This year’s presidential elections in Iran will represent a major break with the electoral pattern of the past two decades in the country. Given the…
Israel returns to attack Gaza in response to incendiary balloons – 6/17/2021 – world
The Israeli army returned to attack the Gaza Strip on Thursday (17) after the launch of incendiary balloons, in a further escalation of tensions in…
As variants spread, Portugal imposes traffic restrictions on Lisbon – 06/17/2021 – World
In an attempt to contain the spread of the Delta variant, the most transmissible strain of the novel coronavirus first identified in India, the Portuguese…
Kaunda, former president of Zambia and one of Africa’s last founding fathers, dies at 97 – 6/17/2021 – World
Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia and one of Africa’s last “founding fathers”, died on Thursday (17) at the age of 97. He had been…
Famous on the Internet, comics about science, the Cientirinhas, become a book – 06/17/2021 – Science
Disseminating science is an art, and seldom is it as demonstrable as it is in the case of Marco Merlin and his Little Scientists, who…
US House approves end of authorization for presidents to declare war
The United States House on Thursday (17) approved the revocation of the authorization given to the White House in 2002 for presidents to initiate military…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed action against Obamacare
For the third time, the United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling that upholds in practice the health care law passed under the administration…
Peru among the bad choices, yesterday and today – Sylvia Colombo
“Perhaps the fate of Peru is still to choose between two misfortunes”. No, the sentence was not said in this Peruvian electoral process, in 2021,…
With 500 agents, the Hong Kong police invade the editorial staff of the Pro-Democracy newspaper – 06/17/2021 – Worldwide
Five hundred Hong Kong police officers raided the newsroom of pro-democracy Apple Daily on Thursday and searched journalists’ computers in an operation that officials said…
NATO fighters intercept Russian planes in Baltic sea during tense week; watch videos – 06/17/2021 – World
In the midst of a tense week in relations between the West and Russia, Moscow has stepped up the routine of sending military planes to…