A Comissão Europeia iniciou nesta quarta-feira (3) o processo de ratificação do acordo comercial com os países do Mercosul, que enfrenta a relutância da França e terá que ser aprovado pelos 27 países do bloco e pelo Parlamento Europeu. O Executivo europeu validou o acordo comercial com o bloco sul-americano e prometeu garantias “sólidas” para […]
Read MoreThe stars of “Downton Abbey” walked the red carpet in London Wednesday for one last time as the hugely successful English country house saga finally comes to an end. Much of the original cast, including Hugh Bonneville, a pregnant Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter and Phyllis Logan, turned out for the world premiere of “Downton Abbey: […]
Read MoreO acordo de livre comércio com o Mercosul, cujo processo de ratificação foi iniciado pela União Europeia (UE) nesta quarta-feira (3), promete abrir um pouco mais o mercado europeu aos produtos latino-americanos, uma perspectiva que alarma os agricultores da Europa, especialmente na França. Este acordo “nunca foi tão prejudicial para os agricultores, comunidades rurais e […]
Read MoreThe Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing that authorities said killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a political rally in southwestern Pakistan. The claim for Tuesday’s attack in Quetta, capital of restive Balochistan province, was made through the group’s propaganda arm. Balochistan interior minister Hamza Shafqat gave an updated death […]
Read MoreIsrael estimates that its imminent offensive on Gaza City would displace one million Palestinians, a senior military official said Wednesday, as Gaza’s civil defence reported dozens killed across the territory. In Jerusalem, meanwhile, hundreds of Israeli protestors took to the streets to call for a truce and hostage release deal after nearly two years of […]
Read MoreKaouther Ben Hania, whose movie about Gaza was the talk of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, is a Franco-Tunisian director who blurs the boundaries of reality with her hard-hitting works. One of a new generation of filmmakers from Tunisia bringing social and political issues to the screen, the 48-year-old was the first director to […]
Read MoreThe Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday an agreement to perform in Saudi Arabia and provide artistic training in the oil-rich kingdom as it works to shore up a creaky financial outlook. The prestigious cultural institution, which received a Moody’s credit downgrade just days ago, will travel to Riyadh for five years to perform […]
Read MoreA dealer dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs that killed “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, when she appeared in a California court on Wednesday. Jasveen Sangha could face over six decades in prison after admitting to a bevy of charges, including one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily […]
Read MoreA gut-wrenching new film about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year was given a 23-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the star-studded Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. “The Voice of Hind Rajab”, a docu-drama about real events from January 2024, left much of the audience and many journalists sobbing as […]
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