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Russian royal jewelry smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, along with rare-colored diamonds, will be up for auction next week in Geneva, Switzerland, in search of collectors willing to pay high prices for the rarities. A pink-orange diamond weighing 25.62 carats, estimated at 3.6 million to 5.38 million Swiss francs (more than […]

The gap between the impacts of the climate crisis and global adaptation efforts is widening, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The annual report on the “adaptation gap”, released on Thursday (4) on the sidelines of the COP26 summit on climate change in Glasgow, found that the estimated costs […]

Workers and guests at a hotel in Mexico, considered popular with American tourists, experienced moments of chaos this Thursday (4), amid reports of gunfire in the vicinity. According to local authorities, a clash between drug traffickers culminated in two deaths on a beach near the hotel in the Cancun region. “There was a confrontation between […]

Few issues are more important to Beijing than food security. For centuries, governments have faced the challenge of feeding a large and expanding population. Droughts, floods and famines feature prominently throughout China’s history – and rebellions launched by hungry peasants toppled several imperial dynasties. But the government’s latest attempt to ward off price and supply […]

Russia reported 40,735 new Covid-19 cases and 1,192 virus-related deaths on Friday (5), as authorities battle a wave of the disease that has forced them to re-impose a partial blockade across the country. The numbers were close to the country’s record of 40,993 cases, recorded on Oct. 31, and 1,195 deaths, reported on Thursday (4). […]

Europe is facing a potentially devastating winter, which could lead half a million people to die from Covid-19, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday (4), when it issued a warning about an increase in cases and lamented the failures of vaccination in certain areas of the continent. Much of Europe is battling spikes […]

Raise the voice of young people and demonstrate the critical role of public empowerment and education in climate action. These will be the focus of the fifth day of the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), held in Glasgow, Scotland, this Friday (5). At the heart of the debate, young climate experts discuss […]

A member of the Mapuche ethnic group died on Wednesday (3) in an incident with police and military forces in southern Chile. The incident took place on a road near the municipality of Tirúa, which is currently in a state of emergency decreed by the government amid the growing violence that affects the so-called Macrozona […]

The leaders and representatives present this Thursday (4) at the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) met, on the fourth day of the conference, to discuss the acceleration of the global transition to clean energy. In addition, some important announcements about the end of financing for coal and fossil fuels were made at […]

The group of Governors for Climate met with Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, this Thursday (4) during the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss investments in climate actions. Governors Renato Casagrande (PSB-ES), Eduardo Leite (PSDB-RS) and Mauro Mendes (DEM-MT) led the conversations with Charles. At the […]