Financial Diary – Santiago Two weeks after the fire that affected more than 9,000 hectares in the Valparaíso Region, the Association of Insurance Companies of Chile (AACh) delivered this Friday its first report on the number of claims reported to the companies. So far this month, a total of 575 accidents collected until Thursday, February ...
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from prison on Sunday after the coalition government led by a party backed by his family granted him special parole citing his old age and illness. Thaksin, 74, was released six months before the end of his prison sentence from a police hospital in Bangkokwhere he was ...
President Joe Biden blamed failure to approve emergency aid to Ukraine by American legislators for the fall of Avdiivka, which gave Russia a major battlefield victory after months of fighting for control of the city. Attempts to release emergency foreign aid to U.S. allies have been stuck in a partisan stalemate in Congress for months.forcing ...
The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken will travel to Brazil and Argentina next weekwhere he will meet with the leaders of both countries to discuss “bilateral and global affairs”the State Department reported on Friday. Blinken will travel to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires from February 20 to 23on the ...
In the afternoon today, an earthquake was recorded in Lima, Peru. According to what was reported by the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), the magnitude was 5.4 and The epicenter was located 36 kilometers west of Huaral. The tremor was recorded at 3:53 pm (Peru time) and according to IGP reports the depth was 57 ...
Nvidia Corp.’s Strong Rally in Early 2024 Has Wall Street Rushing to Keep Upwith at least five firms raising the AI company’s price targets this month. The chip giant’s shares have risen 46% this year and have totaled US$560,000 millions in market value until Monday, when they closed at a record $722. This strength, coupled ...
A record 18 of NATO’s 31 countries are expected to meet the alliance’s defense spending target this year.a commitment that Donald Trump has been pushing for in his campaign for re-election to the presidency of the United States. “European allies are spending more” toward the bloc’s goal of spending at least 2% of GDP on ...
The Australian government has appointed a panel of legal and scientific experts to advise on possible barriers to research, the development and use of artificial intelligence, its latest step towards mandatory regulation of this rapidly evolving technology. Industry Minister Ed Husic on Wednesday announced the 12 members of the government’s new Artificial Intelligence Expert Group, ...
6% of employees did not show up for work during the third quarter of 2023, according to figures from the Work Absenteeism Report | Third quarter 2023 carried out by Randstad Research based on official figures. Every day, 1,277,119 people did not go to work, but only 995,626 had medical leave: that is, nearly 300,000 ...
Glencore plans to sell its stake in a nickel mine and processing plant on the islands of New Caledonia after sharp fall in prices. The world’s leading commodities trader will seek to sell its 49% stake in Koniambo Nickel, according to a KNS statement. The company would begin “without delay” to suspend operations at its ...
