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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Real Madrid the most valuable club in the world – first to cross €6 billion valuation
Real Madrid the most valuable club in the world – first to cross €6 billion valuation Real Madrid are almost synonymous with football, and it is clear that their brand is the biggest there is in the sport. The allure of playing for the Merengues is simply unparalleled and the aura they hold among fans is something special. Advertisement A combination of all these factors makes it a highly marketable club whose economic return is massive. The Merengues have been the most valuable club in the world for a while now, but that does not stop them from further improving their situation in the slightest. AS bring to light the latest update on Real Madrid's economic situation. Growing to new heights As relayed by the Spanish outlet, Real Madrid are again the most valuable club in the world according to the Annual Football Benchmark with a valuation of over €6 billion. The report also furthers that Los Blancos are now the first club in history to cross the €6 billion mark as they have now hit €6.278 billion as per the latest figures. The biggest and most valuable club in the world. (Photo by Gonzalo) The increase from last year is a staggering 23% for Los Blancos, something that is massive when put into perspective of Manchester City and Manchester United who grew by three and four percent respectively and are second and third respectively. Advertisement Real Madrid's promising growth is down to a plethora of factors, the biggest being the renovated Santiago Bernabeu stadium which has practically doubled the income on match days for the club. The club made over €1 billion in operating revenue. With bigger names and a better squad this time around, Real Madrid will look to do justice next season and progress deep, winning all competitions they step into. Before that, however, they are focused on becoming the first club to win the FIFA Club World Cup.
CBC
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Ancient Filipino script making a comeback with new generations
Ally Gonzalo is on a mission to remain connected with their homeland. The Filipino-Canadian immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2016 but is determined never to lose touch with their culture and what it means to be Filipino. Enter Baybayin. Gonzalo is Winnipeg artist and photographer who taught themself Baybayin, the ancient Filipino syllabary. "Having left my motherland I really wanted to find a way to feel more connected and so I was like, 'Well, I know I can teach myself, why don't I just familiarize myself with this writing script even more,'" Gonzalo said. A syllabary differs from a language but includes characters that represent syllables. Baybayin is thought to date back to the 1400s or earlier, before the Philippines was colonized by Spain. Gonzalo now teaches the script in workshops in Winnipeg. (Gonzalo will be holding new workshops soon. For more information message Gonzalo via their Instagram account.) Winnipegger Kat Daaca, also known as Baybayin Baby on Instagram, teaches Baybayin workshops in person and online. This evening (Thursday March 20) she is teaching a 90-minute interactive virtual course for beginners and people who already have some familiarity with the script. Register here, or for more information visit her website. Local Filipinos aren't the only people intrigued by Baybayin. The cool thing for me is that it's not a historical design. That's my personal font that I made for myself and my website, and they used it on the money. Winnipegger Paul Morrow has done extensive research on the ancient script and created his own Baybayin fonts. "Now, because of the internet … the newer generations are just more interested in it so it's coming back," said Morrow, who is not Filipino. He made his fonts available free online, and now they appear on Phillippines currency, he said. "The cool thing for me is that it's not a historical design. That's my personal font that I made for myself and my website and they used it on the money." Winnipeggers' interest in Baybayin is also now the subject of a mini-documentary by Chaira Plaga, a digital film and media student at Red River College PolyTechnic. Her four-minute documentary was made with the help of fellow students Trevor Mason and Evan Rivard. For Gonzalo, the resurgence of Baybayin is gratifying and they hope more Filipinos learn the script. "What I would say to fellow Filipino Canadians if they want to connect with their Filipino heritage, is just, 'explore Baybayin,'" Gonzalo said. "The worst thing that will happen is really you just didn't learn it in a day. I didn't learn it in a day, either."
Local Spain
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Local Spain
Spain targets men's 'deafening silence' in gender violence battle
The murder of Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman who had reported violence against her to the authorities and on television before being burned alive by her ex-husband in 1997, shocked the nation into action. Parliament ended up adopting a law that entered into force in 2005 and recognised gender-based violence as a human rights violation for the first time, inspiring other countries. The legislation laid the ground for a range of new support measures for women, including specialised courts, free legal assistance, emergency housing, prosecution even if the victim did not submit a complaint and tags keeping abusers away from the victim. It was the first law in Spain to be conceived with an explicit gender-based perspective, punishing abuse perpetrated by males against their partners or ex-partners. For lawyer and activist Altamira Gonzalo, the law stood out by aiming to "undermine the patriarchal structure of society, which is what allows and perpetuates inequality and therefore violence". It was the first European law which sought to change different areas including the health system, media, advertising and "all those aspects of life in which inequality between men and women is reflected", Gonzalo added. The measures helped bring down the number of femicides, which in 2024 dropped to a low of 48 since such records began in 2008, when 76 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner. But "there is still lots of work to do with men, and especially with young males" and "macho attitudes", said Manuela Carmena, a former judge and mayor of Madrid from 2015 to 2019. Equality Minister Ana Redondo said the scale of the problem was "enormous" and "inoculated like a virus in society" that spread on social networks. 'Deafening silence' Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recently called out fellow men for their inaction, speaking of "a silence that covers macho culture's most subtle manifestations, but also the most extreme ones". "Everywhere, this silence must end, because today it remains a deafening silence," he said at an event marking the 20th anniversary of Spain's gender-violence law. This week, the Spanish bar awarded an equality prize to Gonzalo and French lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus, who represented Gisele Pelicot in her notorious mass rape trial that generated much soul-searching in Spain. Pelicot was raped for years by her husband and dozens of men recruited by him online while sedated, and her insistence that the trial in France be made public made her a global feminist icon. "Under how much silence was the continual rape of Gisele Pelicot maintained for years? How many men knew and kept quiet?" said Sánchez. Sexual violence is "under-reported in Spain", agreed Gonzalo, a member of the national observatory against gender-based violence. Nonetheless, the ground-breaking 2005 law has allowed more than three million women to report their suffering and escape from their ordeal, the lawyer added. Spanish authorities are now widening the law's scope to include newer offences such as online and economic violence as well as "vicarious violence" -- abuse meted out to children with the aim of making the mother suffer.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Spain targets men's 'deafening silence' in gender violence battle
Feminist activists in Spain say inaction and men's silence are hindering the eradication of abuse, as the country celebrates 20 years of a pioneering law against gender-based violence. The murder of Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman who had reported violence against her to the authorities and on television before being burned alive by her ex-husband in 1997, shocked the nation into action. Parliament ended up adopting a law that entered into force in 2005 and recognised gender-based violence as a human rights violation for the first time, inspiring other countries. The legislation laid the ground for a range of new support measures for women, including specialised courts, free legal assistance, emergency housing, prosecution even if the victim did not submit a complaint and tags keeping abusers away from the victim. It was the first law in Spain to be conceived with an explicit gender-based perspective, punishing abuse perpetrated by males against their partners or ex-partners. For lawyer and activist Altamira Gonzalo, the law stood out by aiming to "undermine the patriarchal structure of society, which is what allows and perpetuates inequality and therefore violence". It was the first European law which sought to change different areas including the health system, media, advertising and "all those aspects of life in which inequality between men and women is reflected", Gonzalo added. The measures helped bring down the number of femicides, which in 2024 dropped to a low of 48 since such records began in 2008, when 76 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner. But "there is still lots of work to do with men, and especially with young males" and "macho attitudes", said Manuela Carmena, a former judge and mayor of Madrid from 2015 to 2019. Equality Minister Ana Redondo said the scale of the problem was "enormous" and "inoculated like a virus in society" that spread on social networks. - 'Deafening silence' - Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez recently called out fellow men for their inaction, speaking of "a silence that covers macho culture's most subtle manifestations, but also the most extreme ones". "Everywhere, this silence must end, because today it remains a deafening silence," he said at an event marking the 20th anniversary of Spain's gender-violence law. This week, the Spanish bar awarded an equality prize to Gonzalo and French lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus, who represented Gisele Pelicot in her notorious mass rape trial that generated much soul-searching in Spain. Pelicot was raped for years by her husband and dozens of men recruited by him online while sedated, and her insistence that the trial in France be made public made her a global feminist icon. "Under how much silence was the continual rape of Gisele Pelicot maintained for years? How many men knew and kept quiet?" said Sanchez. Sexual violence is "under-reported in Spain", agreed Gonzalo, a member of the national observatory against gender-based violence. Nonetheless, the ground-breaking 2005 law has allowed more than three million women to report their suffering and escape from their ordeal, the lawyer added. Spanish authorities are now widening the law's scope to include newer offences such as online and economic violence as well as "vicarious violence" -- abuse meted out to children with the aim of making the mother suffer. we/imm/phz
Reuters
18-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Spain's Enagas plans multibillion-euro investment in hydrogen infrastructure
Summary Companies Enagas to invest 4.04 billion euros by 2030 Hydrogen to account for 3.13 billion euros of investment Enagas also plans to diversify in ammonia and CO2 capture Expects decline in profitability this year MADRID, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Spanish gas grid operator Enagas ( opens new tab plans to invest more than 4 billion euros ($4.18 billion) by the end of the decade, with more than three quarters of that earmarked for hydrogen infrastructure. With Spanish gas demand falling, Enagas has sold assets, reduced dividends and cut debt to fund plans to diversify into managing a network of hydrogen infrastructure. It is also targeting ammonia and CO2 capture. Hydrogen will be "the driving force to advance towards the Enagas of the future", Chief Executive Arturo Gonzalo said on Tuesday. Of the planned 4.04 billion euros in net investment between 2025 and 2030, hydrogen infrastructure will account for 3.13 billion euros, Gonzalo told analysts as he presented the company's strategic update. Enagas, in which the state owns a 5% stake, is part of a consortium working on the planned trans-European H2Med corridor aimed at connecting Iberia's hydrogen networks with northwest Europe. It also plans to build a hydrogen network in Spain. The company expects to invest 520 million euros in gas networks and a further 225 million euros in a new company, Scale Green Energy, focused on infrastructure and services in businesses such as CO2 capture. The company expects core profit of about 875 million euros in 2030. The hydrogen business is expected to contribute about 290 million euros, with its other gas business contributing 400 million euros. This year's core profit is forecast to fall to 670 million euros from 760.7 million euros last year, the company said, with net debt remaining around 2.4 billion euros. ($1 = 0.9561 euros)
