, Panama – For three years, Jesús, a local bus driver from Colón, wore a cap to hide the large, painful scars on his ears. The disfigurement was a lingering reminder of a devastating vehicle accident that changed his life. This week aboard...

President Mulino’s First Year in Office – Panamanian Foreign Policy Achievements

President Mulino’s First Year in Office – Panamanian Foreign Policy Achievements

During this period, the country’s foreign policy has been guided by the defense of national interests and the projection of Panama as a solid democracy and an open economy. This strategic vision has allowed it to strengthen alliances, attract...

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends

8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends

Investing William Potter / Shutterstock.com This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income hungry investors are often continually on the lookout...

Dana Castañeda Steps Down as Assembly President: “There Was a Discussion of the CSS Law Without any Hassle.”

Dana Castañeda Steps Down as Assembly President: “There Was a Discussion of the CSS Law Without any Hassle.”

Representative Dana Castañeda, of the Realizando Metas (RM) party, said goodbye to the presidency of the National Assembly this Tuesday, July 1, after a year in office (2024-2025), which she now leaves in the hands of Representative Jorge Herrera,...

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