As tarifas do Canadá sobre uma série de produtos dos Estados Unidos entraram em vigor nesta terça-feira (8), em resposta a taxas aduaneiras impostas por Washington no mês passado. As tarifas, de 15%, 25% e 50%, afetam quase 20 bilhões de dólares (102 bilhões de reais) em importações procedentes dos Estados Unidos, que incluem, por exemplo, […]
Read MorePounding surf lashing the swanky California enclave of Malibu on Tuesday opened up a giant sinkhole on the driveway of a house reportedly belonging to US actor Nicolas Cage. Aerial pictures taken by AFP show concrete and other detritus have slid into the hole on the road side of the multi-million-dollar oceanfront property. Traffic cones […]
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Gambian President Adama Barrow on Tuesday pledged to boost power supplies by next month after violent protests over blackouts that have dogged the west African country since June. The rolling power outages, which are occurring during the country’s hot season, have lasted up to 48 hours in some areas. Demonstrators in Banjul, and other nearby […]
Read MoreUm filé suculento está no caminho do presidente Lula na disputa pela reeleição. Em sua última campanha, o então candidato garantiu que poria “picanha” na mesa do “povo”, mas o preço deste corte nobre de carne bovina aumentou e a promessa voltou como um bumerangue eleitoral. Seu principal adversário nas eleições de outubro, o senador […]
Read MoreAs tarifas do Canadá sobre uma série de produtos dos Estados Unidos entraram em vigor nesta terça-feira (8), uma medida de represália pelas taxas impostas por Washington no fim de agosto, enquanto se intensifica a guerra comercial entre os dois países. As tarifas de 15%, 25% e 50% afetam quase 20 bilhões de dólares (102 bilhões […]
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Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa has died aged 89, his office said Wednesday. The former shipping tycoon was hand-picked by Beijing to run the former British colony after its return to Chinese rule in 1997, but had a rocky tenure until he stepped down in 2005. Tung “passed away peacefully in the presence […]
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Fourteen people went on trial in France on Tuesday over the death of at least 31 people in the Channel in 2021, the deadliest accident involving asylum seekers trying to reach the English coast. The trial carries particular significance because of the high death toll and the sheer number of civil parties involved, 114 in […]
Read MoreThe head of the Smithsonian Institution is set to retire, amid an unprecedented drive by President Donald Trump to reshape the treasured museum and research complex he has faulted over its presentation of American history and values. Lonnie G. Bunch III — the first Black person and first historian to serve in the role — […]
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Das Büro von Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu hat einen Bericht zurückgewiesen, wonach dieser vor dem Hamas-Angriff vom 7. Oktober 2023 von den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten gewarnt worden sein soll. “Die Presseberichte sind falsch”, teilte Netanjahus Büro am Dienstagabend mit, nachdem es zuvor schon von einer “absoluten Lüge” gesprochen hatte. Die israelische Zeitung “Haaretz” hatte berichtet, […]
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