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USA vs Costa Rica Predictions, Picks & Odds for Sunday's Gold Cup Quarterfinal Match
Covers
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Photo By - Imagn Images. United States of America forward Patrick Agyemang (24) controls the ball during the first half. The United States seek to reach the Gold Cup semi-finals for the 13th time in 14 appearances when they face Costa Rica from US...
Costa Rica Joins U.S. Global Entry, Easing Travel for Tourists
Tico Times
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June 26, 2025
Costa Rica took a big step forward, by officially joining the U.S. Global Entry program, a move set to make travel smoother for Costa Ricans and Americans alike. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sealed the deal during a visit to San...
The OECS at UNOC3: Caribbean Leadership in Action for a Healthy Ocean
Win Media SKN
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July 2, 2025
At the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France (June 9–14), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) demonstrated strong regional leadership and innovation on ocean sustainability. With the ocean playing a central...
What's Up With Jurassic World Rebirth's New Island? Ile Saint-Hubert Explained
/FILM - Indiana
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July 2, 2025
This post contains spoilers for "Jurassic World Rebirth." With the release of director Gareth Edwards' "Jurassic World Rebirth," we are now seven movies into this long-running, dino-filled franchise, dating back to Steven Spielberg's original...
Pumped Storage Hydropower is an Option for Latin America
Inter Press Service
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July 2, 2025
Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Green Economy, Headlines, Integration and Development Brazilian-style, Latin America & the Caribbean, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development Goals Energy The Kruonis pumped-storage...
USMNT outlast Costa Rica in penalties
NBC Sports
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June 30, 2025
USMNT goalkeeper Matt Freese saved not one, not two, but three penalties to help Mauricio Pochettino’s men past Costa Rica in a 2025 Gold Cup quarterfinal in Minneapolis on Sunday. The Yanks came back from 1-0 down but coughed up a 2-1 lead, then...
Philippines still a lower middle-income country, according to World Bank
Business World
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July 2, 2025
THE PHILIPPINES is still classified as a lower middle-income country after just missing the threshold to achieve upper middle-income country (UMIC) status, according to the World Bank. The World Bank’s latest country income classification showed...
Guest Column by Byron Hayes: Is YOUR personal trade deficit a problem?
San Juan Islander - Washington State
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What if the principle underlying Trump’s tariffs is erroneous and fundamentally flawed? What if trade deficits are normal and actually are NOT a problem that needs to get solved – especially through excessive tariffs? You…, yes, you who are...
Morden’s visit strengthens trade ties with Costa Rica
London Daily Digital
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June 27, 2025
The visit comes at a crucial time for UK-Costa Rica relations, following Britain’s formal accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2024 The UK’s trade relationship with Costa Rica received a fresh...
“Like a Floating Magic Carpet”: Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Creature Stuns Scientists With Its Surreal, Otherworldly Movements
Sustainability Times
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June 29, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🐛 The newly discovered species, Pectinereis strickrotti, moves like a “living magic carpet” in the deep waters off Costa Rica. 🌊 Found in methane seeps, these worms thrive 3,280 feet below the ocean surface in an ecosystem driven by...
Gen Z v Gen X: what we spend our money on now
The Times
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I have never considered myself a “girly girl”. A splash of water on the face and a quick ponytail was the extent of my morning beauty regime while at school. So it sometimes baffles me that, now aged 24, the majority of my money — food and booze...
Newest Covid variant causing ‘razor blade throat’ is already circulating in Costa Rica
Q Costa Rica
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June 26, 2025
Q COSTARICA — The new COVID-19 variant, commonly referred to as “razor blade throat,” a sublineage of the omicron variant, Nimbus (NB.1.8.1), classified as VUM (variant under monitoring) by the World Health Organization (WHO), is circulating in...
Why Crypto Firms Turn to Panama and Costa Rica — New Crypto License Solutions
The European Business Review
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June 26, 2025
With the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation setting a new benchmark for digital asset oversight, crypto businesses are navigating an increasingly complex compliance landscape. While MiCA offers long-term clarity and a unified...
Canada Women vs Costa Rica Women Prediction and Betting Tips | June 27th 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 26, 2025
Canada Women and Costa Rica Women will square off in an international friendly on Friday (June 27th). The game will be played at BMO Field. The hosts are coming into the game on the back of a 3-1 friendly win over Haiti. All four goals were scored...
PHOTO RELEASE: Secretary Noem Visits Costa Rica
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Costa Rica to reinforce the importance of international cooperation in preventing violent criminal illegal aliens from entering the United States. During her...
Bali To Biarritz: Surf Spot Overcrowding And The Fight To Protect The Essence Of Catching A Wave
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Invented in Hawaii, surfing gained popularity in the United States and Australia in the 1950s before becoming a global phenomenon. Now practiced in more than 150 countries, its spread has been driven by media and...
Fantastic Lab Costa Rica Launches at the Costa Rica Media Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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June 25, 2025
Pablo Guisa, founder and CEO of Grupo Morbido and executive director of Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion, has teamed up with the Costa Rica Media Market (CRMM) to launch Fantastic Lab Costa Rica. “This is a practical and training laboratory where six...
USA vs Canada Predictions, Picks & Odds for Tonight's Women's Friendly Match
Covers
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Canada defender Vanessa Gilles (14) kicks the ball down the field. It’s tough to think of any matchup between the USA and Canada as a mere exhibition game, so don’t be fooled by the “friendly” tag for tonight’s clash at...
SAU System Board of Trustees Convenes at SAU Tech
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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MAGNOLIA, AR (06/27/2025) The Southern Arkansas University System Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday, June 26, at the SAU Tech Student Center in East Camden. SAU President Dr. Bruno Hicks opened his report by introducing two new...
How moving from the US to Costa Rica’s ‘blue zone’ transformed this family’s life forever
KVIA - Texas
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June 24, 2025
CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a series of...