NASA discovers warm water waves in the Pacific Ocean
The images show Kelvin waves about 5 to 10 centimeters high and hundreds of kilometers wide at the ocean surface,...
May 24, 2023Section
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24-eyed poisonous jellyfish discovered in China
A team led by the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) first discovered the new marine species in a lagoon in...
May 24, 2023
Japan’s real wages drop the most in 8 years as inflation hits
Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages saw the biggest drop in eight years in fiscal 2022, government data showed Tuesday (23), highlighting...
May 23, 2023
India and Brazil agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, agreed to strengthen...
May 22, 2023
Venezuela and Iran ratify cooperation against U.S. sanctions
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, spoke today with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on matters related
May 22, 2023
Yuan depreciates and passes a key threshold; a new warning for the Chinese economy
On Wednesday, the yuan depreciated to pass a key threshold of 7 units to the US dollar, the first time...
May 17, 2023
Brazil lags behind Uzbekistan and Kosovo in a reading assessment for elementary school students
Data from the global assessment PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) released on Tuesday, 16, show Brazil ahead
May 16, 2023
China to send special envoys to Ukraine and Russia as of Monday
Starting Monday, China will send special envoys to Ukraine, Russia, and other European nations as Beijing redoubles its efforts to...
May 16, 2023
How China has become the new mediator in global geopolitics
By Fábio Galão Assuming a role that used to belong to the United States, China has increasingly sought to exert...
May 9, 2023