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Ron Howard's New R-Rated Thriller Trailer Unites Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas & Jude Law
Comic Book Resources (CBR)
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June 28, 2025
Ron Howard's upcoming R-rated film, Eden, plants a garden of possibilities with its strong ensemble cast. The survival thriller starring Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas, Jude Law and other notable names drops a new teaser showcasing a group of...
Ecuador Must Deny Soldiers’ Impunity for Killing Guayaquil Children
LatinAmerican Post
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June 21, 2025
When 11-year-old Steven Medina and three teenage friends vanished after a December military roundup in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s army claimed it was “just doing its duty.” Their burned bodies said otherwise—and the nation now stares down the horror it...
Xi meets Ecuadorian president, Senegalese PM in Beijing
Global Times
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Top news Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. The two foreign leaders had just concluded their participation in the 2025 Summer Davos forum in...
Moment Ecuador's most-wanted drug lord Fito is found hiding under a trapdoor in luxury house - after his three-year-old daughter accidentally gave up his location
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
Ecuador's most wanted fugitive has been recaptured by cops following more than a year on the run - after he was found hiding in a secret chamber under a trapdoor in an upmarket home. Ruthless gang leader Fito's prison break in January 2024...
Leader of Colombian criminal ring captured in UAE, says Ecuador's interior minister
Xinhua News Agency
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QUITO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ecuadorian-born top leader of the Colombian criminal organization "Border Commandos" has been captured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg announced Thursday. The...
Trump Effect Spreads as Ecuador Arrests Top Fugitive Drug Lord
Breitbart
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June 27, 2025
The Trump effect appears to have spread to Ecuador as authorities there arrested one of their most significant, violent drug lords. The arrest took place this week when Ecuadoran authorities, working in partnership with U.S. authorities, arrested...
Ecuador ends visa-free transit for Nigeria, Ghana, 43 others in new border policy
Nairametrics
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June 21, 2025
Ecuador has officially ended visa-free airport transits for travelers from Nigeria, Ghana and 43 other countries, requiring them to now obtain a Transit Visa, known locally as Visa de Transeúnte. According to TravelBiz, the new policy confirmed by...
How authorities found a drug kingpin’s luxurious hideout in Ecuador
CNN
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June 27, 2025
CNN — Ecuadorian forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a year after his brazen prison escape prompted the president to declare an internal armed conflict to crack down on...
China and Ecuador deepen bilateral ties
MercoPress
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Friday, June 27th 2025 - 18:54 UTC Xi encouraged both sides to effectively carry out key cooperation projects Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa in Beijing Friday to strengthen bilateral ties, marking the...
China y Ecuador buscan profundizar su asociación estratégica tras la reunión entre Noboa y Xi, señalan ambos gobiernos
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por Ana María Cañizares y Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español El Ministerio de Exteriores de China destacó este viernes la colaboración del gigante asiático con Ecuador después de que los presidentes de los dos países, Xi Jinping y Daniel Noboa, se...
Fito’s Fall: Ecuador’s Drug War Hits a Turning Point
LatinAmerican Post
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June 27, 2025
At dawn in the coastal city of Manta, soldiers stormed a marble-clad mansion—and ended the six-month flight of Adolfo “Fito” Macías, Ecuador’s most feared narco boss. His capture exposed the deep rot between collapsing prisons, local politics, and...
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions honours community partnerships in naming two new ships
Travel Weekly
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July 10, 2025
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has honoured decades-long community partnerships with the naming of two new ships – National Geographic Delfina and National Geographic Gemini – in the Galapagos. In a deeply symbolic ceremony rooted in...
China, Ecuador sign document to promote Belt and Road Initiative
CGTN
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China and Ecuador signed a cooperation plan to promote the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on Friday, following a meeting between leaders of the two countries. Noting that this year marks the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties, Chinese...
MCC students named to college’s honors lists
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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July 9, 2025
Published 6:22 pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Meridian Community College recognizes scholastic achievements by publishing the President’s and Dean’s lists after the completion of the fall and spring semesters. The President’s List includes students...
China’s Expanding Playbook: Legal and Political Influence in Latin America
Dialogo Magazine
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June 27, 2025
China’s growing influence in Latin America now extends into legal and political spheres, raising concerns about regulatory sovereignty and political infiltration. Beijing’s tactics includes using legal cooperation agreements to influence...
Mapa: ¿en qué países es legal el matrimonio homosexual? ¿Dónde fue legal primero?
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por CNN Español El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 39 países, según un reporte de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de...
At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA
Antigua.News
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June 27, 2025
Also present are the foreign ministers of several Caribbean countries, including the host, Antigua and Barbuda, as well as the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
China's top legislator meets Ecuadorian president
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in Beijing on Friday. Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said that in recent years, under the...
Lawfare Becomes Reality: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Imprisoned
CovertAction Magazine
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July 10, 2025
[Source: Derechadiario.com.ar] The Supreme Court of Justice upheld the sentence against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) of six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office. The case involves fraudulent administration...
1st LD: China, Ecuador sign cooperation plan on promoting Belt and Road Initiative
China Internet Information Center
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BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China and Ecuador signed a cooperation plan on promoting the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Ecuadorian counterpart Daniel Noboa witnessed the signing of the...