Germany falls to bottom rung of investment ranking on energy costs, labour shortage

(Reuters) – Germany’s attractiveness as an investment location has fallen four places to 18th of 21 in a ranking of industrial economies by economic research institute ZEW, newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine reported on Monday. Rising energy costs and ongoing labour shortages have compounded existing problems of high taxes, complex bureaucracy and slow pace of innovation, the …

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Jamaica incauta cocaína valorizada en 80 millones de dólares de un buque de carga

Por Kate Chappell KINGSTON, 15 ene (Reuters) – Las autoridades jamaicanas incautaron cocaína de un barco en el puerto de Kingston con un valor estimado de 80 millones de dólares, durante una de las redadas de drogas más grandes de la historia del país, dijeron las autoridades. Las autoridades jamaicanas descubrieron el cargamento escondido dentro …

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Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for better future

By Raul Cadenas and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government. Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.” The demonstration attracted about 30,000 …

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South Africa’s president to skip WEF to deal with crippling power cuts at home

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis in the country, his spokesman said on Sunday. Power cuts have worsened since Tuesday when struggling state utility Eskom said it would implement its worst-ever outages until further notice. The …

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Santos to be removed from U.S. Congress if he broke campaign finance laws -Comer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative George Santos, who lied about much of his resume and life story, will be removed from Congress if found to have broken campaign finance laws, fellow Republican and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said on Sunday. “He’s a bad guy,” Comer said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. …

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