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1 week ago | 
buenosairesherald.com | Casey Wetherbee
Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier, one of dozens of massive ice formations found in Patagonia’s Los Glaciares National Park. Beyond their beauty, glaciers also hold over half of the Earth’s freshwater globally — and in Argentina, they are an essential water resource for millions.
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3 weeks ago | 
znetwork.org | Casey Wetherbee
Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets through a “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payment plan. These programs function as short-term loans, allowing consumers to pay for purchases in a series of installments — often with low or no interest.
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4 weeks ago | 
jacobin.com | Casey Wetherbee
Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets through a “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payment plan. These programs function as short-term loans, allowing consumers to pay for purchases in a series of installments — often with low or no interest.
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2 months ago | 
thetimes.com | Casey Wetherbee
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2 months ago | 
jacobin.com | Casey Wetherbee
For years, the US financial system has served as a major destination for dirty money, due to glaring gaps and loopholes in the federal regulatory apparatus. The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), introduced in 2020, was designed to close the gaps by establishing national standards to combat illicit finance and money laundering — bringing the United States up to speed with the rest of the world.
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2 months ago | 
buenosairesherald.com | Casey Wetherbee
Alexei was married to a woman in Russia before fleeing both his marriage and the country for the safe haven of Argentina. “[In Russia] there’s a lot of pressure to be in a relationship at a young age,” the 24-year-old dental student told the Herald. “I thought that being in a heterosexual marriage would stop people from asking so many questions.”In recent years, Russians have emigrated to Argentina in droves to avoid conscription in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
msn.com | Casey Wetherbee
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
znetwork.org | Casey Wetherbee
The fires that ravaged residential areas in Los Angeles County, which likely began with the eruption of the Palisades fire on January 7 due to strong Santa Ana wind events, have killed at least twenty-five people, burned down upwards of ten thousand residences, and forced almost two hundred thousand people to evacuate. In the immediate aftermath of losing their homes, valuable belongings, precious keepsakes, and personal documents, however, thousands of families will not have time to mourn.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
jacobin.com | Casey Wetherbee
The fires that ravaged residential areas in Los Angeles County, which likely began with the eruption of the Palisades fire on January 7 due to strong Santa Ana wind events, have killed at least twenty-five people, burned down upwards of ten thousand residences, and forced almost two hundred thousand people to evacuate. In the immediate aftermath of losing their homes, valuable belongings, precious keepsakes, and personal documents, however, thousands of families will not have time to mourn.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
lvsl.fr | Casey Wetherbee
Coupes dans le budget et simplification de l’État : telles sont les missions du Department of Government Efficiencey (« DOGE ») qu’Elon Musk dirigera au sein de la seconde administration Trump. Parmi les objectifs fantaisistes de cette agence : supprimer 2000 milliards de dépenses publiques, soit près d’un tiers du budget fédéral.
