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Elio star Yonas Asuncion Kibreab talks all about Pixar’s latest film
KLCK - Washington D.C.
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June 22, 2025
Pixar’s latest film Elio soars into theaters on Friday. Yonas Asuncion Kibreab lends his voice to the young Elio in the film, who finds himself beamed up into space and mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the universe. Kibreab told Good...
Celebrating 20 Years Of FOCEM: Paraguay’s Annual US$1M Yields US$640M
The Asunción Times
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June 21, 2025
With just a US$1 million annual contribution, Paraguay has secured over US$640 million in non-reimbursable funding from Mercosur’s Structural Convergence Fund (FOCEM), making it the bloc’s top beneficiary. FOCEM is a regional solidarity mechanism...
Incipient but promising: Paraguayan industry is looking to go global
Buenos Aires Herald
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June 19, 2025
‘Paraguayan industry has shown its capability, but needs better conditions to take off.’ That’s how Enrique Duarte, president of the Paraguayan Industrial Union (UIP, by its Spanish initials), describes the situation of his country’s manufacturing...
Brazil, India Forge New Trade Agreements
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasília on Tuesday, following their participation in the BRICS summit held in Rio de Janeiro. Modi was welcomed with a formal ceremony at the...
Vanguard Mining Finalizes Acquisition of Strategic 90,000 ha Uranium Project Adjacent to UEC's 8.96M-lb Yuty Deposit in Paraguay
Investing News Network
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June 17, 2025
Vanguard Mining Corp. ("Vanguard" or the "Company") (UUU: CSE) (RECHF: OTC) (SL5: Frankfurt) is pleased to announce that, further to its Letter of Intent (“LOI”) dated April 8, 2025, it has entered into a Definitive Share Purchase Agreement (the...
From Proof of Work to Useful Work: Bitcoin's Energy Footprint Gets Rewired
Investing News Network
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June 17, 2025
With the profitability of Bitcoin mining tightening after each halving event, miners are actively exploring new revenue streams to ensure they stay viable. A key strategy emerging from this challenge is a pivot toward high-performance computing...
RETRANSMISSION: HIVE Digital Technologies Surpasses 11 EH/S Bitcoin Hashrate Milestone As 100 MW Phase 1 In Paraguay Completed Ahead Of Schedule - Company On Track To Reach 25 EH/S By Thanksgiving
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsfile Corp) This news release constitutes a "designated news release for the purposes of the Company's amended and restated prospectus supplement dated May 14, 2025, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated September 11, 2024. San...
Interview | HIVE CFO: Hydro-cooled mining and AI cloud give us an edge post-halving
crypto.news
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June 18, 2025
As Bitcoin mining enters a new chapter post-halving, HIVE Digital Technologies is taking a measured, ambitious approach to growth. In this interview, Darcy Daubaras, CFO of HIVE, offers an inside look at how the company plans to scale its hashrate...
HIVE Digital Technologies Surpasses 11 EH/s Bitcoin Hashrate Milestone as 100 MW Phase 1 in Paraguay Completed Ahead of Schedule – Company on Track to Reach 25 EH/s by Thanksgiving
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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June 20, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content This news release constitutes a “designated news release for the purposes of the Company’s amended and restated prospectus supplement dated May 14, 2025, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated...
HIVE Digital Technologies Surpasses 11 EH/S Bitcoin Hashrate Milestone As 100 MW Phase 1 In Paraguay Completed Ahead Of Schedule - Company On Track To Reach 25 EH/S By Thanksgiving
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsfile Corp) This news release constitutes a "designated news release for the purposes of the Company's amended and restated prospectus supplement dated May 14, 2025, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated September 11, 2024. San...
"Spanish watermelon demand rebounds; paraguayo supply dip expected"
Fresh Plaza
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June 18, 2025
Jacob Aktalan and Wesley de Waal, MG Fruit: The Spanish summer fruit season is in full swing at MG Fruit. "We're seeing a strong melon market. Yellow melons, for example, are selling very well. Availability is limited, and yellow melons are...
South Korea Hosts Auto Parts Training For Paraguayan Technicians
The Asunción Times
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June 18, 2025
A group of ten Paraguayan technicians are gaining practical expertise in mould and die manufacturing as part of a specialised auto parts training programme in South Korea. The goal is enhancing Paraguay’s role within the international supply chain...
How a fake tweet from Paraguay pushed Bitcoin to $110K
Coin Telegraph
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June 18, 2025
A tweet, a hack and Bitcoin price surge: What happened? At around 00:53 GMT on June 10, 2025, the verified X account of Paraguayan President Santiago Peña posted something that set the crypto world buzzing. The now-deleted tweet stated that...
Tótem Tostadores’ Expert Roast Fuels Paraguay’s Coffee Renaissance
The Asunción Times
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June 18, 2025
‘Road to Asu Coffee Fest’ is a five-part storytelling series by The Ascunción Times, leading up to the lively Asu Coffee Fest, Paraguay’s premier coffee celebration on July 12 and 13 2025. Guided by Sol and Diego, two passionate coffee enthusiasts...
Strategic Logistics Vision: Building Regional Readiness for Today and Tomorrow
Dialogo Magazine
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June 18, 2025
The Seventh annual Senior Leader Logistics Symposium (SLLS) 2025, a key forum for promoting logistics interoperability, was carried out June 4-5, at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters. The SOUTHCOM-sponsored symposium aims to strengthen...
Trident Group in Talks with Paraguayan President on Global Growth
Textile Value Chain
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June 16, 2025
Trident Group, one of India’s leading textile conglomerates with a strong international footprint, continues to enhance its global influence through high-level diplomatic engagement. In a significant development, Mr. Santiago Peña, the President...
Bitcoin Mining Costs Soar as Hashrate Hits Records: TheMinerMag
CoinDesk
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Bitcoin miners are facing mounting pressure as the network’s hashrate and difficulty continue to climb, tightening margins even as bitcoin’s price holds steady, according to TheMinerMag’s monthly report.The network's mining difficulty hit a record...
NCR wage hike unlikely to stoke prices
Business World
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July 9, 2025
THE P50 daily minimum wage hike for Metro Manila workers that will take effect on July 18 is unlikely to fuel inflation, according to economists. Its limited coverage means it probably won’t be inflationary compared with earlier proposals for a...
Overhead Wires Vanish As Asunción’s Costanera Embraces Underground Cabling
The Asunción Times
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June 16, 2025
The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) has officially begun the installation of underground high voltage electrical cabling along the iconic Avenue Costanera – José Asunción Flores. This marks a significant step in modernising...
From Kenya to Paraguay: Joram Mburu’s Mission to Inspire Through Engineering
The Asunción Times
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June 16, 2025
What does it take to cross continents in pursuit of knowledge, purpose, and impact? For Professor Joram Mburu, it began with quiet dedication in a Nairobi classroom and led to a teaching position over 10,000 kilometres away, in the heart of South...