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In Mexico, cartel turf wars have led residents of many towns to turn to “local police” composed of relatively untrained members who work as volunteers or receive little pay. Both traditional Mexican police forces and those composed of indigenous people have come under increasing attack by drug cartels. Fighting has taken place in the states […]

The Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has developed a method to produce chocolate without refined sugar by using the entire cocoa fruit, including the pulp, juice, and shell. This innovative Swiss chocolate utilizes the fruit’s pulp and juice, which contains 14% natural sugar, combined with the dried shell to create a cocoa gel that […]

Venezuelan journalists are using AI-created avatars to combat media repression by President Nicolás Maduro following his disputed election. Narrator La Chama (“The Bestie”) and narrator El Pana (“The Buddy”) provide daily updates on the president’s harassment of his opponents, activists, and media outlets without putting reporters at risk. This initiative involves around 20 Venezuelan news […]

In the port of Cape Town, South Africa, on a Chinese ship called the “Ark of Peace,” local military medical personnel are examining residents of the city and its surrounding areas. The financial crisis in one of Africa’s largest and most developed economies has left public services underfunded, and many citizens cannot afford private healthcare. […]

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has convicted the directors of an oil exploration company of embezzling more than $1.8 billion from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad. The men, who hold Swiss-Saudi and Swiss-British citizenship, have been sentenced to seven and six years in prison respectively. They have also been ordered to repay […]