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Dentsply Sirona’s DS Core Cloud Platform to Replace Company’s Connect Case Center
Transferring from old platform to DS Core the next logical step for clinicians embracing new era of connected dentistry, the company states Dentsply Sirona announced today that the dental manufacturer is set to replace its Connect Case Center...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, February 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

How France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists — and Haitians want reparations
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University In 2002, Haiti’s...

ACS Study Finds Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Cases Surge Globally
ATLANTA, December 11, 2024 — A new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows that early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence rates are rising in 27 of 50 countries/territories worldwide, 20 of which have either exclusive or...

Benin grants citizenship to diverse slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
Dakar, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said she had a feeling of deja vu. “A lot of the...

Study highlights global surge in early-onset colorectal cancer
A new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows that early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence rates are rising in 27 of 50 countries/territories worldwide, 20 of which have either exclusive or faster increases for...

Study Finds Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Cases Surge Globally
A new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows that early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence rates are rising in 27 of 50 countries/territories worldwide, 20 of which have either exclusive or faster increases for...

As Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants, it reckons with its own history in the trade
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Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants
When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said she had a feeling of deja vu. “A lot of the people reminded me...

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US22 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for recognition of its independence. April...

WED: Caribbean director brings biopic of post-colonial icon ...
Soldier, psychiatrist, philosopher... who was Frantz Fanon? A new film by director Jean-Claude Barny seeks to answer that question, with this year marking a century since the birth of one of the most influential figures in 20th-century...

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island… DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French...

A New Gaza
A new Gaza heralds a new Middle East. And the route to that success is through an enlarged Abraham Accord Protectorate The fifty-year record of Palestinianism is bloody and awful and reached a crescendo on 7 October 2023. For decades in Gaza...

Here's a look at Jazz Fest's 2025 Cultural Pavilion celebrating Mexico and shared roots
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is known for its extensive lineups that, each year, invite a range of artists from the Cultural Exchange Pavilion's chosen country. This year, the grassy plot, located smack dab in the middle of all the...

June Givanni and Pan-African cinema
PUBLISHED THIS month, June Givanni: The Making of a Pan-African Cinema Archive by Onyeka Igwe will be the latest in Lawrence Wishart’s Radical Black Women book series, in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives. This marks the first book on...

Oldest Miss France ever takes beauty contest crown after rule change
A 34-year-old flight attendant from the French Caribbean island of Martinique has become the oldest contestant to win the Miss France beauty contest, according to French media reports. Angélique Angarni-Filopon was crowned Miss France 2025 after...

Government of Grenada 2025 Budget Statement
GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA 2025 BUDGET STATEMENT Theme Towards Vision 75: Grenada – Resilient and Rising PRESENTED BY HONOURABLE DENNIS CORNWALL Minister for Finance TO The House of Representatives Parliament Building Mt. Wheldale, St. George March 7,...

MAN Energy, COSCO Partner on Decarbonization-Based Retrofits
MAN Energy Solutions and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries (CHI) agreed to collaborate on future decarbonization-centric retrofit projects, specifically modifying existing ships to fire low-carbon alternative fuels like methane, methanol, and...

17 Infamous Events That Were More Horrific Than You Realized
In a world that often seems chaotic, it's natural to try to insulate oneself from all the bad news that's constantly available on every feed and crawl. If you could do something about the earthquake or war or product recall or space robot...

Julien Creuzet Charts a Liquid Futurism
Rooted in and routed through the Black Atlantic, Julien Creuzet’s exuberant exhibition at Brown University’s The Bell powerfully charts Afro-diasporic presence. Titled ‘Attila cataract your source at the feet of the green peaks will end up in the...