Erster öffentlicher Auftritt seit elf Monaten: Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Machado in Oslo

Erster öffentlicher Auftritt seit elf Monaten: Die Friedensnobelpreisträgerin und venezolanische Oppositionspolitikerin María Corina Machado hat in Oslo Unterstützer begrüßt. Sie winkte am Donnerstag einige Minuten lang vom Balkon des Grand Hotels Dutzenden jubelnden Anhängern zu, die sich vor dem Gebäude versammelten. In dem Hotel übernachten Preisträger üblicherweise. Machado lebt seit der umstrittenen Wiederwahl des linksnationalistischen […]

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US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories

The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice. The proposal laid out in a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Britain, […]

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Acordo Mercosul-UE será ‘chave’ para ambos os blocos, diz chanceler do Uruguai

A assinatura do acordo entre o Mercosul e a União Europeia (UE), prevista para 20 de dezembro, no Brasil, será “chave” para ambos os blocos, e um outro cenário seria “muito negativo”, disse nesta quarta-feira (10) à AFP o ministro das Relações Exteriores do Uruguai, Mario Lubetkin. Confiante na concretização do acordo de livre-comércio após […]

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Fed reduz juros nos EUA em 0,25% pela terceira vez consecutiva

O Federal Reserve (Fed, banco central) dos Estados Unidos cortou, com divisão de opiniões, a taxa básica de juros em 0,25%, pela terceira vez consecutiva, por preocupações com o mercado de trabalho. O novo corte deixa a taxa de juros na faixa entre 3,50% e 3,75%, em linha com as expectativas do mercado. Em uma […]

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Not lovin’ it: McDonald’s pulls Dutch AI Christmas ad

Burger chain McDonald’s said on Wednesday it had removed an AI-generated Christmas advertisement in the Netherlands after it was criticized online. The advert, titled “the most terrible time of the year,” depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden Dutch cyclist slipping in the snow. The message: retreat to a […]

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Ukraine sends US new plan to end the war as Trump blasts Europe

Ukraine has sent Washington an updated plan for ending Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian officials told AFP Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump laid into European leaders in the latest sign of a growing transatlantic rift. A first US plan that involved Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured was seen by Kyiv and its European […]

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On Venezuela, how far will Trump go?

President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of US troops to the Caribbean and warned of strikes on Venezuelan soil. On Wednesday, Trump announced the seizure of an oil tanker in enforcement of unilateral US sanctions. How far could Trump go, and what would be the result?- What is the movitation? -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a […]

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US seized ‘very large’ tanker near Venezuela, Trump says

The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, which Caracas deemed a ‘blatant theft’ amid escalating tensions between the countries. The move comes during a huge US naval build-up in the Caribbean, which Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro says is aimed at regime change, […]

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Copom mantém taxa Selic em 15%

O Comitê de Política Monetária (Copom) do Banco Central do Brasil manteve nesta quarta-feira (10) a taxa básica de juros em 15%, em uma tentativa de conter a inflação no país, cuja economia mostra sinais de desaceleração. Com a decisão de hoje, a taxa Selic permanece em seu nível mais elevado desde julho de 2006, […]

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