Author: The Brasilians NewsPaper
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Wildfires Cause Destruction and Death in Hawaii
Emergency teams continue to search for survivors this Thursday (10) on the island of Maui, Hawaii, where wildfires fueled in part by the winds of a distant hurricane have already claimed at least 36 lives. The fire, one of the deadliest in the United States in decades, forced Maui authorities to evacuate 11,000 tourists, the…
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Why Vacation Days Are Disappearing in the U.S.
August is the official vacation month in the United States. And although Instagram gives us the impression that everyone is traveling this summer, it’s not quite like that. It’s alarming how few vacation days Americans take. According to a report from The Washington Post, American workers are taking fewer vacation days than ever. Official data…
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The Era of Cheap Streaming Is Coming to an End
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in Arts & Culture, Brazil, Business, Economy, Entertainment, Geral, In Focus, Inside, TV, United States, Video, WorldDisney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company will increase Disney+ prices for the second time in less than a year. The monthly cost of the ad-free plan will rise by $3 to $13.99 in October. Hulu, in which Disney has a majority stake, will also raise the monthly cost of its ad-free subscription by…
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Anitta Nominated for ‘Best Latina’ for the Second Consecutive Year at the VMA
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MTV announced the nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) 2023, the main award for music videos. Brazilian singer Anitta has received another nomination in the ‘Best Latina’ category for the music video of ‘Funk Rave’. She is competing against Shakira, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, and Karol G. This is not the first time that…
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Supreme Court Allows Federal Regulation of Homemade Firearms
On Tuesday (8), the Supreme Court of the United States temporarily revived the Biden administration’s regulation on so-called “ghost guns” – kits for assembling untraceable homemade firearms that can be purchased online. In defending the rule, government officials stated that the popularity of these weapons has increased in recent years, particularly among criminals who are…
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Massachusetts Declares State of Emergency in Response to Increase in Immigrants
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency on Tuesday (8) in response to the rising number of immigrants arriving in the state. With Healey’s declaration comes an “urgent and formal appeal” to the federal government to help expedite work authorization for newly arrived immigrants. About 5,600 families with children are living in state-funded…
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Pill for Postpartum Depression Approved by FDA
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill specifically to treat postpartum depression, a potentially fatal condition that affects hundreds of thousands of new parents in the United States each year. The manufacturers Sage Therapeutics and Biogen Inc. say that the drug, Zurzuvae (zuranolone), will be commercially available in the fourth quarter of this…
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DeSantis’ Policy: People, Events, and Businesses Are Leaving Florida
One thing is true: in a war, there are casualties. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ “woke war” is no exception. DeSantis, who promises that if elected president, he will make the United States more like Florida, has been promoting a wave of extremist legislation in his state. He has restricted academic freedom and banned diversity and…
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Drex: Understand What It Is and How the Digital Real Will Work
The virtual version of the real took another step towards implementation on Monday (7). The Central Bank (BC) announced that the Brazilian digital currency will be called Drex. With the platform in the testing phase since March and the first simulated operations scheduled for September, the digital real aims to expand business possibilities and stimulate…
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American Credit Card Debt Hits Record $1 Trillion
American credit card debt has just reached a new and undesirable milestone: for the first time, it exceeds $1 trillion, according to data released on Tuesday (8) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. During the second quarter, credit card balances surged by $45 billion, or nearly 4.6%, to $1.03 trillion, according to the…