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New Zealand Covid vaccination campaign turns into drama, doctors sound alarm in open letter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The vaccination campaign in New Zealand is turning into a major drama. There is "a shockingly large burden of...
Brazil should surpass pre-pandemic levels of international tourism by 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new GlobalData study, an analysis and consulting firm based in England, while the rest of the world should...
Sri Lanka sinks into chaos – Russia supplies urgently needed crude oil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Government mismanagement, corruption, nepotism, and the critical global economic situation resulting from the Covid lockdowns and the consequences of...
Commodity prices at a glance – May 30
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the new geopolitical situation in the world, the unprecedented sanctions frenzy, and the possibility of more global events,...
India plans even more food export restrictions – wheat, sugar and now rice? Food crisis continues to worsen
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Recently, New Delhi announced that it would significantly restrict wheat export. The reason for this is a persistent drought,...
Musk’s Starlink interested in offering Internet on flights in Brazil, according to Anatel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following the trip to Brazil by billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, Starlink, and SpaceX, the president of the...
Paraguay endorses cryptocurrency management regulatory project
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's Congress approved a draft regulation on the mining and commercialization of cryptocurrencies in the country, despite the opposition...
Brazil: Bolsonaro celebrates economic partnership with Russia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to Twitter on Monday, May 30, to celebrate the continuity of Russian fertilizer supplies...
Ironman Brasil for the first time with Brazilian double victory
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian triathlon made history this Sunday. For the first time in its 20 editions, all held at Jurerê...
59% of Brazilians oppose decriminalization of abortion -poll
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A PoderData poll conducted May 22-24, 2022, shows that 59% of the Brazilian population opposes the possible decriminalization of...
Study in 169 countries suggests, Covid measures had no significant effect anywhere
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a significant meta-study, two scientists from the Universities of Bern (Switzerland) and Oxford (UK) examined the effects of...
Documentary: With ports in the West blocked, Russia opens new trade routes through the Arctic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While the West blocks seaports for Russian ships, a unique alternative has risen. The Northern sea route runs 8,700...
New study suggests, Covid mRNA vaccination hinders formation of antibodies and impairs immune system
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It's a study with a potential explosive power that the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Moderna published as...
Analysis: Consequences of Covid-19 vaccine policy – why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new analysis in the British Medical Journal BMJ by Kevin Bardosh et al. is well written and summarizes...