Sae-A Trading Announces Acquisition of Swisstex El Salvador Plants to Expand Global Manufacturing Network

Sae-A Trading Expands Its Americas Footprint with the Acquisition of Swisstex, Strengthening Leadership in Sports and Performance Apparel. LOS ANGELES and SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sae-A Trading, a leading global textile and...

NMSU Foundation honored for fueling Latino innovation

The New Mexico State University Foundation has been named a 2025 Angeles Higher Education Impact Award honoree by Angeles Investors, a national investment group dedicated to harnessing Latino-driven growth to find, fund and fuel high-potential...

Women in Leadership: Breaking Barriers in Mexico

Mexico is at a pivotal moment in its journey toward gender equality in leadership. Despite progress in politics and public life, women in the private sector still face challenges in reaching top positions, and experts agree that much more needs to...

Commentary: Thanks to Supreme Court ruling, working while brown is the new living while Black

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration and ruled that federal immigration agents in Southern California may resume using skin...

County Board sets preliminary levy, proposed budget for 2026

The Washington County Board of Commissioners set a preliminary property tax levy to support the proposed 2026 county budget at its meeting Sept. 23. The board also adopted a proposed budget for next year. After setting the preliminary levy, the...

An Everyday Art Tour: Monument to progress

Joseph Strauss, chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, said: “Bridges are a monument to progress.” Such is the case of the recently completed William Fenton ‘Bill’ Russell Bridge, named after the Celtics player and civil rights activist, which...

$5.8 million state award helps launch ‘Global Market’ in South Omaha

OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska...

How Did an X-Rated Movie Called ‘F*ck My Son!’ Become a Battleground for AI Misinformation? 

If you’re worried about AI taking over the entertainment industry, close your eyes for a moment and imagine your worst case scenario. What kind of villains do you picture? Soulless corporate executives gleefully watching their bottom lines go up...

Açai seed bracelets and animated illustrations: Spotlighting 3 local artists for Hispanic Heritage Month

Combining culture and creativity, Hispanic artists across Gainesville have turned their talents into businesses. From creators who specialize in vibrant digital art to Native American jewelry, here are three local artists to check out during...

Trends, challenges, and the $2 discrepancy: How Australia’s coffee landscape is evolving

Last week, I absent-mindedly tapped my card for an oat flat white at a chic coffee shop in Sydney’s Surry Hills. As I did, I read a sign plastered in front of the till. It explained that prices had increased – the result of supply chain issues,...

Family of four traveling the world on a $40-a-day budget

The Rowe family on their travels. (Ruth Rowe via SWNS) By Talker By Ed Chatterton and Julia Baker A couple "sold everything" they owned before quitting the UK to travel the world with their children, while living out of two suitcases on a budget...

CA Insurance Commish Ricardo Lara Bilked Taxpayers, Wrecked Insurance, Now Expects to Slide to Lt. Gov.

You can just call California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara: "Temu Gavin Newsom." Lara is looking for his next taxpayer-funded gig and is running for lieutenant governor in 2026. But the failed commissioner who helped destroy the insurance...

Karuthal Project Amplifies Indigenous Voices for Disaster Preparedness in Wayanad

By Bijo Thomas, Radio Mattoli Station Director The long-marginalized Indigenous communities in Kerala's Wayanad District, India, are finding their voice through the Karuthal Project, a community radio initiative supported by Cultural Survival. The...

Family sell everything to travel the world with two suitcases living off £30-a-day

A couple have 'sold everything' they owned to embark on a global adventure with their children, living out of two suitcases and surviving on a daily budget of just £30. Ruth Rowe, 34, and her husband Steven, 35, purchased a one-way ticket to Sri...

From College Tours to Cultural Immersions, REACH Fellows REACH New Heights

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County, CA – September 2025 – This summer marked another season of growth, adventure, and celebration for REACH. Fellows toured colleges across California,...

Mission Produce brings its world class avocados and mangoes to Fruit Attraction

Global fresh produce sourcer, producer, and distributor Mission Produce will have its global team, including representatives from the UK, Europe, the US, and Peru, showcasing the company's avocados and mangos at the Fruit Attraction Trade Show....

Your trash is this Aiken man’s treasure. Here’s how his heritage inspired decades of repurposed art. 

Midland Valley High School students gathered for an assembly Sept. 25 where an artist spoke to them about finding creativity in the mundane: “Next time you’re going to throw in things in the trash, think twice,” he said to the students. The advice...

Hoor Al Qasimi’s Aichi Triennale Confronts Generative and Destructive Extremes

Tomiyasu Yuma’s The Silence (Two Suns). Photo: Elisa Carollo for Observer The Aichi Triennale, which opened last week, is a celebration of creativity’s power to reimagine, re-envision and, most importantly, reintroduce into circulation vital...

Modernizing Central America’s Multinational High-Voltage Backbone

Grid operator Empresa Propietaria de la Red (EPR) is modernizing Central America’s 230-kV SIEPAC backbone with advanced communications, fault-location tools, and cybersecurity to meet the unique challenges of a multinational high-voltage grid....

Hoor Al Qasimi’s Aichi Triennale Confronts Generative and Destructive Extremes

Tomiyasu Yuma’s The Silence (Two Suns). Photo: Elisa Carollo for Observer The Aichi Triennale, which opened last week, is a celebration of creativity’s power to reimagine, re-envision and, most importantly, reintroduce into circulation vital...