Dozens of migrants may have drowned in attempt to cross to Spain, NGO says

MADRID (Reuters) -As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat that had left Mauritania …

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Factbox-Hindenburg’s short bets that shook markets

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Hindenburg Research’s founder Nathan Anderson announced on Wednesday he would disband the firm whose short reports on companies typically led to sharp plunges in the stock prices, and in some cases, investigations by authorities. The firm bet against publicly listed companies they believed had accounting issues, was being mismanaged …

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iGenius expects to complete $1 billion data centre project with Nvidia in the summer

By Elvira Pollina and Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – Italian AI startup iGenius aims to complete a major data centre project in the south of the country in the summer, using Nvidia technology and requiring a $1 billion investment spread over five years, its CEO said. CEO Uljan Sharka told Reuters the cost of the …

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La OMS solicita 1.500 millones de dólares para emergencias sanitarias mundiales

GINEBRA, 16 ene (Reuters) – La Organización Mundial de la Salud hizo este jueves un pedido anual de fondos para responder a emergencias sanitarias, pocos días antes de que Donald Trump asuma como presidente de Estados Unidos, el mayor donante de la agencia sanitaria, y ponga un interrogante sobre sus finanzas a más largo plazo. …

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La jefa de Human Rights Watch dice que el regreso de Trump amenaza las libertades

Por Emma Farge GINEBRA, 16 ene (Reuters) – El regreso del presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, a la Casa Blanca la próxima semana amenaza las libertades en el país y en el extranjero, dijo el jueves la directora de Human Rights Watch, que advirtió de que su segundo mandato podría ser más perjudicial …

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British ministers indicate support for China’s plans for new large embassy in London

LONDON (Reuters) – The British foreign and interior ministers have indicated they will support China’s contested plans to build a large new embassy in London if minor adjustments are made to the planning application.  This is the first time that ministers under Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer have signalled they would back the plans, which …

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