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Restaurant Brands Europe, the company in charge of exploiting the brands, will pass to its current president, Gregorio Jiménez, the family office of Ignacio Sánchez Galán, and the food group Costa. The British private equity manager is more than 100% profitable
Democrats took the Senate and the House of Representatives from the Republicans. AJLabs maps the wave in US midterms.
Deicy Jiménez, a former official of the Government of Colombia, denounced former President Gustavo Petro for alleged prostitution in exchange for political favors and public contracts. Jiménez accuses him of offering her and more than 30 women public contracts in exchange for sexual exchanges. Petro has denied the complaints. In the # Invitty @ DelDiaF24 we spoke to Catalina Ruiz Navarro, analyst, journalist and director of the feminist Volcanic media, who told us more about the case and analyzed the possible implications.
The Senate of Paraguay rejected the 72-hour extension request made by the resigning president, Santiago Peña, to prepare his defence in the political trial. The President or his legal team must now appear before the House. Report from our correspondent, Flavia Borja.
The former Minister of Transport of Spain, Óscar Puente, and the former President of Adif (Administrator of Railway Infrastructure), Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña, resigned their charges in the midst of the investigations into the train crash in Urda (Toledo) on October 28. Report from our correspondent, Elise Gazengel.
After the half-term elections in the United States, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, would be pondering the possibility of "leaving the administration" of President Donald Trump, according to an exclusive 'Bloomberg'. Sources close to the issue indicated to the financial environment that the head of Washington's diplomacy would have consulted with members of the White House the possibility to resign, despite the fact that he had been asked to remain in office in the midst of the Republican crisis after the Midterms.
With the end of the mid-term renewal elections in the United States, the racing features of the succession of President Donald Trump begin in 2028 in formation. In the democratic camp, the names presented are multiplied, without so far showing a unanimous personality within the party, amid questions about the ability of the progressive current to impose itself in the next presidential race.
The sharp decline in the shares of technology and artificial intelligence following the tropical refurbishment elections raised questions about the future of this vital sector under the control of the Congress by the democrats. Among investors ' concerns about tightening regulations on data centres and developing artificial intelligence techniques, and the need for the United States to maintain its global leadership in this area, a fundamental question arises: can regulation and growth be reconciled without market confusion? To discuss this issue, we are joined by the Tangier Professor of the University of Abdelmalek Al-Saadi and the expert in artificial intelligence and data sciences, Mustafa al-Zayani.
AI-related values fell down on Thursday in global stock markets, with investors fearing that the construction of data centres in the United States would be hampered after the democrats' overwhelming victory in the US mid-term elections.
"We could have avoided on 17 October," says the economist Philippe Aghion, former advisor to Emmanuel Macron. At the microphone of "With Judith", the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 presents its vision of innovation as the main engine of economic growth. Find the podcast in its entirety this Saturday noon on the YouTube channel of France 24.
For the past three weeks, the extremist settlement movement Nachala has set up a temporary camp in the Simhoni Forest, three kilometres from the Gaza Strip, with the aim of entering the Palestinian enclave. Their fate could depend on the next government to be formed following the 27 October parliamentary elections.
The United States experienced a real tsunami a few days ago, or rather a "Bluenami" to use the consecrated expression. Because it was a blue rush that submerged the Capitol last Tuesday in the mid-term elections – a wave of democracy that swept the Republicans away. To help us decipher this unprecedented episode of American political history, our guest: Hugo Toudic, Doctor of Political Philosophy and Specialist in American Institutions.
Texas Republicans redrew Congressional District 32 to give themselves a winning edge in the midterms.
The Spanish election is very complicated, but still has options to win by the support of several governments
The landslide victory of the Student List in Serbia's general election seems to have removed a blockage in the justice system: Cases that were long stalled are now suddenly moving forward.
The opposition accuses Santiago Peña of conflict of interest for his links with the Ueno Bank's own group and questions possible economic benefits.
The ashes of Miguel Ángel Asturias will return to Guatemala after 52 years in Paris. The 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature died in Spain in 1974 and spent much of his life in exile. Now, his family has decided to repatriate their remains after President Bernardo Arévalo's arrival in power, after rejecting the requests of the two previous governments. A return filled with symbolism for Guatemala and for the memory of one of its most universal writers. Erika Olavarría's report for France 24.
Santiago Peña, the resignation president of Paraguay, asked for an extension to Congress to respond to the allegations related to the serious financial crisis and the collapse of Ueno Bank, a banking entity related to its environment and of which it was a shareholder. Peña argued that it was notified only the day before and that the deadline does not guarantee due process. Congress assesses the order in the midst of a climate of tension. Report from our correspondent, Flavia Borja.
The prime minister says that Labour politicians courting the comedian a decade ago had not been aware of his crimes.
Israeli opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot said on Friday he was making "significant progress" in forming a government to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of his possible coalition partners walked back demands that ultra-Orthodox Jews complete military service and signalled a willingness to hold talks with the community.
