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During World War II, Australia sent an ornitorrinco to Churchill. Died on the trip and 82 years later we know why

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In 1943, a camouflaged ship departed from Australia to England with an ultrasecreta load to the peculiar: An ornithorrinco called Winston, a diplomatic gift for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The creature died during the trip and for 82 years a German submarine was blamed. Some researchers They have discovered What really happened. Winston was not loaded by the Germans. Australian students They have resolved the enigma After examining the archives of the naturalist David Fleay, who captured the animal. The boat’s temperature records reveal that Winston died due to thermal stress by crossing Ecuador, not because of enemy attacks. Temperatures exceeded 27 degrees Celsius for a week, well above the survival limit of the species. Why Australia gave an ornitorrinco. In the middle of World War II, Australia felt abandoned by Great Britain while Japan approached the Pacific. Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt knew that Churchill collected exotic animals and thought that an ornitorrinco, a creature that many considered at the time a taxdermic hoax, could tip the balance in favor of Canberra military support requests. The trip that should never have done. Winston was captured near Melbourne and embarked on a specially designed container, with burrows lined with hay, Australian stream water and 50,000 worms for the 45 -day path. David Fleay, the naturalist in charge, opposed from the beginning: no ornitorrinco had ever survived such a long trip and exports of the species were prohibited. The cause of “official” death. When Winston appeared dead in his tank, Churchill wrote to the Australian prime minister expressing his “pain” for loss. To avoid a diplomatic incident, death was hidden for years. When it finally came to light, the version that the Ornitorrinco had died from the stress of the attacks of the German submarines, a story that Fleay himself supported publicly. The clues of the logbook. Harrison Croft, a doctoral student at Monash University, agreed to files in Canberra and London that included interviews with the caretaker of the Ornitorrinco. “They made a kind of autopsy and he was very concrete: there was no explosion, everything was calm on board,” Croft explains. In parallel, an Australian museum team Digitized the collection Fleay staff, where they found the daily temperature record that revealed the real cause of death. Ship’s logbook. Image: Australia Museum Ornitorrincos Based Diplomacy. Australia tried again in 1947, sending three ornithorrincos to the New York Bronx Zoo. Betty died soon after arriving, but Penelope and Cecil managed to arrive healthy and saved to the country, even becoming authentic celebrities and a hook for the press at that time. The media expected them to be reproduced, but after a four -day “romance”, the thing did not go as expected. Image: Australia Museum The way to reproduce from an ornitorrinco is fascinating, since they are monoturem mammals, which means that, despite being mammals, they put eggs. In fact, they are one of the only five species of mammals that do this (the other four belong to species of Equidas). So when they saw that Penelope did not end up reproducing, it became a fun scandal at the time. In 1957 he disappeared mysteriously and Cecil died the next day of “broken heart”, according to the press. Since then, Australia strictly prohibited the export of ornitorrincos. Only two have left the country In 70 years, both to the San Diego Zoo in 2019. Cover image | Yousuf Karsh and Michael Jerrard In Xataka | If Spain believes that velutinas are a problem is because it does not know what the US has found: radioactive wasps

The chips war is not over and the US is about to declare another one to China: that of the screens

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In the holder of this article we do not exaggerate the least. The US Congress is pressing the Pentagon to officially include BOE, China’s biggest screens manufacturerin the list of Companies with narrow links with the Chinese army. However, this is not all. And as Chris Miller, the author of the very recommended essay book explains ‘The chips war’in Your new newsletterthe administration led by Donald Trump wants the screens used by American technology companies to be manufactured in the US. This strategy is exactly the same as the government has already launched within the semiconductor industry. And with great success. After all, TSMC, Intel, Samsung and other companies that are dedicated to the production of integrated circuits They are building new plants in the US To dodge the Trump administration tariffs, among other reasons. This Howard Lutnick’s statementthe Secretary of Commerce, clearly expresses what the US government has: “We need to have chips and need to have screens. We need these objects to be manufactured in the United States.” The screens are a critical component for China and the US armies The decisions that the US government will take in all likelihood with the double purpose of minimizing its current dependence on Chinese manufacturers and reinforcing the local screens manufacturing industry will be held on several pillars. The most obvious is that LCD and Oled panels are indispensable in a huge amount of electronic products and other items, such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, cars, monitors, smartwatchesetc. An interesting note: BOE is one of Apple OLED matric suppliers. In the current geopolitical scenario it would not be surprising at all that the Trump administration penalize in the short or medium term with high tariffs the import to the US of LCD and OLED panels. However, before doing so, industrial fabric must reinforce within its own borders to offer electronic products manufacturers Alternatives of American origin to the screens from abroad. This probable measure It will not only affect BOE, TCL and other Chinese panel manufacturers; It will also have a direct impact on Japanese companies, and, above all, South Korean that produce these matrices, such as Samsung or LG. The largest shareholder of BOE is a state entity, and, in addition, 47% of its Chengdú factory belongs to several organizations backed by the State So far I have mentioned BOE three times in this article, and I have done it because this Chinese company is being very closely observed by the US administration. In fact, and this is another pillar of the strategy in which the US government is working, According to Chris Miller This company is being intensely subsidized by the Chinese State. Boe’s biggest shareholder is a state entity, and, in addition, 47% of its new Chengdú factory It belongs to several organizations that are directly supported by the State. The South Korean government You are also supporting subsidies To the Samsung and LG subsidiaries that manufacture screens, but so far it has never been done almost half of the property of a latest generation production plant. Miller holds that BOE has ties with the Chinese armyalthough it does not know if they are deeper than those with other Chinese technology companies. Who do seem clear that this link is intense They are some American congressmen. Otherwise they would not press the Pentagon to include BOE in his “blacklist.” If this request Prospera Boe could be excluded from the US market in the same way that at the end of the last decade Huawei and Zte were sanctioned. Curiously, According to BOE itselfglobal sales of screens for military use amounted to 1,330 million dollars in 2024. It is a modest figure if we keep in mind that this sector globally invoiced more than 156,000 million dollars last year. Even so, for Chinese and American armies the screens are critical components, just like chips. In fact, the US Department of Defense buys avant -garde screens, and, in addition, has expressly funded The development of next -generation visualization technologies. Image | Xataka More information | Chris Miller’s Newsletter In Xataka | China is ready to get fully into the OLED TV market and put South Korea against the ropes

Xiaomi has launched a voice of voice. It is not for mobiles, it is for the war of cars

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Xiaomi was one of the first brands to announce a Voice assistant with ia For its mobile phones, although it is little known because it only works in China. Seven years later, the Asian giant has announced a new model of voice, but this time its approach is not in mobile phones, but in cars and the connected home. MIDASHENGLM-7B. Xiaomi has baptized his new model with this name so unattractive and difficult to remember. It is composed of two key parts: the audio encoder with the dasheng and the decoder of ALIBABA QWEN2.5-OMNI-7B. Combined, the system is able to recognize not only our voice, also environmental sounds, music and background noise. Xiaomi presumes that offers a “first level performance in 22 public benchmarks.” Specifically, he has surpassed OpenAI whisper in nonverbal audio understanding tasks. In the car. Xiaomi has already found 30 applications of its new voice model for different products. Voice control includes the acoustic environment and responds according to the context, for example if there is an unusual sound in the car. They have also thought of a function that helps us improve pronunciation to learn languages while driving and the possibility of “waking” the car with the voice even before we enter the cabin. Its ability to detect anomalous sounds also makes it useful from the point of view of security, both of the car with a more powerful anti -theft mode, and at home through smart speakers. At home. The new model enables the activation of intelligent functions through sounds, such as that the lights are linked when applauding or the air conditioning goes out when we go out the door, without having to ask with the voice. Xiaomi ensures that its system has a very low latency and a large parallel processing capacity, allowing it to function in devices with few resources, such as cameras or speakers, and maintain good performance in environments with many devices connected as a house. Open source. China has chosen the Open-Source side in the AI race And the new Xiaomi voice model follows the line. Midashengglm-7b is open source and operates under Apache 2.0 license, which allows commercial use and free modification. That opens the door to its use by other developers and also in the academic field. In addition, Xiaomi has made public all the data that has been used for model training. The objective is clear: attracting the developer community and that its audio ecosystem becomes standard, strengthening its competitive position. Conversational experience. The automobile industry is taking a turn in which The software is positioned as the differentiating factor number one. It is no longer only if it runs more or how comfortable it is to drive, they are the autonomous driving systems, the interface of its screen and especially voice control. According to This studyvoice attendees with AI will be a standard in cars by 2033. Who has the best conversational experience will have a clear advantage and Xiaomi has taken an important step in this direction. Cover image | Xataka with Zky.icon icons In Xataka | Xiaomi continues to lose money with their electric cars … but they are being their greatest success

Mexico has declared war on a smuggling that is breaking the Chinese market: the “Cocaine del Mar”

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A little over a year ago, in June 2024a Mexican National Guard team was watching the Tlaquepaque bus station in Jalisco, when something curious happened. Suddenly one of the dogs trained to detect drugs began to sniff two cardboard boxes located in the officia of a messaging company. As they approached, the agents found that it smelled strange, as a “decomposition product”, so they decided to open the packages. Inside there was no coca, nor hashish, nor weapons, but 80 vexigas Fish dehydrated. The fact is that these buches belonged to a very specific species, the Totoaba Macdonaldiand were not any pieces either. As much as they had bad appearance and poured those 80 veils, which together weighed around 18 kilos, they could have sold for 360,000 dollars In the Chinese black market. For something they are known as “Cocaine of the sea”. Totoaqué? Totoaba Macdonaldi. His name may not be familiar to us in this part of the world, but he is well known in his place of origin, in The coasts of Mexico. To be more precise the species is endemic to the Alto Gulf of California and attracts attention for its size. A totoaba can reach the two meters100 kg of weight and 30 years of life. If for something it is (sadly) famous however it is for its swim bladderor buche, the organ that facilitates flotability. Why’s that? Because in certain regions of China it is considered a treasure, a Delicatesen coveted by their alleged Medicinal properties and that quotes stratospheric values in the black market. Among other uses and despite the fact that there are no solid investigations that demonstrate their goodnessin the Asian giant Totoaba buches are used to make soups that supposedly improve articular pains and relieve the discomfort of pregnant. It is so popular in the country that they are even used as an investment, luxury gift or even dowry. And how much does it cost? Quite. It is not easy to specify it because the price of Totoaba’s bladder is closely linked to the Chinese black market, but a quick search arrives on Google to confirm that it is a luxury merchandise. In 2017 the BBC I calculated that the kilo of Buche could easily exceed 8,500 dollars. The same figure contributed recently the Nikkei agency in An article On the vexigas introduced to smuggling in the Asian market. Others go further and talk about $ 20,000 per kilo, 2,200 euros for just 100 grams or even 40,000 euros for the vexigas of the most desired and most desired specimens. There are those who even slide figures still higher. Is it a problem? Yes. The high demand has submitted to the species at such a pressure that the Mexican government has had to take action on the matter. In the 70s prohibited its fishing, in 1991 It was officially declared in danger of extinction and its name has passed, among other documents, to the list of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). It also appears in the “Red List” of the Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), whose last evaluation is 2020. There is a vulnerable species. And how is it now? In A statement Published at the end of June, the Mexican government recalls that in the twentieth century Totoaba fishing grew “without control to reduce its population and take it to the edge of extinction” and recognizes that the species is still stalked by smuggling. However, there are some signs that invite moderate optimism. Protection measures and especially repopulation work are helping “little by little” to recover the species. A month ago, in fact, the authorities released 40,000 young in Baja California Sur. In total, in that region about 270,000 have already been released. Are there more measures? Yes. Mexican authorities also carry out controls such as the one that allowed to requisition 80 bucho Last year at the Jalisco Bus Station. Not long after the National Guard and the Customs Agency intercepted another 75 pieces In the Customs of Sonoyta, Sonora. Last March the authorities presumed A new ‘blow’ When removing hundreds of meters from Enmalle networks and dozens of copies of Totoaba on the coasts of the Alto Gulf of California. And at the political level? The species is also part of the Mexican political debate. Over the last years the authorities They have been profiling The legal framework that protects the species and in spring a government commission approved A reform package For that same purpose. Your goal? Regulate the tariff codes that would apply to an export, maintaining, ensures digital road map, the veto to the commercialization of buchors. A few weeks ago the Nikkei agency revealed That Mexico has decided to partially raise the veto to the export of the species, although it speaks exclusively of the meat of specimens of fish farm. The measure is accompanied by a stricter monitoring of the merchandise to prevent its smuggling. Cocaine of the sea? Maybe it sounds excessive, but in recent years the totoaba has earned the nickname of “Cocaine of the sea”. And it makes enough sense. Not only for his high pricealso for the consequences of demand in China. The lucrative business of the Totaba fish illegally and its price in Asia has caught the attention of organizations dedicated to drug smuggling. “The posters realized that these Chinese merchants won a lot with the jellyfish, the Totoaba buche, the sea cucumbers, the abult … and these economies began to penetrate to dominate them,” Explain to The country Felbab-Brown, from the Brookings Institute and an organized crime expert. At the beginning of the year the CBC chain revealed A report of the agency and border services of sample how the networks of Chinese organized crime and the Mexican cartels are resorting to the Canadian ports to exchange buffers and precursors of the fentanyl. Are there more factors at stake? The answer is affirming again. There is another involuntary protagonist who … Read more

A surrounded soldier, a drone and a bicycle have turned a ransom in the most surprising scene of the war in Ukraine

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In Ukraine they had given themselves Moments that possibly They will be remembered at the end of the contest for the advance of the Wars of the future. One day the machines captured and they made prisoners Without human help, another, drones took a completely autonomous attack taking off from mobile houses. However, few scenarios can give both themselves and the one that occurred this week with a Ukrainian soldier caught in battle. An impossible rescue. Yes, the dramatic rescue of the Ukrainian soldier “Tankist”, surrounded by Russian and isolated troops For five days Behind the enemy lines, it offers a clear advance of how rescue operations are mutating before drone omnipresence and the impossibility of applying classical methods. The operation, conducted by the Rubizh Battalion of the National Guard, consisted of sending a 40 kilos electric bicycle Through a drone large to allow its flight. The mission. Apparently, the first two attempts They failed: one because the drone was shot down and another because the bicycle resulted Too heavy For transport. Finally, in a third effort, the vehicle reached its hands and Tankist undertook the escape, although a few meters after it detonated a land mine that fortunately alone It caused injuries minors Even so, he managed to continue until he reached a safe area thanks to a new bicycle launched by another drone and was finally rescued by his teammates. The episode, registered in a video Of sixteen minutes, it reflects both despair and inventiveness on a front where each meter is exposed to air and air ambush. The emergence of mobility. The case is also not isolated: the use of drones For evacuations doctors or fighter extractions He has shot In the last eighteen months, driven by the proliferation of short -range meloding ammunition that make human rescue teams. Both Ukrainians and Russians increasingly resort to Non -manned land vehicles To move injured, transport supplies or open escape routes under constant fire. The lethal risk combination, airspace saturation and mobility limitations has generated an unprecedented dependence on these technologies, in many cases improvised but effective. The example. This trend has extended even to civil areas. For example, he counted recently The New York Times The recent case of a farmer in China who was saved from floods thanks to An agricultural droneconfirming that rescue robotization is already a reality beyond war. The time factor. In this context, the speed is decisive. Health professionals stand out The “Golden Time”those first sixty minutes after a serious injury in which the life or death of the fighter is decided. Each delay implies an irreversible risk, and in scenarios where enemy fire prevents the intervention of traditional equipment, drones offer only viable option. The ability to deliver a light mobility means, such as Electric bicycles of the rescue, demonstrates how technology is redefining the Auto-Rescate conceptallowing the fighter to move to areas where extraction is less risky or possible. The soldier’s scene undertaking the escape by bicycle under the surveillance of his classmates through recognition drones seems taken from a science fiction movie, but is already part of the day -to -day life of the forces in Ukraine. Strategic implications. In fact, even the pentagon has Taken note of these transformations. In future scenarios, such as a hypothetical conflict in the Pacific, classical air rescue operations with helicopters could become unfeasible Due to the enormous distances and the dense anti -aircraft networks of the adversaries. Not even a poaching hunting could survive in certain environments, much less a slow helicopter loaded with rescuers. Hence they are studied New formulas Self-rescate based on air and terrestrial drones, light electric vehicles or even non-manned aircraft specifically designed to extract injured without risking more soldiers. In short, what happened With Tankist It is, in reality, a rudimentary version of these strategies: a tangible look at a future where the survival of a combatant will depend on both its ability to resist and the availability of autonomous technologies that connect it with salvation. Image | Rubizh 4th Brigade NGU In Xataka | Ukraine has turned drones into armed soldiers against Russia. It is no longer necessary to “sacrifice them” because they carry launched In Xataka | Ukraine has become a combat drones school. Even the Mexico Cartel has infiltrated classes

The commercial war between China and the US also goes from airplanes. The c919 comac already threatens the future of Boeing and Airbus

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The aeronautical sector has become another battlefield of commercial tension between Washington and Beijing. The C919the first narrow fuselage commercial plane developed completely in China, He is winning traction In Southeast Asia while Boeing and Airbus fight against delays in their deliveries. An opportunity born from despair. Malaysia has confirmed that Airsia and Air Borneo are valuing C919 as an alternative to Western manufacturers. It is no accident: the waiting lists to receive Boeing and Airbus airplanes extend years, and the airlines They desperately seek to diversify their suppliers. Malay Transport Minister Anthony Loke summarized it thus: “All airlines look for faster deliveries and cheaper options. COMAC is one of the manufacturers they are considering.” The Chinese pride Achilles heel. Despite its ambition, the C919 drags a critical dependence on US components that could be lethal. LEAP-1C engines (Manufactured by the Joint Venture between GE and Safran), Honeywell’s navigation systems, the rockwell collins meteorological radar and multiple critical components come from the United States. Tariffs and prohibitions. The Tariff climb It has raised the cost of the US components until they make them almost unfeasible. Just a couple of months ago, China applied tariffs up to 145% in response to tariffs applied by Trump, shortly before The 90 -day truce that both countries occurred. At the same time, Beijing has prohibited its airlines from acquiring US suppliers equipment, although this restriction does not yet affect manufacturers as Comac. The race against time towards autonomy. China has not been still in this critical situation. And it develops the engine CJ-1000A through AECC as the National Substitute for Western LEAP-1C. The evidence has been advanced since 2018, although the commercial certification will not arrive before 2030, and in the worst scenario it would be delayed until 2035. Meanwhile, the Chinese domestic market offers an extraordinary mattress: Boeing estimates that China will need 8,600 new airplanes commercials in the next two decades. And now what. The United States has recently reactivated licenses to sell engines to C919, but this movement can also mean China’s reinforcement to achieve technological autonomy in the sector. The European C919 certification could arrive between 2028 and 2031which would open the doors to the global market. If China manages to combine a competitive plane with aggressive prices and fast deliveries, the historical Boeing-Airbus duopoly could have its days counted. Cover image | Comac In Xataka | In his crusade to manufacture the iPhone at home, the US has achieved something historical: that most of its smartphones come from India

Now the war for attraction parks has begun

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The consumer’s struggle to introduce food into closed enclosures in which he had paid to enter I was in theaters. Then we go to the Music festivals. And finally, the Attraction parks: Facua has denounced several for preventing entry with food and drink from outside its customers. After this decision there is a constant struggle between companies that seek to maximize their benefits and consumers who claim basic rights. Do not introduce food. Magic Island, Warner Park, Port Aventura and Terra mythical are the Spanish attraction parks that have received the complaint of Facua-Consumenores in Action before the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 for preventing entry with food and drink. The objective of this prohibition is clear: to force visitors to acquire in establishments and vending machines inside the enclosures, usually at much more expensive prices. The objective, says Facua in its statement, obeys “economic motivations and the eagerness to obtain greater benefits.” According to the association, these practices violate the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007 of November 16which approves the consolidated text of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws. The reasons. Some of these parks use reasons for the ban. Warner alleges “hygiene and security reasons” From its websiteand mythical terra It also refers to reasons of “health” and “food and safety hygiene”. Magic Island and Portaventura do not detail the causes of the prohibition. Facua states that in all cases these reasons are “unjustified” And they remember that the prohibition “does not occur in Disneyland Paris and Parc Astérix, in France; in Europe-Park, in Germany; in Legoland Windsor Resort, in the United Kingdom, or in the Park of Los Jardines de Tivoli, in Denmark. In all of them it is allowed to access with food and drink.” Facua’s reasons. The reasons why Facua has filed the demand are the same as he presented (and won) Before movie chains like Yelmo. According to the Association for the Defense of Consumer Rights, the main activity of these companies is “recreational establishments”, in its variant of attraction and thematic parks. The restoration service is a complementary activity and is not part of the price of the entrance that consumers hire when paying it. It is, contrary, the imposition of accessories not requested by the client. 30,000 euros. That was the amount of the fine imposed on the Yelmo cinemas for prohibiting the entry of food and drink from outside in its rooms. The sanction comes from Kontsumobide, the Basque Institute of Consumer, which considered the prohibition as an abusive clause, for the reasons detailed in the previous paradfo. It was not the first time that judicial resolutions were produced against this type of practices. There were already a history In Huelva and Zafrawhere he declared illegal or fined rooms for preventing entry with outdoor food. The company tried to justify the measure, covering in the right of admission. In festivals it is not so clear. In the case of music festivals, the situation is similar but more complex. Many festivals prohibit entry with exterior food, arguing commercial and security motifs. However, the Ministry of Consumer opened sanctioning file to a music festival for this practice – an important precedent – claiming again that “the main activity of these events is not the restoration, but the musical show.” However, there are discrepancies in The interpretation of the law: Some experts consider that when Food sale is a relevant business part From an event of several hours or days, it can be part of its main activity. Variable regulation. The regulation in the festivals ultimately depends on each autonomous community, which produces notable differences: in some regions (Like Asturias), the right to access with exterior food is guaranteed if consumption is allowed in the enclosure; In others this access can be vetoed when the promoter markets its own products. The debate also extends to sporting events, where food is usually allowed only in plastic containers and small volumes, with the strict prohibition of alcoholic beverages and glass or metal containers. Header | Portaventura In Xataka | Abu Dabi’s Disney Park will not look like any other. For a hot reason

The figures of ‘El Hormiguero’ certify who won the war with ‘La Revuelta’

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A few weeks ago we certified that An undisputed winner in the conflict of the access that kept us in suspense for months (El Hormiguero vs. The revolt). Now we can talk about something less subjective, more quantifiable with figures: income and benefits that the Motorcycle Program on Antena 3 has receivedand another conclusion is drawn on the horizon. Actually, the shock with Broncano has come great. The accounts. Pablo Motos and Jorge Salvador, owners of producer 7 and Action, which performs the program for Atresmedia, have had benefits of 8.05 million euros that will be distributed as shareholders of the company, 60% more than the previous year. The 6.7 million benefit has also been very slightly higher than that of 2024. And there are also 5% in revenue, which this year have reached 32.9 million. The producer had already entered 2024 8.5% more than in the previous year, and had experienced a 55% growth. We can even go back back in time to verify the undisputed success of the producer for years: already in 2021, 7 and there were action distributed eight million euros between its only two shareholders (and four in 2022). This year that astronomical distribution figure of dividends is recovered, which certifies the good health of ‘El Hormiguero’ in a year that seemed complicated. How money is distributed. The dividends of 7 and action are distributed to 50% between their two partners. Motos does it through Japala Japala and Jorge Salvador through Primetime Production. In addition, both receive 100,000 euros as administrators of the common company. It is an association of great success that has led to ‘El Hormiguero’ to lead the ranking of The most seen in Antena 3 in the last 11 yearsalready exceeding half of The 19 it has in Antena. Against Broncano. Behind him premiere in September of ‘La Revuelta’his rivalry with ‘El Hormiguero’ put in trouble more than one day the hegemony of motorcycles, with Broncano anticipating him in audience on more than one occasion and, of course, generating a styles shock that moved to social networks and continuous allusions from the programs. In fact, 2024 ended ‘La Revuelta’ Gaining slightly ‘El Hormiguero’with more days as a hearing leader. However, Motos seemed to return with renewed energies after the Christmas break. Broncano experienced a small wear effect, and although its program is far from being a failuresince it generates conversation and plant very dignity to ‘El Hormiguero’, it remains (at least until its return after summer) in an honorable second position. Without advertising there is no benefit. It is obvious that in terms of fame or audience (which can be quantified from many points of view) the triumph of ‘El Hormiguero’ is relative, but it is not in benefits: Formwork Encofrassa, the producer of David Broncano, Jorge Ponce and Ricardo Castella, stays far behind motorcycles and Salvador. According to the Mercantile Registry, the business figure in 2023 of the producer – last registered year – was 2.5 million and obtained a benefit of 215,000 euros. These are figures prior to the premiere of ‘La Revuelta’, but already made ‘the resistance’ in Movistar Plus+. In addition, when issuing in La1, ‘La Revuelta’ does not have advertising or can make promotions with the same freedom as El Hormiguero, so the benefits will be substantially lower than those of its rival in any case. Unexpected effect. Views these figures, you cannot speak of the effect of ‘El Hormiguero’, which has remained faithful to its usual codes, aware of what its audience is looking for. Guests such as Carlos Alcaraz, Antonio Banderas, Karla Sofía Gascón, Raphael, Laura Pausini or Illia Topuria and Marc Márquez, and collaborators such as Juan Ibáñez, Damián Mollá, Luis Piedrahita, Nuria Roca, Tamara Falcó, Juan del Val or Susi Caramelo have delineated a completely continuous season. An intelligent play, taking into account that advertising income has not resent the least. ‘El Hormiguero’ continues to reign at the gates of its twentieth anniversary. Header | Atresmedia In Xataka | The motorcycle and broncano clash honors a long television custom: that of the presenters wars

The four -day workday has found an unexpected ally in Moscow: the Ukraine War

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The conflict in Ukraine continues to reconfigure not only Geopolitics and the European Budgetsbut it will also change the working day of thousands of Russian workers. Avtovaz, one of Russia’s biggest car manufacturers, has announced that it will apply the four -day work week As of September. According to The published by Reutersthis is not a measure oriented to Improve productivity or reduce the stress levels of its workers, but adopts this measure in the middle of a strong fall in vehicle sales, a crisis of consumption due to the wear of the invasion of Ukraine and a growing pressure of exports of Chinese cars. Russia does not sell cars. Avtovaz, is the manufacturer of the acquaintances Lada. After the first months of the Ukraine War, the Russian Automobile Industry lived a brief increase in defense expense and state subsidies. However, according to data from Reutersthis situation has begun to revert quickly. Avtovaz explained through a statement sent to Russian media that their sales fell 25% in the first semester, with only 155,481 units sold, and estimates that this will be the tendency for the entire source year. Avtovaz is not the only one to consider the four -day work week as a measure for shock the crisis of the sector. According to The local pressthe Russian manufacturer Gaz (Gorkovski Avtomobilny Zavod) will also apply the four -day week on his Gorki plant, for the same reasons that Avtovaz argued. Russia’s own Minister of Economy, Maxim Reschetnikov, He warned in June that the country “is on the verge of entering recession.” Avtovaz, as a reflection of this crisis, wants to use the letter of reduction of the work week as a way of maintaining employment without increasing the number of layoffs in difficult times. No money to make them or to buy them. According to published The Moscow Times“The final decision on the introduction of a reduced work week of four days will be taken based on the results of an analysis of market trends and economic factors, including the level of the key interest rate and the availability of credit products,” said the manufacturer’s statement. The main reason that has uncontrolled this crisis (in addition to being a derivative of the conflict in Ukraine), has been the increase in interest rates, which slows so much production Like consumption. “We are talking about a high key rate and more severe demands by the regulator for those facilitating cars loans,” Avtovaz explained in his statement collected. The impact of high types not only feels Avtovaz. The Russian giant of the Seversal Steel, pointed outthat “the high basic rate and low prices” were responsible for a 55% drop in their benefits in the second quarter of the source year. That is, as I know money is expensivecompanies lose profitability and citizens purchasing power to buy cars that are manufactured, generating a chain effect that complicates economic recovery. Chinese cars are unstoppable. To the already complicated economic crisis of the automobile sector worldwide, the massive emergence of imported cars from China is added, which sell their products at such low prices that Avtovaz directly accuses a “price dumping policy.” According to company sources these marches, mostly Chinese, are increasing the market pressure with very small prices to give out more than 400,000 cars that these importers have stored in their dealers and have not yet sold. Gaz starts already, Avtovaz leaves it for September. Russian Fuentes assure that Gorki de Gaz’s factory will implement the four -day work week immediately. From July 21 to August 3, the employees of this plant will enjoy their vacations normally. During this period, several divisions of the plant will continue to operate according to their work schedule. Once they finish, the four -day work week will be implemented at least until the end of August. Avtovaz indicates that it is still analyzing the way to implement the measure, so it will enter into force for September in the factory that the company has in Togliatti, in which one in 20 inhabitants of this city works. You know what it is to work four days. Although it is not done for the reasons for productivity and well -being improvement That this model of day is usually applied, this is not the first time that Avtovaz resorts to the reduced working day to deal with a crisis. In 2022, just after the imposition of First international sanctions To Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, the company implemented a four -day work week for three months. During that same year, the sales of its flagship model, the Lada, fell 48.2%, until 174,688 units, according to data publishedby The New Voice of Ukraine. On that occasion, four -day work week served to maintain a certain level of production In an adverse scenario. Today, three years later, economic conditions remain equally complicated, so companies re -apply the same recipe. In Xataka | Three Spanish companies tell us how it has gone after implementing a job utopia: the four -day week Image | Lada, Unspash (Sten Rademaker)

There is a city that maintains much of Russia’s economy in times of war. And it is on the Chinese border

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On the Manzhouli map is a small point north of Mongolia inner, a city with a population similar to Las Palmas and one picturesque square full of replicas of Russian monuments and Matrioskas giants, including a 30 m high that works as a hotel. That is at least what is seen with the naked eye. In Manzhouli practice it is much more: an important Logistics node located right on the border between China and Russia that has gained weight as Moscow’s economy was distanced from the West and narrowed his links with Beijing. So much so that There are those who point since Manzhouli is playing a fundamental role to keep the Russian economy afloat in times of war. In a place in northern China … Manzhouli is far from being the most populous, dynamic or busy city in China, but over the last months has caught the attention of several analysts. He traveled recently Lisa Visentin, correspondent for The Sydney Morning Post. And there has moved now Keith Bradsher, head of the office of The New York Times In Beijing. What is special for this sub -prefecture of Mongola in the interior of just 382,000 inhabitants and a picturesque Russian -inspired theme park full of buildings topped in domes similar to those that can be seen in Moscow and Matrioskas Xl? The answer is simple: Manzhouli is on the border between China and Russia and has managed to carve a key role in the relationship between the two countries at a strategic moment, with the Russian economy marked by the severe sanctions With which the West responded to the War of Ukraine, more than three years ago. At the right time and place. In a wide analysis Posted this week in TnytBradsher points out that today much of the commercial flow between Beijing and Moscow is channeled through Manzhouli, something that is possible thanks in part to its roads and the railway line built at the beginning of the last century by Russia and that passes through the city towards northwest China. Today, trains and trucks traveling from Russia are carried out by the town loaded with wood, planks and other materials that help Beijing avoid imports from North America. From the Chinese town there are also a large number of vehicles destination Russia, where the market suffers the consequences of the sanctions and The withdrawal of European manufacturers. A fact: 65%. As a reference and to understand the economic weight of Manzhouli, in 2022 Global Times (GT)a medium linked to the Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, I calculated that the sight border land port moved up to 65% of all bilateral terrestrial trade between China and Russia. In fact, when many years ago Manzhouli suspended the customs office for weeks to meet the “anti covid-19” measures, a local businessman lamented in GT of losses that amounted to hundreds of thousands of daily yuan. How is it possible? For several factors, although there are two that stand out: their location and infrastructure. Manzhouli is The main one China shopping center with Russia just like Erenhot It is between China and Mongolia. In fact, the city is ceasing to be a “traffic station” of merchandise to become an industrial center. Over there It is processed For example, roller or wood. “Trains from all about China arrive in Manzhouli, one of the six railway ports through which Chinese-Europa trains pass before addressing Russia or other countries in Europe,” collected in 2023 Global Times. “The trains from Europe that go through Russia enter China through Manzhouli before addressing other cities in the country.” During the first quarter the flow of China’s load trains with the continent registered a 7.1% growth In the land port. It matters where … and when. The role of Manzhiuli is today more important because they are also the economic ties between Beijing and Moscow. In 2024 the combined imports and exports of China with Russia added nearby 240,000 million of euros, a historical maximum. The data is also 2% greater than that of 2023, although that increase is far from the 26.3% registered between 2022 and 2023, coinciding with the beginning of the Ukraine War. Bradsher points out that today almost 6% of the Russian economy is based on exports to China and that the flow of merchandise that comes out of China heading to the north It has triggered 71% Since the Kremlin troops advanced on Ukraine. Beijing has become the largest buyer of oil, wood and coal from Russia and in Manzhouli a relationship in which Moscow provides raw materials for the powerful Chinese manufacturing is evident. A perfect relationship? No. Despite this narrow link and that entrepreneurs in the region have managed to make fun of the use of dollars in transactions with Russia (Tnyt speaks With an Entrepreneur from the Manzhouli area that pays Russian wood in Chinese renminbi or rubles through the VTB bank), in the economic relationship between the two countries there are also friction. Moscow forces for example that the carved pines become tables in their own territory and months ago China applied Russian coal tariffs to boost their own production. After the success of Chinese cars in the Russian market, Moscow also chose a considerable rate to imported cars. Images | Wikipedia 1 and 2 Via | Tnyt In Xataka | Ukraine has opened Russia’s last drone and does not leave his astonishment: it is the first time that China does something like that

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