Economía
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H&M planea cerrar una quinta parte de sus tiendas en España y despedir a 588 trabajadoresLa gigante sueca de la moda, H&M, anunció el viernes su plan de cerrar más de una quinta parte de sus tiendas y despedir a hasta 588 trabajadores en España, hogar de su principal
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Fiat Chrysler y Peugeot Citroën confirman su fusión pese al coronavirusEl grupo francés PSA (Peugeot Citroën) y el ítalo-estadounidense Fiat-Chrysler confirmaron su voluntad de fusionarse entre fines de 2020 y principios de 2021, a pesar
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El desempleo en España sube al 14,4% en el primer trimestre debido a la pandemiaLa tasa de desempleo en España aumentó al 14,4% de su población activa en el primer trimestre, un periodo en el que ya comenzó a sentirse el impacto de la pandemia
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China dona 30 millones de dólares a la OMS tras la retirada de EEUUChina anunció este jueves la donación de 30 millones de dólares a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para la lucha contra covid-19, para intentar paliar la retirada de Estados Unidos,
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EU threatens tougher rules on hate speech after Facebook meetingA top EU official for digital policy warned Monday that big tech companies could face tougher rules and penalties in Europe if they failed to adequately curb hate speech and disinformation.
Ciencia
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Investigaciones arqueológicas revelan que los europeos consumían algas hace 8.000 añosLas algas, a menudo llamadas el tesoro verde del mar, no son un descubrimiento culinario reciente, a diferencia de lo que se cree comúnmente. Si bien ahora las incorporamos en sushi y otros
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China se convierte en líder de pedidos internacionales de patentesChina se convirtió en 2019 en el principal solicitante de pedidos internacionales de patentes, desplazando por primera vez a Estados Unidos, indicó la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad
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Protesters target Polanski film at cinemas in BrusselsFeminist activists defaced cinemas in Brussels with angry condemnations of director Roman Polanski's latest film overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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London Latino heartlands struggle for survivalWhenever London's South Americans go looking for a job, a helping hand, the flavours of home or a party with their compatriots, they head to the Latino indoor market
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Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcryA 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun — the Egyptian pharaoh known as King Tut — goes under the hammer this week in London despite an outcry from Cairo.
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Four top British authors in novel anti-Brexit European crusadeKen Follett, Lee Child, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes, four heavyweights of British literature, are launching a "Friendship Tour" of Europe to represent the 48 percent who
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Zombies and women: London Men's Fashion Week wraps upModels in zombie make-up and a growing number of women on the catwalks were among the eye-catching features of Men's Fashion Week, which wrapped up in
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'Britain's Notre-Dame' tells fiery tale of restored gloryA bolt of lightning pierced its tower and flames licked across its thick oak roof. Thirty-five years ago it was York Minster in northern England that went up in flames.
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Elton John joins call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotelsBritish pop legend Elton John has joined "friend" George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's new death-penalty laws for
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Ed Sheeran marries girlfriend in 'tiny wedding': reportBritish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has married his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn in a "tiny winter wedding", The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
Cultura
Ismael Gerli, director of a Panamanian law firm Gerli&Co, has been charged with embezzlement which allowed him to take over properties belonging to one of his clients.
Apparently, Gerli forged a number of documents that allowed him to take possession of 100% of shares belonging to the company of Vladimir Kokorev, a Spanish citizen of Russian origins. Several years ago, Mr. Kokorev retained the services of Ismael Gerli for the acquisition of an apartment where he resided in Panama, and which the Panamanian lawyer recently registered under his own name using a series of forged documents.
Taking the bus or train to work may be even healthier than walking, according to a new study published Sunday by the American Heart Association.
"Bus/train commuters had even lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and overweight than the walkers or bikers," according to a press release about the findings, which were presented at the AHA's Scientific Sessions 2015 meeting this weekend.
The study, which was conducted in Japan, found that compared to drivers, public transport riders were 44 percent less likely to be overweight, 27 percent less likely to have high blood pressure and 34 percent less likely to have diabetes.
A day trip to a crowded State Department office full of unfamiliar faces and smells might have upset some dogs, but then Astra's day job is itself pretty terrifying.
The seven-year-old German Shepherd mine-clearance expert ignored the defused weaponry arrayed on the conference table, but perked up when a box of donuts was opened.
Over the past five years she and her handler, Lebanese army sergeant Ahmad Solh, have scoured the battlefields of Lebanon for land-mines and unexploded bombs.
Named by anti-landmine group the Marshall Legacy Institute as the champion mine-clearers of the year, they came to the US capital to promote their work.
"I love her, I see her more than I see my family," said Solh, who has worked with Astra for five years seeking unexploded ordnance in communities scarred by war.
"I come home all the time and tell them stories about what we've done at work and they really enjoy hearing about her and the wonderful job she does."
In some Middle Eastern communities dogs and dog-handlers are shunned, but Solh said his fellow Lebanese honor the life-saving work he and his eager friend do.
Most of the mines that Astra locates were left during Lebanon's 1975-1991 civil war, but she also finds bombs dropped in the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
A US schoolboy sued by his aunt for accidentally breaking her wrist during a hug at his birthday party went on national television Thursday to say he still loves her.
Jennifer Connell, 54, went to court in the northeastern state of Connecticut demanding $127,000 compensation after her then eight-year-old nephew jumped into her arms, fracturing her wrist.
A jury threw out the case Tuesday in just 25 minutes.
"She would never do anything to hurt the family or myself, and she loves us," Sean Tarala told NBC's "Today" show, dressed in a dark suit jacket and sitting next to a bashful Connell.
"I love her and she loves me," the now 12-year-old added.
Connell said she had never wanted to sue her nephew, but did so purely as a technicality having been told it was the only way to get her medical bills covered by home owner's insurance.
"We love each other very much and this was simply a... formality within an insurance claim," she told NBC.
The accident happened at Sean's eighth birthday party in the upscale town of Westport in Connecticut on March 18, 2011.
Connell alleged in her complaint that "a reasonable eight-year-old" should have known that such a "forceful" greeting "could cause the harms and losses suffered" by the plaintiff.
She accused him of "negligence and carelessness," and alleged that her "ability to pursue and enjoy life's activity" had been "reduced."
Norwegian designer Peter Dundas spearheaded a youthful revolution in Milan on Saturday, laying out his new vision for Roberto Cavalli as other top brands also embraced rejuvenation.
The Cavalli collection was one of the most eagerly awaited of the week, being the first to take place without the company's eponymous founder who has ceded control to a private equity group.
They brought Dundas in from Emilio Pucci and the Norwegian did not waste any time in signalling a dramatic break with the past.
The rock and roll edge to the brand and its sensual, sexy core remained intact but there was some carping in the Italian media that something of its essence had disappeared.
"The new start signals the end of glamour," reported La Repubblica, although its review was broadly favourable and noted that it was too early to say if Dundas was going to give Cavalli the kind of fillip enjoyed by Gucci since Alessandro Michele took the reins there at the start of the year.
The biggest change came with the virtual axing of red carpet-style night gowns from the collection in favour of lighter and more easy-to-wear nightwear such as one ultra-short dress featuring a long train.
Alongside that there was a range of accessible denim items featuring frills, tie dye and chain fringes.
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"My first task since arriving here has been to think of something different that still maintains the soul of Roberto Cavalli," Dundas said.
"Today's women are freer and looking for easier, perhaps more sporty clothes."
Relaxed, comfortable clothes were also in vogue at Bottega Veneta, which put together a very sporty collection featuring high-tech jogging pants, hooded sweatshirts and fitted gilets.
Creative director Tomas Maier took inspiration from sailing for evening dresses made from a single piece of fabric modelled on a length of sail and held together by what looked like nautical rope.
A popular campground at Yosemite National Park in California will be temporarily closed after several dead squirrels were found to be carrying the plague, officials said.
The move comes about a week after a girl who visited the park tested positive for the plague. She was treated and has recovered.
"As an extremely precautionary public health measure, flea treatment will be applied to rodent burrows in Tuolumne Meadows Campground because several dead animals were tested and found to be carrying plague," park officials said in a statement.
The campground will be closed from August 17-21. The park itself will remain open, including all the other campgrounds.
Plague is carried by squirrels, chipmunks and other wild rodents and their fleas.
"By eliminating the fleas, we reduce the risk of human exposure and break the cycle of plague in rodents at the sites," said Karen Smith, the director and state health officer for the California Department of Public Health.
People who eat lots of fried food and sugary drinks have a 56 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to those who eat healthier, according to US researchers.
The findings in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, were based on a six-year study of more than 17,000 people in the United States.
Researchers found that people who regularly ate what was described as a Southern style diet -- fried foods, eggs, processed meats like bacon and ham, and sugary drinks -- faced the highest risk of a heart attack or heart-related death during the next six years.
"Regardless of your gender, race, or where you live, if you frequently eat a Southern-style diet you should be aware of your risk of heart disease and try to make some gradual changes to your diet," said lead researcher James Shikany, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Division of Preventive Medicine.
"Try cutting down the number of times you eat fried foods or processed meats from every day to three days a week as a start, and try substituting baked or grilled chicken or vegetable-based foods."
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Opinión
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El plan de recuperación de la UE no es un programa de "rescate", dice el comisario de EconomíaEl plan de 750.000 millones de euros propuesto por la Comisión Europea para ayudar a los países europeos a salir de la crisis no es un programa de...
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España levantará la cuarentena para los turistas extranjeros el 1 de julioEl gobierno español indicó el lunes que la cuarentena impuesta a los visitantes extranjeros será eliminada a partir del 1 de julio, después de...
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Una parte de Europa se va de tiendas con el desconfinamientoDe Bruselas a Estambul, miles de ex confinados redescubrieron este lunes sus tiendas o sus centros de belleza preferidos a la búsqueda de un delineador...
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Principal oleoducto de Ecuador fue reparado y está operativoEl principal oleoducto de Ecuador fue reparado y se encuentra operativo tras sufrir daños por un derrumbe ocurrido el 7 de abril que afectó a otras...
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12 hurt as arms depot blasts damage north Cyprus hotelA string of nighttime explosions at a Turkish military base in northern Cyprus damaged a nearby seaside hotel and injured 12 people Thursday, prompting...
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Migrant drowns off Belgium while trying to swim to UKThe body of an Iraqi migrant who tried to swim across the Channel from France to Britain has been found off Belgium's coast, Belgian authorities said...