Author: Stanley Bowers

This summit begins when time is short; a million species are threatened with extinction, a third of the earth is severely degraded and fertile soils disappear, while pollution and climate change accelerate the devastation of the oceans. “Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced on Tuesday during the inauguration of the summit. And he attributed that consequence to mankind’s “bottomless appetite for unbridled and uneven economic growth.” He referred to COP15, a sort of twin sister to the climate COPs, as the “opportunity to stop this orgy of destruction.” However, negotiations have been…

To create the anthology, the team harnessed the insights of three award-winning directors from the production company prettybird: Vellas (Brazil), JB Braud (France) and Alex Buono (United States). They each directed a short film inspired by a central creative idea: the power of Christmas to achieve “memorable and magical” moments. The short film ‘Alma’ is set in a town in Mexico, famous for making Christmas decorations throughout the year for the entire world. There you no longer feel the magic of Christmas, until an event happens to rekindle it. ‘Les Petits Mondes De Noël’ is a love story that unfolds…

The central bank raised its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2023 to a range between 1.0% and 2.6% at the end of November, according to its latest quarterly report. “I see that we may very likely be thinking that the Mexican economy will grow by more than 2 percent,” said the official in a Banorte podcast. Mariscal’s estimate is more optimistic than that of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico), which recently raised its forecast for the national GDP next year from 1.6% to 1.8%. Banxico anticipates that in 2023, the “complex external outlook” that prevails has continued to…

El secretario de Gobernación, Adán Augusto López, entregó este martes a la Cámara de Diputados el “Plan B” de la reforma electoral del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, la cual únicamente aborda leyes secundarias; el objetivo es que suba a discusión y votación del pleno, una vez que sean desechadas las reformas constitucionales. La iniciativa fue elaborada por el Ejecutivo federal y entregada al presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, Santiago Creel, pero la aprobación será “en los tiempos” que marquen los diputados, dijo el funcionario en entrevista en la Cámara, previo al inicio de la sesión ordinaria –primera plenaria…

But the protests continue Despite these methods, the Chinese government has not been able to completely eliminate dissent against anti-covid measures. On Monday, Chinese students held a protest against a lockdown due to a case of coronavirus at a university in the eastern part of the country. After the demonstrations, numerous cities announced the end of large-scale PCR tests or the isolation of infected people in quarantine centers. But the restrictions persist. According to the Japanese bank Nomura, 53 cities in the country, which are home to a third of China’s 1.4 billion inhabitants, still limit movement to their population.…

From the first year, with Margarita Ríos Farjat, passing through Raquel Buenrostro and now Antonio Martínez Dagnino, former general administrator of Large Taxpayers, the figures of the Tax Administration Service (SAT) reflect significant growth in tax collection for auditing legal entities with income of more than 1,567 million pesos per year. From January-September 2018 to the same period in 2022, the collection from auditing acts on large taxpayers has grown 90.8%. Large taxpayers, who only represent 0.3% of the total, contribute 47% of the total taxes collected. “Although voluntary compliance is preferred to inspection actions, the additional efforts have not…

Generation Z will explore new dating sites. For example, there will be meetings in bookstores, aquariums, and museums, while hobbies without screens will once again become relevant, especially crafts such as origami. In environmental terms, Gen Xers and boomers became more concerned with water conservation and sought sustainable natural solutions, such as rainwater harvesting and drought-tolerant landscapes. This is even expected to have an impact on travel, as both generations hope to have a lower carbon footprint and will look for airlines with these characteristics. New ways of raising and vintage homes By 2023, Gen Z and millennial parents are…

Improving the conditions of these transfers is something that technology can change. Daniela Flores, UX researcher at WhereIsMyTransport, mentioned that technology can help provide certainty in terms of travel. For example, data can help women choose better transport routes, where they feel safer and have better mobility options. Rumbo is the app that collects all the data from WhereIsMyTransport to offer public transport routes but, unlike Google Maps, it has updated data from day to day. For example, it indicates if there is a demonstration that is blocking the route of your truck or if the subway line is failing.…

The temperament of a leader is measured precisely in times of adversity, since crisis management brings out the talents and eventual shortcomings of those in a position of command. The good news is that we can make a description of those qualities that a decision maker needs to optimize results and consolidate himself as the person in charge, within the organization or institution in which he works. In the first instance, good judgment is essential. This aptitude, which in the Anglo-Saxon world is known as judgmentrequires two elements: sensitivity and preparation. Thanks to the experience of professional life, useful learning…