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Argentines cast their votes in the decisive midterm elections for Javier Milei

Argentines cast their votes in the decisive midterm elections for Javier Milei

Argentina votes Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially a $40 billion rescue package from the Trump administration. Polling stations close at 6:00 p.m. local time (4:00 p.m. local time) and results are expected on Sunday night. Argentines elect representatives for ...

Spanish oil company Repsol seals a historic alliance with Telefónica in 5G mobile networks

Spanish oil company Repsol seals a historic alliance with Telefónica in 5G mobile networks

Repsol, the largest oil company in Spain, and Telefónica, the largest telecommunications group in the country, have sealed a historic agreement for the deployment of next-generation mobile networks (5G) in the energy company’s petrochemical facilities in the Spanish market. According to sources close to the agreement, Repsol has awarded Telefónica the development of a 5G ...

Javier Milei said that the agreement with the IMF will not increase the country's gross debt

Trump said Milei must win the midterm vote in Argentina. Is it possible?

When U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, at the White House on Tuesday, days after offering Argentina a $20 billion lifeline in currency swaps, he conditioned additional U.S. support on Milei’s party being successful in this month’s midterm elections. Libertarian Milei’s “shock therapy” economic measures have substantially reduced inflation and ...

Israel and Korea lead in OECD R&D investment, Colombia and Costa Rica are last

Israel and Korea lead in OECD R&D investment, Colombia and Costa Rica are last

The global map of spending on research and development (R&D) within the OECD confirms a persistent gap: while Israel and South Korea sustain record levels of investment relative to the size of their economies, several Latin American economies in the bloc remain among the least intense. In 2022, the R&D intensity of the OECD area ...

BHP Group confirms commercial negotiations with China for iron ore

BHP Group confirms commercial negotiations with China for iron ore

BHP Group chairman Ross McEwan confirmed the mining giant was in commercial negotiations with China’s state-owned iron ore buyer, during its annual meeting in Melbourne on Thursday. “We have decades of relationships in China and we have a very good working relationship,” McEwan said in response to a shareholder question at the meeting. “But this ...

President of Peru declared a state of emergency in Lima and Callao due to security issues

President of Peru declared a state of emergency in Lima and Callao due to security issues

President José Jerí confirmed in a message to the Nation, the declaration of the state of emergency in Lima and Callao as part of the Government’s actions to confront crime. “Crime has grown disproportionately in recent years, causing enormous pain to thousands of families and also harming the progress of the country, but this is ...

Kremlin says Trump-Putin summit date remains unclear

Kremlin says Trump-Putin summit date remains unclear

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was unclear when the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would take place.to seek the end of the war in Ukraine, and that no one had mentioned dates. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war in Ukraine, the deadliest in ...