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Rio Records Hottest Day of the Year, at over 52ºC Real-Feel Temperature

The city of Rio de Janeiro recorded on Thursday, January 30th, the highest temperature of the year this summer. The...

January 31, 2020

Dead Monkeys with Yellow Fever on the Rise in Paraná State

The southern region recorded the first case of the disease in humans in 2020.

January 31, 2020

Top Brazil Investors Call for End to Interest Rate Cuts

Rogerio Xavier and Luis Stuhlberger, who manage a combined US$21 billion (R$84 billion) at two of Brazil’s biggest hedge funds,...

January 31, 2020

China’s Coronavirus Could Boost Brazilian Meat Exports, CEOs say

Brazil’s largest meatpackers JBS SA and BRF SA said on Wednesday, January 29th, that the coronavirus outbreak could help boost...

January 31, 2020

Bolsonaro Announces R$892 Million Funding to Assist Rain-Affected Municipalities

President Jair Bolsonaro announced yesterday, January 30th, the release of R$892 million in federal funds for infrastructure reconstruction efforts in...

January 31, 2020

Carbon-neutral Kerosene Made from Water Could Stop ‘Shame of Flying’

German scientists and business leaders are developing a project to create what they hope will be the first viable market...

January 31, 2020

WHO Declares Global Health Emergency Against Uncontrollable Coronavirus Spread

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee decided yesterday afternoon, January 30th, in Geneva to...

January 31, 2020

Vaccine Developed in US Could Prevent Spread of Coronavirus

US scientists are working to develop a vaccine that could block the coronavirus which has so far infected nearly 8,000...

January 31, 2020

In Minas Tragedy, Administrative Neglect Meets Climate Change Effects

There was no shortage of announcements. Since last week, meteorologists were predicting heavy downpours for Belo Horizonte and the metropolitan...

January 30, 2020