Category: Politics
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Taliban Suspends University Education for Women in Afghanistan
The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal crackdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. Girls had already been prevented from returning to secondary schools in March of this year, after the Taliban ordered girls’ schools to close just hours after reopening…
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Brazilian-American Son Elected as NY Congressman May Have Fictitious Biography, According to The New York Times
The elected congressman George Santos, 34, son of a Brazilian mother and an American father, faces a barrage of questions, as well as an uncertain future, after an article published by The New York Times revealed that he may have distorted important parts of his resume during the campaign and fabricated other stories about his…
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Lula Proposes that COP30 Be Held in the Amazon
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The elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will propose that the 30th edition of the UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP30), in 2025, be held in the Amazon. “We will talk to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and we will ask that the COP of 2025 be held in Brazil, in…
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Nobel Winner Says Brazilian Agriculture is a Success Story
Rattan Lal, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2007, praises Brazilian agriculture as a success story during his visit to Brazil’s booth at COP27.
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Singer Margareth Menezes to Lead the Ministry of Culture in Brazil
Singer Margareth Menezes confirmed that she accepted the invitation to be the Minister of Culture, a department that will be recreated in 2023.
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Inflation Falls, But Interest Rates Are the Highest in 15 Years in the U.S.
In its last meeting of the year, the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of the United States, raised the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, December 14, for the seventh consecutive time, to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. This is the highest level in 15 years. The increase is part of the ongoing effort to…
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With the End of ‘Title 42’ Policy, Authorities Expect Increased Flow of Immigrants at the Border
The Biden administration is preparing for a large influx of immigrants at the southern border of the United States with the suspension of the measure that allowed for the immediate expulsion of foreigners crossing the border without permission. Title 42, as the measure became known, was invoked by the Trump administration at the beginning of…
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Opioids: The Epidemic That Kills More Than 1,500 People Per Week in the U.S.
A report by The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) shows that the United States is facing one of its worst crises in combating drug use in history. More than 1,500 people die each week from opioid overdoses, a number that has increased nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Americans suffer from opioid addiction. Analysts…
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Ukrainian President is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2022
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in Arts & Culture, Business, Economy, Entertainment, Geral, In Focus, Inside, Politics, Sports, United States, Women, WorldThe annual award goes to an event or person considered the greatest influence on global events in the past 12 months. The magazine’s editor stated that the decision was “the clearest there has been in memory.” “In a world that has come to be defined by its division, there was a unity around this cause,…
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Deadline to Obtain “REAL ID” Extended Again
After years of delays, the updated and enhanced security driver’s licenses were set to take effect in May of next year. Now the government has decided to give travelers an additional two years to obtain the new document. The federal government of the United States has once again postponed the requirement for an updated identification…