G7 WORK
The G7 addresses a reform of the labor market after the covid and in the face of aging
Tokyo. The labor ministers of the G7 countries are meeting today in Kurashiki, in western Japan, to analyze the labor market and coordinate policies that help reform it in the post-covid era and in the face of demographic aging. The heads of the employment sector from Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, joined by the relevant representative of the European Union, began this Saturday the first of two days of meetings in which they will look for common points of view in the management of the evolution of the labor market.
CHINESE PHILIPPINES
Philippines and China address their “differences” in the South China Sea
Manila. The foreign ministers of the Philippines, Enrique Manalo, and China, Qin Gang, met this Saturday in Manila to address the “differences” in the sovereignty conflict that both nations maintain in the South China Sea. This meeting is the highest level after the visit to Beijing in January by the Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, to that of his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Since then, tensions between the two countries have continued to escalate over claims to a handful of islands and atolls in the South China Sea, which escalated after recent allegations by the Philippines of the use of military lasers by Chinese ships against its coast guards.
USA ABORTION
US Supreme Court Maintains Access to Mifepristone Abortion Pill
Washington. The Supreme Court of the United States decided this Friday to maintain access to the abortion pill mifepristone, temporarily suspending the restrictions that an appeals court had ordered last week. The decision means leaving the “status quo” on access to medication unchanged, at least while the appeals court decides on the legality of the approval that US regulators gave the drug more than 20 years ago.
SUDAN REBELLION
Sudanese army accuses rivals of violating truce and the US asks to take advantage of it to start negotiations
Khartoum/Washington. The Sudanese Army accused the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR) of violating the three-day truce agreed this Friday for Eid al Fitr, the Muslim holiday, which ends the holy month of Ramadan, in what would be the fifth humanitarian pause that failed shortly after it came into force since the conflict began on the 15th. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, asked the warring parties in Sudan to take advantage of the truce to begin peace negotiations. “First things first. With the fighting ceasing, Sudan’s military and civilian commanders must urgently begin negotiations for a sustainable ceasefire that prevents further damage,” he said in a statement.
PERU TOLEDO
Peru and the US finalize the details of the extradition of former President Toledo
Lime. Peru and the United States are coordinating the details of the extradition process of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, who this Friday turned himself in to the US Justice to be extradited to his country, where he is accused of receiving million-dollar bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The day on which the extradition will take place and it will pass into the hands of the Peruvian authorities remains to be officially known, but, according to EFE sources close to the former president, “it should not last beyond Monday.”
UKRAINE WAR
Russia investigates the accidental fall of the missile and Ukraine seeks support in NATO
Moscow/kyiv. Russia is investigating the accidental launch by a Russian plane of a missile that fell in Belgorod, a region bordering Ukraine, which is demanding more heavy weapons from its Western allies precisely to repel such air attacks. The projectile, which left three injured and caused social alarm among the local population, caused a crater 20 meters in diameter in the center of the regional capital.
AUSTRALIA SINKING
They find the ship of the worst maritime disaster in the history of Australia
Sydney (Australia. The Montevideo Maru ship, which sank in 1942 after being attacked by a US submarine, was found in the depths of the South China Sea, ending the search for the remains of the worst maritime disaster in Australian history More than 1,060 people lost their lives, including 979 Australians, when the submersible torpedoed – without knowing the load – the Japanese-flagged ship carrying Japanese soldiers, prisoners of war and civilians from 14 countries.
ARGENTINE ELECTIONS
Alberto Fernández will not stand for re-election in Argentina
Buenos Aires. The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, will not stand for re-election in the general elections scheduled for next October, as he announced in a video broadcast on social networks, in which he defended the primaries to elect the new pro-government candidate. The ruling party still does not have confirmed candidates, unlike the opposition, which has the center-right Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, and Patricia Bullrich, former Minister of Security, as props.
LATIN AMERICAN CLIMATE CRISIS
WMO: heat waves and fires marked climate change in Latin America in 2022
Geneva. Climate change advanced in the world in 2022 and also in regions such as Latin America, which experienced significant heat waves and fires, highlighted the annual report on the state of the climate presented by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The year began with an extremely warm first half of January in various parts of subtropical South America, with a record temperature of 44 degrees in Uruguay (Paysandú) and “extensive and prolonged fires in northern Argentina and Paraguay,” recalled the United Nations agency in his study.
SPANISH LANGUAGE
The Spanish of the United States, a language lacking in prestige
NY. Spanish in the United States suffers from a fundamental problem of lack of prestige, as was revealed this Friday at the first round table of the “Language and Identity” congress held for the second year by the Instituto Cervantes in New York. This was the main idea repeated with different nuances by the speakers at the “Contact languages and bilingualism” forum, who expressed that Spanish and “Spanglish” -Castilian stuffed with English words and expressions- is alive but reserved for use in environments informal, whether with family or friends.EFE
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