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☆ ‘Dark’ ships are faking their locations to move oil around the world — and it's likely worth billions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Maritime technology company Windward identified the area as a hub for smuggling oil. Cargo ships and car ferries cross the Kerch Strait, an area of "dark activity," according to marine technology company Windward. So that's definitely moved that focus into, okay, I'm now going to manipulate that signal," he told CNBC by video call. This can be done in a number of ways, a Spire spokesperson told CNBC by email. "If you're in the insurance industry, and you're not paying attention to this, you really need to start paying attention," Swift told CNBC by video call.

Persons: John Lusk, Christopher Swift, Foley, Lardner, We're, Lusk, Ami Daniel, Daniel, Good Hope, Iain Goodridge, Spire's, that's, I'm, " Goodridge, OFAC, Swift Organizations: Windward, Europa Press, Getty, Maritime Organization, AIS, Spire Maritime, Government, CNBC, Russia, Anadolu Agency, Venezuela, Spire, U.S . Treasury Department Locations: Morocco, Maritime, Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Kerch, Windward, Arabian, Venezuela, The U.S, East Asia, Angola, Venezuela's, South Africa's, Good, China, Malaysia

☆ 40,000 march in Spain against plans to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Waving Spanish flags, supporters of the opposition conservative People’s Party (PP) traveled from across Spain to attend the rally in Madrid. Puigdemont, wanted in Spain for attempting the region’s secession, has demanded that legal action be dropped against fellow separatists as a condition for his support. Withdrawing criminal cases against the separatists would amount to granting an amnesty to “coup plotters,” he told supporters at the Madrid rally. He did not mention an amnesty but said the Socialists wanted to heal social divisions over the Catalan crisis. “We are trying to turn the page,” he told supporters.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Carles Puigdemont, Puigdemont, Jesús, AP Alberto Nunez Feijoo, ”, Gregorio Casteneda, “, Feijoo Organizations: CNN, Sunday, People’s Party, Authorities, Europa Press, AP, Reuters, Socialists Locations: Madrid, Spain, Catalonia, Catalunya, Santander, Spain’s, Gava, Catalonia’s, Barcelona

☆ The most insidious part of online shopping is about to get even worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Companies are just baking all those fees into the total price — making the hidden fees even more hidden. On the first page, you see the ticket price. I have never seen a good justification of what I'd call mandatory hidden fees. The Canadian government is also looking to pare down hidden fees. After all, Mahoney told me, "I have never seen a good justification of what I'd call mandatory hidden fees."

Persons: I'd, Neale Mahoney, Joe Biden's, Mahoney, Marcos Villaoslada, Sara Fisher Ellison, Ellison, Harold Hill, obfuscation, you've, Vicki Morwitz, Morwitz, — they've, StubHub, Laura Dooley, StubHub's, pare, Michael Negron, —, they're, Joe Biden, Alex Wong, Maggie Rogers, she'd, Audrey Fix Schaefer, Juliana Kaplan Organizations: Stanford University, White, Economic Council, Europa Press, Getty, MIT, Columbia Business School, YouGov, Ticketmaster, National Economic Council, NPR, Federal Trade Commission, I.M.P, Independent, Association Locations: New York, upsell, Europe, Washington ,

☆ A passenger on budget airline Ryanair was awarded over $30,000 in damages after she fell on 'narrow and steep' plane steps and broke her leg in 2 places
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ryanair passenger fell down the aircraft steps while disembarking and broke her leg, per El Periódico. The budget airline has been ordered to pay her $33,000 in compensation. Local outlet Diario de Seville reported that the woman was holding the staircase handrail and carrying luggage when she suffered the "horrendous fall." That allows for the budget airline to save on airport fees for jet bridges or stair cars. But the judge at the Commercial Court of Seville said the Ryanair plane's staircase "was especially narrow and steep," per El Periódico.

Persons: El Periódico Organizations: Ryanair, Service, Irish, Spanish, Diario, Seville, Boeing, Europa Press, Montreal Convention Locations: El, Wall, Silicon, deplaning, Seville, Alicante, Spain

CNN —A 10-year-old boy has been rescued near Madrid after spending the night clinging to a tree to escape severe flooding as Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rains in recent days, killing at least three people. The Pedrera Bridge over the Alberche River in Aldea del Fresno, Spain, on September 4, 2023. The storm follows a summer of extreme weather for Spain, which has grappled with searing heatwaves and devastating wildfires. Scientists are clear that extreme weather will only get more intense and more frequent as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. The severe rainfall eased on Tuesday, with the country’s national weather service AEMET downgrading alerts for the region from red to yellow.

Persons: Storm Dana, Alejandro Martínez Vélez, Emiliano García, Garcia, Page Organizations: CNN, RTVE, Europa Press Locations: Madrid, Aldea del Fresno, Spain, Toledo, Castilla, La Mancha

CNN —Over 12,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Tenerife after wildfires tore through the Spanish Canary Island. Police data showed the the number of evacuations surged from the 4,500 reported on Friday. While worsening weather conditions that would “complicate firefighting operations” had initially been expected overnight Sunday, the night had been “quiet, with more favorable weather conditions than expected,” local government said. Improved conditions had seen a return of a “certain normality” in firefighting operations, Tenerife firefighters said on X , formerly known as Twitter. Tenerife firefighters called the emergency operations their “largest deployment in history.” They are being assisted by mainland emergency services and the Spanish military.

Persons: ”, Arturo Rodriguez, Fernando Clavijo, Météo Organizations: CNN, Police, Twitter, Europa Press, CNN’s Locations: Tenerife, Island, La Laguna, La Orotava, Northern Africa, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, France, Météo France

☆ ‘The heat is relentless’: Scorching temperatures bring misery to daily life in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Vivi Vitalone | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Cristina Quicler | Afp | Getty ImagesSEVILLE, Spain — The day-to-day reality of scorching summer heat in Spain is taking its toll. The mercury in the southern Spanish city of Seville hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on July 20, shortly before national elections failed to produce a clear winner. "During the day I work here where I have air conditioning but the walk home is ... agony," Sánchez told CNBC. Tacho Rufino, economist at the University of Seville, told CNBC that when classes are not in session, he lives in Cádiz in the southwest. Olive oil prices soared further into record-breaking territory this month and analysts have told CNBC that high prices could be here "for some time to come."

Persons: Cristina Quicler, Carlo Núñez, Sevillian, chatted, Maria Sánchez, Sánchez, Tacho Rufino, Rufino, Pedro Sánchez, Alberto Núñez Feijóo Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC, del Triunfo, University of Seville, People's Party, United Nations, PP, European Commission, La, Europa Press, Greenpeace, Observatory Locations: Sevilla, Spanish, Andalusia, SEVILLE, Spain, Europe, Greece, Italy, Albania, Seville, del, Cádiz, Cadiz, Puntagorda, La Palma, Canary Islands

☆ Was this the wildest ‘Barbie’ premiere so far?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

From pink face paint to trailing capes, scroll down for what could be the wildest outfits worn on the “Barbie” red carpet circuit so far. A. Perez Meca/Europa Press/Getty ImagesInfluencers and artists María Forqué and Filip Custic wore Birkin-inspired looks from the brand Namilla. A. Perez Meca/Europa Press/Getty ImagesMakeup artist Alana la Hija del Jeque stepped out in a barely-there bralet made from ribbon bowties. A. Perez Meca/Europa Press/Getty ImagesYouTuber Esty Quesada was seen in hot pink face paint and a black cowboy hat. David Benito/WireImage/Getty Images

Persons: Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Margot Robbie, Andrew Mukamal, Ryan Gosling, Barbie, Edgard Caro, Jau Fornes, Perez Meca, María Forqué, Filip Custic, Birkin, Carlos Alvarez, Mirella Balic, Alana la Hija, Jeque, David Benito, WireImage, Ines de Leon, Roxana Zurdo, Samantha Hudson, Andres Sarda, YouTuber Esty Quesada, Influencer Pelayo Diaz Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Warner Brothers, Warner Bros Discovery, Europa Press, Getty Locations: London, Los, Madrid

☆ Why the ‘Barbie’ premiere in Madrid was the wildest so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Spain has rejected the far right. But who governs next is still unclear
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Madrid CNN —The smiles on Spain’s election night told part of the story. “Spain has contained inflation and now it has contained the ultra-nationalist Vox party,” Andres Villena, a professor at Madrid’s Complutense University, told CNN Monday. Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right Vox party, delivering a speech at his party's headquarters on July 23, 2023. Our priority is Catalonia, not the governability of the Spanish state.”But for Sanchez and Feijóo, running Spain is the priority. Sanchez, the incumbent leader, starts this coalition-building process after helping to successfully halt the advance of the far right.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Yolanda Diaz, Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, Santiago Abascal, Sanchez, Vox, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, Marcos del Mazo, ” Andres Villena, Giorgia Meloni, –, King Felipe VI, Vincent West, Feijóo, Villena, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Alejandro Martinez Velez, Junts, Miriam Nogueras, … Sanchez, ”, ’, Spain’s Organizations: Madrid CNN, Socialist, Popular Party, Vox, Feijóo’s, Spanish Socialist Workers ’ Party, PSOE, Madrid’s Complutense University, CNN, Reuters, Socialists, Basque Nationalist Party, Spanish, Europa Press, Socialist Party Locations: Madrid, Spanish, Spain, Italy, Finland, Catalonia, Basque, Kyiv, Sunday's, Barcelona

☆ Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Teaming up with Vox, which is projected to receive 36 seats, would give a right-wing coalition a slim working majority. Meanwhile, more than 1,200 Spanish women have been killed by current or former partners since 2003, according to data from the equality ministry. “As progress has been faster, the opposition to gender equality policies has also been more intense and animated,” she said. If the party were to come into government it could severely impact the lives of Spanish women, said Nuño. In local administrations where it has gained influence, Vox has been able to end equality initiatives and censure cultural events, she said.

Persons: CNN —, Spain’s, Pedro Sanchez, Paul Hanna, Vox, Francisco Franco, Paloma Román Marugan, Xuan Cueto, Santiago Abascal, ”, “, ” Vox, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Oscar del Pozo, Laura Nuño Gómez, King, King Juan Carlos, Franco, “ Vox, Jon Nazca, Clara Campoamor Organizations: CNN, Vox, Reuters, Popular Party, Spanish, Bloomberg, Getty, Socialist, PSOE, PP, Deputies, Complutense University of Madrid, Europa Press, Guardia Civil, King Juan, King Juan Carlos University, European Economic, European Union Locations: Europe, Spain, Madrid, Catalonia, Gijon, AFP, Ronda

☆ Nearly 62,000 people died from record-breaking heat in Europe last summer. It’s a lesson for the US, too
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Nearly 62,000 people died heat-related deaths last year during Europe’s hottest summer on record, a new study has found — more heartbreaking evidence that heat is a silent killer, and its victims are vastly under-counted. Of the nearly 62,000 deaths analyzed, heat-related mortality rate was 63% higher in women than in men. “The acceleration of warming observed over the last 10 years underlines the urgent need to reassess and substantially strengthen prevention plans,” Achebak said. Heat deaths have outpaced hurricane deaths in the country by more than 8-to-1 over the past decade, according to data tracked by the National Weather Service. Yet the United States’ heat mortality numbers would suggest that far fewer people are dying from heat than in Europe.

Persons: “, Joan Ballester, Ballester, ”, Matt Dunham, —, Hicham Achebak, ” Achebak, Ricardo Rubio, David S, Jones, “ There’s, ” Jones, ” John Balbus, Greenlee Beal, Balbus, Biden, “ We’re, ” Balbus Organizations: CNN, Nature Medicine, Eurostat, Guard, Europa Press, National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control, Harvard University, Health Equity, US Department of Health, Human Services, CDC Locations: Europe, Italy, Spain, Germany, ISGlobal, Buckingham, London, Madrid, United States, France, American, Chicago, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S

☆ The most effective and cheap ways to cool your body during a heat wave, according to scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider asked two scientists for simple, effective, and cheap ways to cool down. Put your hands or feet in cold waterIn extreme heat, the body opens up the blood vessels that are close to the skin. Blood carries heat from inside the body to the surface, where it can benefit from the cooling effect of sweat evaporating. Use an electric fan, but be careful in very hot weatherA fan helps cool you down by helping sweat evaporate faster. In dry heat, sweat is already evaporating at maximum efficiency.

Persons: George Havenith, Serge Haouzi, Owen Jeffries, Jeffries, Havenith, Coke, Ricardo Rubio, you've Organizations: Service, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Environmental, Loughborough University, Getty, Newcastle University, World Health Organization, China News Service, Europa Press Locations: Pacific, Asia, Nice, France, Xinhua, Chongqing, China, Madrid, Spain

☆ The West’s oil war against Russia is starting to lose momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Russia's export revenue in April was down substantially year-on-year, mainly due to the impact of the EU import ban and lower oil prices. Russia's oil revenue recovery expected to continueAt the start of the year, data showed Russia's revenue from fossil fuel exports had collapsed in December. It appeared to underscore the effectiveness of policymakers targeting Russia's oil revenues and sparked calls for even tougher measures to help Kyiv prevail. CREA's latest findings, however, show that Russia's oil tax revenues rose 6% month on month in April due to the increase of export revenues in March. It means that after bottoming out at the start of 2023, Russia's oil tax revenues have since recovered due to increased sales.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Lauri Myllyvirta, CREA, Myllyvirta, Vladimir Putin, Vyacheslav Lebedev, Mikhail Klimentyev, Isaac Levi Organizations: Europa Press, Getty, Centre for Research, Energy, Clean, European Union, Seven, Clean Air Energy, Coalition, CNBC, Kremlin, Afp Locations: Ceuta, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Finnish, Moscow, Hiroshima, Japan, U.S, EU

☆ Spain to launch app to find out if men shun household chores
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Spain’s equality ministry says it will launch an app designed to monitor the sharing of chores between members of a household, as part of a drive to improve gender equality. “What surveys tell us is that women spend a lot more time on household chores than men do,” said Rodríguez, who added that the app will allow each member of the household to input the time they spend on chores. According to a survey from Spain’s national statistics institute, published in December, 45.9% of female respondents said they carried out the majority of household chores, compared to just 14.9% of men. Rodríguez emphasized that all sorts of different tasks should be considered household chores. “All of those who are offended by the household chores app are really offended by the possibility that they will have to start doing their bit at home,” she wrote.

Catalonia, Spain CNN —Standing in his field of stunted, withered maize, Santi Caudevilla is very worried. It’s becoming increasingly hard to make ends meet as crops shrivel through lack of water – or cannot be planted at all. “This is the worst period that we have had for the last 100 years,” Samuel Reyes, director of the Catalan Water Agency, told CNN. Allison Nussbaum/NASA Allison Nussbaum/NASA These two images show shrinking water reservoirs in the Catalonia region of Spain. In April, Spain requested emergency funding from the European Union to help farmers cope with the impacts of the drought.

☆ Europe drought: This once-thriving lake has all but dried up -- a story repeated across Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

While in the United States, the snow and rain that have pummeled California have helped fill reservoirs and ease unrelenting drought, winter has been far from kind to many parts of Europe. A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel as France faces a record winter dry spell. “Lake Montbel remains at an abnormally low level,” Franck Solacroup, the regional director of the Adour-Garonne Water Agency, which covers the area that includes Lake Montbel, told CNN. Farmers like Rouquet, who rely on the lake, are having to make tough decisions on what to grow. “This is the most extreme winter in terms of low snow cover,” she told CNN.

☆ How Ukraine's 'lifeline' railway runs even as Russia bombs it, according to a man fighting to keep the trains on time
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Alexander Kamyshin, CEO of Ukrainian Railways, explained to Insider how the operation keeps going. "Some people say that railways is the lifeline of Ukraine," Kamyshin said in a recent interview with Insider. Kamyshin oversees Ukrainian Railways, the state-owned company that has kept Ukraine's economy and people moving through a brutal year of war. AP Photo/Leo CorreaBut even with the burdens of war, Ukrainian Railways also managed to innovate and expand during 2022. We want to keep growing, to keep constructing, and to keep doing new projects even during the war," Kamyshin said.

☆ 'The Last of Us' is based on real science: A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"The Last of Us" on HBO Max depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Here's the science fact and fiction behind the show, and the possibility of a fungal pandemic. The new scenario, first realized in the video game that the show is based on, is making viewers wonder whether a fungus pandemic can happen in real life. "A fungal pandemic is definitely possible," Norman Van Rhijn, a mycologist researching fungal infections at the University of Manchester, told Insider in an email. Still, fungal infections are on the rise worldwide, and researchers are concerned that more and more people are at risk.

☆ A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible. There's real science behind the mushroom zombies in HBO's new series 'The Last of Us.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new HBO Max series "The Last of Us" depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Here's the science fact and fiction behind the show, and the possibility of a fungal pandemic. The new scenario, first realized in the video game that the show is based on, is making viewers wonder whether a fungus pandemic can happen in real life. "A fungal pandemic is definitely possible," Norman Van Rhijn, a mycologist researching fungal infections at the University of Manchester, told Insider in an email. Still, fungal infections are on the rise worldwide, and researchers are concerned that more and more people are at risk.

☆ 1 dead in Spanish church machete attacks, terror link probed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The assailant then went to a second church, Nuestra Señora de La Palma, a five-minute walk away, where he attacked the sexton. Police gather outside the Church of San Isidro, in Algeciras, Spain on Jan. 25, 2023. Nono Rico / Europa Press via APThe Algeciras town hall said the sexton was named Diego Valencia and identified the wounded priest as Antonio Rodríguez. The town hall said he was hospitalized and in stable condition. The town hall declared a day of mourning when flags will fly at half-staff.

☆ Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond and Uniqlo add self-checkout
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Plus Uniqlo, Primark and other chains have started to roll out self-checkout machines at some of their stores. A Uniqlo self-checkout machine in Spain. This is a problem for self-checkout: customers aren’t used to removing security tags themselves, and most self-checkout machines aren’t equipped to do so. To get around this, some apparel stores are using wireless “radio frequency identification” security tags, known as RFID, on merchandise instead of hard tags. Stores such as Uniqlo have invested in new self-checkout machines that automatically recognize these tags, eliminating the need for customers to scan any products themselves or remove security tags.

☆ Thousands march in Spain to demand end of violence against women
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Elena Rodriguez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] A demonstrator with a red paint on her face attends a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Madrid, Spain, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Violeta Santos MouraMADRID, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets in Madrid and Barcelona on Friday evening in marches to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Since 2003, when statistics started to officially count fatalities, 1,171 women have died as a result of gender violence in Spain, according to the Ministry of Equality. The law, known as the "only yes means yes" law, classifies any non-consensual sex as rape but also sets lighter minimum sentences for certain sexual crimes. Chants of "only yes means yes" rang through the crowds on Friday evening.

☆ Thieves stole 132 bottles of wine worth $200,000 from a Michelin-starred restaurant by going through an abandoned pharmacy next door in a 'very precise' heist
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

132 bottles of wine costing an average of $1,500 each were stolen from a Madrid restaurant. The robbers made an entrance hole in a pharmacy next door, and escaped without tripping any alarms. The thieves went for the most prestigious bottles, with the looted wines worth more than $1,500 each on average. The police investigation found that the burglars entered through an abandoned pharmacy next door. Wine worth thousands of dollars was stolen from another Spanish restaurant last year.

☆ All you need to know about the Nord Stream gas leaks — and why Europe suspects 'gross sabotage'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

An initial crime scene investigation last week into what caused the gas leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines reinforced suspicions of "gross sabotage." The explosions triggered four gas leaks at four locations — two in Denmark's exclusive economic zone and two in Sweden's exclusive economic zone. Neither of the Nord Stream pipelines was transporting gas at the time of the blasts, although they both contained pressurized methane — a potent greenhouse gas. A satellite image of the Nord Stream leak in the Baltic Sea, captured on Sept. 26, 2022. Environmental impactThe unexplained Nord Stream gas leaks pose serious questions about the incident's environmental impact.

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