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Europe will invest a lot of money in countries as far away as Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan. The reason: rare earths

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Surely it went unnoticed by the vast majority of the planet Between tariffs and war conflicts. Kazakhstan announced last week the discovery of his Greater rare earth sitewith an initial estimate of one million tons of key elements such as Cerio, Lantano, Neodimio and Ititrio, all fundamental for the global energy transition … or to begin a new arms era. And now the news that did reach more people: the EU will invest a fortune in Five Central Asian countries. The official reason? Strive ties. The truth? The track is one of the five countries: Kazakhstan. The news. In full escalation of commercial tensions with the United States, the European Union surprisingly announced an investment of 12,000 million euros in Central Asia during its first summit with the five countries of the region (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzista, Tayikistan and Turkmenistan). The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed that these funds will go to key sectors as transport, clean energy, connectivity and sustainable development of strategic natural resources. Tariffs and foreign trade. In a context marked by the new 20 % tariffs imposed by Washington to European imports, von der Leyen stressed that the EU seeks to offer A reliable alternative Faced with powers such as Russia and China, betting on egalitarian associations and investment in local capacities. In addition, the common commitment to the Territorial sovereignty and peace in Ukraine, condemning the Russian aggression and reinforcing the message that respect for international law will be a cornerstone of this new strategic association. The EU, which already represents 22.6 % of foreign trade And more than 40 % of foreign direct investment in Central Asia, seeks with this summit to consolidate its regional influence and open new trade routes that avoid Russian territory, such as the Transcaspiano corridorKey to reduce the Eastern Energy and Geopolitical Dependence. A key region. Behind good words are not only sustainable development and regional cooperation, but a critical geoeconomic priority: ensure the supply of essential minerals For the European green transition, the strengthening of its industrial base and the development of its defense capacities, all in a context of growing global tension and structural dependence of China and Russia. Strategic minerals. The urgency of this strategic turn was evidenced after the recognition of a disturbing vulnerability: in 2023, 94 % of imports European rare earth came from China, Malaysia and Russia. In addition, China controls the 60 % of world production of critical minerals and 85 % of its processing, while strengthening its own green industry. This concentration of power, added to political proximity between Beijing and Moscow, has led to worrying episodes, such as Chinese restriction to Antimony exporta key mineral in military technologies such as precision optics and night viewers. Abundance, but with limitations. In this panorama, Central Asia emerges as a realistic and attractive alternative. Kazakhstan currently produces 19 of the 34 minerals critics defined by the EU and could expand this figure 21 in the short term After the announcement of last week. Uzbekistan, meanwhile, is the fifth major supplier Uranium World and has important reserves of gold, silver, titanium and molybdenum. The region also has lithium, silicon and tungsten, fundamental for batteries, solar panels and electronic defense systems. However, much of these resources are trapped in a poorly developed mining sector, lacking modern infrastructure and technological capabilities for sustainable extraction. There, a priori, money would be destined. The European strategy. They counted on DW That, in the face of the geoeconomic competence of China and Russia, Brussels seeks to differentiate offering cooperation models based on industrial associations and mixed companies with local actors, favoring direct foreign investment, regional business growth and progressive industrialization. This approach is especially attractive to Central Asian leaders, who see in it a way to diversify their economies, reduce dependence from Moscow and gain greater strategic autonomy. The cornerstone of this approach would be the Gateway Global Initiativethe ambitious European project of 300,000 million euros conceived as an alternative to the New Silk Route China. The transcaspian corridor and a promise. A crucial component of the European Plan is the development of the Transpian International Transport Route (Titr), that logistics corridor that would unite China and Europe through Central Asia and the Caspian Sea, reducing traffic times to 15 days and avoiding the step by the Suez Canal or Russian territory. The problem? The dimension of investment. The implementation of this corridor requires an estimated amount of 18.5 billion euros In infrastructure, of which more than half have already been mobilized by the EU through an investment forum with support from its member states, the private sector, and institutions such as the European Investment Bank and the BERD. To get an idea, the Expert Samuel Vestterbye That this route could multiply container traffic from the current 100,000 to 800,000, with a transformative economic impact for both regions. The Russian “friend.” No doubt, the European turn also has a clear geopolitical dimension: stop use which makes Russia of Central Asian countries for avoid sanctions Western imposed after the invasion of Ukraine. The European diplomat Kaja Kallas was explicit in that sense when warning in Asjabad that Russian companies should not use the region as commercial escape route. In this context, the EU needs to balance a incentive and pressures policy: Offer real economic development through infrastructure and commerce, while demanding cooperation in compliance with the western sanctioning regime. Something like the “carrot and stick” approach that analysts see as an opportunity to consolidate strategic relationships that transcend the economic. Challenges and Emergency. Despite the advances, the European strategy has notable challenges before him. Experts Like Marie Dumoulinof the European Council on Foreign Relations, warn that the concrete projects of the Global Gateway take to materialize and lack visibility in the region, which could weaken the EU’s ability to compete with Chinese or Russian offers. In other words, that what is said is credible Brussels must Accelerate implementation of infrastructure works, show tangible results and … Read more

China is getting closer to overcoming NASA in its Martian mission. And just invited other countries to join

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Mars Return’s drama. Since I arrived in Mars in 2021, NASA’s Perseverance Rover has been depositing Roca nuclei and Marciano Regolito in hermetic tubes dispersed by the red planet for your future collection. Mars Sample Return is NASA’s mission and the European Space Agency to recover those samples (38 tubes in total) and bring them to Earth. Last year, with a forecast of delays in sample return up to 2039 and an estimated budget of between 7,700 and 11,000 million dollars, NASA de facto canceled Mars Sample Return to control the cost overheads. The agency listened to alternative proposals and, at the beginning of 2025, delayed the decision for a year to Choose between two options: An internal architecture of the NASA JPL laboratory or a commercial ship of the private industry. China has taken the lead. With Mars Sample Return in suspense, China has many ballots to Become the first country to bring Martian soil samples. The launch of the Chinese mission Tianwen-3 is scheduled for 2028after Tianwen-2 launches up to an asteroid near Earth this year as proof of previous technological concept. Tianwen-3 is a simpler mission that Mars Sample Return because it would collect the samples of the landing place, instead of the carefully selected rock nuclei in different places by the Rover Perseverance. However, it has the same objectives as the NASA mission: analyze samples on Earth in search of organic substances and “biosignuras”, signs of past life. Tianwen-3 opens to other countries. The China Space Agency (CNSA) also announced that its sampling recovery mission will be open to international cooperation. Scientists and space agencies around the world can propose until June 30 scientific experiments or instruments to include in the Chinese mission. Tianwen-3 will carry 15 kg of foreign instruments on the ship that will return to the Earth with the samples and 5 kg of additional foreign instruments in the orbiter that will remain in Martian orbit. It could be the case that the European Space Agency, which already participated in Mars Sample Return with the return ship, made a proposal and ended up advancing NASA in this way. Multimillionaires to the rescue. Meanwhile, in the United States, Spacex and Blue Origin have proposed NASA to take advantage of the same ships they have in development for Artemis lunar missions (Starship and Blue Moon) with the aim of recovering Mars samples. However, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have already received numerous public contracts, and a third millionaire, Peter Beck, CEO of the Rocket Lab’s rocket company, It has a more concrete and simple proposal. A solution of 4,000 million dollars with simple technology to bring the samples in 2031, the same year as the Chinese nave Tianwen-3 would return to the earth. Rocket Lab architecture. Three launches in total for all ships of the mission. The orbiter Mars Telecommunications Orbiter would facilitate communication between Mars and Earth. The Lander Lander Lander lands would land on the surface of Mars to collect the samples with the same supersonic aerocies and parachutes that the Martian Rovers use. The Mars Ascent Vehicle, designed as a single rocket stage, would take off towards the Martian orbit with chemical propulsion Using Electron Rutherford engines from Rocket Lab. The Earth Return Orbiter ship would collect the samples in the Martian orbit to bring them back to the earth using similar engines. The three goals of the space race. Decide what NASA decides, China is determined to take advantage of the delays of Mars Sample Return to get the symbolic victory of bringing the first samples of Mars, as has already happened with the Chang’e-6 mission and the first samples of the hidden face of the moon. At the same time, there are two other goals in the space race. The United States announced to hype and saucer that would take the first woman to the moon with the Artemis III mission (planned by 2027), but its launch has been delayed and now the architecture of every Artemis program, as well as that of Mars Sampple Return, It is in question for the numerous cost overruns of the SLS rocket and Starship’s delays. China, meanwhile, plans to reach the moon in 2030. Then, both countries will try to take the first humans to Mars. Image | POT In Xataka | NASA had marked two major short -term objectives. China threatens to defeat her in both

More and more countries in the world are painting their colored roads. The goal is the same: reduce accidents

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A road with a huge red line. Another with a green line that shines in the dark. Stripes to the sides, circles in the curves and even pedestrian crossings that have become murals. The fight to contain traffic accidents is living its own fever: the fever of painting roads and streets. And it makes a lot of sense. Really It’s about deceiving our brain. When a driver or motorist perceives that it circulates through a narrower step, he lifts his foot from the accelerator instinctively. The same happens if you approach a crossing where the entire ground has been painted to get attention. It is obvious that this narrowing does not exist. Everything is in our mind. It is proven that a vertical signal does not generate the same perception of risk as road paint. Simply because a signal is easy to ignore it but when the view detects that the ground has a lower “free” surface a signal is sent to the brain that perceives a greater risk and the driver decreases speed. The samples are multiple and are being tested with them worldwide. Of course, Spain is also doing its own tests. A generalized illusion It doesn’t matter if we talk about Spain or any other place in the world. The human being behaves the same in Scotland, the United States, Malaysia or Andalusia. We have the test that in all these places solutions are sought to a recurring problem with an equally recurring mechanism: paint the soil. Within the cities The most striking cases are found in countries where urban distribution is designed for the car (United States) or where a road crosses a town (France). Nor are the evidence in school environments or small populations where it is common to cross walking (Spain). The first example is not only a test. As rescued in BloombergNew York City implemented Asphalt Art Initiativea project to draw large murals at conflicting crosses in the city. The results have been striking, before launching the project, 50% of the pedestrians who had suffered an outrage had suffered injuries. Painting the soil, the vehicles circulated more slowly and the percentage of pedestrians that referred injuries after an outrage had been reduced to 37%. Dragon teeth on a Madrid school Reducing the speed at which it circulates is especially important in these cases, The DGT He points out that at 30 km/h, the possibility of dying in an outrage is 10% but that at 50 km/h, the risk increases to 80%. That is why the measures taken with the educational centers where in recent years have grown up of those known as “Dragon teeth” They aspire to generate the sensation of narrowing in the streets. In Spain we have other cases. El Campillo, municipality located 70 kilometers from Huelva, He is studying If painting on zebra crossings that generate a 3D perspective It can help reduce drivers. It is not a new idea, much less, it is something that has also been tested in Iceland and USA. Of course, in the latter case they received criticism from the Federal Highway Administrationwho claimed that it was simply a false security sensation for pedestrians but doubted their direct impact on specific cases. Criticism focuses on that, really, there is nothing that really prevents the driver from continuing to circulate at a high speed. However, in France they have another idea. Tired that Beuné’s journey (a town located near Angers, west of the country) was taken as a real highway, the neighbors decided to paint the streets of the municipality. And the results were positive … at least As far as your perception is concerned because they recognized not having data from whether drivers had really reduced speed. Click on the image to go to the original publication More slowly Getting drivers to raise their foot from the accelerator when passing through a town is one of the biggest problems with which a town can fight. Especially if, as in the case of This Italian peopleit is the road that starts in two the municipality. In that case, Acchetico, a town of just over 100 inhabitants, ended up installing a radar that sanctioned 58,000 drivers in 10 days. It was a desperate measure. In Spain, work has also been worked on the secondary roads, although otherwise. In recent years, those painted on the ground that generate the feeling that the lane is narrowed before reaching a town have been popularized. It is exactly the same that is used in the streets of the School Centers although in this case they are at the entrance of some municipalities such as Nava de Roa (Burgos). It is only one of the examples that the DGT has launched in recent years. In northern Madrid, road marks such as implemented in Catalonia where some circles located in the line that divides the two lanes helps the bikers draw the curves safely and remove some gas in their path. It is a pilot test that has also been implemented in other places such as Austria. In the latter case they affirm that the simple road marks of the soil has an immediate effect in the perception of the motorist. With an investment of just 3,000 euros, it was estimated that the percentage of bikers who violated the norm and entered the opposite lane was 44%. Before painting the soil, 77% exceeded their lane. Specifically, the best data was reported from the Tyrol, where accidents had been reduced by 80%. Although the clearest example of recent years in Spain has been implemented by the DGT with a red line on a secondary road in Andalusia. On the A-355 road, which connects the populations of Marbella and Cártama, Traffic has painted a huge red line with the aim of reducing accidents on one of the most dangerous roads in Spain. When the road was created in 2014, a traffic of 7,000 cars was expected, today more than 20,000 vehicles are calculated daily. … Read more

This exclusive Netflix thriller competes in intensity and brutality with ‘John Wick’ and is already number 1 in 27 countries

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The most hardcore fans of action cinema can become as demanding as those of the most cinephile genres: That is why the choreographies, the edition and the rhythm of any new film that premieres of their favorite style examine the millimeter. And that’s why films such as ‘Kill Bill’, ‘The Raid’ or ‘John Wick’ are contributed: it is not easy to satisfy them. I may Netflix has found the key To do so with ‘Oni-Goroshi: City of demons‘, a frantic and violent epic of extreme action that has perched on the number 1 of platform views in 27 countries. The reasons are clear: a clear and linear argument that gives rise to innumerable sequences of action shot and edited with a taste that we do not usually see very often in the exclusive of streaming. The film is based on the manga of the same name as Masamichi Kawabe, and introduces us to a retired hired killer who lives with his family. But When your last mission fulfills, the consequences are unpredictable: A group of criminals murders his family. Given dead, he will undertake a devastating revenge 12 years after the tragic facts. And although the result does not reach the category of total classics of the genre commented above, the result is brutal and frantic enough (especially in its initial stretch, when it adopts a more realistic and dirty perspective) to justify the tremendous success it is having. In times of scarcity, films like this ‘Oni-Goroshi’ show that the quality action cinema is far from dying. Header | Netflix In Xataka | The director of Netflix’s best action film returns with a new lead and blood epic at the height of his legend

The countries of the Persian Gulf have a plan B to continue influencing beyond oil: critical minerals

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In case the sector of Solar energy was smallthe Persian Gulf wants to continue expanding his empire and now points to the extraction and trade of metals. Expanding sectors. The companies between Oman, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia They have created Specialized units in metal marketing. On the one hand, International Resources Holding (IRH) in Abu Dhabi and Minerals Development Oman (MDO) have focused on energy and metal control. On the other hand, the Saudi country, through Ma’aden and the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has driven Its mining sector with new commercial strategies towards critical minerals. The look in the metals. The global raw material trade has changed in recent years, displacing traditional centers such as London and Geneva towards the Middle East, especially Dubai. Great oil traders, such as Vitol, Mercuria and Gunvor They have expanded Its metal business, and the Gulf states seek to position themselves in this market. With greater control over marketing, these countries can ensure better prices for their resources and strengthen their presence in the global supply chain. The expansion strategy. To consolidate their presence in the sector, companies such as International Resources Holding (IRH) and Minerals Development Oman (MDO) have created specialized commercial teams. Irh, based in Abu Dhabi, He has hired to 60 people to handle energy and metal trade, while MDO is in the process of establishing a unit of 25 people. At the same time, the Saudi Mining Fund Manara plans to form its own commercial team to ensure the supply of critical minerals. In addition to reinforcing their commercial capacities, these countries have made key investments in mining. IRH has acquired a 51% share in the Mopani copper mine in Zambia, and Abu Dhabi, through ADQ, has signed a joint company of 1.2 billion dollars with Orion Resources. Oman, on the other hand, has reactivated copper extraction in his lasail mine and seeks to better organize the plaster and chromite market to maximize income. Towards other booming markets. The Persian Gulf is exploring other areas such as renewable energies, artificial intelligence and nuclear energy. Countries like United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia They are promoting solar projects massive and the development of green hydrogen, with the expectation that more than 30% of its energy capacity comes from renewable sources in the next five years. Saudi Arabia has also seen an opportunity in The resurgence of nuclear energy And seek to lead the uranium sector, ensuring its role in the global supply. At the same time, the country has sealed Strategic agreements in AIwith projects like Neom that seek to position it as a key actor in the technological revolution. Global ambition. The gulf bet for metal trade is just one more piece in its strategy to become a key actor in the global economy. With the rise of the energy transition and the reconfiguration of international trade, the region seeks not only to diversify its income, but also consolidate its influence in strategic sectors. Oil gave them power; This new diversification is your insurance to continue like this for decades. Image | Unspash and Corey Poppe Xataka | The Persian Gulf has dominated the long era of oil. Now he is preparing to lead the era of solar energy

There are 60 countries that have signed an agreement for an “open”, “inclusive” and “safe.” And two that not: USA and United Kingdom

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The event Artificial Intelligence Action Summitthe European Summit on the AI ​​that is being held these days in Paris, is leaving many headlines. We have already told how Europe has announced an investment of 150,000 million euros In AI for the next five years, but now we find another important event. And worrying. For an ethical and open. During this congress, participating countries have been urged to sign an international agreement on artificial intelligence. As indicated In the BBCthe statement advocates an “open”, “inclusive” and “ethical” approach to the development of artificial technology. The US and the United Kingdom want to go on their own in AI. Although 61 countries have signed this statement – among them France, India, Japan, Canada and even China – neither US nor the United Kingdom wanted to sign it. Their reasons have been different, but they point to the same thing: they prefer to go on their own. What has the United Kingdom said. The United Reius government has revealed that “it has not been able to agree with all the parties of the declaration”, and that “it would only sign initiatives that agree with the national interests of the United Kingdom.” Even so, spokesmen of the United Kingdom have indicated that France “remains one of our closest partners in all areas of AI.” And what has said USA. Meanwhile, US vice president JD Vance (in the image), indicated that regulating AI “could kill a transformative industry just when he is taking off.” For him this segment is one that the Trump administration “will not miss”, and said that “the growth of the growth of AI” should be prioritized “above security. Europe is “strangling” the AI. The American president was hard with the European Union, indicating that regulation should strengthen and boost the development of AI, “instead of strangling it.” His advice is that Europe contemplates “this new border with optimism, instead of restlessness.” Macron advocates regulation. Meanwhile, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, defended the need to expand regulation. “We need these rules for AI advance to,” he explained. “It is not a matter of resistance, it is not a matter of preventing innovation, it is a matter of allowing (innovation) to occur internationally while avoiding fragmentation.” But fragmentation seems inevitable. The agreement seemed a good statement of principles to try to seek consensus when avoiding major evils caused by AI, but the differences in regulation are evident since it began to talk about the subject. The United States has always had an approach that prioritized safety growth and development, something similar to what China has done (but with Open Source models). Meanwhile, in Europe the regulation has been central issue although despite this there have been important advances by private companies such as Mistral in France or Freepik in Spain. Image | Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Openai is finishing designing its own GPU for Ia. And we already know what agreement has arrived with TSMC

What countries have nuclear weapons and how many each one possesses, summarized in an eloquent graphic

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The final judgment clock was never closer of the end in its 78 years of history. Also known as ‘Watch of the end of the world’ or ‘Apocalypse clock’, it is a symbolic clock that indicates the danger of a nuclear war. The closer to midnight, the situation is worse, and it is something that has to do so much with global instability, geopolitical tensions and, obviously, Countries with Nuclear Arsenal. And in this graph we can see very clearly what are those countries that control more nuclear heads and, above all, which of them have nuclear armament deployed and ready to use. The photo. A few days ago we published a graph in which we could appreciate the evolution of nuclear arsenal over time. The figures were surprising, with more than 70,000 nuclear heads at the high point of the Cold War. After different disarmament policies, the main powers – United and Russian states – got rid of their arsenal, but not at all. In the upper chart elaborated By visual capitalist, we can appreciate who the powers are in nuclear arsenal (no surprise in this regard) and which country is accelerating. In addition, something very interesting is also how these nuclear heads are distributed. Ojivas disposition. When talking about nuclear arsenal, it tells as many units a country and their disposal. Thus, we can distinguish between: Ojivas deployed: They are installed in intercontinental missiles, heavy bombers bases or short -range operating systems. They are those that are deployed in case of emergency and these may be at strategic or non -strategic points in short -range bases or platforms. Ojivas in reserve: They are stored, but not mounted on a missile. Ojivas withdrawal: They are intact, but in the process of dismantling. Inventory. Although the graph leaves the imagination little, it is always more interesting to see the figures. Of the 12,121 nuclear heads estimated there are today, this is your disposition: Total Strategically deployed Not strategically deployed booking Withdrawal Russia 5,580 1,710 0 2,670 1,200 USA 5,044 1,670 100 1.938 1,336 China 500 24 0 476 0 France 290 280 0 10 0 United Kingdom 225 120 0 105 0 India 172 0 0 172 0 Pakistan 170 0 0 170 0 Israel 90 0 0 90 0 North Korea 50 0 0 50 0 China growth. In the end, Russia and the United States monopolize 88% of all world nuclear arsenal, but although we have countries such as the United Kingdom or France with a large number of heads deployed at strategic points, there is a new player who has already done with the third Put in Nuclear Arsenal. China It surprised the United States last year due to its rapid nuclear growth In recent years, overcoming expectations and with An arsenal between 500 and 600 heads. They have deployed only 24, with the rest in reserve, but the objectives of the Asian giant are clear: match the United States and Russia in the next 10 years. Cold War II. Although China, precisely, is promoting pacts not to attack first With nuclear arsenal, time plays against. In January last year, the Watch of the Final Judgment was alarmingly located only 90 seconds of midnight. This year, 78 seconds, marking the closest point in history. This fact, although it may seem symbolic, reflects an increasingly unstable international panorama. To this concern is added the imminent expiration of Start III treaty In 2026, a key agreement that has limited for years the amount of strategic weapons deployed by nuclear powers. The situation is aggravated if we consider Russia to He disconnected of this treaty in 2022, after the deterioration of its relations with the West Due to the conflict in Ukraineopening the door to a new arms race without clear restrictions. In Xataka | The US has found the recipe for China and Russia’s nuclear advance. It is called Project 25 and reintroduces a pump of the past: B83

In these countries you already work less than 40 hours

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The reduction of day to 37.5 hours a week has given One more step in its processing In Spain. However, although it may seemA substantial change On the workday, it will actually only involve a mere administrative procedure for many companies whose collective agreement already contemplates a day of less than 40 hours per week. Despite this, Spain still has a longer working day than the European average. But how is the Spanish working day with respect to other countries of the world? 40 hours are the limit. According to Eurostat data Of 2023, the average of the day in real and common work hours in Spain is 36.4 hours. The Last data available The National Statistics Institute in this area are also 2023 and offers a slightly above figure with an average of 37.7 hours per week. That figure places Spain in a place slightly above the average of real hours worked in Europe by people between 20 and 64 years, which registers 36.1 hours per week. It should be noted that this data refers to the number of real hours that these employees work, including overtime, whether or not they are paid. Not to the Maximum workdaywhich in Spain is 40 hours per week. Work a lot, produce little. The European country with the longest working day is Greece that, with 39.8 hours, is followed by Romania (39.5 hours), Poland (39.3 hours) and Bulgaria (39 hours). It is striking that even those countries that supposedly have Larger real daysnone exceeds the average of 40 hours of real work. However, these long days that are recorded in these countries are associated with a low time productivity worked. For example, according to Eurostat data of 2022 collected by the BBVA FoundationBulgaria is at a tail at performance per hour worked, followed by Greece, Latvia and Poland. The most productive days. At the opposite end, countries with shorter working days are the Netherlands, with 32.2 hours per week, Austria (33.6 hours) and Germany (34 hours). If we do the same exercise of crossing the data of the real hours worked with the productivity of those hours, we see that these countries, with shorter days, obtain a higher performance of their working hours, being above the average. Spain with the 36.4 hours we have commented before, is located in the middle zone of the table. Portugal registered a day slightly longer than the Spanish with 37.7 hours, while below the day of Spain are that of France (36 hours), Italy (36.1 hours), Belgium (34.9 hours), Ireland (35.5 hours), Sweden (35.7 hours) and Denmark (34.3 hours). The working day in the world. According to ILO data collected by World Population Reviewthe average working hours in the rest of the world are very different. Among the most working are Bután with 54.3 hours a week, United Arab Emirates (52 hours), Lesoto (49.5 hours), Qatar (48.2 hours), Lebanon and Liberia (48 hours), Republic of Congo (47.9 hours), Jordan (47 hours) or Pakistan and Brunei with 46.6 hours per week. Among countries with smaller working hoursin addition to those already mentioned in Europe, they are Syria with 25.3 hours, Yemen (25.3 hours) and Mozambique (29.4 hours). However, most of the world works in the strip between 40 and 35 hours, with countries like Brazil with 37.9 hours, Japan (36.7 hours), Estatos United (36.4 hours), Israel (Israel ( 35.6 hours) or Argentina (35.4 hours). In Xataka | How are salaries in Europe, explained in a graphic developer Image | Eurostat

How Latin America countries are reacting to deportations from the US

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Image source, Getty images Photo foot, Trump said that one of his government’s spotlights would be migration and, specifically, deportation of people who were in the country illegally. Article information Author, Drafting Author’s title, BBC News World January 27, 2025 Donald Trump has already announced in his electoral campaign: one of the central objectives of his new government would be to close the borders of the United States and carry out the “greater deportation” of migrants in the history of that country. Just a week after having returned to the White House, the new president has started the mass deportations of undocumented migrants. On Friday, the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, published photos in which migrants were seen addressing military aircraft for deportation flights this weekend. Precisely Colombia’s initial refusal to receive these flights generated an impasse between the two countries that was solved within a few hours. There are already several Latin American countries that have received these flights. But reactions in the region have varied from reluctance, criticism, opening or collaboration with binational agreements. Colombia: Agreement after a Impasse While at first the president, Gustavo Petro, refused to receive two military aircraft with Colombians deported from the United States, the idea of ​​an escalation in a commercial war between the two countries caused this decision to be reversed. In addition to the initial increase of 25% of tariffs on “all Colombian goods entering the United States, Trump had said that in a week that rate would increase up to 50%. In response to these measures, Petro announced in his X account a similar increase in tariffs on products imported to Colombia from the United States. Petro’s argument to refuse this repatriation were the conditions and, specifically, that the return was made in military and non -civil aircraft. “The United States cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” Petro wrote in his X account. The president claimed that deportations be made in “civil planes” and that a protocol is established, because “a migrant is not a criminal.” However, after overcoming the impasse, the White House expressed in a statement that Colombia agreed “the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal immigrants in Colombia returned from the United States, including those that arrive in military planes, without limitations or delay.” Mexico: Contingency Plan This Monday, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the country has already received some 4,000 deported migrants, mostly Mexicans, from the United States. Sheinbaum said that in the last week they received four aircraft with deportees, but that this is not a significant increase to other occasions. “From January 20 to 26, 4,094 people have been received, the vast majority of them Mexican (…). So far there has been no substantive increase” in the expulsions, the president said in her morning press conference. He also recalled that there is a sustained dialogue between the two countries on the migratory and customs issue. Image source, COURTESY OF THE WHITE HOUSE Photo foot, The White House published images of the deportations of migrants in military aircraft. “This is a job that we have in dialogue with the United States government and it is something that in Mexico has already done many years. What we ask for is respect for human rights,” he emphasized. It is estimated that a third of the 11 million undocumented in the US are Mexican. Trump promises to deport a million people a year. In 2012, when more deportations have been registered in the last half century, the number of repatriated did not go from 420,000, according to figures from the PEW Studies Center. Given this, Mexico said to be prepared and have a containment plan. “We want them to know that we are prepared, that we are ready, to support our nationals and we are certain that we are going to reach agreements with the government of President Trump once the right channels are established,” Sheinbaum said in this regard. To do this, Mexico announced the strengthening of its consular networks in the United States, where it has 53 headquarters. He also promoted an application for the cell phone, ConsultApp, to inform migrants of their rights and also has an alert button to notify in case of imminent deportation. Image source, Getty images Photo foot, Claudia Sheinbaum behind the Secretary of Government, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, during the conference on the immigration plan in Mexico. He also made available to Mexicans a care network of the State. For example, they will receive a “paisan welfare card” with a 2,000 pesos bonus (about US $ 100) to cover expenses in the transfer to the place of origin and will be given access to social protection programs. El Salvador: “Third Safe Country” Contrary to the strap that occurred with the Petro government, the position of the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele has been different. While it is true that last July Trump launched an indirect to Bukele and told him that his country was “sending his murderers to the United States” and that he was not doing such a wonderful work “as he says, last week they approached positions . Trump telephoned his counterpart last week to talk about the fight against illegal immigration and criminal gangs such as the Aragua train -extended by several Latin American nations -, according to the White House. “President Trump also praised the leadership of President Bukele in the region and the example that gives other nations of the Western hemisphere,” said the US executive headquarters in a statement. Image source, Getty images Photo foot, The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele and the president of the United States, Donald Trump at a meeting in 2019. It was now learned that the Trump Administration is developing an agreement that will allow the US to deport El Salvador to migrants other than national country, as told by CBS News two sources familiar with internal deliberations. The agreement, known as “third safe country”, would allow these people to deport from the US to El … Read more

USA negotiate with El Salvador the reception of migrants from other countries

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Donald Trump’s government would be negotiating an agreement with El Salvador That would allow the United States to deport immigrants from third countries, including alleged members of organized crime, according to officials to CBS News. The “Third Safe Country” agreement would deport immigrants from other countries to El Salvador to request asylum protections and not from American soil. The agreement could be designed mainly for Allow Trump’s government to deport Venezuelans and avoid dealing with the rejection of the Government of Nicolás Maduro To those repatriations. The Plan also contemplates sending El Salvador to alleged members of the Venezuelan Criminal Band of Aragua Train, which Trump wants to designate as a “terrorist organization” and has indicated as responsible for crimes against Americans during the 2024 electoral campaign. The agreement emulates a similar one than the White House negotiated with El Salvador During Trump’s first mandate, but that was never implemented and that Joe Biden’s government discarded. Last Thursday, Trump dedicated one of his first calls to an international president to Bukele, with whom he spoke of the need to “stop illegal immigration and hit transnational bands such as the Aragua train.” Next week, the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will begin his first international tour, which will take him to El Salvador and three other Latin American countries. Continue reading:• Trump imposes tariffs and other sanctions on Colombia after Petro’s rejection to receive deportees• Petro offers presidential plane for the return of US migrants and summons the CELAC• Tom Homan on mass deportation: “ICE agents from all over the country will be on the streets from the beginning” (Tagstotranslate) El Salvador

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