The Spanish Council of Ministers agreed to allow Ena to establish the state-owned company, Blocko d’Unzi, in Brazil, to manage 11 airports for a period of 30 years. The contract is expected to be signed next February, and includes a condition to renew the period for another five years. And …
Read More »A chocolate company launches an initiative to reforest Spain by planting 6000 trees after forest fires
The famous Spanish chocolate company “Traba” launched an initiative entitled “We Plant the Future Together”, which includes planting 6000 trees during the month of November, to reforest Spain after a year in which the country suffered from forest fire damage over large areas and in different regions. The Spanish agency …
Read More »UAE University showcases its programs at Abu Dhabi Success Exhibition
UAE University is participating in the 16th edition of the International Exhibition “Najah Abu Dhabi” 2022, which will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) from 16 to 18 October, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, and with the wide participation of more than 100 international …
Read More »The Kremlin says it has no knowledge of its army’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine
The Kremlin confirmed Tuesday that it had “no information” about the Russian army’s use of Iranian-made drones in Ukraine, after Kyiv accused Moscow of using these devices to strike infrastructure dedicated to supplying electricity and water.
Read More »Scientists: Bird sounds are good for mental health
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf discovered that bird sounds reduced anxiety and paranoia in people suffering from depression. And the journal Scientific Reports indicates that German researchers subjected 295 depressed volunteers to listen to audio recordings of bird sounds, and realized that bird …
Read More »UN urges countries to raise social benefits and wages as inflation rises
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights stressed that countries must ensure that social benefits and wages increase as inflation rises, otherwise people may starve or freeze in the cold this winter. “It is not an exaggeration to say that we will lose lives if governments …
Read More »Financing bank fears delay Asia’s largest takeover deal
The Toshiba takeover faces the possibility of falling behind schedule, as bidding groups face funding hurdles to funding bank concerns. The groups, led by Japan Industrial Partners and a rival group led by the state-backed investment fund, are set to meet the deadline in November 7, to provide letters of …
Read More »The bombing separated the Zaporizhia nuclear plant from the Ukrainian power grid
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was disconnected from the national electricity grid on Monday after a Russian bombing, state nuclear power company Energoatum said, causing back-up diesel generators to work. She added that the Russians again bombed important substations of the infrastructure… which led to the shutdown of the last …
Read More »Labor strikes continue in France’s Total Energies facilities
A representative of the General Confederation of Labor in France, who works at Total Energy, told Reuters that workers continued strikes at several refineries and warehouses belonging to the company, which damaged fuel supplies in France, on Monday morning. The union representative stated that the strikes included the Normandy, Dong, …
Read More »Greece accuses Turkey of leaving 92 refugees naked, and Ankara responds
Athens confirmed that 92 naked refugees had been found after they were forced to cross the Evros River separating Turkey and Greece. On Sunday, the Greek Minister of Civil Protection, Takis Theodorikakos, considered it an “inhumane image.” European border control agency Frontex confirmed that “92 migrants were rescued Friday” with …
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