Saturday, January 18, 2025

#ElonMusk #starlink - Italy and Starlink: What's at stake if a deal goes ahead? euronews

16 January 2025

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is in talks with several private companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX over the country's telecoms security system. What consequences would a deal have if it went ahead? READ MORE : https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/16/i...

#UK #Ukraine #Russia - British troops in Ukraine will have permission to return fire: Times Radio

16 January 2025

“They provide some kind of deterrent because you are increasing the risk of expanding the war.” Any ally troops in Ukraine will “absolutely” have the right to defend themselves says director of Military Sciences at RUSI Matthew Savill.

#motorsport - 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Round 1 Qualifying 1&2: FR Middle East Championship Certified by FIA

2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Round 1 Qualifying 1&2 - Yas Marina Circuit

#China #TikTok - A Negotiation is Possible: Lovely on China, US, TikTok: Bloomberg

18 January 2025

Mary Lovely, Peterson Institute for International Economics Senior Fellow, weighs in on the US Supreme Court upholding the law that threatens a TikTok ban and shares that she does not think China will allow TikTok to be sold, but that a negotiation between the US and China is possible.

She also talks about what might happen in the upcoming days as the social media app's future is uncertain. Mary Lovely speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power."

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TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong counterpart is Douyin, is a Chinese short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. Wikipidea

#f1 #formula1 #formulaone - F1 2025's 8 biggest questions: The Race

18 January 2025

The newest member of our expert F1 team, Jon Noble, joins Ben Anderson to tackle the eight most awkward questions facing F1's teams and drivers heading into 2025.

#f1 #formula1 #formulaone

#Brasil #Inundaciones #Florianopolis - Inundaciones en el sur de Brasil: Estado de emergencia en Santa Catarina 🌊 - DNews

17 January 2025

El estado de Santa Catarina, en el sur de Brasil, enfrenta una grave emergencia por intensas lluvias que dejaron inundaciones, deslizamientos de tierra y zonas completamente anegadas en ciudades como Florianópolis y Camboriú. Se registraron hasta 170 mm de lluvia en menos de 12 horas, convirtiendo calles en ríos y dejando autos flotando. Las autoridades han declarado estado de emergencia y piden a la población mantenerse en sus casas. Turistas que planeen viajar a la región deben estar atentos a los avisos oficiales, ya que varias carreteras y puntos turísticos están colapsados. Además, refugios temporales han sido habilitados para las familias afectadas.

#Brasil #Inundaciones #Florianopolis

#Africa - Economic Outlook: Trump Effect, Currency Moves, Growth Picture: Bloomberg

18 January 2025

The IMF has raised its growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.2% this year, the highest since 2021. But Africa's markets enter the new year with a series of known headwinds to consider, from Donald Trump's proposed policies to the impact of China's economic struggles.

So what will define the economic picture? Citi's chief Africa economist David Cowan discusses the outlook with Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja.

#Ghana - How Illegally Smuggled Gold Is Fueling The U.S. Gold Boom: CNBC

16 January 2025

Tens of billions of dollars of gold are illegally smuggled out of Africa each year. Ghana, one of the world's top gold producers, has seen the impact of that illegal mining. While the vast majority of world’s gold comes from large mining companies like Newmont, Barrick Gold and Agnico Eagle, gold is also a source of income for millions of small artisanal miners, a source of revenue for many African governments and the cause of human rights violations and environmental degradation. And gold prices are surging. In January 2024, spot gold rose to more than $2,600 an ounce. U.S. gold futures have seen similar levels. One reason for that growth, in difficult economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. So what do investors need to know about how gold is sourced, and will the price continue to soar?

NBC's Zinhle Essamuah traveled to Ghana to find out what impact illegal mining is having in Africa and the global gold trade.