Former Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Dilma Rousseff (PT) defend science in video broadcast during the inauguration of Renato Janine Ribeiro as the new president of the SBPC (Brazilian Society for Progress) of Science ). The professor of political philosophy and ethics at the USP and former education … Read more
“Now that China has embarked on a new journey to build a modern socialist country, the development of Tibet is also at a new historical starting point,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping told residents of Lhasa city, the Tibetan capital, this Friday (23). Without official announcement, Xi arrived in Tibet on Wednesday (21), making the first … Read more
An investigation by the US newspaper The Washington Post indicated that despite the closure of thousands of educational institutions during the pandemic, the United States has recorded 14 school shootings during school hours since January this year, the most high in this period for at least 22 years. “Apart from the dead and injured, children … Read more
Egyptian President Anuar Sadat was shaping history when he landed in Israel on November 19, 1977. He ended the feud responsible for four bloody wars and became the first Arab leader to visit the former enemy. “My heart was pounding as I watched him come down the stairs [do avião]. He looked so serene and … Read more
100 years ago, on July 23, 1921, 12 of the approximately 50 members of the Chinese Communist Party gathered in Shanghai for the Party’s First National Congress – an episode which is considered by experts to be the actual founding date of the Party. acronym that has ruled China for 100 years, seven decades. And … Read more
In my fantasy, the sparrow, a typical thrush from this region of France, flew in a gust with the evening and the cries coming from the train. “Madam, wearing a mask is compulsory… put it on, if you like,” I began, in English. The lady in question, slender and downright emaciated, her thick-lensed glasses hanging … Read more
The delta variant, first identified in India, has become dominant in Europe, the European section of the WHO (World Health Organization) and ECDC (European Center for Disease Control) announced on Friday (23). ). The mutant, whose contagion capacity is double that of Sars-Cov-2, “is spreading rapidly across the continent and has already reached all countries,” … Read more
In a climate of instability and several unanswered questions about the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, the coffin containing the body of the President of Haiti was carried by an entourage of men in military uniform to Cap-Haitien, where he was born and will be buried this Friday (23), more than two weeks after his death. … Read more
If last Tuesday (20) it was 52 years since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, it was also on that day that Jeff Bezos flew into space with his own commercial spaceship. Days earlier, another billionaire, Richard Branson, had done the same thing, with some technical differences in the trip. In times of Covid-19 … Read more
The British government announced on Friday (23) that more than 10,000 food workers will be exempt from quarantine if they come into contact with someone infected with the coronavirus. Read more (07/23/2021 – 9:13 am)