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☆ Colombia's oil theft soars, leaving trail of environmental harm
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Oliver Griffin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Reuters accompanied a police unit tasked with tackling oil theft in September to two sites near Tumaco, a Pacific port in southwest Colombia that is the terminal for the country's Transandino oil pipeline. The animals, the trees - everything is totally burned," said Colonel Johan Pena, commander of the police unit charged with tackling oil theft in Narino, a province bordering Ecuador that is known for cocaine production. Reuters approached more than a dozen environmental groups, rights advocates, government agencies and international organizations who either said they had no detailed information on the extent of the environmental damage in Colombia from oil theft or did not respond to questions. Oil spills on land smother soil pore spaces, restricting microorganisms' access to oxygen, said Martha Daza, a professor at Cali-based university Universidad del Valle's school of engineering of natural resources and the environment. Regional health authorities in Narino did not immediately respond to questions about the health impact of oil spills.

Citing the cool-off, Argentina's central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at 75% later on Thuesday, extending a pause on hikes after one of the world's most aggressive tightening cycles. The official INDEC statistics agency said rolling 12-month inflation in November hit 92.4%, with prices up 85.3% during the first 11 months of the year. The monthly rate, though, was the lowest since February and well below analyst forecasts of 5.9%. "It is difficult to manage a budget from one month to the next," Natalia Jones told Reuters on the streets of Buenos Aires shopping for vegetables. Eduardo Ortega, manager of a grocery shop in Buenos Aires, said it meant people were cutting back on the amount of food they could buy.

The official INDEC statistics agency said on Thursday that rolling 12-month inflation through November hit 92.4%, with prices up 85.3% during the first 11 months of the year. The monthly rate was the lowest since February and well below analyst forecasts of 5.9%. Despite the monthly slowdown, Argentines are still battling one of the highest inflation rates in the world, which eats away at wages and saps earning power. "It is difficult to manage a budget from one month to the next," Natalia Jones told Reuters on the streets of Buenos Aires shopping for vegetables. Eduardo Ortega, manager of a grocery shop in Buenos Aires, said it meant people were cutting back on the amount of food they could buy.

☆ She Put Her Own Spin on a Classic Porsche
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Jj Casas For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kathryn Koehler , 49, an engineering director at Netflix living in Palo Alto, Calif., on her 1972 Porsche 911E, as told to A.J. When I was growing up in Clearwater, Fla., my uncle and my parents were involved with a local Porsche club. I had a long commute to school, so it was a foregone conclusion that I was going to need a car. The day I got my driver’s license, at 16, I came home and there in the garage was this 1972 Porsche with a “Happy Birthday” sign draped across the headlights. The garage was full of my friends, and when I stopped hyperventilating, I realized how special this car was.

Latino voters are expected to be consequential in determining who Georgia will send to the Senate. Latino voters provided a roughly 80,000-vote net advantage for Warnock on Election Day, according to Barreto. On the GOP side, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is trying to give Walker an edge with Latino voters through its Operación ¡Vamos! Canvassers from GALEO, a Latino nonprofit, knock on doors in Georgia ahead of the Senate runoff election on Tuesday. Ahead of the Senate runoff election, Voto Latino identified 175,000 Latinos in Georgia who are young, low-propensity voters who participated in the last election.

☆ MLB roundup: Cardinals, Yankees clinch division titles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Yankees right-hander Jameson Taillon (14-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. Brian Anderson had three hits and scored two runs for the Marlins, and Jacob Stallings hit a two-run single. Casas, who finished 3-for-4, clobbered a two-run homer in the second inning. Hunter Dozier hit a two-run homer for the Royals, who got two hits from Michael A. Taylor. Altuve went 3-for-4 with four runs, and Hensley contributed an RBI single and a two-run homer.

☆ MLB roundup: Brewers' Kolten Wong swats 3 HRs vs. Reds
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Sep 22, 2022; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Kolten Wong (16) hits a two-run home run in the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Aaron Judge remained stuck at 60 homers, walking three times and reaching base for the 21st straight game. The Braves, who lost their second straight game, fell 1 1/2 games back of the idle New York Mets in the National League East. Cubs 3, Pirates 2Michael Hermosillo's RBI single in the seventh inning provided the deciding run and rookie Hayden Wesneski pitched an immaculate inning visiting Chicago downed Pittsburgh. Bobby Witt Jr. recorded his third straight multi-hit performance and Salvador Perez drove in a run for the seventh straight game for the Royals.

☆ Coronavirus: Mai mult de 60% dintre ţările din întreaga lume au luat măsuri îngrijorătoare din punct de vedere democratic
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Studiul, care analizează cvasitotalitatea ţărilor lumii, indică faptul că - în contextul pandemiei de COVID-19 - 61% dintre acestea au luat cel puţin măsuri considerate ''ilegale, disproporţionate, fără limită de timp sau nenecesare'' în cel puţin un domeniu legat de libertăţile democratice.Pentru regimurile considerate democratice, proporţia este de 43%, în timp ce pentru regimurile autoritare ea ajunge la 90%, conform ONG-ului cu sediul la Stockholm şi specializat în analizarea situaţiei democraţiei în lume.Dacă în cazul regimurilor autoritare concluziile studiului erau previzibile, 'ceea ce este mai surprinzător este că atât de multe democraţii au luat măsuri care sunt problematice', a declarat pentru AFP secretarul general al International IDEA, Kevin Casas-Zamora.India se află în fruntea clasamentului mondial stabilit de raportul ONG-ului, cu măsuri considerate îngrijorătoare în nouă dintre cele 22 de domenii analizate (libertatea de circulaţie, libertatea de exprimare, libertatea presei etc. ), în faţa Algeriei şi a Bangladeshului (opt măsuri îngrijorătoare). Urmează China, Egipt, Malayezia şi Cuba.Rusia este prima ţară europeană în acest clasament, cu şase domenii care provoacă îngrijorare, la fel ca Arabia Saudită, Myanmar, Iordania, Sri Lanka şi Zimbabwe.În Uniunea Europeană, sunt citate cinci ţări: Bulgaria (trei domenii), Ungaria (două domenii), Polonia, Slovacia şi Slovenia (un domeniu).Restricţiile pentru libertatea presei în numele luptei contra dezinformării, folosirea excesivă a forţei (desfăşurarea de militari pentru aplicarea regulilor etc.) şi corupţia în contractele de aprovizionare în condiţii de urgenţă sanitară se află printre cele mai frecvente motive de îngrijorare, a explicat Casas-Zamora.Pe de altă parte, studiul salută măsurile luate de unele ţări simultan cu respectarea regulilor democratice: Islanda, Finlanda, Noua Zeelandă, Norvegia, Coreea de Sud, Taiwan, Uruguay, Cipru, Japonia, Senegal şi Sierra Leone.

Persons: Kevin Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Sierra Leone Locations: Stockholm, Algeriei, China, Egipt, Cuba.Rusia, Arabia Saudită, Myanmar, Iordania, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Ungaria, Polonia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Islanda, Finlanda, Noua Zeelandă, Norvegia, Coreea de Sud, Taiwan, Uruguay, Cipru, Japonia, Senegal, Sierra

☆ Oameni din întreaga lume au votat și i-au ales pe cei mai frumoși bărbați ai planetei. Iată cine sunt primii 25 de câștigători!
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( ) unica.md time to read: 1 min

Deja de 20 de ani, site-ul de divertisment TC Candler publică listele cu cei mai frumoși 100 de bărbați și femei din lume. Din iulie anul trecut, milioane de vizitatori ai portalului de Internet au votat pentru cei care, în opinia lor, au meritat să câștige în anul 2019. Potrivit Bright Side, iată cine sunt primii cei mai frumoși 25 de bărbați ai anului trecut. Kim Mingyu23. Xiao Zhang5.

Persons: Bright, Mario, . Kim Mingyu, Alexey, Cha, Patrick Schwarzenegger, David Beckham, 17, Henry Cavill, Kang Daniel 15, Marlon, Evan Jogia, Timothy Chalamet, Harry Styles, Chris Hemsworth, Jason Derulo, Tony Mahfood, Jensen, Zhang, . Jason Momoa, . Wee, Kim Tae, Shawn Mendes, Felix, Jung Organizations: Park

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