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Brazil's new energy minister wants studies on Petrobras privatization
This photo released by Petrobras shows an aerial view of an oil platform in Rio de Janeiro, in this 2007 photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams.(AP Photo/Petrobras)hg3
AP / Petrobras
2022-05-12, Reuters
SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's newly appointed mines and energy minister, Adolfo Sachsida, said on Wednesday he will request studies on Petrobras'...
Brazil: Armed Forces Should Not Count Votes
President of the Republic Jair Bolsonaro, receives Military Honors where he is honored with a salvo of 21 shots
Creative Commons / Palácio do Planalto
2022-04-29, Human Rights Watch
(Sao Paulo) – Brazil’s Armed Forces should not set up a parallel system for counting votes in the upcoming presidential election as President Jair Bolsonaro wants....
Freefalling yen a soaring global risk
Japanese Yen bills in 1000 notes. Taken on May 2014.
WN / Tayco
2022-04-26, Asiatimes
TOKYO – Could the Japanese yen’s 12% decline this year be an even bigger threat to global markets than inflation, Federal Reserve tightening and war in Ukraine? A month...
An ancient founder mutation located between ROBO1 and ROBO2 is responsible for increased microtia risk ...2022-05-18
PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022. ......
Gas distributors to help expand Brazil biogas supply (Argus Media Limited)2022-05-18
Public Technologies: ) Brazilian biogas producers and piped gas distributors are joining efforts to find ways to develop more biomethane supply and overcome obstacles to agreements with local distributors. Brazilian piped gas distributors association Abegás and Brazilian biogas...
Animal lovers on mission to protect Sao Paulo’s capybaras from urban waste2022-05-18
La Prensa Latina: By Carlos Meneses Sao Paulo, May 18 (EFE).- A group of animal lovers have assumed the role of guardians of dozens of capybaras that live on the banks of the Pinheiros River in this southeastern Brazilian metropolis. Their mission: to protect these semi-aquatic...
Ceres Probably Formed Farther out in the Solar System and Migrated Inward2022-05-18
Universe Today: When Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers didn’t know about asteroids at that time. Now we know there’s an enormous quantity of them, primarily residing in the main asteroid belt between...
Prominent Indigenous Art Curator Sandra Benites Quits One of Brazil’s Top Museums Amid Accusations of Censorship (artnet AG)2022-05-18
Public Technologies: ) Museums Prominent IndigenousArtCuratorSandra Benites Quits One of Brazil's Top Museums Amid Accusations of Censorship The controversy surrounds photographs of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), a left-leaning agricultural movement. Dorian Batycka, May...
COVID is rising in the Americas, virus 'not going away anytime soon' -PAHO2022-05-18
Reuters: SAO PAULO, May 18 (Reuters) - COVID-19 is on the rise again in the Americas as many countries have abandoned measures like masking and social distancing and many lag in vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Cases in...
COVID is rising in the Americas, virus ‘not going away anytime soon’ -PAHO2022-05-18
Metro USA: SAO PAULO (Reuters) -COVID-19 is on the rise again in the Americas as many countries have abandoned measures like masking and social distancing and many lag in vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Cases in the...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro accuses top court judge of abusing power2022-05-18
The Associated Press: BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — More than 20 would-be hackers gathered in the Brazilian electoral authority’s headquarters in the capital this week. Their mission: infiltrate the nation’s voting system ahead of a hotly anticipated race in October. Their 3-day battery...
Mastercard launches facial-recognition system with Brazil pilot2022-05-18
Business Day: Mastercard has begun to test a biometric payment system for brick-and-mortar stores, using facial recognition rather than contactless cards, smartphones or memorable PINs. The company said its Biometric Checkout Program would let a shopper scan their face...
Dit is de nieuwe offici�le F1-kalender voor de rest van het seizoen2022-05-18
GP Blog: De Formule 1 leek dit seizoen met 23 races op een record af te stevenen, maar de sport zal dit jaar slechts het totaal van vorig jaar van 22 raceweekenden evenaren. Eind februari, tijdens de wintertests, bevestigde de Formule 1 de annulering van het evenement...
Brazil: LGBTQ+ groups protest against president Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo2022-05-18
Ruptly: Hundreds of LGBT persons and supporters marched through the streets of Sao Paulo to...
End of Brazil’s rate hike cycle still depends on data, cenbank says2022-05-18
FX Empire: SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank director BrunoSerra said on Wednesday that although he hoped the country’s interest rate-hiking cycle was nearing its end, that would still depend on data, as bringing inflation to the target was set to be a long...
COVID-19 cases in the Americas surge, driven by the U.S., PAHO says2022-05-18
Metro USA: SAO PAULO (Reuters) – COVID-19 cases in the Americas surged 27.2% last week from...
End of Brazil's rate hike cycle still depending on data, cenbank says2022-05-18
Reuters: SAO PAULO, May 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank director BrunoSerra said on Wednesday that although...