2024-04-25 INTERNATIONAL
TikTok announces that it will take to court the United States law that forces it to sell the social network
TikTok made an announcement on Wednesday stating that it will take legal action against the US Congress's law which requires ByteDance, a Chinese technology conglomerate, to sell the operations of the social network or face a ban. The social network believes the law is unconstit ...
2024-04-25 INTERNATIONAL
Biden signs the law on military aid for Ukraine and Israel and a possible veto of TikTok
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden of the United States took a significant step by signing a law that provides a substantial $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The law also brings forth a compelling stipulation for TikTok's Chinese parent company, d ...
2024-04-25 INTERNATIONAL
A far-right Greek deputy is arrested for hitting another in Parliament
A deputy from Greece was detained this Wednesday for engaging in physical assault against another deputy outside the Parliament. Konstantinos Floros, who was elected by the far-right Spartans party but is now an independent, punched Vasilis Grammenos, a deputy from the far-right ...
2024-04-25 INTERNATIONAL
Hamas publishes a video of a hostage in Gaza who says he feels abandoned: "Netanyahu and his government should be ashamed"
The Islamist group Hamas released a video on Wednesday featuring one of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for their insufficient efforts to secure their release. "Benjamin ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
The Bank of Spain says that employment stability increased after the labor reform, but worsened in permanent contracts
The Bank of Spain estimates that the contracts that have been created after the 2021 labor reform are more stable than the labor relations prior to the regulatory change. The turnover rate of Spanish workers is now somewhat lower than in the pre-reform years, because many posit ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
The effort to pay for housing is doubled in rent: for two out of every five tenants it accounts for more than 40% of their income
The effort to access housing has become tougher in recent years, but it has not affected all pockets equally. This is confirmed by the Bank of Spain, which this Tuesday published the housing chapter of its 2023 Annual Report, in which it points out that the proportion of househ ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
Inflation and drought reduced food production by 2.6% in 2023, although the sector added 2% more jobs
The food industry suffered in 2023 from the impact of inflation, drought and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. According to the Economic Report presented this Tuesday by the Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (FIAB), production in the sector fell by 2.6% last ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
The nuclear sector denounces that excessive taxes prevent them from being competitive enough to keep the plants open
The nuclear energy sector maintains its position that the Government should paralyze the closure schedule of the plants that will begin to progressively close them from 2027 and defends that, to do so, the State should review downwards the amount of taxes paid by the electricit ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
Massive demonstrations in favor of the public university put the first limit on Javier Milei's political experiment
This Tuesday, Javier Milei encountered the first major brake on the political experiment he leads, and with which he intends to turn Argentina into one of the most liberal countries in the world.. After four months of insistent attacks and disqualifications of tho ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
France is preparing a series about its first lady: six episodes under the title 'Brigitte, a free woman'
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This is a remarkable story that captivates the attention of people worldwide. It transcends borders and resonates deeply with many audiences. Their encounter took place when she was a seasoned 40-year-old teacher with three children, and he, a ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
I veto former Greek minister Yanis Varoufakis in Germany for his support for Palestine
Renowned former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has a history of going head-to-head with the Germans. From his confrontations during the euro crisis to Greece's eventual exit from the eurozone with Wolfgang Schäuble, Varoufakis is no stranger to controversy ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
Radwan, this is the Hezbollah special forces training to invade Israel
The Fadlallah family, led by Mahmoud Ibrahim Fadlallah, commonly known as Shadi, has tragically experienced seven fatalities, including Shadi himself. Renowned as one of the masterminds behind the creation of Hezbollah's extensive rocket arsenal, Shadi embarked on ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
The mayor who boasts of stopping the extreme right but aligns himself with it if it is Turkish
In 2010 and 2020, Belgium made headlines for its record-breaking periods without a government, shedding light on the unique aspects of its political system. In 2016, the world was shocked by the communication problems and judicial system peculiarities that came to ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
The Bank of Spain estimates that 600,000 new homes are missing but that there are only 400,000 empty in areas with demand
The Bank of Spain has quantified one of the housing access problems in the country: the shortage of supply in the face of increasing demand. According to its estimates, if the imbalance between the net creation of homes and the decline in the construction of new ho ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
Nuclear boasts of availability and claims its competitiveness: "We are very fiscally penalized"
Throughout 2023, the seven Spanish nuclear power plants produced 20.34% of all electricity in the country, which is equivalent to the consumption of 15 million homes, as highlighted by Foro Nuclear in the presentation of its annual results.. The figure consolidate ...
2024-04-24 ECONOMY
The cheapest fixed mortgages of April 2024
Fixed rate mortgages have regained prominence. They lost it while interest rates were very low, because at that time it was much more attractive to opt for variable mortgages. With rates practically at zero, it doesn't make much sense to opt for fixed mortgag ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
The United Kingdom will increase its defense spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2030
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, announced on Tuesday in Warsaw that the country's national defense budget will be increased to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. This decision, which represents the biggest boost to national defense in a generation, will result in annual ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister, Timur Ivanov, has been arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, announced the Russian Investigative Committee on Tuesday. Ivanov, who is 48 years old, stands accused of receiving a significant bribe, a crime that could result in a maximum pri ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
The UN asks to investigate the mass graves found next to two hospitals in Gaza
The United Nations Office for Human Rights strongly called on Tuesday for an independent and thorough investigation into the deaths that occurred in two Gaza hospitals - which have now been completely destroyed - that were under siege by the Israeli army and where mass graves we ...
2024-04-24 INTERNATIONAL
It's Greece… although it looks like Mars: a dense tongue of dust from the Sahara turns the country orange and leaves scenes from a movie
A massive plume of Sahara dust swept through the city of Athens and other southern regions of Greece on Tuesday, blanketing the area in an eerie orange hue. This unusual phenomenon, caused by suspended dust particles originating from Africa, is expected to gradually dissipate st ...
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