Category: World
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5 Essential Facts Families Should Know About Lung Cancer Staging
Approximately 238,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year. That’s about one person every two and a half minutes. Fortunately, more Americans are surviving lung cancer thanks in part to early detection, innovative research, and new treatments. However, the path from diagnosis to treatment can be confusing. Advocates say…
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Are Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Increasing in the U.S.?
In 2022, 73,654 people died from fentanyl overdose in the U.S., more than double the number of deaths three years earlier, in 2019. Fentanyl deaths have increased every year over the last decade, but 2022 recorded the lowest annual growth at 4.3%.What is fentanyl and why is it so dangerous?The fentanyl is a synthetic opioid…
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A Brazilian is elected Secretary-General of Interpol
In the election held in June at the Interpol Executive Committee in Lyon, Federal Police Commissioner Valdecy Urquiza was appointed as the next Secretary-General of Interpol, with a term from 2024 to 2029. The appointment by the Executive Committee must be ratified by the General Assembly of the organization, to be held in November. This…
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More Than 1,300 People Die During Pilgrimage to Mecca
More than 1,300 people died during the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Saudi Arabia this month, most of them lacking a permit to participate in the occasion, meaning they walked kilometers under scorching heat after paying thousands of dollars to illicit or fraudulent tour operators. While licensed pilgrims are transported around the holy city of…
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Unsafe Levels of E. Coli Found in the Seine River, Paris, Less Than Two Months Before the Olympics
The water of the Seine River showed elevated and unsafe levels of E. coli less than two months before the swimming competitions scheduled to take place during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published last week. The contamination levels in the first eight days of June, following heavy persistent rains in Paris, showed that…
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These Cities Are So Expensive They Have Become Inaccessible to Many
Anyone who has been following the real estate market over the past two decades will know that in many countries, especially in the United States, it has become much more difficult to buy a home. A new study lists cities around the world that have become inaccessible to many. The U.S. cities on the West…
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80th Anniversary of D-Day: Leaders Gather to Remember the Day That Marked the Beginning of the End of World War II
War veterans and world leaders gathered this Thursday (60 in Normandy, France, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the landing of soldiers in this region – the famous ‘D-Day’ – on June 6, 1944, an episode that marked the beginning of the end of World War II. The President of the United States, Joe…
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Following Trump, Biden Issues Order Preventing Immigrants from Seeking Asylum at the Border
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President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday (4) that prevents immigrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, a dramatic measure in an election year where the issue has become one of the top concerns for voters. The measure is the most restrictive border policy instituted by Biden, or any other modern Democrat, and…
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Brazil’s Wellness Economy Ranks 1st in the Latin America-Caribbean Region
The nonprofit organization Global Wellness Institute (GWI), the leading research organization in the global wellness industry, has released new data on Brazil’s wellness economy, valued at $96 billion, and all of its eleven wellness markets. The country has the 12th largest wellness market in the world and continues to be ranked #1 among the 46…