Two Google DeepMind scientists shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with an American professor for their revolutionary research on proteins. Half of the award, worth 11 million crowns (US$1.1 million)will be divided between DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, a research scientist at the company, a unit of Alphabet’s Google, the Royal ...
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, told the Armed Forces this Monday to militarize the border with Peru to prevent essential products from being smuggled out of Bolivian territory. in the face of the economic crisis that the country is experiencing due to the high prices of various foods, lack of dollar liquidity and fuel ...
Russia’s crude oil shipments hit their highest level in three months, with more oil available for export after the country’s refineries began seasonal maintenance.The four-week average of shipments increased by about 60,000 barrels per day in the week to October 6, reaching the highest level since early July. Russian oil processing through most of September ...
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv after Israel bombed several targets linked to the militant group in Gaza, as fighting intensified after a year of war. The Israel Defense Forces said they intercepted most of the projectiles fired from Palestinian territory on Monday, as sirens sounded across central Israel.. Two people were ...
Financial Diary – Santiago In 2024, the Spanish bank Renta 4 decided to expand its presence in Chile by incorporating two new areas to its operations: wealth management and corporate finance. The business director for Latin America of Renta 4, Joan Gili, highlighted with DF the growth of its wealth management team, which doubled its ...
Canada has been making the biggest immigration changes in its recent history. After reaching a record of more than one million new residents in 2022, the highest number in 65 years, raising its total population above 40 million, the country is rethinking the immigration policy that gave rise to such a milestone. The reason, said ...
Senegal said it will act quickly to reduce its budget deficit after an audit that showed a fiscal and Weaker debt led Moody’s Ratings to downgrade the West African nation. The company downgraded Senegal’s long-term rating to B1 from Ba3 on Friday night after an audit launched by newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye showed ...
The board of directors of Renfe Internacional, the new subsidiary of the Spanish operator that brings together all businesses abroad, has given the green light to its landing in Italy with the purchase of a relevant stake in Longitude, the holding company of the Arena family that controls the Arenaways train brand. It is a ...
President Javier Milei vetoed a bill that would have increased salaries at public universities in Argentina to compensate for very high inflation, a day after a massive demonstration against his austerity campaign. An estimated 270,000 university staff, students and union activists took to the streets on Wednesday to protest Milei’s veto, which he said would ...
Gustavo Gallino, vice president of Infrastructure at YPF, indicated that the Vaca Muerta Sur pipeline “is already underway” and will connect Argentina’s oil epicenter with international markets. “This pipeline will cross the country from north to south, allowing ships with oil to be shipped to the entire world,” he stated. “The key for Argentina to ...
