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The project will make it possible to invest EUR 405 million and create about 700 jobs, in the first phase, in Navarre, and in the second phase there can be up to a thousand jobs. 

China is a major importer of oil and gas from Iran and other Gulf countries. Yet its reserves are at historic highs, and its commitment to electric cars and renewable energies has not affected it too much at the moment. So, although Iran is a strategic partner, China is limiting itself to providing a long-term diplomatic response, as its strategy is long-term.

The aim of the event is to advance the establishment of a battery company of between 400 million euros of investment and 1,000 jobs.

Maria Chivite, who, together with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and the directors of the Chinese multinational, has formalized the announcement made yesterday in Madrid, has stressed that work is being done on the agreement "prudently", among other things, because the location of the plant remains to be decided. In any case, Hithium's choice of Navarre is a sign of Navarre's commitment to energy and job creation policies, as well as Hithium's desire to expand to Europe.

Last year, some 80,000 people died in the United States from drug-related overdoses and poisoning, many of them from cocaine and methamphetamine mixed with fentanyl.

The European Commission considers that the Chinese platform does not comply with European regulations because it is not transparent with its systems of recommendations and allows the marketing of illegal articles, including material for the sexual abuse of children.

The spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned that the use of force by Washington poses a danger to peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Global trade relations have been disrupted by Donald Trump, and trade competition between the US and China has been intense. The eurozone has resisted better than expected, but the industry has taken the biggest blow. 

In Greenland there are some of the largest deposits of unexploited rare lands. They are essential elements for technological development. This territory of the Arctic has thus become a treasure desired by all. But what do the inhabitants of Greenland want for their future?

If there is a risk of collision between U.S. and Chinese forces, that is the South China Sea. Beijing claims these waters by drawing a nine-point line, including Taiwan, part of the Philippines and the islets it has built artificial islands. This clashes with the sovereignty of several countries, such as the Philippines, Vietnam or Malaysia.

As the world looks at Ukraine and Gaza, the United States and China are waging a silent war over the world's commercial, military and technological superiority. The Panama Canal, the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of China, the South Pacific and Greenland are the geographical areas preferred by both powers in a race to see "who rules the world." 

This waterway is a strategic step that brings together the tension between the two powers: the United States, the country that built the canal more than a century ago, and its rival, China. Five percent of all world trade passes through the channel to prevent the American continent from being surrounded, which has great benefits for Panama, the country that has controlled the channel for 26 years.

The French government's threat to Shein over the sale of childish sex dolls coincided with the opening of the platform's first physical shop, two steps from Notre Dame Cathedral.

The President of the United States has announced a rebate in Busan following his first meeting with the Chinese leader since 2019.

The Chinese freighter 'Istanbul Bridge' has just made its first commercial voyage through the Arctic to reach Europe. Thanks to what has also been called the new silk road, the navigation time between the Asian giant and Europe will be reduced by more than a third from the usual route (the Suez Canal), which will open up new opportunities for Chinese giants such as Aliexpress, Shein or Temu.

Hurricane winds have paralyzed Hong Kong today. In Taiwan, the supertyphoon has left at least 14 dead, 20 injured and more than 100 missing. Most of the dead were elderly people on the first floor of their home because they couldn't evacuate them in time. 

After the fourth round of trade negotiations in Madrid this week, both powers reached a "framework agreement" on TikTok. The crucial point is to determine who controls, maintains, and updates the engine of the recommendations, one of the keys to TikTok's success in the United States (150 million users).