Category: Asia
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New Pandemic? Mpox Cases Reach Nearly 100 Thousand Worldwide
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in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central America, children, Europe, Geral, Health, Inside, Men, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America, United StatesFrom January 2022 to June 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 99,176 confirmed cases of mpox, known as monkeypox, in 116 countries. During this period, 208 deaths caused by the disease were also reported. Data released on Monday (12) by the organization shows that, just in June, 934 cases were confirmed, and four deaths…
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Women’s Football in Brazil: Preparation for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup
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The Brazilian women’s football team lost the final of the Paris Olympics to the Americans and failed to bring home the long-desired gold medal. However, women’s football has gained more recognition and respect, with Brazilian players demonstrating their strength both on the field and in their dedication to the sport. The choice of Brazil as…
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Nearly 1.8 billion adults at risk of diseases due to insufficient physical activity
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in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central America, children, Community, Economy, Europe, Geral, Inside, Men, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Politics, South America, United States, Women, WorldNew data shows that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022. The results point to a concerning trend of physical inactivity among adults, which increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022. If the trend continues, inactivity levels…
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XPrize: Scientists Race to Unravel the Mysteries of Tropical Forests
The challenges faced by biome specialists around the world are countless, and when the environment is as vast and dense as that of a tropical forest, the difficulties can take on amplified proportions, such as the arduous task of collecting data from the highest branch of a 50-meter tall tree. To overcome these constraints and…
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New Pandemic? Mpox Cases Approach 100,000 Worldwide
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 99,176 confirmed cases of mpox, known in Brazil as monkeypox, in 116 countries from January 2022 to June 2024.
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Olympics End This Weekend: Discover the Controversies of the Paris Games
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in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central America, Entertainment, Europe, Geral, In Focus, Inside, Latin America, Men, North America, Oceania, South America, Sports, Tourism, United States, Women, WorldWater of the Seine River How could we not start with the topic that caused controversy even before the games began? The Seine River underwent a multimillion-dollar decontamination process to host the triathlon and swimming marathon events. However, with only a few days left before the Olympics began, the river still showed unsafe pollution levels…
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The Biggest Controversy of the Olympics: Female Boxing Competitors
Every Olympics has its controversies, but in Paris, one topic is dominating the conversations: women’s boxing. It concerns the accusation that two female boxing competitors are not women, which some fighters argue makes the competition unfair and even dangerous. The story began when Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrew from her preliminary fight in the round…
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Dollar Soars in Brazil as Global Markets Panic Over Fears of Recession in the U.S.
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A wave of panic swept through financial markets on Monday (5), with stocks plummeting in the United States and around the world as investors focused on signs of a slowing American economy and a possible recession looming. The decline followed the release of the U.S. jobs report on Friday (1), which showed significantly slower hiring,…
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Historic Prisoner Swap: US Secures Release of Americans Held in Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who had been imprisoned for a year, and former US Marine Paul Whelan, held for 5 years, are among the two dozen detainees released on Thursday (1st) as part of the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. In a speech from the White…
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120 Years of Olympic History
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With the start of the Summer Olympics 2024 in Paris, we dive into 19 days of sporting competitions that have taken place every four years for 120 years.How did it all begin? As an important tradition linking sport and culture, the Olympic Games have a history that dates back over 2,000 years. The history of…