Famagusta Independent Deputy Aysegul Baybars, Kyrenia independent deputy Jale Refik Rogers and former MP Gulsah Sanver Manavoglu, CTP candidate CTP President Tufan Erhurman’a announced that the presidential election will support. Baybars, Rogers and Manavoğlu in a joint statement, the country’s recent, internal and foreign political crises, uncertainties and insecurity dominated a political climate was expressed. This environment, which is formed by the influence of bad administration, has eroded the sense of social justice, has worn out democratic values, has brought the corporate structure to the point of collapse ,, in this process, the Turkish Cypriot people, the will of the…
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When Intel announced it would ship its Costa Rica plant overseas, the news struck like a voltage surge—jolting a country that had banked its future on microchips, free zones, and the quiet pride of being Latin America’s unlikely tech star. A Siren Wails from the Free Zone It wasn’t a politician or a union leader who first rang the alarm. It was Ronald Lachnerhead of Costa Rica’s free zone association, and his words didn’t pull punches: “We can no longer paper over the cracks.” Intel’s decision to uproot its Heredia assembly line for cheaper Asian shores, he said, was more…
Inside Chile’s desert city of Arica, investigators cracked a Venezuelan crime syndicate not with bullets or mass arrests, but spreadsheets—turning a paper trail into a prosecution that’s changing how Latin America thinks about gangs, migration, and justice itself. The Spreadsheet That Shook a Criminal Empire As the Associated Press reported, when Chilean police stormed safe houses in Arica’s Cerro Chuño neighborhood in 2022, they weren’t just looking for weapons or drugs. What they found instead—stacked beside stun guns and blood-stained rags—was something almost banal: handwritten ledgers. But these weren’t simple to-do lists. They were precise records of a violent business.…
Three Venezuelan men told NBC News they experienced physical and psychological torture, including one man’s allegation that he was sexually assaulted, after the Trump administration sent them to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The men were held for four months in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a Salvadoran megaprison known for its harsh conditions and reported abuse. The allegations included beatings that left bruises and cuts, psychological abuse and the denial of necessities such as food or bathroom access. The Trump administration sent about 250 Venezuelan men to CECOT in March and has accused them of being members…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. —It was a seemingly normal Saturday for Julia Martell, who was browsing the aisles of her local Walmart with a friend when she heard people screaming. Still, she didn’t think much about the disturbance, assuming that there was a fight a few aisles over. As she turned the corner, she saw a man running down another aisle, and then she saw his knife. Eleven people, ages 29 to 84, were injured in a stabbing attack at the Traverse City store Saturday, and a suspect was arrested. Bradford James Gille, 42, was quickly subdued by other shoppers and…
Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials are set to meet again on Monday to renew trade negotiations with an extension of lower tariff levels on the cards. Talks between the world’s two largest economies are scheduled to take place over two days in Stockholm, the Swedish capital and come as other countries rush to finalize deals with Washington. For dozens of trading partners, failing to strike an agreement in the coming days means they could face significant tariff hikes on exports to the U.S. come Friday, Aug. 1. The steeper rates, threatened against partners like Brazil and India, would raise…
The forest fire between the Gürsu and Kestel districts of Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, is now in its third day, with efforts still underway to bring it under control. The blaze, which began two days ago between Gürsu’s Ipekyolu neighborhood, near the Gürsu TOKI Housing Complex and Kestel’s Ağlaşan neighborhood, is being tackled by teams from the Regional Forestry Directorate and local fire brigades. Local residents are also supporting the firefighting efforts by attaching water tanks to their tractors to help douse the flames. Crews are working intensively to halt the fire’s spread. In areas where the fire’s intensity has decreased,…
PTSB, Stake and EveryMatrix are among those featured in the Weekend Report this week. Welcome to the Weekend Report, where iGB looks at the news that you may have missed across the last few days. This week: Irish bank PTSB adds in-app gambling blocker, Stake partners with Team Vitality, and SIS reveals new competitive gaming leadership team. PTSB launches in-app gambling blocker Irish retail bank PTSB has announced the introduction of a voluntary gambling blocking facility for its mobile app. The new feature allows PTSB customers to block debit and credit card transactions classified as gambling through their PTSB app.…
Local legal expert Udo Seckelmann believes gambling tax revenue will increase once regulatory hurdles are overcome, unless the tax rate is permanently raised. In the first six months of regulated betting in Brazil, the market raised BRL3.8 billion ($687.5 million) in tax, according to data from the Federal Revenue Service (RFB) On 24 July, the RFB released its monthly presentation detailing the total monthly tax collection of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Brazilian government. In comparison, the UK, a much more mature market, generated £1.62 billion ($2.2 billion) in gambling taxes in the six months between 1 April and…
00:00OUR FIRST OF THE MORNING. THIS IS THE COFOUNDER AND CIO. SO IT IS DAY THREE OF THE EVENT AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I THINK IT IS THE SHEER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE EXCITEMENT AND THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY. WE ARE SIX MONTHS NOW INTO THE DEEPSEEK MOMENT. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT LASTS AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT SHAPE DOES IT TAKE IN CHINA? IT IS STILL EARLY. IT’S SIX MONTHS. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, IT WAS OVERSHADOWED A TARIFF WAR FOR THE…