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Benetton to launch mega green hydrogen project in Argentina

Benetton to launch mega green hydrogen project in Argentina

Compañía de Tierras del Sud Argentino, the local arm of the Benetton family holding company, is the largest landowner in the country and its businesses are beginning to transcend their agricultural core with disruptive diversifications.Its CEO, Agustín Dranovsky, told El Cronista that the group is facing a mega project to produce green hydrogen in the ...

Kamala Harris announced that she will run for president as a Democrat

Kamala Harris announced that she will run for president as a Democrat

US Vice President Kamala Harris announced that will seek the Democratic presidential nomination after Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 racewhile endorsing his former running mate to take his place. “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and intend to win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement Sunday.I will do everything in my ...

Israel continues its offensive against Gaza after a deadly attack on a camp

Israel intensifies bombings in Gaza, leaving dozens dead in 24 hours

Israeli forces shelled several areas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 30 Palestinians.according to health officials, as tanks advanced west and north of Rafah. Among the dead were local journalist Mohammad Abu Jasser, his wife and two children, by an Israeli attack on their home in the northern Gaza Strip, a doctor ...

Traces of poliovirus detected in Gaza, raising fears of outbreak

Traces of poliovirus detected in Gaza, raising fears of outbreak

Humanitarian groups are considering a mass vaccination campaign for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after that traces of the poliovirus type 2 variant were found in water sources in the war-ravaged territory. The disease was detected in six locations in Gaza, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding that no cases of paralysis had been ...

Spanish Prime Minister's wife opts not to testify in corruption case

Spanish Prime Minister’s wife opts not to testify in corruption case

Begoña Gómez, the wife of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, appeared before the judge on Friday, but she refused to answer questions about allegations of corruption and influence peddling in a case that prompted her husband to consider resigning in April. Friday’s appearance in Madrid is part of a preliminary investigation ...

What is CrowdStrike? Why and what caused a global computer blackout?

What is CrowdStrike? Why and what caused a global computer blackout?

On Friday, July 19, a massive computer outage by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. grounded flights, disrupted markets and disrupted businesses around the world.. CrowdStrike shares fell as much as 15%. The impact of the outage, which was compounded by an apparently unrelated issue with Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud services, is expected to be felt continue for ...

Fed's Beige Book shows moderate economic growth and lower inflation

Fed’s Beige Book shows moderate economic growth and lower inflation

The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace in the third quarter, with a number of regions reporting flat or declining activity, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts. Employment also rose slightly, according to Wednesday’s report. Job turnover has decreased and contacts in several districts plan to be ...

Google brings AI to US broadcast of Paris Olympics

Google brings AI to US broadcast of Paris Olympics

Alphabet’s Google to introduce artificial intelligence to US broadcasts of Paris Olympics, which will allow sports commentators to use AI to explain competitionsthe technology company announced Thursday together with NBCUniversal and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Google will be named the official AI search engine partner of Team USA, marking the first partnership ...

Milei's economic reforms cause the greatest inequality in Argentina since 2005

Milei’s economic reforms cause the greatest inequality in Argentina since 2005

President Javier Milei’s drastic economic reforms have sent income inequality soaring in Argentina, testing how much his voters can tolerate his “shock therapy.” According to the latest available data, wages for the country’s large informal workforce rose 136% year-on-year in April, almost half the 248% growth rate recorded among wage workers in the formal private ...