The president of USA, Joe Bidengreeted the “productive” meeting he held with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this Wednesday in California, in which both leaders agreed to reestablish military communications in a bid to reduce tensions. The leaders of the two superpowers began their first meeting in a year with a handshake in the Filoli […]
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The US sanctioned Serbian companies and politicians for selling Russian oil
USA sanctioned this Thursday twelve companies from the Balkans and two Serbian politicians, and blocked three Emirati ships for transporting russian oil above the maximum price. The State Department and the Treasury Department reported in a statement that the three United Arab Emirates ships imported Russian crude oil above the price cap allowed by the […]
IDB: 60% of remittances that arrive in Latin America come from the US.
The remittances that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will reach a record of US$155 billion in 2023, driven above all by hundreds of thousands of immigrants who send money to the region from the United States to help their families survive, according to projections released Thursday by the Inter-American Development Bank. The […]
Calculated to the millimeter: this was the secret negotiations for a meeting between Biden and Xi
At the meeting between the presidents of the United States and China, Joe Biden and Xi Jinpingthere is no detail that has been left to improvisation. For months, both parties carefully negotiated every aspect, from the angle at which Xi was going to be filmed to the view from the window of his vehicle as […]
The US and China lead the list of most influential researchers
The data company Clarivate Analytics released this Wednesday the list of researchers most influential in the world in 2023, which includes 104 professionals associated with Spanish institutions, seven more than in 2022. According to the analysis of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), carried out using Clarivate data, the list of the most influential is […]
New York restrictions on Airbnb lead tourists to less safe platforms
The restrictions that the city of NY applies since September to tourist accommodation platforms such as Airbnb have skyrocketed hotel prices in the Big Apple even more and caused accommodation offers to migrate to less safe places such as Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, or that customers move to New Jersey. The new regulations from the […]
US and China commit to cooperating against climate crisis before Biden-Xi meeting
The United States and China committed to increasing cooperation in combating the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gases, an announcement that comes just hours before the expected meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. In a joint statement, the two powers recognize that they play a “big role” in the global response to the […]
Mexico and the US will review economic, border and drug issues at APEC
The economic relationship between Mexico and USAthe border, the fight against synthetic drugs, and migration, are the issues that the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will deal with his American counterpart, Joe Bidenthis week during their meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC)The Mexican Foreign Minister, Alicia Bárcena, reported this Tuesday. “The economic […]
Climate crisis costs US$150 billion annually to US economy
The climate crisis It already costs about US$ 150,000 million annually to the United States economyaccording to the latest government report on its impact in the country, published this Tuesday. “In 1980, the country experienced, on average, a billion-dollar (inflation-adjusted) (climate) disaster every four months. Now, there is one every three weeks”can be read in […]
Biden strengthens ties with Asian APEC allies and receives Xi in San Francisco
The president of USA Joe Biden He will receive his Pacific allies in San Francisco this week and will have a face-to-face meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in an effort to contain the growing influence of Beijing. Biden arrives on Tuesday to lead the summit of the 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic […]