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Argentine military will reinforce its Embassy in Caracas to protect opponents

Argentine military will reinforce its Embassy in Caracas to protect opponents

The Argentine president, Javier Milei, ordered this Wednesday the reinforcement and sending of his country's military to guard the Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. The Milei Government received reports from its security attachés in Venezuela of the threats that some people who are in the Argentine diplomatic headquarters have. Precisely, this week the Argentine Foreign Ministry ...

Brazil announces that it aims to reduce electricity bills with funds from Eletrobras

Brazil announces that it aims to reduce electricity bills with funds from Eletrobras

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to issue a provisional measure next week designed to reduce Brazil's electricity prices by securitizing payments owed by the country's largest power generation companyaccording to an official familiar with the plan. The government hopes that the measure, which must be ratified by legislators after its publication, reduce the ...

Russia says it's hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack

Russia says it's hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack

It is “extremely difficult to believe” that the Islamic State had the ability to launch the attack on a Moscow concert hall last week in which at least 140 people died, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday. In a briefing with journalists, Zakharova reiterated Moscow's claims, for which she has not yet provided ...

Donald Trump's social network soars more than 45% on its first day on the Nasdaq

Donald Trump's social network soars more than 45% on its first day on the Nasdaq

The company has soared more than 50% (at best peak) in the first minutes of the session, which has caused a brief interruption in the trading of its shares. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) debuts in style on Wall Street. Former President Donald Trump's company, owner of the social network Truth, soared almost 45% ...

Australia will invest US$652 million in national panels, leaving Chinese dependence

Australia will invest US$652 million in national panels, leaving Chinese dependence

Australia will invest US$652 million to ensure more solar panels are manufactured in the country, as the nation seeks to reduce its dependence on imports from China. The Solar Sunshot program will offer production subsidies and grants to help Australia capture a greater share of the global solar manufacturing supply chain, the government said in ...

Pension funds will buy more infrastructure during the energy transition

Pension funds will buy more infrastructure during the energy transition

Pension funds around the world are significantly underinvested in infrastructure and will help drive growth as they invest more capital in assets that will be part of the global energy transition, according to a report by IFM Investors. The path to cleaner fuels offers a “huge opportunity” for investors as more than $65 trillion will ...

Volvo Car closes its diesel fuel era with the production of its latest XC90 car

Volvo Car closes its diesel fuel era with the production of its latest XC90 car

Volvo Car AB produced its latest diesel-powered car this week, ending an era for the manufacturer that plans to make only electric vehicles by 2030. The XC90 sport utility vehicle left the factory at the Torslanda plant in Sweden on Tuesday afternoon. Volvo Car is phasing out this technology just as global demand for electric ...

The average pension in Spain rises 5% while total spending reaches a new record

The average pension in Spain rises 5% while total spending reaches a new record

The average amount received by recipients of contributory pensions in Spain increased 5% in the month of March compared to the same month of the previous year and State spending for this concept amounted to US$13,755, a new record. According to figures published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Social Security, The average Social Security ...

European Commission will intensify control of the commercial practices of influencers

Brussels opens investigation into Apple, Google and Meta for breaching the digital law, LMD

The European Comission today opened its first investigations for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Law (LMD), just two weeks after the entry into force of the new community regulations, designed to limit the power of digital giants. The five files affect Apple, Meta and Alphabet (Google's parent company), three of the five American Big Tech ...

Court will see demands from former presidents Humala and Toledo in public hearing

Court will see demands from former presidents Humala and Toledo in public hearing

The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court (TC) will meet in public hearing next Monday, March 25 and according to schedule, it will see 21 constitutional processes, among them, lpresented by former presidents Ollanta Humala and Alejandro Toledo. The hearing will be held in two shifts, the first will begin at 9:00 a.m. and in ...