OMC eleva previsão de crescimento do comércio mundial de mercadorias

O comércio mundial de mercadorias resiste melhor de que o previsto à crise no Oriente Médio, graças em parte, ao boom dos investimentos em inteligência artificial. Diante desse cenário, a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) revisou para cima, nesta quinta-feira (08), sua previsão de crescimento. Os economistas da Organização Mundial do Comércio preveem agora uma expansão […]

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Racionamento de energia gera protestos na Venezuela

“Queremos luz! Queremos luz!”, o grito dos manifestantes é acompanhado pela queima de pneus, fumaça e pelo barulho das panelas, que ressoa todas as noites nos bairros e nas rodovias da Venezuela, onde aumentam os protestos contra o racionamento de energia. A crise de demanda ocorre em um momento em que o país precisa de […]

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Oil surges, stocks sink as US reportedly eyes new Iran strikes

Oil prices soared more than five percent Thursday following reports that the United States could launch fresh attacks on Iran before next month’s midterm elections, risking further supply disruptions. Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied to $105.48 a barrel before paring gains. The main US contract, West Texas Intermediate, reached as high as […]

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Woman in botched US execution walking, mentally ‘foggy’: lawyer

The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally “foggy,” her lawyer said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Pike, 50, had been considered brain dead following two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital last Wednesday that failed to kill her. Doctors had been planning to […]

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Woman in botched US execution walking, mentally ‘foggy’: lawyer

The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally “foggy,” her lawyer said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Pike, 50, had been considered brain dead following two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital last Wednesday that failed to kill her. Doctors had been planning to […]

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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins ‘crazy’ Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek  mythology and antiquity that have inspired new forms of contemporary writing, the Swedish Academy said. The 76-year-old — who announced in 2024 that she has Parkinson’s disease — was honoured “for her bold and inventive […]

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Auto erfasst Mopeds in Brandenburg: Vier Tote 14 bis 19 Jahre alt

Bei dem schweren Verkehrsunfall im brandenburgischen Landkreis Barnim am Mittwochabend sind vier Mopedfahrer im Alter von 14 bis 19 Jahren ums Leben gekommen. Wie die Polizei in Frankfurt an der Oder am Donnerstag mitteilte, starben drei Mopedfahrer im Alter von 15, 16 und 19 Jahren sowie eine 14-jährige Mitfahrerin. Sie wurden demnach am Mittwochabend in der […]

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“Gute Atmosphäre” aber keine Details: Koalitionsausschuss lässt Fragen offen

Gespräche in “guter Atmosphäre” – aber ohne konkrete Ergebnisse: Der mit Spannung erwartete Koalitionsausschuss hat viele Fragen offen gelassen. Im Anschluss an das Treffen am Mittwochabend wurde lediglich eine Textnachricht der Fraktionschefs von Union und SPD bekannt, in der sie sich zu den Zielen der geplanten Reformen bekannten und sich entschlossen zeigten, das Land “nicht […]

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Mögliche Raubkatze nahe München: Suche nach Puma zunächst ergebnislos

Bei der Suche nach einer möglichen Großkatze im bayerischen Landkreis Erding hat die Polizei zunächst keine nennenswerten Spuren gefunden. Wie die Beamten am Donnerstag mitteilten, gab es keine Anzeichen für eine Raubkatze in einem betroffenen Naturschutzgebiet in Oberding. Weder hinterlassene Beutetiere noch Exkremente oder Laufspuren seien entdeckt worden. Die Suche nahe dem Münchner Flughafen war […]

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