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There is a lot of criticism of Cruzcampo in half of Spain, but it is one of the few breweries that are growing right now

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Heineken has announced an epoch-making global adjustment: up to 6,000 jobs will disappear amid a series of drastic cuts and a simplification of the structure around the world. All over the world? No, a village populated by irreducible Sevillians still and always resists the crisis in the sector. Despite the alcohol crisis and the general joke, Cruzcampo endures. The question is why. A market in recession. The beer market he is not living his best moment in Spain: per capita consumption fell from 55.5 liters to 52.8 in 2024. And, in fact, if it holds up it is thanks to the 90 million tourists who visit us every year. This is very clear when we see what is happening in the mass consumption sector: the sum of inflation and the boom of private labels (or distributor) has meant that, for the first time, commercial brands do not reach 70%. Faced with this, Heineken Spain is going like a shot. Cruzcampo (and the rest of the group’s brands) have managed to fight very well on several fronts: they have been leaders in share gain in the food channel (a growth of 0.8 in 2024), but they have also managed to position themselves in the premium sector (under the idea that they do not sell beer, but moments). Furthermore, we must not forget that Spain is one of the markets where the sin and 0’0 have the greatest power with up to 14% of total consumption. And, in that context, Cruzcampo is one of the greats: the first beer with lemon (one without for all intents and purposes) was the shandy of the brand and it came out, pay attention to the fact, in 1986. And not only that: Cruzcampo has become international. In the United Kingdom the figures are clear: Sevillian beer managed to find its way into one of every four bars and nine of every 10 supermarkets (always according to Heineken itself). It is not the only one, of course: Mahou or Estrella Galicia are in the same play. And the results are clear: imports of Spanish beer into the UK have grown by 155% in ten years. He who laughs last laughs best. Because we already know that Cruzcampo has become a meme and there is half of Spain that prides itself on rejecting it on an identity level. And yet, at the brand level Cruzcampo already appeared as the only Spanish one that rose slightly in value in a Brand Finance ranking. Something is happening under the radar: it is the spearhead of a group that is gaining momentum because it is growing right where it needs to grow. Image | Adam Jones In Xataka | A German abbey had been producing one of the oldest beers in the world since 1050. Now it has had to be sold

Something dark keeps growing in the Greenland ice. And it’s melting the frozen mass at an unexpected speed

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Greenland was for centuries synonymous with immobility, a territory that seemed oblivious to the passage of time, protected by an ice sheet so vast that even polar explorers could see it. like something eternal. From the first Inuit settlements to the European expeditions of the 19th century, the island was more a symbol of resistance than change, a place where the landscape imposed its own rules. Precisely for that reason, any alteration On its surface today it has a historical weight that goes far beyond what appears at first glance. A dark spot on the ice. Something seemingly insignificant is growing on the immense Greenland ice sheet, but with a disproportionate effect: microscopic algae that dye the snow green, red or grayish brown and reduce its ability to reflect solar radiation. In a warming Arctic up to four times more faster than the rest of the planet, this so-called “dark zone” accelerates the loss of hundreds of billions of tons of ice each year, directly contributing to sea level rise and adding a new layer of complexity to an already destabilized climate system. Dust, nutrients and a cycle. counted the new york times last week that much of the latest research shows that the wind blows phosphorus-rich dust from the rocky fringes discovered on the margins of Greenland into the ice, fueling algal blooms. Here’s the crux of it all, because as the ice melts, also releases trapped nutrients for decades or centuries in its deep layers, creating a kind of vicious cycle: one where more melting releases more food, algae proliferate, the ice darkens and melts even faster. This mechanism, time and time again, turns warming into a self-accelerating process that is difficult to stop once it has started. The measurable impact of a microscopic phenomenon. In southwest Greenland, one of the fastest melting regions, algae already explain about 13% of runoff water generated by summer thaw. In fact, studies published in journals such as Environmental Science and Technology and Nature Communications have shown that even minute amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen, released from the ice or transported through the air, are enough to sustain these biological communities, suggesting that the phenomenon could extend to areas much wider of the cap. A climate problem. Plus: ice darkening does not occur in a political or economic vacuum. The retreat of sea ice around Greenland is opening new sea routes and facilitating access to mineral, oil and gas resources, increasing the strategic interest for the region. Any additional industrial activity could release, for example, soot and particles that further aggravate the darkening of the ice, accelerating a process that, in the worst case scenario, could contribute to a global rise in sea level of up to seven meters if the ice sheet completely disappeared. What is known… and what is not yet. The scientists match in which algae are not the cause of global warming, but rather a consequence which amplifies its effects, while underlining that the root of the problem continues to be the burning of fossil fuels on the planet. However, it is still unknown precisely to what extent this “dark spot” can expand and how to integrate your impact in sea level rise models. Meanwhile, Greenland seems to offer us a most ominous warning (another one): that even the smallest changes, those invisible to the naked eye, can tip the balance of one of the largest and most fragile systems on the planet. Image | Jenine McCutcheon/University of Waterloo In Xataka | Why we find 50,000 meteorites in Antarctica if they fall the same all over the planet: ice has the answer In Xataka | Antarctica launches its “Doomsday Vault”: a sanctuary at -50 °C to save the memory of the glaciers

TCL is growing wildly in TVs while Samsung falls. The surprise that no one saw coming is about to happen

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The global television market fell 1% year-on-year in November 2025, but behind that decline is the sign of a change in hierarchy: Samsung continues to be the leader with a 17% share, but TCL has boosted its sales by 20% compared to the previous year and is already close to first place. What seemed impossible two years ago (a Chinese brand that used to be seen as ‘cheap’ taking the throne from Samsung) is now a very real possibility. The data comes out of latest monthly report sales report published by the market analysis firm Counterpoint Research. The figures. Samsung has gone from 18% to 17% market share in one year, with a 3% decline in units sold. TCL, on the other hand, has climbed from 13% to 16% and continues to rise. Hisense, the third manufacturer, has fallen 13%, dragged down by the collapse of the Chinese market (-24%), where it is stronger than in the West. LG has grown by 7% and stands at 9%, while Walmart has strongly entered the top 5 after completing the purchase of Vizio in December 2024. Between the lines. TCL’s rise is neither coincidental nor ephemeral. The company has stopped being seen as a manufacturer of cheap TVs to position itself in premium technologies such as MiniLEDwhich sells at more competitive prices than Samsung. That combo has been lethal in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where demand for quality is growing but price remains decisive. And there is another key factor: TCL hardly depends on the Chinese market, which is in free fall. Hisense has collapsed due to its exposure to its country of origin (it accumulates almost a third of its sales there), but TCL has diversified its sales and is now reaping those fruits. The master stroke. TCL just signed a historic agreement with Sony to manufacture its televisions under a joint venture in which the Chinese will control 51% and the Japanese 49%. It is a move that changes everything: TCL gains instant credibility in the premium sector by associating with a brand synonymous with image quality, and also manages to penetrate Japan, a protectionist market where Chinese brands have a very difficult time. For Sony it is a way to survive in an increasingly competitive market where it does not manufacture its own panels and its premium prices leave it out of the game. For TCL it is the definitive boost: it stops being the cheap-Chinese manufacturer and starts managing one of the most respected brands in the sector. The joint venture will start in 2027, so the immediate effects will be less than anecdotal. But in the medium term, history may change. Yes, but. Samsung is not going to let itself be dethroned without going down into the mud. Although its share has fallen, it still has great financial muscle, a global distribution network full of alliances forged after many years of relationships with distributors, and an advantage in premium segments such as OLED and QD-OLED. Besides, Walmart’s acquisition of Vizio It marks the entry of a third major contender in North America that could make life difficult for both Samsung and TCL. What is clear is that 2026 will be the definitive year: TCL, Hisense and Xiaomi are going to continue putting pressure on MiniLED and medium-large screens, just where demand grows the most. And if Samsung does not react as it should, the surprise It may be a matter of quarters. He 2026 World Cup can alter all forecasts. It is one of the great incentives for millions of homes to renew their TVs, and whoever best positions themselves in price and technology will win the jackpot. And now what. The battle to lead TV sales is no longer just a technological issue, it is also a question of pricing strategy and geographical expansion. TCL has shown that it can grow with a lot of commercial aggressiveness without giving up the best technologies. Samsung is going to have to decide whether to lower its prices or take refuge in the most premium segment. The third option (staying still) does not seem viable for anyone’s sake. In Xataka | I also plugged the HDMI cables into the first port I found: I was wasting half my TV Featured image | TCL

Their fortunes set a new record, growing by 2.2 billion dollars

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While millions of workers suffered massive layoffs, budget cuts and uncertain tariffs of the Trump administration, the 500 largest fortunes on the planet added a new record, adding 2.2 trillion dollars to their combined wealth, which already rises to 11.9 trillion dollars. However, even in this bullish context, there are figures in which this growth has been especially striking. The most notable, of course, the growth of the fortune of the richest person in the world. His assets have increased by no less than $358 billion in just 12 months. Record growth. He Bloomberg Millionaires Index recorded the largest annual increase in wealth in history for the 500 largest fortunes in the world. No less than 2.2 trillion dollars in 2025. If we look for someone responsible for this meteoric growth, we find some important clues in the profitability of the S&P 500 index, which has reached 17% thanks to the behavior of the 7 Magnificentas well as in the gold revaluation and other raw materials. Precisely the good stock market performance of the Big Tech It is responsible for the fact that 23% of those profits were concentrated in only eight individuals who, (oh, coincidence) are its founders or main directors. As and how they point from Bloombergthe total assets of those 500 largest fortunes in the world reached $11.9 trillion in 2025, surpassing any previous record. Millionaires among millionaires. But when it comes to naming names, Elon Musk is one of the most notable. The CEO of Tesla far led the level of profits, surpassing for the first time the ceiling of 600 billion dollars thanks to SpaceX valuation before its IPO. His fortune went from 421.2 billion in January up to the 788.1 billion dollars that are currently attributed to it. That implies an increase of 87.1% in his assets in just one year. On the other hand, Larry Ellison added 57.7 billion to his fortune for the role of Oracle in the development of AI, leaving its founder with a fortune of $231 billion. For its part, the evolution of other regular millionaires in the Top 10 with the highest fortunes, such as Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg, linked their increase in wealth to the performance of their companies on the stock market. Larry Page and his founding partner of Google, Sergei Brin, they escalated quickly in the heat of the last Gemini trading moveswhile Amazon and Goal suffered to stay in the mix.​ Impact on billionaires. Beyond the increase in assets of the ultra-rich participants in the race for AI, the wealth boom among billionaires has been a global phenomenon, registering growth of more than 16% in 2025, three times the average of the last five years, as noted the report from Oxfam Intermón. This jump, quantified at about 2.5 trillion dollars, is equivalent to the assets of 4.1 billion people, the poorest half of the planet. On the other hand, the report focuses on the increase in the number of billionaires, that is, those people with assets greater than 1,000 million dollars. For the first time, there were more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, which is further proof of the trend towards the concentration of resources in a few hands. Wealth in Spain. 2025 was also a year of growth for millionaires in Spain. In fact, for the first time there is 32 billionaires in Spainmostly men and with an average of age over 80 years. In 2024, this select club only had 27 members. Their combined wealth is estimated at 197.5 billion euros, the maximum recorded. This record represents an increase of 28.3 billion compared to 2024, which implies a real growth of 13.6%, more than four times the forecast for the national economy of 2.9%.​ However, there is one figure that accounts for a good part of that total amount: Amancio Ortegawith a fortune estimated at more than $142.6 billion. “This means that Spanish billionaires earned on average more than 77 million euros a day,” indicate the authors of the report from Oxfam Intermón. In Xataka | The emir of Qatar travels in a private jet so big it helped upgrade Sardinia airport Image | Flickr (Oracle, Gage Skidmore), GTRES

Spain is stopping making its potato tortillas at home. And that is why the Mercadona supplier is growing by 20%

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After decades of debate Spain hasn’t decided yet Whether or not the tortilla should contain onion, what thousands and thousands of Spaniards do seem to be clear about is that the ideal is for someone else to cook it. More and more people prefer to go from peeling potatoes, heating oil and making their own tortillas to buying them directly at the supermarket. And so is making gold to one of Mercadona’s allied companies, a Navarrese firm which in 2025 increased its turnover by 20% to reach almost 200 million euros and this year it hopes to make another growth spurt to reach 230. It is the financial data of a company in the food sector, but it also tells us a lot about the market and our consumer habits. Sincebollists V.S. concebollistas. It is not easy to classify the Spanish population into tight compartments, but there is something that does not fail: the majority of 49.4 million of people who live in this country can be defined as sincebollists either concebollistas depending on whether you prefer the potato omelette (one of the great emblems of the native cuisine) with or without onion. The curious thing is that both seem to increasingly opt to abandon the stove and buy ready-made tortillas. At least that’s what they suggest. the latest data from Grupo Elaborados Naturales, Mercadona supplier and one of the largest tortilla manufacturers in the country. One figure: 197 million. The company presume that since its founding in 2006, it has managed to achieve “a dizzying pace” of growth of between 15 and 40% annually. 2025 has not been an exception. His last balance shows that last year it had a turnover of 197 million, 20% more than the previous year. This year it hopes to maintain that pace with another growth of 16.7% that will allow it to reach a turnover of around 230 million. As? Basically with your offer of refrigerated and frozen tortillas, although in the HORECA channel (the professional hospitality industry) also works with processed potatoes and vegetables. 2026, big. To achieve this growth, the company has redoubled its industrial muscle. The firm has dedicated approximately 40 million euros to strengthening its facilities, expanding its factory in Funes (Navarra) by 20,000 square meters and equipping itself with 12 new lines which will allow it to double the production capacity in that plant: from 300,000 units per day to 600,000. The company assures that it will also generate hundreds of jobs. In total, the company has three factories: Funes, dedicated to the production of tortillas; that of Corella (Navarra), which combines the manufacture of tortillas with prepared refrigerated potato-based dishes; and Aguilar del Río Alhama (La Rioja), where 150 people work dedicated to cooking migas and ‘fifth range’ foods (ready to eat) with vegetables. Apart from the national market, the company exports to a dozen and a half countries. The (long) shadow of Mercadona. Beyond its production capacity, there is one fact about the company that draws attention: its weight in the sector. Elaborados Naturales has reached a market share in the ‘potato tortillas’ category of 56% in large national distribution. This enormous footprint is better understood when knowing a key fact about the Navarrese company: its alliance with Mercadona. The firm is a supplier to the Juan Roig chain, which has in turn expanded throughout the sector until it has gained a market share of between 25 and 30%a percentage that has been reinforced thanks to its good rhythm of growth. More than just a business balance sheet. The balance sheet of Elaborados Naturales is nothing more than that: the balance sheet of a company in the food industry. If it is interesting to read beyond the company’s offices, it is because it connects with other underlying trends that are clearly identifiable in both the industry and Spanish society. For example, the growing demand of prepared foods. The latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MITECO) they talk to us of an increase in the consumption of prepared dishes of around 6% while that of fish, fruits and vegetables declines. Much of it Of that demand is also satisfied in supermarkets. Rain of millions. A good example is Mercadona, which has seen how its line of ready-to-eat dishes has been taking over a growing gap in that business niche. Its success (also supported by white label) is in turn boosting its extensive ecosystem of suppliers, including Elaborados. In fact, the tortilla manufacturer is just one of the many companies that have seen their turnover grow by close to 20% in recent years driven largely by the commercial expansion of the Valencian chain. Images | Kent Wang (Flickr) and Natural Prepared In Xataka | Years ago Mercadona decided to conquer the market with its white brands. And that is making gold for some companies

The last barrier against AI is good taste. The problem is that an entire generation is growing up without developing it

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The new normal in three acts: You open X and find a clearly AI-generated image trying to look legitimate. But it’s not bad, it complies. You go to LinkedIn and find a piece that reeks of ChatGPT, but you get the idea that its author wanted to convey. In GitHub You find code that works, but that no sensible programmer would write like that. You let it go. welcome to the era of “good enough”. Generative AI has made it easy, fast, and free to produce “acceptable” things, and that has moved the collective bar for quality. Not upward but towards “functional”. The worrying thing is not that AI produces mediocrity, but that it is accustoming us to accepting it. Before, if we needed an image for the article, we had to look for it or – for those who had ID – order it. There was friction or there was cost. Now we generate it in fifteen seconds (wink), and since it “serves”, it stays there (wink, wink, nudge). Even if it is generic or has that artificial veneer that we all recognize but no one talks about anymore. The problem is that when something acceptable costs nothing to produce, we stop asking ourselves if it is worth doing. We’re just wondering if it meets the minimum. AND meeting the minimum is not the same as doing something good. In development this is also very noticeable. An experienced and talented programmer instantly recognizes whether a code has been written by an AI. Even if it works (we already take that for granted), you can tell by the verbiage, because it is redundant, because it is not very elegant. It does what it has to do, but no senior He would be proud to have it bearing his signature. What is going to happen to a generation that is going to learn to program using AI from day one? If you’ve never written bad code and then understood what makes it good, how are you going to develop judgment? Good taste does not come standard. It is built by seeing many bad things, many good things, making mistakes. AI saves you that path by giving you something that works from the first try. But without going down that path, you never develop the eye to distinguish. Therein lies the risk. AI has raised the floor (anyone can produce something decent), but the ceiling is still just as high. At least for the majority. Creating something exceptional requires the same things as always: talent, effort, judgment. Only now it is buried under tons of slop and mediocre but functional content. And since creating it is free, we produce it non-stop. Human value remains in taste. Knowing how to look at something and say “okay, it’s good, but it’s not good”. But that criterion is only formed with practice. If an entire generation grows up consuming and producing what “just delivers,” how are they going to learn what is excellent? If you have never seen the difference, that difference does not exist for you. We are heading towards a world where it will be normalized that “good enough” is the only standard because we forget how to recognize when something will be done well. In Xataka | There is a generation working for free as a documentarian of their own life: they are not influencers but they act as if they were. Featured image | Xataka with Nano Banana

Motorola has perfectly understood what it needs to continue growing: expensive mobile phones

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If there is a manufacturer putting all its efforts to achieve a premium product that is far from its competition (for better or worse), it is Motorola. The smartphone market has taken giant steps in the last five years with the arrival of AIthe folding mobiles and recently high density batteries. A tug of war between Asian manufacturers and the rest of the world, with two clearly marked identities: China betting everything on the latest technology and the rest being more conservative. Along the way, we have a Motorola (now owned by the Chinese Lenovo, but maintaining its identity as an American company), striving to achieve a premium identity, trying along the way not be a clone of the rest of your rivals. And, at this CES 2026, we have two good proofs of this. The missing fold. It started RoyoleSamsung consolidated it, and manufacturers such as OPPO and Xiaomi refined the concept. The Fold-type folding devices are still alive as an alternative for users who want a pocket tablet, and Motorola has wanted to fully enter this field. A new Razr. Motorola Razr Fold is the name that the company has given to its first book-type folding, after years of betting on the clamshell type. The bet is clear: 8.09-inch AMOLED external screen, with 2K resolution and LTPO type technology. 6.56-inch AMOLED external screen. Triple camera system: 50 megapixel Lytia main sensor, 50 megapixel ultra wide angle and three optical magnification telephoto lens and also 50 megapixels. 32-megapixel external and 20-megapixel internal selfie camera. Bet on Pantone colors: Blackened Blue and Lily White. Optimized software with adaptive interface. Support for the Moto Pen Ultra pen. Little secrets to discover. Motorola has not revealed the rest of the specifications, but we can sense one of the best Qualcomm processors inside (Snapdragon 8 Gen 5), as this chip manufacturer is one of Motorola’s main partners. It will not be able to come short on memory configurations if it wants to be competitive, and the big unknown is reserved for the battery, one of the critical points in clamshell-type folding devices, with panels larger than 8 inches. The premiumization of Motorola. Xiaomi was clear that to make money it had to put cheap mobile phones in the background and bet on premium terminals. Something that Motorola also knows very well. For some time now, Motorola’s main bet is on your Edge familyolder brothers of the Moto G classics. Mid-premium range and high range with the software as the main star feature and an alliance with Pantone so that the design is a key point and differential compared to its competition. Edge, Edge Fusion, Edge Pro… And, to go one step further, The Signature family arrives now. Motorola Signature. Motorola’s new high-end is not an Edge Pro, it is a Signature. The design tells us that this model inherits quite a bit of essence from the Edge (it is practically identical to the brand’s latest models), but betting on even more ambitious specs. The latest Qualcomm chip. Memories up to 1 TB. Zoom up to 100x. 5,200mAh silicon-carbon battery. 6.8-inch screen with peak brightness of up to 6,200 nits. A key year. 2026 will be a very important year for Motorola. Its year-on-year growth in shipments was 24% in 2024. Still far from the global podium, but managing to gain a foothold little by little. Image | Motorola In Xataka | Motorola Edge 60 Fusion, analysis: I had been waiting for years for a worthy heir to the legendary Moto G. I just found it

SpaceX is known for its rockets. What is less known is its growing and striking fleet of aircraft

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To build the largest rocket in the world, SpaceX needs logistics commensurate with its scale. And that includes a Boeing 737 with the company logo. SpaceX planes. Elon Musk’s aerospace company not only manages rockets and satellites. As it has grown, it has bought airplanes until ending up with a small private airline that connects its centers in California, Texas and Florida. Until a year ago, the entire fleet was made up of private jets, but SpaceX ended up acquiring a complete commercial plane: a Boeing 737-800 that it uses to move workers and components with agility. The history of the N154TS. A few days ago, the Los Angeles “planespotters” recorded a landing of SpaceX’s largest plane, in its black and dark gray livery, with details such as the Starship thermal tiles on the tail. The Boeing 737-800 entered service in 2002 for Air China and was later converted into a cargo aircraft. Now, under ownership of Falcon Aviation Holdings LLC (a subsidiary of SpaceX) makes trips between Los Angeles, Brownsville and Florida, where SpaceX’s three major headquarters are located: Hawthorne, Starbase and Cape Canaveral. The four Gulfstreams. SpaceX is a private company, but thanks to crawlers like GrndCntrl We also know the rest of the fleet. Owned by SpaceX are: a Gulfstream G650ER primarily associated with Elon Musk, two Gulfstream G550s used for critical logistics and executive transportation, and a Gulfstream G450 linked to Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, who lives between Washington and Starbase. The Boeing was the last plane to join the fleet. While a private jet like the Gulfstream moves a few executives, a 737 can transport dozens of engineers and support teams in a single trip, something vital for moving a workforce during a launch campaign. But is it profitable? Buying a commercial plane instead of charter flights only makes economic sense for a company the size of SpaceX. The ability to move engineers with sensitive tools and hardware without going through commercial airport security saves a billion-dollar aerospace company thousands of work hours a year. In addition, there is an undeniable aesthetic component. Like its rockets, the company takes care of the image of its planes. As they commented from Teslaratithe aircraft is not only functional for transporting support equipment between launch sites; It also has a coat of paint that attracts everyone’s attention.

Incinerators are growing both in Europe that they are becoming a problem. The bad news is that we do not know how to solve it

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“Every year We produce 2,000 million tons. They are everywhere, but since it is something disgusting, we do not think about it. “Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the excellent ‘said it.Dump‘(Captain Swing, 2025) and is right. What happens is that in Europe they forced us to think about it. And China did. In 2018, China left half the world game and He got fed up being the landfill in developed countries. This may surprise many, under the great speeches of ‘green revolution’ and care of the environment, what there was basically to pack up everything we generated and send it to China. Until, as I say, Beijing said ‘Enough’. And it wasn’t a joke. During 2019, The importation of plastics of the Asian country fell 99%those of paper 30% and those of aluminum and glass around 20%. Only if we take into account that 95% of European plastics and 70% of Americans end up there, we can understand The magnitude of the problem. We look for the exit, of course. During the following years, millions of tons of garbage They redirected the Gulf of Guinea, to the Southeast Asia And basically a Any site that was arranged To accept them. But we all knew that the problem was structural: for decades we have been dismantling the continental recycling system. That is, we had no capabilities to assume it. And, although the European Commission has considered various plans (from promoting the creation of recycling plants throughout the continent to “generate jobs and take care of their own waste” to ‘convince’ the market with taxes that they penalize the products created with new plastics), the truth is that only garbage was buried or burned. In fact, today, we burn “60 million tons of municipal waste.” And that worries many. So much that, in recent days, more than 150 organizations They have asked To the European Union “a moratorium throughout the EU On the new waste incinerators (R1 and D10), together with gradual reduction strategies of the existing incineration capacity and an increase in investment in circular economy infrastructure, such as reuse systems, composting and recycling technologies. “ It is not a coincidence. Everyone who is up to date with the problem knows that, without pressures, the expansion of incineration will grow. And that will have climatic consequences (according to the latest studies It generates more carbon than fossil fuels), but also toilets. The question is if we have an alternative. And, honestly, it is not clear. Europe is increasingly cornered And what seemed before us impossible responses begin to become reasonable exits. “Incinerate as if there was no tomorrow” begins to be in that category of things. Stop it will be complicated. Image | Jonathan Kemper | The Blowup In Xataka | We have been recycling the garbage we produce. Experts say it has not served at all

The fortunes of its oligarchs are growing so much that they have broken a record

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While the offensive of Russian bombings It is intensified and Russia crosses New red linesthe international community (including USA) threatens these days with increase sanctions and blocks to the Russian economy. However, far from accusing the slightest wear after three years of blockages, Russian Milmillonarios have not stopped increasing their personal fortunes. It has been so much that in 2025 they have broken a joint fortune record adding 625.5 billion dollars. Russian fortunes boom in the midst of sanctions. In the last year, the total wealth of Russian billionaires has increased more than eight percent, placing a record of 625.5 billion dollars, according to published data by Forbes. This growth in its assets occurred despite the severe economic sanctions imposed by Europe and the USA After the invasion of Ukraine. In fact, the list of Millionaires of Forbes not only reveals that the fortunes increased, but after three years of war conflict, Russia increased The number of Milmillonarios, ascending to 140 peoplecompared to The 125 millmillonarios that the publication registered in 2024. Who leads the ranking of fortunes. According to the Russian edition of Forbes, Vagit Alekperovformer president of the oil company Lukoil, occupies the first place among the rushest Russians, with a fortune valued at 28.7 billion dollars. Alekperov has maintained this position on the list for the second consecutive year, despite having left the company’s address after receiving sanctions from the United Kingdom in 2022. He follows closely Alexey Mordashoventrepreneur of the metallurgical and energy sector, which has promoted second place with 28.6 billion dollars, improving its position compared to the previous year. In the top three, also figure Leonid Míjelsonwith a fortune of 28.4 billion dollars, thanks to its participation in Novatek (main gasist in Russia) and Sibur (petrochemical industry). Other usual names on the list are Vladimir Lisin, Vladimir Potanin and Guennadi Tombko, all with assets exceeding 20 billion dollars, thus consolidating the Energy sector weight and natural resources in the ranking of Russian wealth. New faces and rising sectors. The list of Russian Millionaires of Forbes includes new incorporations, which reflects the revitalization of different industries, despite the war economy that, according to the Latest bank reportsHe is damaging his economy. OK To what is published by The Moscow TimesRussian millionaires earned $ 22.5 billion only in the first six months of 2025. Among the newcomers stands out Vikram Puniaowner of the Pharmasyntez pharmacist, who debuts with 2.1 billion dollars, becoming the richest of the new members. These new millionaires come from varied sectors, covering from the pharmaceutical industry and food to technology and The energy. According to The data of ForbesRussia is the fifth country to the generation of new millmillionaires, being the United States, Germany, China and India the countries that lead the list of new additions. The lucrative war industry. A good part of the “miracle” of enriching itself in an economy under international blockages is explained by the close relationship Of these great fortunes with sectors linked to the defense industry and key raw materials for the country’s military apparatus. Russian billionaires come from industries Like oilgas, metallurgy – specially steel, nickel, aluminum and titanium – as well as technological and pharmaceutical companies, where state demand has shot in the current war context. The official expenditure in Russian defense will be at about 119,000 million euros in 2025, mainly financed by the Export of fossil fuels. These oligarchs, Far from distancing yourself Del Kremlin, have strengthened their loyalty, adapting their companies to supply materials, technology and military industry, as it was broken down into the Published research by Proekt. Sanctions? What sanctions. As seen on several occasions When trying to seize yachts And properties, avoiding international sanctions has been another key to economic success for this elite. Such and As they pointed out from Fortuneoligarchs resort to sophisticated financial structures, using fiscal paradises and allied countries free of sanctions and the creation of alternative channels such as cryptocurrencies. This has generated A debate About the real efficacy of sanctions to hit the Russian economic elite and the limitations of international tools to stop the boom of these heritage. In Xataka | The mystery of Putin’s fortune: it is believed that it exceeds Bezos or Zuckerberg but nobody knows exactly how much it has Image | KremlinUnspash (Matthew Lancaster)

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