26 junio 2025Pronunciado por: Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos Buenas tardes y gracias por haber venido. Acabo de concluir mi visita de algo más de tres días a Sri Lanka, y preveo posibilidades reales de cambio. Durante mi visita he debatido una serie de cuestiones relacionadas con los […]
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by Calculated Risk on 7/03/2025 08:30:00 AM From the BLS: Employment Situation Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in state government and health care. Federal government continued to lose jobs.…The change in
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The COVID pandemic illustrated how urgently we need antiviral medications capable of treating coronavirus infections. To aid this effort, researchers quickly homed in on part of SARS-Cov-2’s molecular structure known as the NiRAN domain — an enzyme region essential to viral replication that’s common to many coronaviruses. A drug targeting the NiRAN domain would likely
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27 junio 2025Pronunciado por: Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos Señor Presidente, Excelencias, Distinguidos delegados: El informe que presento hoy trata del pueblo de Myanmar y de sus aspiraciones a lograr un futuro mejor. A pesar de los enormes retos que afrontan, los ciudadanos de la sociedad birmana se
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. • FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores • Freddie Mac House Price Index Declined in May; Up 2.2% Year-over-year • Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Serious Delinquency Rates Decreased in May • Asking Rents Mostly
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A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain’s memory centre, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. The research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides answers to a fundamental and long-debated question about the human brain’s adaptability. The hippocampus is a brain region that is essential
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27 junio 2025Pronunciado por: Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos Señor Presidente, Excelencias, distinguidos delegados: Hoy comparezco ante el Consejo para presentar mi informe sobre la situación de derechos humanos en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, durante el periodo que comenzó el 1 de mayo de 2024. Me preocupa
So the sector overall looks like it’s in the doldrums: Figure 1: Manufacturing production (blue), value added in 2017$ (red), employment (production and nonsupervisory) (tan), hours (light green) all in logs, 2024M04=0; and capacity utilization (NAICS), % (black, right scale). Aggregate hours of production workers calculated by multiplying average weekly hours by employees. Dashed red
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A new study from the University of Bath’s School of Management has found that individuals with a higher IQ make more realistic predictions, which supports better decision-making and can lead to improved life outcomes. The research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, shows that people with a low IQ (the lowest 2.5%
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Colombian police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the assassination attempt against a presidential hopeful during a rally last month. Miguel Uribe, a conservative senator, was twice shot in the head in the capital, Bogotá, as he was campaigning for his party’s nomination in the 2026 presidential election. Police arrested a suspected criminal, Élder José
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