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CNN —Colombia declared a disaster situation on Thursday due to wildfires raging across several parts of the country, as the president warned the conditions could get worse. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro declared a “situation of disaster and calamity,” telling reporters that funds previously approved for other purposes are being redirected to deal with the crisis. The government is also seeking international help, he said, adding that the United States, Chile, Peru and Canada, “which has enormous experience [fighting fires],” have responded to the call. Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least 25 active fires were reported on Thursday by the National Disaster Risk Management Unit. “We estimate that the phenomenon is composed of 70% fog and 30% smoke,” the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia said on X.

Persons: Gustavo Petro, ”, Petro, he’s, El Niño, Raul Arboleda Organizations: CNN —, United Nations, European Union, Getty, National Disaster Risk Management Unit, Civil Aviation Authority Locations: CNN — Colombia, United States, Chile, Peru, Canada, Bogota, AFP, El Dorado, Colombia

☆ Exclusive: Panama may slash GDP growth view due to suspension of First Quantum mine
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Elida Moreno | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

View of the Cobre Panama mine, of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, December 6, 2022. Some experts calculate Panama would have to pay at least $50 billion if it loses the case, equivalent to nearly 70% of GDP. Ahead of the supreme court ruling, S&P revised Panama's outlook to negative from stable on potential risks to investor confidence and economic growth if the contract was found invalid. For First Quantum, the developments in Panama could be a repeat of its experience in the Democratic Republic Of Congo. The miner exited the African nation in 2012 after its mining contract was cancelled.

Persons: Hernan Arboleda, Laurentino Cortizo, Panamanians, Arboleda, Elida Moreno, Valentine Hilaire, Anthony Esposito, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Minerals, REUTERS, Aris Mart, PANAMA CITY, Reuters, Gross, Panama, JPMorgan, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Panama, Donoso, PANAMA, Democratic Republic Of Congo

☆ Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ face Colombian government cull
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. After Escobar’s death in 1993, authorities relocated most of the other animals in the collection, but not the hippos – because they were too difficult to transport. The descendants of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's hippos present an environmental threat. Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty ImagesThis new phase to control the hippo population involves three strategies: sterilization, relocation and “ethical euthanasia,” it added. In April, a hippo descended from Escobar’s collection died after being hit by a car.

Persons: CNN — Pablo Escobar’s, Pablo Escobar's, Raul Arboleda, Susana Muhamad, ” Muhamad Organizations: CNN, ” Locations: AFP, ”, India, Philippines, Mexico

☆ A man destined for Alzheimer's defied that fate. Now scientists want to know how
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

He seems to have been protected by a rare gene change that enhanced the function of a protein that helps nerve cells communicate. Scientists say that understanding how this gene change defended his brain may help prevent Alzheimer’s in other people. “Another big insight from this case is, it seems like maybe you don’t need this everywhere in the brain,” Arboleda-Velasquez said. This is the pathway that is important for extreme protection against Alzheimer’s,’ ” Arboleda-Velasquez said. The sister of the man in the new study also shared the rare protective gene change, and it helped her, but not as much.

☆ Mutation Protected Man From Alzheimer’s Disease, Hinting at Treatment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dr. Arboleda-Rodriguez is a co-founder of a biotechnology company looking to produce drugs that could act on this research. The mutation results in a potent version of a protein, Reelin, in the entorhinal cortex. That super-potent Reelin ultimately prevents tangled strands of tau proteins from sticking together and forming the structures that are a characteristic of Alzheimer's. “We don’t know what sort of damage it might do, sticking needles in and dropping in chemicals,” he said. The man with what the researchers are calling “resilience” to Alzheimer’s was part of a decades-long study of 6,000 people living in Colombia who have a gene mutation that causes Alzheimer’s in middle age.

☆ Analysis: Panama and First Quantum harden battle lines over key copper mine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Valentine Hilaire | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

However, no agreement was forthcoming, prompting the two sides to raise the stakes to protect their interests in the mine, known as Cobre Panama. "Cobre Panama is the only metal mine operating in the country and many foreign companies started operations in Panama with its arrival. Failure to reach a deal could spook foreign investors at a time when Panama is looking to develop three other copper deposits that could bring in similar investments to Cobre Panama, said Morales. First Quantum paid $61 million in royalties to Panama's government in 2021, while the Cobre Panama mine posted sales revenues of $3.2 billion for the year, company data show. LUCRATIVE ASSETIn 2021, Cobre Panama represented more than half of First Quantum's earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).

☆ Costa Rica shocks Japan with a 1-0 victory
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Straight after half-time, however, the pace immediately lifted with the introduction of two new faces for Japan – Takuma Asano and Hiroki Ito. Hidemasa Morita shimmied his way to the penalty box and lined up a shot on goal that was batted away by Keylor Navas. Costa Rica bounced back from a 7-0 defeat against Spain in its opening match. With just nine minutes of regular time remaining, Japan saw its hopes of sealing a spot in the knockout stages slip away, and a chance late on with the ball ricocheting around the box was marshalled by Navas as Costa Rica held on for the win. With Spain and Germany playing later on Sunday, both teams’ fates will be decided in the last round of fixtures.

☆ Echipa Sfântul Gheorghe din Suruceni a câștigat Supercupa Moldovei 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Elevii lui Serghei Cebotari au salvat meciul în prelungiri, când Artiom Litveacov a reușit golul egalizator. Artiom LITVEACOV, 9. Sidy SAGNA, 98. Au marcat: Sidy SAGNA (55), Artiom LITVEACOV (90+2), respectiv Lovro BIZJAK (53-pen. ), Alexandr BELOUSOV (84)Au înscris la loviturile de departajare: Eugeniu SLIVCA, Artiom LITVEACOV, Sidy SAGNA, Alexandr SUVOROV / Stjepan RADELJIC, Lovro BIZJAK.

Persons: Sfântul Gheorghe, Serghei Cebotari, Litveacov, Piotr STAIANOV, Vladislav LIFCIU, Vadim VICOL, Andrei COJOCARU, Denis IVLEV, Anatolie BASIUL, Gheorghe, Maxim RAILEAN, Mihail ȘTEFAN, Artiom, Nicolai SOLODOVNICOV, Mihail, Alexandru, Teodor LUNGU, Eugeniu SLIVCA, Aliyu, ADAM, Alexandr SUVOROV, Petru OJOG, Serghei SVINARENCO, Sidy, Victor STÎNĂ, Vitalie PLĂMĂDEALĂ, Marius MARIȚOI, BORȘ, Serghei CEBOTARI, Georgios ATHANASIADIS, Hurtado Danilo ARBOLEDA, Stjepan, Frank CASTANEDA, Adama, Lovro, PEIXOTO Fernando, Alexandr BELOUSOV, Silva, CRISTIANO, Nadrey, Peter, Sebastien, Charles PETRO, Gustavo DULANTO, Veceslav, Dumitru CELEADNIC, Dusan, Serghei PAȘCENCO, Keston Anthony JULIEN, Maxim COJOCARU Organizations: Sheriff Tiraspol, Sheriff, Divizia Națională, Municipal Bălți Locations: !, Bălți, Suruceni

☆ Sheriff, premiată pentru titlul de campioană a Moldovei
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-27 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Sheriff, premiată pentru titlul de campioană a MoldoveiSheriff a încheiat sezonul 2020-2021 a Diviziei Naționale cu 99 de puncte la activ, având 32 de victorii, 3 remize și o înfrângere. Bizjak a deschis scorul în minutul 57, dar Dacia a egalat șase minute mai târziu, după autogolul lui Arboleda. După încheierea meciului de la Tiraspol, jucătorii și stafful tehnic al echipei Sheriff au fost premiați cu medaliile de aur. Sheriff a cucerit titlul de campioană națională pentru a 19-a oară. În palmaresul echipei din Tiraspol mai sunt 10 Cupe și 7 Supercupe ale Moldovei, fiind astfel cel mai titrat club din Republica Moldova.

Persons: Tiraspolenii, Bizjak, Arboleda, Președintele, Leonid Oleinicenco, Frank, Sf, Suruceni . Organizations: Sheriff, Moldovei Sheriff, Naționale, Dacia, Cupei, Zimbru Locations: Moldovei, Dacia, Buiucani, Tiraspol, Frank Castaneda, Republica Moldova

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