The Argentine government has decided to extend the closure of air and land borders with Brazil until at least March 12. The previous decree provided for their reopening on Monday (29), but the health authorities considered it necessary to maintain the blockade and a 50% reduction in flights between the two countries. Argentina is also … Read more
At least 18 demonstrators died and several were wounded on Sunday (28) in Myanmar, during actions by security forces which violently dispersed several acts, on the most violent day of the demonstrations against the military coup of February 1 . Myanmar has been in chaos since the military seized power and arrested elected head of … Read more
The main Kremlin opponent, Alexei Navalni, arrived on Sunday (28) in an area 200 kilometers east of Moscow to enter a penal colony where he will serve his sentence, Russian news agency RIA reported. According to the secretary general of the Moscow Public Surveillance Commission, Alexei Melnikov, Navalni will be quarantined before being transferred to … Read more
Police arrested 14 people this Saturday (27) in Barcelona on another night of unrest and vandalism in the Spanish city, after a demonstration against the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, arrested for criticizing the monarchy. The protest was one of the most violent since the rapper’s arrest on February 16: protesters destroyed bank branches, ransacked … Read more
Brazil already has its first 100% national earth image satellite. Amazonia-1 was launched by an Indian PSLV (Polar Satellite Launcher) rocket in the early hours of the morning on Sunday (28th) and went into orbit and established communication with the team responsible for the mission at the National Institute for Space Research in São José … Read more
Rows of trucks, more expensive Scotch whiskey and rarer French cheese are some of the visible effects of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, but Brexit is causing less exposed fractures, say generation of Europeans who are now between 25 and 50 years old and call themselves “Erasmus generation”. Their career, their family, their … Read more
A second former employee of Andrew M. Cuomo, governor of New York, USA, accuses the politician of sexual harassment, the New York Times says. According to the employee’s interview with the vehicle, she was asked about her sex life, asked if she was monogamous in her relationships and also if she had ever had sex … Read more
After 367 days of the Covid epidemic, Brazil borders on 255,000 confirmed deaths from Sars-CoV-2, barring any underreporting. On Thursday (25) the country broke a record seven months ago and registered 1,582 victims – those diagnosed repeat themselves. The moving average reached 1,150 deaths per day. We have reached the worst stage of the pandemic … Read more
Folha turns 100 years old with a consolidated leadership position in the digital market. This is shown by audience data from Comscore, an American company specializing in traffic analysis, and subscriptions from IVC Brasil (Instituto Verificador de Comunicação), the two audit institutes in this market. The average monthly PV (pageviews) on Folha, which reflects the … Read more
On December 10, 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali took to the stage in the lobby of Oslo Prefecture, Norway, to receive the world’s most coveted award (with the possible exception of d ‘Oscar). “I receive this award on behalf of Africans and citizens of the world, for whom the dream of peace has … Read more