Category: United States
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LATAM and Delta Announce Non-Stop Service Between São Paulo and LAX
Grupo LATAM Airlines and Delta Air Lines made their first operational announcements after receiving approval for their joint venture agreement in September. Among the initiatives, LATAM announced the launch of a new service between São Paulo and Los Angeles starting July 1, 2023, adding a popular destination currently not served from Los Angeles. Additionally, this…
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Making Fashion Free from Forced Labor
With grandparents who worked as a tailor and seamstress, it’s natural for Soraya Wancour to feel an emotional connection to clothing in general. When the Belgian designer founded Estúdio AMA in Ghent in 2020, she wanted to create apparel that was not only beautiful but that people would feel proud to wear. Soraya is one…
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Request Your Free COVID Self-Test Now
Three weeks after Thanksgiving, COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States. During a press conference on December 15, White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters, “we are seeing cases increase in about 90% of the country.” In December 2021, the federal government purchased over 500 million rapid COVID-19 self-tests to help Americans combat…
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Severe Turbulence Injures Passengers on Flight in the U.S.
At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to the emergency room of a hospital, after the plane they were on encountered “severe turbulence” on a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu on Sunday, December 18. Eleven patients were reported to be in serious condition, according to a statement from…
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The Countdown Begins: The Next World Cup Is Here!
The final of the Qatar World Cup, contested between Argentina and France, left any fan of good football overjoyed. No matter who you were cheering for, how could you not be satisfied with such an exciting match? But the thrilling game this Sunday (18) left a taste for more. It’s no wonder that the World…
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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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PJ Caldas, Novelist, Launches the World’s First Book Trailer Entirely Made by Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI, the technology behind popular programs like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E 2, which allows anyone to turn words into inspiring images, has been gaining a lot of mainstream attention recently. And few groups seem more excited about it than writers. Using written language to build images is what they do. But often, to…
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Romero Britto Launches a SpongeBob SquarePants Collection
Romero Britto, internationally renowned artist and founder of the Happy Art Movement, in partnership with Paramount Consumer Products, announces the launch of four new limited edition artworks of SpongeBob SquarePants on canvas. Each edition of these artworks is a new expedition for the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise in the fine art market. SpongeBob and the Bikini…
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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…