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The third sector of Social Action conducted 47 million interventions in 2023 and its action in economic terms, accounts for 1.44% of GDP-with economic revenues slightly above 19,000 million euros per year–, according to The Barometer of the Third Sector of Social Action (TSAS), presented by the Social Action NGO platform at the headquarters of the Eleven Foundation of Madrid. Among other data, the document reveals that the sector has more than 600,000 salaried people; That 7 out of 10 are women and more than 70% have university studies, and that there are about 1.5 million volunteers. The barometer is…

A small plane carrying 6 crashes in Philadelphia. It was a medical plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the US city of Philadelphia on Friday. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company that operated the plane, said its aircraft was carrying six people. The plane crashed near shopping mall in a residential area. That included four crew members, one child medical patient and the patient’s mother on board. There is no confirmation that any survived, the company said. Small plane carrying 6 crashes in Philadelphia All six people on the plane were Mexican nationals, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said. The ministry added on…

Moment BMW driver smashes into man who flips and lands in backseat of convertible. The victim’s shoe was sent flying into the air in Shropshire. BMW driver smashes into man who flips and lands in backseat of convertible Ahmed Lal was driving his friend’s BMW M4 at speeds of 68mph along Watling Street in Wellington, Shropshire, when he struck the pedestrian crossing the road. The victim was left with a fractured pelvic bone, fractured left foot and fractured hip, as well as significant bruising to his chest and left eye. When officers arrived at the scene on 18 June, 2023, Lal…

Israel to free 183 Palestinians on Saturday in the fourth prisoner exchange under the Gaza ceasefire deal, a Palestinian advocacy group said, more than doubling the previous reported figure. Israel to free 183 Palestinians The advocacy group published two separate lists of names due for release on Saturday. The first comprised 72 prisoners arrested before Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. A second list of Palestinian hostages to be freed contained 111 names of Gazans detained after the attack that sparked the war in the Palestine. Since the truce took effect on 19 January, Hamas has released 15 Israeli…

France captain Antoine Dupont lived up to expectations as the mercurial scrumhalf made his Six Nations comeback in style to lead France to a 43-0 crushing of Wales in this year’s curtain riser on Friday. Antoine Dupont marked his return to Six Nations duty in stunning style as he underlined his billing as the ultimate all-round rugby player by helping France to a crushing 43-0 victory over Wales in Paris on Friday. Dupont missed last year’s championship as he battled for a place on France’s rugby sevens squad for the Paris Olympics. Needless to say, he made the side and…

In tonight’s edition, calm returns to the DRC’s eastern city of Goma while M23 is advancing south.  Also, the Southern African Development Community held a special meeting in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. And in Kenya, it’s time to fight back after a surge in violence against women. Congo's army slows M23 rebel's southern march

London nightlife takes another beating after luxury flats put iconic venue at risk A ‘hallmark’ night time venue with views over London may be forced to close as a block of luxury flats is set to be built. Netil360 in London Fields, Hackney, has been warned its views of central London could be spoilt by plans to build the six-storey development just a street away. It will be built directly south of the bar and nightclub, where Bocking Street meets Mare Street. Netil360 said the plans could ‘put two of east London’s hallmark venues at risk as well as the…

Hamas and Israel will conduct their next hostage-prisoner swap as part of the Gaza ceasefire on Saturday, with three Israelis to be released in exchange for 183 Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Three Israeli hostages set for release in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners

A total of 422 million euros. This is the figure that Aragon would stop receiving with the elimination of the criteria of depopulation and orography within the framework of autonomous financing. Of this amount, about 320.9 million euros would correspond to the orography, while 101.1 million euros would be for depopulation. They are the initial calculations that have been made in the Department of Finance after yesterday a document was received from the central government in which the absence of sufficient consensus to contemplate these two criteria is aimed to contemplate these two criteria -Despoblation and Orography-, In regional financing.…

How to spend a day in Paris on a budget; well, yes, lots of people will want to do see Paris even on a budget, and that is one 2025 best travel hacks; airlines, and travel partners are catering for budget travellers, so don’t over cook your holidays, just set a budget and travel. Best of all, just because it’s on a budget, does not imply that you will have a crap time, it just means you won’t be wasting all your money, on getting to the city. Paris is one of the great cities, it is without doubt the…