A fake image of the arrest of the former Republican president donald trump; a video of a bleak future if the democrat Joe Biden is re-elected or a false audio of both throwing insults: the advancement of technology artificial intelligence (AI) could dangerously fuel misinformation in 2024 US election campaigns, observers say. The 2024 presidential […]
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Cigarettes cause 351,000 deaths a year in eight Latin American countries
Cigarette smoking causes 351,000 deaths per year in eight countries of Latin Americain addition to demanding costs of almost 50,000 million dollars annually associated with the care of diseases caused by smokingaccording to a study released this Monday. The research, led by the Institute for Clinical and Health Effectiveness (IECS), in Buenos Aires, in collaboration […]
Everest continues to set records 70 years after the first ascent
When the 70th anniversary of the first ascent to the Evereststarring New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the world’s highest peak, whose summit has been trodden by nearly 7,000 climbers, continues to set new records with each passing season. Taking advantage of the most recent milestones, such as a record number of […]
Bunge launches fintech to support agribusiness financing in Brazil
The Brazilian unit of the operator of raw Materials Bunge released a Monday fintech with $500 million available to provide financing for agreements between farmers and retailers of agricultural supplies. The new business, called Fincrop, will grant credit after a risk assessment focused on social and environmental criteria, the company said. Bunge will verify sustainable […]
An edible forest in eastern France to save the planet
Mahogany leaves, daisy flowers and gingerbread with acorn flour, among other delicacies, are found in the Bresse edible forest in eastern France, that offers everything that the human being needs to feed himself respecting the planet. “What do you eat here? Everything around you”, says Fabrice Desjours as he runs his hand through a lush […]
First case of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB.116 sublineage reported in Ecuador
The Ministry of Public Health reported this Sunday about the first case of the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB.116 sublineage reported in Ecuador and assured that it maintains active epidemiological surveillance by the covid-19. In a statement, he pointed out that the reference laboratory of the National Institute for Public Health Research (INSPI) reported […]
Eccentric Argentine economist rises in polls for the presidential elections
The presenter welcomes the “future president” of Argentina. The audience begins to scream and many climb onto the seats to capture with their mobile phones the man with the strange hairstyle who makes his way through a sea of admirers who want to touch him. It’s playing at full volume in the background. “Let’s go […]
The largest mining area in the world is in the Pacific and is home to more than 5,000 new species
As countries try to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions carbonthe world demand for minerals is growing, a green revolution that is accelerating the mining exploitation of the oceans. One of these zones is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a huge region in the Pacific Ocean, roughly twice the size of India, which has already been divided up […]
Would it be serious if the United States lost its triple A?
An eventual loss of the triple A USAfollowing Wednesday’s warning from the rating agency fitchwould be above all symbolic, just when the possibility of a default weighs on the country, due to a political blockade. Even so, this degradation would not be unprecedented and its consequences in the world’s largest economy could be limited, since […]
Seeking asylum and employment, migrants relocated from New York encounter hostility
Before leaving Mauritania, the West African nation where he was born, Mohamed thought about NY as a place that would receive him with the “open arms”a refuge for migrants They were fleeing dire circumstances. Now that he’s here, seeking political asylum from a government that feared he would be killed, he doesn’t feel welcome. At […]