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The 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) is officially scheduled to end this Friday (12), when a text covering the agreements reached by the participating countries is expected. However, the expectation of experts heard by the CNN is that there is an extension of the debates to trim the last edges of themes […]

Even criticized for the lack of climate ambition, the Brazilian government committed itself, in the COP26, with targets to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. The country intends to cut it by 50% by 2030 and neutralize it by 2050 – a calculation that is still unclear and does not surpass what had been signed […]

American gymnast Suni Lee, Olympic gold medal winner and first American of Hmong descent to compete in the Olympics, said she was pepper sprayed in a racist incident while in Los Angeles for the season of “Dancing with the Stars ”. Lee was hoping for a ride after going out at night with a group […]

A military court in Myanmar sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison, his lawyer said on Friday (12). Fenster, 37, has been detained in Myanmar for more than five months. He has been denied bail and has been held in Insein Prison, in the country’s largest city, Yangon, since 24 May. At […]

The Netherlands will impose Western Europe’s first partial lockdown since the continent’s summer this weekend, in an attempt to curb the rise in Covid-19 cases, state agency NOS reported on Friday (12). Bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses will be sentenced to close at 7pm for at least three weeks from this Saturday (13th). People will […]

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has apologized to a UK court for forgetting emails she exchanged with an aide who was in contact with the authors of an unauthorized biography about her and Prince Harry, according to the UK state agency . She added that she had “no intention of deceiving” the judiciary. The Sussex […]

In the United States, the federal appeals court granted, on Thursday (11), the request of former President Donald Trump to stop the release of important records of the White House, during his presidency, to the House committee that investigates the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Three judges on the US Court of […]

The theme of the day at COP26, in Glasgow, this Thursday (11) was the role of cities and local communities in containing climate change. The representative of Brazil at the conference was the governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo). At the event, he announced the mapping of emissions and carbon capture in the production […]

With just over 24 hours before the COP26 climate summit ends, almost everything is ready. A new version of the draft agreement text is expected to be published sometime later this Thursday night (11), but COP26 President Alok Sharma has made it clear that the talks are far from over — so don’t be surprised […]

Germany’s capital, Berlin, will ban unvaccinated people from restaurants, bars, cinemas and other entertainment venues starting next Monday (15), as the country faces its biggest increase in Covid-19 cases in the pandemic . Health officials reported 50,196 new cases this Thursday (11), the fourth day in a row that Germany broke its record for new […]