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China has reported an outbreak of African swine fever in a pig farm on the island of Hainan, in the south of the country, said on Tuesday (9) the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), based in Paris. African swine fever is harmless to humans, but often deadly to pigs. The virus has affected pig […]

The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), stated this Tuesday (9) at COP26, in Glasgow, that Brazil has merit in the fight against climate change. He stressed, however, that the country needs to make a “mea-culpa” and recognize that illegal deforestation “alarms the world” and generates an “image crisis” for the country before the […]

Tensions are escalating along the Polish-Belarus border after Polish authorities again accused the neighboring country of helping to move migrants towards the border, and warned that thousands of additional military personnel were mobilized to respond to the clashes. In the last week-long border migration crisis, the head of the Polish border guard said groups of […]

Rapper Travis Scott will cover all funeral costs for the eight victims who died during his performance at the Astroworld Festival on Friday (5), in the United States. The information was released by a representative of the rapper and producer. The Houston-born artist — the host city of the festival — will also partner with […]

Bulgaria reported a record number of daily deaths by Covid-19 on Tuesday (8). The discharge was also registered in Ukraine, which reported 833 deaths in 24 hours. Both are among the least vaccinated countries against Covid-19 in the European Union. In Bulgaria, the last period registered 334 deaths caused by Covid-19, the highest number since […]

Bulgaria reported a record number of daily deaths by Covid-19 on Tuesday (8). The high was also registered in Ukraine and Russia, which reported 833 and 1,211 deaths in 24 hours, respectively. The three countries, which now report the highest number since the start of the pandemic, have coronavirus vaccination rates that are below the […]

In an interview with CNN Brasil, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that “the European Union is closer to Washington than to Beijing”. The diplomat also pointed out that the dispute of forces between the United States and China does not represent a new “Cold War”. “It is certain that the confrontation between […]

The British government announced, this Monday (8), an investment equivalent to nearly R$ 19 million in what will be the largest open-air laboratory in the world. The UK meteorological service will work in partnership with the National Institute for Amazonian Research on an unprecedented climate experiment. In the second phase of the so-called AmazonFACE, controlled […]

The second week of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland has begun – and things are starting to heat up. Check out what you should know below: What a ‘Glasgow Agreement’ might look like The UK COP26 presidency has released something that is strangely called a ‘non-document’, which is basically a list of things […]

In 2006, before the advent of augmented reality games like Pokémon GO, artist Mary Flanagan wanted to find a way to get random people to play together. Your solution? create a joystick 2.7-metre-tall video game camera — which reached the Guinness World Records 2022, the Book of Records as the biggest of its kind. The […]