Category: World
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The Most Urgent Challenge Facing Humanity
For at least 50,000 years, humanity has been on a journey of separation – distancing itself from nature and becoming increasingly differentiated, individualized, and empowered. In recent decades, we have become so dominant as a species that we are producing trends that alter the Earth – global warming, species extinction, unsustainable population, massive famines, waves…
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Brazil with Revitalized Mindset
Brazil will bring a significantly altered lineup to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with more than half of the squad that fell to Belgium in Russia four years ago having been replaced. In addition to the personnel changes, there has also been a shift in the mentality of the “Seleção”. This is a more…
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Airfare Prices Remain High, But You Don’t Have to Stop Traveling
The year-end holidays are here, and for many people, the price of airline tickets is the main concern. From April to August of this year, searches on Google for “cheapest airline tickets” increased by more than 240% in the US. How to find cheaper flights? Industry experts say your chances of finding lower prices increase…
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Reducing City Temperatures with Smart Surface Technology
Asphalt, concrete, and lack of tree cover raise city temperatures. Roads, rooftops, and other surfaces retain ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun and emit heat throughout the day and even at night. This trapped heat creates urban heat islands, areas where natural ground cover is replaced by pavements, buildings, and other surfaces that collect more…
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The Paradigm of (In)Sustainability
The contemporary human, who seemingly enjoys the vastest and most sophisticated resources, perceives himself as powerless and limited in his ability to respond to emerging challenges, and thus often positions himself in opposition to life. In the relentless pursuit of acquiring more and more, he destroys himself, as it is costly for him to recognize…
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Canada Seeks New Immigrants
With nearly a million job openings, Canada is looking for foreigners to fill its labor shortage. To this end, it has set record immigration targets for the next three years. The new policy aims to attract a total of 1.45 million immigrants between 2023 and 2025, as announced by Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Immigration.…
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Lewis Hamilton Receives Title of Honorary Brazilian Citizen
In a packed chamber, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton received the title of Honorary Brazilian Citizen from the Chamber of Deputies this Monday, November 7. Emotional, Hamilton said he didn’t know what to expect when receiving the title of Brazilian citizen. In his speech, he dedicated the honor to his “great hero” Ayrton Senna. “It…
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Qatar Offers Free Trips for the World Cup, But There Are Some Conditions
It’s an offer that will make any football fan stop and read. Free flights to the World Cup. Free tickets to the matches. Free accommodation during the tournament and even a bit of money to spend. How about that? But the offer comes with some conditions, of course! Fans who accept the trip – fully…
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Spanish Prosecutors Withdraw Criminal Charges Against Neymar
Neymar, the forward for the Brazilian National Football Team, no longer faces the possibility of imprisonment after Spanish prosecutors withdrew, on Friday, October 28, the charges of fraud and corruption against the football player, his parents, and several high-ranking football executives involved in his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. However, the trial will continue because…
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Tesla Owner is the New Owner of Twitter
After months of negotiations, Elon Musk, owner of the electric car manufacturer Tesla and the aerospace engineering company Space X, completed his acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion this Thursday, October 27. The richest man in the world is now in charge of one of the most influential social media platforms in the world. Shortly…