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🇲🇽Mexico’s costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operation
The pet rail project of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion, is only half finished as he heads into the final 2 1/2 months of his term.
But the most damning judgments on the Maya Train tourist line, which runs in a loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, are the ridership figures on about half the railway that is now open: only about 1,200 people per day use the train, according to government figures released Monday.
Most ride it only on short stretches between the city of Merida and Cancun, or the nearby city of Campeche. The big hope for paying the train’s massive cost was that tourists would use it to depart from the resort of Cancun and explore the whole 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) route to visit the Mayan archaeological sites that dot the peninsula.
But a round-trip route from Cancun to the well-known Mayan temple complex of Palenque has drawn only about 100 passengers per day each way in the first six months of operation. That is a volume that a bus or two per day could handle far more cheaply.
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The pet rail project of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion, is only half finished as he heads into the final 2 1/2 months of his term.
But the most damning judgments on the Maya Train tourist line, which runs in a loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, are the ridership figures on about half the railway that is now open: only about 1,200 people per day use the train, according to government figures released Monday.
Most ride it only on short stretches between the city of Merida and Cancun, or the nearby city of Campeche. The big hope for paying the train’s massive cost was that tourists would use it to depart from the resort of Cancun and explore the whole 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) route to visit the Mayan archaeological sites that dot the peninsula.
But a round-trip route from Cancun to the well-known Mayan temple complex of Palenque has drawn only about 100 passengers per day each way in the first six months of operation. That is a volume that a bus or two per day could handle far more cheaply.
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"Russia’s state-run Rossiya 1 TV channel ran a segment on Sunday evening which appeared to be in direct reaction to the US recently announcing it plans to place long-range missiles in Germany.
The segment included the Russian pundits ominously warning that Russian missiles can strike European capitals. "Almost all European capitals will be under threat if our missiles are stationed in Kaliningrad: Berlin, Warsaw, all the Baltic states, Paris, Bucharest, Prague, and of course, the American bases in Germany," TV host and State Duma lawmaker Yevgeny Popov said. Watch the Russian-language segment below:
"Special attention to Britain, our traditional enemy…Britain is in the most vulnerable position — basically, three missiles are enough and this civilization will collapse," Popov added."
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Russian TV Threatens European Capitals With Long-Range Missiles
"Almost all European capitals will be under threat if our missiles are stationed in Kaliningrad..."
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Kraken receives bitcoin from Mt. Gox Trustee, payouts anticipated in 7-14 days
Users posted a screenshot of an email from Kraken in the Mt. Gox creditors Telegram group that appears to confirm the transfers.
https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1813252954004066805/
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The Bitcoin Whitepaper is now available for people in the UK to read freely once again. The default judgement obtained fraudulently by Craig Wright has been overturned. Thank you to everyone who helped.
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
https://x.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1813271585882505272
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Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting |…
US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed…
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📝Elon Musk: More than double the power of the Saturn V moon rocket
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Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is claimed by Spain and is included in the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories.
Fabian Picardo, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Leader of Gib Socialist Labour Party didn't take it well:
Mixing a sporting victory and the chant that glorifies the dictatorial politics of a mass murderer like Franco and his fascist regime's attempt to usurp a neighbouring territory, that is also a UEFA nation, is worse than disgusting. It sullies the sport of football and the win on the pitch. I fully support @GibraltarFA
making a complaint to @UEFA
about this behaviour by some Spanish players in celebration of winning @EURO2024
. This cannot stand unchallenged. The Rock is OURS. #BritishForever #BritishWeAreBritishWeStay #WakeUpAndSmellTheCoffee #GibraltarWillNeverBeSpanish
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Gibraltar on Tuesday expressed fury over the "offensive" and "discriminatory" chants by several Spain players during the mass celebrations in Madrid after their Euro 2024 victory over England.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240716-gibraltar-fury-at-spain-team-s-offensive-euro-victory-chants
https://news.sky.com/story/gibraltar-accuses-spanish-players-of-hugely-offensive-remarks-during-euro-2024-celebrations-13179007
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Gibraltar fury at Spain team's 'offensive' Euro victory chants
Gibraltar on Tuesday expressed fury over the "offensive" and "discriminatory" chants by several Spain players during the mass celebrations in Madrid after their Euro 2024 victory over England.
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Ri Il-kyu, who fled to South Korea late last year, alleged that two North Korean officials who had been assigned to negotiate with the Trump administration had been punished.
North Korea diplomat flees to South in highest ranking envoy defection since 2016
Ri Il-kyu was responsible for political affairs at Pyongyang’s embassy in Cuba, the Chosun Ilbo daily has reported
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/world/asia/north-korea-defector-political-execution.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/16/north-korea-diplomat-flees-south-ri-il-kyu-cuba
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A North Korean diplomat, Counselor Ri Il-gyu, who was responsible for political affairs at the North Korean Embassy in Cuba, defected with his wife and children in early November last year and has now settled in South Korea. Ri, 52, a key expert on Cuba within the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had been serving as the political counselor at the Cuban embassy since April 2019. His role included preventing the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Cuba.
Ri is the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea since Thae Yong-ho, the former minister at the North Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom, defected in 2016. Other notable defections include Jo Song-gil, the acting ambassador to Italy in 2019, and Ryu Hyun-woo, the acting ambassador to Kuwait, who held the ranks of first secretary and counselor, respectively.
In an interview with The Chosun Ilbo on July 14, Ri said, “Every North Korean thinks at least once about living in South Korea. Disillusionment with the North Korean regime and a bleak future led me to consider defection.”
Ri joined the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999. In 2013, while serving as the third secretary (officially first secretary) at the Cuban embassy, he negotiated with Panama to release the North Korean ship Chong Chon Gang, which was detained for carrying surface-to-air missiles and fighter jet parts. For his efforts, he received a commendation from Kim Jong-un.
From 2016 to 2019, Ri worked as the deputy director for Latin American affairs at the ministry’s headquarters in Pyongyang before returning to Cuba as a counselor.
Despite his elite status and accolades from Kim Jong-un, Ri said, “In fact, North Koreans yearn for reunification even more than South Koreans. Everyone believes that reunification is the only way for their children to have a better future. Today, the Kim Jong-un regime has brutally extinguished even the slightest hope left among the people.”
Kim Jong-un declared late last year that North and South Korea are in a hostile relationship, stating, “There is no possibility of reunification.”
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North Korean Diplomat Defects to the South, Shares News of Political Purge
Ri Il-kyu, who fled to South Korea late last year, alleged that two North Korean officials who had been assigned to negotiate with the Trump administration had been punished.