Argentina owes Burford Capital, beneficiary of a ruling for US$16.1 billion plus interest accruing at a rate of US$2.5 million per day starting from September 2023.
Preska ordered Argentina to send information about the assets of the Central Bank (BCRA), Banco Nación, Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft, Energía Argentina S.A. (Enarsa, owner of the Vaca Muerta gas pipeline, 26% of Transener, and major thermoelectric power plants), and YPF itself.
I am shocked by Argentina, a country with 45 million inhabitants, seemingly incapable of governing or defending itself.
Initial Decline: Birth data from June–July 2024—reflecting conceptions in October and November 2023—show that the war initially had a negative impact on fertility rates across the population.
Subsequent Surge: Starting in August, fertility rates began to rise again. This occurred across all population groups, but once again the largest increase — by a significant margin—was among Jewish women, whose fertility rate rose to 3.19 children per woman.
Israeli Jewish births in 2024 were 134,000 compared to 131,000 in 2023. Despite war and hardships, Israelis are choosing to expand their families, contrary to trends in the West
The data shows that despite the challenging circumstances of war, Israel experienced a significant increase in births during 2024, particularly in the latter part of the year, continuing its position as having one of the highest fertility rates in the developed world.
Migration patterns: 82,700 Israelis were registered as having left the country over the past year, up from around 55,000 a year before. 23,800 Israelis returned home in 2024, and 32,800 new immigrants arrived, down some 15,000 from a year earlier
Guinea Pigs are cuys, the small rats that the Andean natives fatten in holes in their homes and eat. When I was working in Ecuador's highlands, I was served this rodent for lunch (see pic), and I found it edible. They are not kosher.
Buddhists never kill an animal and are vegetarians. SCGPR is not just another Southern California craze; they have roots in an ancient Indian philosophy. Those little critters may house the souls of dead humans in one of their stations of eternal soul-recycling.
The first hominid to expand successfully from Africa was Homo erectus (see ill.), a large and powerful specimen, formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus. Pithecanthropus is an extinct primate intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. African humans carry plenty of erectus genes, and the hybrid hominins prospered and spread. Sapiens migrated out of Africa and mixed with Neanderthals already living out there, resulting in Europeans with European Neanderthals and Asians with Denisovan Neanderthals. Thus, we have three different hybrids co-existing today. Evolution continues. 