Category: Geral
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Abortion Pills Will Be Sold in Pharmacies in the U.S.
On Tuesday (3), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began allowing certified pharmacies to sell the abortion medication Mifepristone to individuals with a prescription. The Mifepristone can be used alongside another medication, Misoprostol, to terminate a pregnancy. Previously, these pills could only be requested, prescribed, and distributed by a certified healthcare professional. During the Covid-19…
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New York Legalizes Human Composting After Death
New York Governor Kathy Hochul legalized on Saturday (31) the so-called “natural organic reduction,” popularly known as human composting after death. The state becomes the sixth in the country to approve this type of legislation, which gives residents access to an alternative method to traditional burial or cremation, in addition to being environmentally sustainable. Washington…
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NFL Star in Critical Condition After Suffering Cardiac Arrest on Field
Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin is in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital after collapsing on the field due to cardiac arrest on Monday night (2) during a game against the Bengals, which was postponed following the incident. The Bills announced the cardiac arrest diagnosis on Tuesday morning (3), hours after the player was…
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Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, Lies in State at St. Peter’s Basilica
Tens of thousands of people lined up outside St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Monday (2) to pay their last respects to Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus, who died on Saturday at the age of 95. It is estimated that around 65,000 people, including Roman Catholic faithful and tourists, paid their last respects by…
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Lula Takes Office and Resumes Discourse with the World
On the first business day of his new term, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent Monday (2) meeting with heads of state and government, as well as representatives of foreign delegations who came to Brasília for his inauguration.
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Funeral Procession Through the Streets of Santos Pays Final Tributes to the King of Football
After 24 hours of wake, on Tuesday (3), a funeral procession through the streets of Santos paid its final tributes to Pelé and took the body of the King of Football to the place where he was buried, at the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, in the same city, in a ceremony for friends and family. The…
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Facts You Might Not Know About Pele
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The biography of the King of Football is extensive. Besides playing “all” the football, Pelé was an advocate for humanitarian causes, a minister, an actor, a singer, and a commentator. With a resume like that, one could talk about his achievements for days. But to avoid holding anyone up for days, there are some facts…
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Pelé’s Wake Will Be at Vila Belmiro and Open to the Public
In an official statement, Santos Futebol Clube announced that Pelé’s wake will take place on Monday, January 2, at the club’s headquarters where the King of Football played his entire professional career. The body of the greatest football player of all time will be laid in state at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Vila Belmiro, where…
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Pelé: The National Treasure of Brazil
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in Arts & Culture, Brazil, Curiosities, Destaque, Entertainment, Geral, In Focus, Inside, Sports, WorldPelé, the Brazilian football legend who won three World Cups and became the first global icon of the sport, passed away at the age of 82. Many consider him the greatest football player of all time. Pelé became a superstar with his performance in the 1958 World Cup, which Brazil won. He played professionally in…
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Pelé Will Live Forever
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in Arts & Culture, Brazil, Curiosities, Destaque, Entertainment, Geral, In Focus, Inside, Sports, WorldIt has become common knowledge that there were two figures inhabiting the same body. One, a human being like any other, was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a poor boy from the interior of Minas Gerais. The other, Pelé, a “God” of football, whose skills cannot be explained or replicated. On Thursday (29), the world…