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☆ The public sector funded a lot of technological innovation. Economist Mariana Mazzucato says that should be factored into the price consumers pay
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Mark Licea | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mazzucato spoke with CNBC about how the public, private and third sector can work together to co-create value and share both risks and rewards. "The whole notion of stakeholder value should have become a real kind of call to arms of how do we create value differently," Mazzucato said. "We need to bring communities, workers, public and private institutions together to create value in a more collective, better way." It created growth, it created profits. Mazzucato said success in the private sector often begins with significant contributions from the public, and wealth distribution should reflect those contributions.

Persons: Mariana Mazzucato, Mazzucato, Siri, you've Organizations: University College London, CNBC, GPS, Consulting Industry

How do you sift through Mexico City’s roughly 57,000 places to eat — more than twice as many as there are in New York City — and choose the most essential dishes? “In a city like Mexico City, how do you narrow it down? Or weirdly French,” says Valdivia Nakatani) and appeared designed to appeal to the recent stampede of expats. Nostalgia came up a lot in our conversation, but that’s not to say that innovation was overlooked entirely. Consider it an inspiration to make your own, and you’ll see just how absurd and deeply gratifying an exercise it can be.

Persons: ”, Gabriela Cámara, Cámara, I’d, Ana Dolores, Anais Martinez, Alonso Ruvalcaba, México ”, Carla Valdivia Nakatani, whittle, Cámara’s Contramar, that’s, Deborah Dunn Organizations: Mexico City Locations: Mexico, New York City, Mexico City, Condesa, Narvarte, Manhattan, Roma, Paris, New York, Jenni’s, Al, Andalus, Valdivia

Instead, ongoing exercises in Hawaii, which conclude Friday, highlight part of a new American approach to Pacific defense and deterrence, with a focus on small groups of mobile land forces operating from islands like those off China's coast. As part of its “Operation Pathways” revamp of Pacific defense set in motion nearly a decade ago, the U.S. has been increasing its number of exercises with partners in the Indo-Pacific. “And that helps the U.S. to overcome its numerical disadvantages as China's navy is continuing to expand. The exercises provide experience in technical and procedural interoperability and also build human bonds that can be critical in times of crisis. Austin’s travels overlap with Secretary of State Antony Blinken ’s own visits to Tokyo, Seoul and New Delhi.

Persons: ”, Marcus Evans, Euan Graham, ” Graham, Evans, ” Evans, Defense Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken ’, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Graham Organizations: 25th Infantry Division, U.S . Air Force, Wheeler Army, U.S . Department of Defense, U.S . Navy, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, U.S, United States Army, Defense, ” Aircraft Locations: BANGKOK, Taiwan, U.S, Beijing, China, Israel, Iran, Hawaii, American, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Britain, Oahu, United States, Mariana Islands, Guam, Pacific, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Australia, India, Tokyo, Seoul, New Delhi, Solomon Islands, Washington

☆ Peru cuts interest rate again as prices ease but recession lingers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A worker walks pasts the logo of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) inside its headquarters building in Lima, Peru June 16, 2017. The bank's third consecutive cut comes as the rate of rising consumer prices has been coming down. But the latest decision to cut rates does not necessarily imply a cycle of successive rate reductions, the monetary authority said in a statement. It added that future adjustments to the key lending rate "will be conditioned on new information on inflation and its determinants." Earlier on Thursday, Peru's government announced a package of measures aimed at boosting investments in the country's critical mining sector.

Persons: Mariana Bazo, El, Peru's, Alex Contreras, Marco Aquino, David Alire Garcia, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Central Reserve Bank of, REUTERS, Rights, El Nino, Thomson Locations: Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Lima , Peru, Lima

[1/2] The logo of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is pictured at the company's headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Mexican state energy company Pemex and U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company New Fortress Energy (NFE.O) have terminated a deal to develop potentially the country's first deepwater natural gas project that was signed a year ago, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Last month, Pemex decided to halt the project after NFE wanted to impose conditions Mexican officials considered unacceptable, including NFE buying the natural gas too cheaply from Pemex, one of the sources said. Pemex wanted to develop Lakach with the U.S. company using a service contract, a mechanism used prior to the Mexico's energy sector opening in 2013-14. Reuters previously reported that officials at the CNH and Pemex had been at odds over how to develop Lakach and other large fields.

Persons: Raquel Cunha, Pemex, NFE, Lakach, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Ana Isabel Martinez, Mariana Parraga, Adriana Barrera, Dave Graham, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, New Fortress Energy, U.S, Reuters, U.S . Department of Energy, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf, Tamaulipas, Altamira, Houston

☆ Live grenade in birthday gift kills aide to Ukraine’s military chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —An aide to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military was killed after receiving a live grenade as a birthday present that was immediately detonated by his 13-year-old son. Chastyakov’s 13-year-old son then picked up one of the grenades and started turning the ring, Klymenko wrote. Zaluzhny, the chief of Ukraine’s military, wrote on Telegram that his “assistant and close friend” died “under tragic circumstances.”Police found five more unexploded grenades in the apartment, Klymenko said. Police said criminal proceedings had been initiated and an investigation is ongoing, though the Ukrainian interior ministry later said it considers the death an “accident” based on preliminary information. Klymenko assisted Zaluzhny as the military chief led Ukrainian troops in the war with Russia.

Persons: Major Gennadiy Chastyakov, Valery Zaluzhny, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Chastyakov, ”, ” Mariana Reva, ” Reva, “, Zaluzhny, Reva, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Ukrainian, ” Police, police, Police, Ministry of Interior, Armed Forces of Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Klymenko, Ukrainian, Russia, Armed Forces of Ukraine

☆ US daylight saving time: When is it and why was it created?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Josie Kao | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Daylight saving time is the practice of moving clocks forward by one hour during summer months so daylight lasts longer into the evening. WHY WAS DAYLIGHT SAVING CREATED IN THE US AND HOW DID IT START? No, Hawaii and Arizona, with the exception of Navajo Nation, do not observe daylight saving time. While daylight saving time is widespread across the United States, 19 states have passed legislation to permanently use daylight saving time if Congress were to allow it, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The U.S. is not ending daylight saving any time soon, though there is an effort in the federal government to pass the so-called Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent.

Persons: Mike Segar, George Hudson, Frank Pallone, Joe Biden, Josie Kao, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, North, Daylight, European Union, New, Congressional Research Service, Virgin, National Conference of State Legislatures, Protection, U.S . House, Commerce, Science, Transportation, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, United States, Canada, Cuba, North America, Europe, Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Hawaii, Arizona, Navajo, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico

Argentina's presidential candidate Sergio Massa addresses supporters, as he reacts to the results of the presidential election, Argentina October 22, 2023. Bonds have also been slipping, while the stock market - seen as a relative safe haven for local investors - has been jittery. A local market operator, who asked not to be named, agreed there would likely not be a big market slide on Monday. "I believe the market will open downwards but there will be a floor at which there would be some demand," he said. Reporting by Jorge Otaola and Walter Bianchi; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Shri NavaratnamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Mariana Nedelcu, Javier Milei, Salvador Vielli, Vielli, Bonds, Patricia Bullrich, Roberto Geretto, Adcap, Milei, Jorge Otaola, Walter Bianchi, Adam Jourdan Organizations: REUTERS, Peronist Economy, Massa, Thomson Locations: Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Milei

☆ ANALYST VIEW Argentina vote headed for runoff between ruling Peronist and radical Milei
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Argentina's presidential candidate Sergio Massa addresses supporters as he reacts to the results of the presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A stronger-than-expected showing by Argentina's ruling Peronist coalition at a general election on Sunday has set the stage for a run-off vote on Nov. 19 between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and far-right radical Javier Milei. First, any announcements by the two candidates advancing to the second round. MARIANO MACHADO, PRINCIPAL AMERICAS ANALYST, VERISK MAPLECROFT, MALAGA"It is true that in the first round, societal mood shied away from radical change; but in the second round, pro-change voters may shift to Milei to oust Kirchnerism from power." The combination of a libertarian candidate pushing for dollarisation, with minister Massa hiking the money-printing machine to produce a political miracle for ‘candidate’ Massa could finally push macroeconomic variables off the cliff’s edge."

Persons: Sergio Massa, Mariana Nedelcu, Argentina's, Javier Milei, SERGIO ARMELLA, GOLDMAN SACHS, Massa, Milei, DIEGO W, PEREIRA, Patricia, Bullrich’s, Juan, MARIANO MACHADO, VERISK, Kirchnerism, ’ Massa, Karin Strohecker, Kirsten Donovan, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Peronist, JPMORGAN, NEW, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, AMERICAS, VERISK MAPLECROFT, MALAGA, Rosario

☆ Argentines Vote to Choose President in Country Hard Hit by Economic Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Ryan Dubé | Silvina Frydlewsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Election workers prepared for Sunday’s elections at a school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires to be used as a polling station. Photo: Mariana Nedelcu/ReutersBUENOS AIRES—Argentines began voting Sunday for a new president amid a grueling economic crisis marked by triple-digit inflation and growing poverty that is fueling political upheaval in the agricultural powerhouse. Leading the polls is Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and outsider who has tapped into voter anger at the political establishment with pledges to dismantle what he derides as Argentina’s “political caste.” He has promised to close ministries as part of his plan to slash public spending and replace the peso currency with the dollar to bring 138% inflation to heel in Latin America’s third-biggest economy.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Javier Milei Organizations: Reuters, Reuters BUENOS AIRES — Locations: Buenos Aires, Reuters BUENOS AIRES

☆ Argentina heads to the polls in grip of fierce economic crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Nicolás Misculin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Workers load ballot boxes and voting material into a truck, ahead of the presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 21, 2023. Milei, pledging to "chainsaw" the economic and political status quo, is the candidate to beat, with angry voters flocking to his tear-it-all-down message, fed up with inflation at 138% and poverty affecting over two-fifths of the population. Massa, current economy chief, remains in the running despite overseeing inflation hitting triple digits for the first time since 1991. He is pledging to cut the fiscal deficit, stick with the peso and defend the Peronist social welfare safety net. Pollsters see her as the most likely of the top three runners to miss out on a second round.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Argentina's, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Milei, Federico Aurelio, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Massa, Bullrich, Nicolas Mercado, Flavia Vázquez, Pollsters, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, American, Peronist Economy, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, China, Brazil

☆ Argentina voters on a knife-edge as presidential election nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Horacio Soria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Workers unload ballot boxes and voting material from a truck, ahead of the presidential election, at a school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina October 21, 2023. The vote is a tight three-way race between frontrunner radical outsider Javier Milei, ruling Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa and center-right former security minister Patricia Bullrich, all offering starkly different visions for Argentina. Libertarian economist Milei is in pole position to win, though would likely face a second round. "It seems to me that it is time for change, to see how we can alter the reality of the country." Reporting by Horacio Soria and Juan Bustamante; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Soledad Sanchez, Bullrich, Milei, Massa, pollsters, Hernan Etchaleco, Agustin Geist, Horacio Soria, Juan Bustamante, Adam Jourdan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Argentine, Peronist Economy, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Peronist, Bullrich

My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would be forcibly recruited by a criminal organization. For many migrants like Hernández, their faith has been essential for coping with their challenging circumstances. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in early October that about 10,000 migrants per day were heading to the U.S. border. Agape welcomes migrants of any faith or ideology, but everyone is encouraged to attend services on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. “Imagine the experience of faith,” Rivera said.

Persons: Erika Hernández, “, don’t, ” “, ”, Hernández, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, José Guadalupe Torres, Biden, Albert Rivera, Rivera, ‘, ’, Mariana Flores, ” Miguel Rayo, Rayo, Pat Murphy, Alma Ramírez, ” Ramírez, Virgin Mary, Guadalupe, Ramírez, Murphy, ” Rivera, they’ll Organizations: Familia, Movimiento Juventud, Central, Agape, Casa, Catholic, Missionaries, Casa del, “, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: TIJUANA, Mexico, Mexico City, United States, Tijuana, America, U.S, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Pacific Coast, Casa Migrante, Casa

Their bodies, found several days later, had been dragged into the woods and covered with leaves, sticks and debris, police said. Clegg also is charged with several counts of falsifying physical evidence and being a convicted felon in possession of a gun. “They have no idea what gun killed the Reids,” Dominguez told the jury, adding that police “only had eyes” for Clegg’s gun. She later heard gunshots, then came across a man on the trail before continuing her hike. Defense attorneys argued that the man she saw on the trail was not Clegg because the clothing he had on did not match the prosecution’s description.

Persons: —, Logan Clegg, “, Stephen, Djeswende, Wendy ” Reid, Clegg, Wendy, Joshua Speicher, Speicher, ”, Mariana Dominguez, “ Logan Clegg, ” Dominguez Organizations: CONCORD, New Hampshire, Prosecutors, Defense, “ Police Locations: N.H, New, Concord, South Burlington , Vermont, Berlin, Germany, New Hampshire, Utah, Portugal, United States

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Thursday to renew the work of an independent expert who has reported on deteriorating human rights conditions in Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine last year. The Human Rights Council voted 18 to 7, with 22 abstentions, to extend for a year the mandate of the independent U.N. special rapporteur on the rights situation in Russia. The vote, marked by a high number of abstentions, comes after the U.N. General Assembly rejected Russia’s bid to rejoin the council on Tuesday. Last month, the rapporteur, Mariana Katzarova, issued her first report, warning the rights situation in Russia has “significantly deteriorated” since Putin launched his war against Ukraine in February last year. A separate probe by U.N.-backed investigators looking into rights abuses in connection with the war in Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Russia’s, Mariana Katzarova, ”, Putin Organizations: GENEVA, Human Rights, General, Ukraine, U.N Locations: Russia, Ukraine

☆ Buenos Aires Cirque du Soleil show honors 'superhero' Messi
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Lucila Sigal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] An acrobat trains during a rehearsal before the premiere of the Cirque du Soleil's show inspired by Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi "Messi10", in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Mimicking soccer moves and with a musical backdrop overlaid with enthusiastic TV commentary, Cirque du Soleil launched a show in Buenos Aires this week that celebrates beloved Argentine football star Lionel Messi. The Argentine team shirt with the Messi 10 on the back is like Superman's cape," said producer Diego Saenz at a rehearsal of the show, which features artists and acrobats from 15 countries. The show is set to tour across Latin America next year, likely ending in Miami. Reporting by Lucila Sigal, Writing by Rosalba O'Brien, Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Mariana Nedelcu, Diego Saenz, Lucila Sigal, Rosalba O'Brien, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, du Soleil, Argentine, Messi, Thomson Locations: Argentine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Qatar, Canadian, America, Miami

☆ Over 60 Jamaican school kids hospitalized after eating cannabis rainbow candy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A general view of the cannabis plants displayed at the annual Expo Cannabis in Montevideo, Uruguay, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mariana Greif/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 3 (Reuters) - More than 60 Jamaican primary school kids were hospitalized after eating potent rainbow-colored cannabis candy, the Caribbean country's education minister said on social media platform X, causing them to vomit and hallucinate. "One little boy said he only had one sweetie," Williams said, adding several of the school children had been given intravenous drips to speed up recovery. Radio Jamaica reported that the Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica was suggesting a public education program for responsible consumption by adults and to prevent consumption by children, as well as pushing for more packaging regulations. Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Greif, Fayval Williams, Williams, Sarah Morland, Josie Kao Organizations: Cannabis, REUTERS, Ocho Rios Primary School, Radio Jamaica, Ganja Growers, Producers Association of Jamaica, Thomson Locations: Montevideo, Uruguay, Caribbean, Jamaica, Ganja

☆ Buenos Aires central square becomes nighttime soup kitchen as poverty hits 40%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Miguel Lo Bianco | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Demonstrators camp outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, as unemployed and informal workers protest to demand more subsidies from the national government, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 19, 2023. Standing in a long line for food in the central square that is flanked by the Casa Rosada presidential palace, Erica Maya, 45, told Reuters she could earn just 3,000-4,000 pesos working all day collecting cardboard, worth $4 at real exchange rates. "We estimate the level of poverty in Argentina at 40% of the population," said Eduardo Donza, from the Social Debt Observatory of the Catholic University. "I have resorted to selling tortillas to find a way for my family and my daughter to survive," said Diego Ortiz, 30, as he cooked flour tortillas over hot coals in a Buenos Aires suburb. Reporting by Miguel Lo Bianco; Writing by Nicolas Misculin; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Erica Maya, Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, Conservative Patricia Bullrich, Eduardo Donza, Donza, Diego Ortiz, Miguel Lo Bianco, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Casa, Plaza de Mayo, REUTERS, Reuters, Peronist, Economy, Conservative, Social, Catholic University, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, de Mayo

☆ Six young people take 32 countries to court over wildfires and heat waves
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The European Court of Human Rights will hear an “unprecedented” lawsuit on Wednesday, brought by six young people against 32 European countries accusing them of failing to tackle the human-caused climate crisis. It is the first climate case to be filed with the European Court of Human Rights and is the largest of a total of three climate lawsuits the court is hearing. If it passes procedural hurdles, the court could rule that states do not have human rights obligations when it comes to climate change. “That could be very damaging to other similar cases,” said Michael B. Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. Climate litigation is an important tool, said Catherine Higham, coordinator of the Climate Change Laws of the World project at the London School of Economics.

Persons: David, ”, Gearóid Ó Cuinn, “, Catarina Mota, Mota, Cláudia Duarte Agostinho, Pablo Blazquez Dominguez, André dos Santos, –, Martim Duarte, Cláudia Duarte, Mariana Duarte, Marcelo Engenheiro, Michael B, Gerrard, ” Ó Cuinn, ” Gerrard, Gerry Liston, Liston, Catherine Higham Organizations: CNN, European, of Human, Global, Getty, Union, Sabin, Climate, Columbia Law School, London School of Economics, United Nations Locations: Portugal, GLAN, Pedrogao Grande, Leiria district, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Greece –, Europe, Dubai

☆ U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +21 min

The original network of fixed spy cables, which lie in secret locations on the ocean floor, was designed to spy on Soviet submarines seven decades ago, the three people said. China, meanwhile, is working on its own maritime spy program, known as the Great Underwater Wall, two U.S. Navy sources told Reuters. Sense of urgencyAmerica’s underwater espionage program was launched in the 1950s with a submarine detection system known as the Sound Surveillance System. The U.S. Navy’s Undersea Surveillance System The United States is expanding and upgrading its anti-submarine surveillance capabilities as tensions rise with China. Japan also operates a fleet of three ocean surveillance ships, fitted with U.S. SURTASS cables, the two U.S. Navy sources said.

Persons: Captain Stephany Moore, Richard Seif, Moore, Seif, ”, Tim Hawkins, Mariana Trench, Brent Sadler, We're, Sadler, ” Jon Nelson, Phillip Sawyer, Sawyer, United States –, SOSUS, SubCom, Stephen Askins, Lockheed Martin, Chuck Fralick, Leidos, ” Fralick, Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Saildrone, Joe Brock, Mohammad Kawoosa, Simon Scarr, Edgar Su, Catherine Tai Design, Eve Watling, Marla Dickerson Organizations: U.S . Navy, Navy, Undersea Surveillance Command, Undersea Surveillance, United, Submarine Force U.S . Pacific Fleet, Reuters, U.S . 5th Fleet, U.S, Pacific, China Academy of Sciences, China’s Ministry of Defense, Foreign, China Naval, U.S . Naval Forces Korea, The Heritage Foundation, Department of Defense, Naval Air Station Whidbey, Processing, Undersea, Undersea Warfare, Naval Postgraduate School, Taiwan, Ships, Titan, Navy’s, CS, U.S . Department of Defense, Lockheed, U.S . State Department, An Australian Defense, Self, Defense Force, Leidos Locations: Seattle, U.S, Whidbey, China, Taiwan, Beijing, United States, Australia, Pacific, South China, Mariana, Yap, Federated States, Micronesia, Guam, Russian, Ukraine, Washington . U.S, Washington, Soviet Union, Washington State, Virginia Beach , Virginia, Monterey , California, Japan, India, States, London, Taiwan Strait, Virginia, San Francisco

Uranium stone is seen at a news conference of Macusani Yellowcake and Plateau Energy in Lima, Peru July 16, 2018. Investors in uranium have sharply outperformed investors in clean energy and oil & gas majorsThe significance of that change extends well beyond Finland's power market, which gets over a third of its electricity from nuclear plants. The Global X Uranium ETF , the world's largest ETF exposed to the uranium space, is up 31% year-to-date, while Canada's first uranium ETF, the Horizons Global Uranium Index ETF (HURA.TO), is up over 45%, LSEG data shows. However, even with the broad new backing for nuclear, it is far from certain that a significant increase in nuclear power output will actually materialise. In addition, the cost of building new nuclear plants has sky-rocketed in recent years.

Persons: Macusani, Mariana Bazo, NuScale, Gavin Maguire, Sonali Paul Organizations: Plateau Energy, REUTERS, Finland's Green Party, Green Party, Green, Finland Green Party, World Nuclear Association, Uranium, CME, France's EDF, EDF, Institute for Energy Economics, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lima , Peru, LITTLETON , Colorado, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Niger, China, Europe, United States, England, U.S

GENEVA (AP) — The rights situation in Russia has “significantly deteriorated” since President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine in February last year, an expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body said in her first report on the country on Monday. Mariana Katzarova, the special rapporteur on Russia's rights situation mandated by the Human Rights Council, chronicled the domestic crackdown that has largely targeted critics of Putin's war as well as other opposition voices in Russia. Her report, made public on Monday, is separate from another probe by U.N.-backed investigators that has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine. Last April, barely six weeks after Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine, the U.N. General Assembly suspended Russia's seat in the 47-member-country rights council in Geneva. The rights council is set to discuss it Thursday.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Mariana Katzarova, ”, Katzarova, Ministry’s, Dmitry Peskov, Putin, “ Organizations: GENEVA, Ukraine, Human Rights, U.N, . Security, “, General Assembly, Authorities, Rights, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Britain, China, France, United States, OVD, Geneva, Bulgarian

☆ Libya flood: fury that warnings went unheeded
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/4] A view shows the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya, September 13, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media. In his report, hydrologist Ashour cites an unpublished 2006 study from the Water Resources Ministry on "the danger of the situation." The Turkish company, Arsel, lists a project on its website to repair the Derna dams as having begun in 2007 and been completed in 2012. Even as the catastrophe was unfolding on Sunday night, the Water Resources Ministry issued a post on its Facebook page telling residents not to worry. "When the water started flowing into the house, me and my two sons with their wives escaped to the roof.

Persons: Marwan Alfaituri, hydrologist Abdul Wanis Ashour, Ashour, Abdulqader Mohamed Alfakhakhri, Alwad Alshawly, hydrologist Ashour, Muammar Gaddafi, Derna, Al Qaeda, Omar al, Moghairbi, Abdulmenam, Ghaithi, Petteri Taalas, Gaddafi, Khalifa Hafter, Abdulhamid, Aguila Saleh, Yousef Alfkakhri, Tom Perry, Angus McDowall, Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam, Tarek Amara, Emma Farge, Mariana Sandoval, Peter Graff, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Reuters, Public Water Commission, Sebha University, of, Applied Sciences, Water Resources Ministry, NATO, Islamic, Gaddafi's, Libya's, Derna, Sunday, World Meteorological Organization, Libyan National Army, Thomson Locations: Derna, Libya, Tripoli, Turkish, Islamic State, Geneva, Libyan, Benghazi

☆ 'They knew' - Libyans express fury that warnings went unheeded before catastrophic flood
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

"The Libyan government knew what was going on in the Derna River Valley and the danger of the situation for a very long time." In his report, hydrologist Ashour cites an unpublished 2006 study from the Water Resources Ministry on "the danger of the situation." The Turkish company, Arsel, lists a project on its website to repair the Derna dams as having begun in 2007 and been completed in 2012. Even as the catastrophe was unfolding on Sunday night, the Water Resources Ministry issued a post on its Facebook page telling residents not to worry. "When the water started flowing into the house, me and my two sons with their wives escaped to the roof.

Persons: hydrologist Abdul Wanis Ashour, Ashour, Abdulqader Mohamed Alfakhakhri, Alwad Alshawly, hydrologist Ashour, Muammar Gaddafi, Derna, Al Qaeda, Omar al, Moghairbi, Marwan Alfaituri, Abdulmenam, Ghaithi, Petteri Taalas, Gaddafi, Khalifa Hafter, Abdulhamid, Aguila Saleh, Yousef Alfkakhri, Tom Perry, Angus McDowall, Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam, Tarek Amara, Emma Farge, Mariana Sandoval, Peter Graff, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Reuters, Public Water Commission, Sebha University, of, Applied Sciences, Water Resources Ministry, NATO, Islamic, Gaddafi's, Libya's, Derna, Sunday, World Meteorological Organization, Libyan National Army, Thomson Locations: Libya, Derna, Tripoli, Turkish, Islamic State, Geneva, Libyan, Benghazi

☆ Peru's central bank cuts benchmark interest rate to 7.5%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A worker walks pasts the logo of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) inside its headquarters building in Lima, Peru June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Peru's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.5% after holding the rate steady for eight straight months, as the monetary authority in the Andean nation sees inflation easing. The central bank first held the rate steady in February following an aggressive series of hikes that began in August 2021. Despite inflation easing, the bank said on Thursday that its decision does not necessarily imply a cycle of successive reductions in the interest rate. Peru's annual inflation rate in August slowed to 5.58%, the lowest since September 2021.

Persons: Mariana Bazo, Carolina Pulice, Brendan O'Boyle Organizations: Central Reserve Bank of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Lima , Peru, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Lincoln

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