The delta variant, the most contagious version of Sars-Cov-2, could spread across mainland Europe if countries do not speed up their vaccinations and step up…
Majority of rich countries say social division has increased with pandemic – 23/06/2021 – World
The pandemic has added a dark new element to the list of grief, crisis and inequality around the world. An investigation by the Pew Research…
Russia says it fired on British military ship off Crimean coast – 23/06/2021 – World
The Russian government announced that it had fired and bombed a British destroyer off the coast of Crimea. If confirmed in full details, the incident…
Argentina: electoral coalitions and government collisions
Will the government coalition of All for All become a front of all against all? Read more (23/06/2021 – 9:30 am)
Apple Daily, from Hong Kong, prepares its latest edition – 23/06/2021 – Nelson de Sá
The tabloid Pingguo Ribao or Apple Daily is preparing a final edition to shoot in five hours, at midnight in Hong Kong, reports the headlines…
Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper announces shutdown after Chinese pressure – 23/06/2021 – world
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily will close its doors no later than Saturday, its publisher, Next Digital, said after police arrested another employee and besieged…
The week the inflationary panic died – 6/22/2021 – Paul Krugman
Remember when everyone panicked about inflation, issuing ominous warnings about the danger of stagflation like that of the 1970s? Okay, a lot of people keep…
“Science and technology create money,” says the President of FAPESP – 06/22/2021 – Science
Doctor and scientist Marco Antonio Zago, current president of FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation), has more than a decade of experience developing scientific…
FAPESP begins its 60th anniversary with a series of conferences on science and society – 06/22/2021 – Science
FAPESP (Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo) will end its 60th anniversary on May 23, 2022, and the celebrations on that date…
A pop discovery of science – 06/22/2021 – Marcelo Viana
This year I got myself the book “The Mathematics of the Periodic Table” for my birthday. The periodic table of the elements is one of…