The world according to Palantir: the tech company publishes a manifesto that raises alarms
Among all the tech giants in Silicon Valley, there is one that inspires particular fear: Palantir.
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Guardiola, re-elected as president of Extremadura with the support of Vox
María Guardiola was sworn in this Wednesday as president of the Junta de Extremadura after the agreement with Vox with 61 measures. In total, Guardiola has obtained the support of 40 of the 65 deputies of the Extremadura Assembly: that is, the votes of the PP (29) and Vox (11).
Sánchez accuses the PP of “violating the Constitution” with Vox and Feijóo reproaches him for “corruption and incompetence”
The reunion of Pedro Sánchez with Alberto Núñez Feijóo, this Wednesday in the control session in Congress, has resulted in a tense struggle between the two to once again set the framework for the political debate. The leader of the Popular Party has thrown in his face both the corruption scandals affecting the Executive and the problems in public services due to the railway crisis after the Adamuz accident: “The only thing that matches your corruption is your incompetence,” he reproached him. And the President of the Government, in turn, reproached him for the pact sealed by the PP and Vox in Extremadura, which in his opinion “kicks the Constitution, violating the principle of equality among citizens and the principle of non-discrimination,” in the face of the “national priority” defended by the far-right.
The PP votes against the “national priority” promoted by Vox in Congress
The PP’s vote against has led to the defeat of the motion promoted by Vox in Congress, but the ultra-party won the battle it sought by imposing the concept of “national priority” in the parliamentary debate to drag the PP into pronouncing on it. The term, included in the government agreement with the popular party in Extremadura, has reopened discrepancies between both parties in the midst of the negotiation process for regional governments in Aragon, where an agreement seems imminent, and Castilla y León.
Lessons from the Iran war
The great wars of history have always led to a restructuring of the international order. Let’s think about the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the two world wars and the Cold War, which led to the liberal order, the rise of the
Brussels will coordinate energy reserves to avoid supply problems in Europe
EU countries already have their box of recommendations from the European Commission to mitigate the energy crisis stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. And it does not include the suggestion of teleworking, as an earlier draft stated, but it does include reinforced coordination of energy reserve storage among Member States, one of the few competencies the Community Executive has in this area. Brussels, however, is for the moment shelving the idea of approving a European mechanism to tax the extraordinary profits of energy companies, despite the request from large EU countries such as Spain, Italy, and Germany.
Three ships attacked in Hormuz despite extension of ceasefire with Iran
At least three container ships were attacked by gunfire this Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British agency UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and maritime security sources.
Mbappé and Vinícius do not falter in a season finale that will be ‘molto longo’
A Real Madrid going through the motions, amidst a cold and indifferent atmosphere, remains hanging by a thread of hope in the League after defeating Alavés with goals from Mbappé and Vinícius, booed at the start, redeemed later, a bipolarity repeated ad nauseam this season at the Bernabéu, which at times doesn’t know what feeling to identify with its team (2-1).
Israel and the politics of gestures
Spain, Slovenia, and Ireland were left alone yesterday in their intention for the EU to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel. The other 24 countries did not see the demand clearly, especially Germany and Italy, which considered it inappropriate. Surely the high
Deutsche Telekom is evaluating a mega-merger with its subsidiary T-Mobile to create the world’s largest telecom operator
Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a full combination with its US subsidiary T-Mobile US Inc., a deal that would create a multinational telecommunications group and become the largest public merger and acquisition operation in history, according to people with knowledge of the matter.