Argentina’s poverty level rose to 57.4% last month, reaching the highest percentage in at least 20 years, according to a report by the Catholic University of Argentina. A local media company wrote about the report, according to Reuters, which said newly elected President Javier Milei’s devaluation of the peso, executed shortly after his inauguration in…
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has drafted plans to release thousands of immigrants and slash its capacity to hold detainees after the failure of a Senate border bill that would have erased a $700 million budget shortfall, according to four officials at ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The bipartisan border bill that Republican…
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There are too few meals for most Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the enclave, the World Food Program (WFP) said on Sunday. “For most in Gaza, there is no house, no table, and too few meals,” WFP Country Director for Palestine, Matthew Hollingworth said in a statement. “We are…
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Technology 10 February 2024, 7:24 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Nvidia is building a new business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms and others, including advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors. Market Impact Nvidia’s shares rose 3% on the news. Article Tags Topics of Interest: Technology Type: Reuters Best Sectors:…
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Britain’s former Prime Minister and newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron walks outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain November 13, 2023. — Reuters LONDON: The British government has said that it is concerned “about the fairness and lack of inclusivity of the elections” held on February 8. In a statement as the final count…
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Animal rights organization, PETA, urged the largest amusement ride manufacturer in Kansas to end the production and sale of animal-themed carousels. “Children learn through play, and teaching them to have respect and compassion for all living, feeling beings can help create a more just and merciful world,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a press…
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Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while undergoing cancer treatment. He was 82. Geingob, a member of the left-wing SWAPO party, had been in office since 2015 and would have been ineligible for reelection to another term. Geingob was memorialized by a wide array of international peers, including presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Emmerson…
When Tuvalu’s new government gathers for the first time in the coming days, legislators in the tiny island nation will make two decisions whose effects will ripple across the Pacific, all the way to Washington. First, the 16 lawmakers will decide which of them will lead the nation of 11,000 people. Then they’ll turn their…
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EnergyHuman Interest 31 January 2024, 10:08 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Saudi Arabia’s surprise reversal of its oil expansion ambitions was at least six months in the making, after Riyadh concluded its vast spare capacity was enough to supply markets during crises and further investments in new fields would make no economic sense. …
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Iran on Sunday finally launched three indigenous satellites into space orbits with minimum and maximum elevations of 450 kilometres and 1,100 km above Earth’s surface. This brings Iran one step closer to achieving the Geostationary Orbit (GEO), sometimes referred to as geosynchronous orbit, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Iran’s latest launch, carried out…
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