The President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), had a meeting this Friday (10) with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and thanked the American for his support for Brazil after the acts of vandalism in Brasília in January 8 and even committed to zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030. The two met at the White House, seat of the US government. According to Lula, the two countries have to work together to avoid episodes like those registered in Praça dos Três Poderes and also in the Capitólio, headquarters of the American National Congress, which was invaded and vandalized in January 2021
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of last Monday (6) is the largest magnitude in the region since 1939. The epicenter of the earthquake that shook both countries and killed more than 23,000 people
After break the goal ceiling last year, official inflation lost pace and opened 2023 with an increase of 0.53% in January, compared to a variation of 0.62% recorded in the previous month. The advance was driven by the prices of food (+0.59%) and fuel (+0.68%), according to data revealed this Thursday (9) by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). With the slowdown, the IPCA (National Consumer Price Index) accumulates an increase of 5.77% in the last 12 months. The percentage maintains the drop in the rate that started in April last year and corresponds to the smallest variation for the period since February 2021, when the annual index was 5.2%
O volume of services provided in Brazil grew 8.3% in 2022 and closed last year at the highest level in the historical series, which began in 2011, according to data released this Friday (10) by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).The record comes with the resumption of growth in the most important sector of the national economy in Decemberwhen the volume of services provided increased by 3.1%, a performance that reverses the sequence of two consecutive months in the negative field.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) again criticized, this Tuesday morning (7), the Central Bank. At breakfast with alternative media outlets, Lula stated that Roberto Campos Neto, president of the BC, owes explanations to the National Congress, which approved the nomination of the current president of the bank made by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), and not to the federal government. In response to Lula’s criticisms, Campos Neto stated that he mainly wants to disentangle the monetary policy cycle from the political cycle, because the two cycles have ‘different lenses and different interests’
In this week, the R7 showed that a blackout in an Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) system meant that the volume of controlled drugs sold in the country since December 2021 is no longer known.
A study published by Imperial College London, carried out with 200,000 middle-aged people in the United Kingdom, over ten years, found that the intake of industrialized and ultra-processed foods, such as soft drinks, biscuits and snacks, increases the risk of death from cancer by 6%
Can emotional triggers trigger diabetes, like Marília Mendonça’s son? Little Leo, three years old, developed type 1 diabetes after his mother’s death and, according to Ruth Dias, the child’s grandmother, homesickness was the reason for the appearance of the condition. In an interview with R7endocrinologist Luiz Turatti, from Hospital Moriah, explained that, although the emotional aspect may be associated with the onset of the condition, the issue would not be the true cause of diabetes
An allergic reaction to hair dye left American Teneal Bernardd disfigured. The woman was dyeing her hair a dark hue when her scalp started to get red and subsequently extremely swollen, having to be taken to the hospital. The case was a case of severe contact dermatitiswhich can happen to anyone and at any time
Back to school is a period that generates anxiety and also concern for parents, after all, the gathering of children in a room, depending on their age, can facilitate the transmission of viruses, bacteria and infections. In an interview with R7infectologist Aline Scarabelli, medical consultant at Labi Exames, spoke a little about the most common diseases during school years, including conjunctivitis, respiratory tract illnesses (flu, colds and Covid-19), throat infections and gastroenteritis
After the occurrence of a series of adverse effects related to the use of ointments for styling and braiding hair, Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) issued, on Friday (10), a statement prohibiting the use of any ointment for braiding or styling hair. The measure is preventive and for an indefinite period.
The WHO (World Health Organization) communicated this Thursday (9th) that Oman, Asia, notified, on January 5th, a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers, its acronym in English) – popularly known as ‘camel flu’. The disease is caused by a ‘cousin’ virus of Covid-19 (Sars-CoV-2)
Among the ruins of a building in Jindires, a city in northwest Syria hit hard by the earthquake, rescuers found a baby, born under the rubble and still attached to her mother, deceased, by the umbilical cord. This girl is the sole survivor of a family in which all members died when the four-story building where they lived collapsed.
On his second trip abroad since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian President Volodmir Zelensky visited the UK last Wednesday (8). After meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Ukrainian leader delivered a speech at the Palace of Westminster
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un oversaw a massive military parade that featured a record number of intercontinental ballistic missileson the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the country’s Armed Forces
US military officials announced last Friday afternoon (10) that a American fighter shot down an unidentified object that was flying at high altitude over the state of Alaska. Authorization for the operation was previously approved by the country’s president, Joe Biden.
The Civil Police requested, on Thursday (9), the breach of telephone secrecy of the friend of businesswoman Thais Rocha, who was found dead with slash marks on her neck and puncture wounds on her belly. The businesswoman kept a luxury life on the social networks
Tourists and visitors have to pay, since this Wednesday (8), a daily fee for the permanence of vehicles for more than four hours in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo. The city, one of the main summer destinations in São Paulo, with 102 cataloged beaches, created the environmental preservation fee to compensate for the impacts caused by the high flow of tourists, according to the administration. The basic fare varies between R$3.50 for motorcycles, R$13 for cars and R$92 for buses, among other vehicles. Look other cities with similar measures
