DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Floods in Brazil spark conspiracy theories over the cause, including toxic jet vapor trails and antennas in Alaska
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Floods in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul have sparked a number of online conspiracy theories. Jefferson Bernardes/Getty Images"What's happening in Rio Grande do Sul is definitely not natural," one user wrote on X. Advertisementvapor trails — "chemtrails" — spread by the government and then activated by HAARP antennas in Alaska to alter the weather, AFP reported. In the 1990s, a conspiracy theory evolved that they contained dangerous chemicals purposely put in the trails. Advertisement"The warmer atmosphere can store much more water vapor, fueling more frequent and intense episodes of rainfall that lead to disasters like this," he said, while also dismissing the HAARP theory.

Persons: —, Eduardo Leite, El Niño, Porto Alegre . Jefferson Bernardes, Hugo Chavez, Russell Brand, nesta, Gc4PiOiPv1 — Frederico Athia, Carlos Nobre Organizations: Service, National Institute of Meteorology, Research, AFP, BBC, Brazil's National Institute of Science, Technology, United Arab Emirates, University of Cambridge Locations: Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Porto Alegre ., American, Haiti, Alaska, Dubai

☆ Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises to 78, many still missing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A general view of flooded streets after the overflow of the Guaiba river on May 4, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Rains have struck heavily the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul causing damages in the infrastructure and displacing more than 115,000 people. Authorities report over 78 fatalities and expect the death toll to increase while dozens of people are still missing. The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. The death toll could still substantially increase as 105 people were reported missing on Sunday, up from about 70 the prior day, according to the state civil defense authority.

Persons: Rains, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Eduardo Leite, Fabiano Saldanha, Saldanha Organizations: Authorities, Volunteers, Porto Alegre Locations: Porto Alegre, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto, Uruguay, Argentina

☆ Brazil floods: At least 29 people killed as heavy rain and flooding lashes Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michael Rios | Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least 29 people have been killed and a further 60 are missing as heavy rain and flooding hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul this week. Residents and a dog are evacuated from a flooded area in the city center of São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 2, 2024. Rio Grande do Sul has been increasingly hit by extreme weather events in recent years. Volunteers use a fishing boat to rescue residents trapped inside their houses in São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state. The proportion of high-intensity hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, has increased due to the warmer global temperatures, according to the UN.

Persons: Cai, Carlos Fabal, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “, ”, Eduardo Leite, Anselmo Cunha, Lizzy Yee, Omar Fajardo Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Getty, Volunteers, UN Locations: Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, AFP, Dubai, Asia, Kenya, São

The proposed questions geared toward people age 15 and older will be tested sometime this year. Intersex is an umbrella term for a number of conditions where internal or external sex characteristics aren’t exactly like typical male or female bodies. Rene Coig objected to respondents being asked their sex at birth and then being asked their current gender. Others were disheartened by transgender being separated out as a category from male, female and nonbinary in the gender question instead of including the options of transgender man or transgender female. Several Republicans in the U.S. Senate have objected to some of the proposed questions.

Persons: ”, Gary Gates, demographer, Gates, “, ” Gates, David Ernesto Munar, Rene Coig, Coig, Amy Leite Bennett, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Robert Santos, Mike Schneider Organizations: Associated Press, American Community Survey, UCLA, Howard Brown Health, University of Washington, Hennepin County Health, Human Services, Survey, American, Republicans, U.S . Senate, Ohio, Rutherford Institute Locations: United States, Chicago, Hennepin, Minneapolis, U.S, Sens, Marco Rubio of Florida

Finally Souza, an innkeeper and community leader in Bela Vista do Jaraqui, said he rallied two dozen neighbors to drill a 60-meter well in the heart of the world's largest freshwater basin. With rivers forming the backbone of transportation across the Amazon region, the drought has disrupted access to food and medicine in dozens of cities. The Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, is regarded by scientists as a bulwark against climate change because its dense vegetation absorbs carbon and emits oxygen. The five researchers predicting a 2026 recovery said the effects of the drought could endure even longer if El Nino is prolonged. That would release huge amounts of carbon dioxide, contributing to climate change and wiping out a wealth of plant and animal species found only in the Amazon.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Raimundo Leite de Souza, Souza, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Michael Coe, we're, El Nino, Coe, El, Philip Fearnside, Henrique Barbosa, Eduardo Taveira, Taveira, Paulo Brando, Brando, Barbosa, Brad Haynes, Jake Spring, Ana Mano, Andre Romani, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio, cobras, United, Reuters, Research Center, National Institute of, Research, University of Maryland, Honda, LG, Positivo, GIANTS, Yale University, Sao Paulo, Thomson Locations: Tefe, Amazonas, Brazil, Rights MANAUS, caimans, Bela Vista, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, United Nations, U.S, South America, South, Pacific, North America, El Nino, University, Baltimore, Western Europe, Brazil's Amazonas, Manaus, Itacoatiara, Madeira Rivers, Sao Paulo, Sao

☆ Brazil auto exports to plunge this year as Argentina crisis hits hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Alberto Alerigi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Covered new cars are displayed during the Salao do Automovel International Auto Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSAO PAULO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian auto exports are set to plunge by double digits in 2023 when compared with the previous year, automaker association Anfavea said on Friday, as a severe economic crisis in neighboring Argentina hits shipments to that country. "Exports have been the major warning point for the automotive sector in the first nine months of the year," it said. According to Anfavea, the crisis in Argentina caused the country - which has in Brazil its largest trade partner - to lose its position as the No.1 destination of Brazilian auto exports to Mexico this year. In the first nine months of 2022, Anfavea said, auto exports from Brazil have already declined 11.2% from the same period a year ago.

Persons: Paulo Whitaker, Anfavea, Marcio de Lima Leite, Leite, Alberto Alerigi Jr, Gabriel Araujo, Steven Grattan, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, SAO PAULO, Thomson Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia

☆ At least 39 dead as cyclone hits Brazil's southernmost state
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Affected houses are seen in a flooded area after an extratropical cyclone hit southern towns, in Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Diego Vara Acquire Licensing RightsRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - At least 39 people have died and nine remain missing after a cyclone battered Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, flooding homes and swelling rivers, local authorities said on Thursday. Governor Eduardo Leite declared a state of public calamity and canceled statewide parades meant to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day on Thursday. In addition to the 39 fatalities in Rio Grande do Sul, one person died in neighboring Santa Catarina state while driving through the city of Jupia when a tree fell on their car. Independent weather forecasters MetSul and Climatempo cautioned Rio Grande do Sul is expected to receive more heavy showers on Thursday and Friday.

Persons: Diego Vara, Eduardo Leite, We've, Leite, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Geraldo Alckmin, Climatempo, Rio, Pedro Fonseca, Gabriel Araujo, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, DE, Roca Sales, Cruzeiro, Sul, Thomson Locations: Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, DE JANEIRO, Santa Catarina, Jupia, India, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia

SAO PAULO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil rose to 36, local authorities said on Wednesday, as a tropical cyclone battered and soaked the region, flooding homes and swelling rivers. Video obtained by Reuters showed rising water flooding streets and rivers and submerging houses in the small town of Mucum, in Rio Grande do Sul state. Dominguez Fontana, a 74-year-old sawmill worker who escaped the Mucum flooding, said nothing could be salvaged. The Rio Grande do Sul floods are just the latest recent natural disasters in Brazil. More than 50 people were killed in Sao Paulo state this year after massive downpours caused landslides and flooding.

Persons: Dominguez Fontana, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Eduardo Leite, Lula, Geraldo Alckmin, Eduardo Simoes, Gabriel Araujo, Kylie Madry, William Maclean, David Gregorio Our Organizations: SAO PAULO, Reuters, Roca, Thomson Locations: Brazil, Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Santa Catarina

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil caused floods in several cities, killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 1,600 homeless, authorities said Wednesday. More than 60 cities have been battered by the storm since Monday night, and Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Rescue efforts expanded farther west on Wednesday with helicopters headed to the Rio Pardo Valley. “The water arrived very fast, it was rising two meters (6½ feet) an hour,” Mucum resident Marcos Antonio Gomes said. The city hall at Mucum recommended that residents seek out supplies to meet their needs for the next 72 hours.

Persons: Eduardo Leite, Cai, Marcos Antonio Gomes, “, ” Gomes, Gomes Organizations: RIO DE, Rio Grande do Sul Gov, Porto Alegre, Authorities Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Pardo Valley, Porto, Porto Alegre

CNN —At least 11 people have died, 20 are missing and more than 2,000 have been left homeless after an “extratropical cyclone” hit Brazil’s Rio Grande Do Sul, local authorities say. “Our priority at the moment is to find the missing and save people who may still be stranded by the floods.” Leite wrote in a statement. Extreme weather around the world is becoming more intense and more frequent against the backdrop of a fast-warming climate. The proportion of high-intensity hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, has increased due to the warmer global temperatures, according to the UN. Scientists have also found that the storms are more likely to stall and lead to devastating rainfall and they last longer after making landfall.

Persons: Rio, Eduardo Leite, ” Leite Organizations: CNN, Military Firefighters Corps, Logistics, Transport, UN Locations: Grande Do Sul, Rio Grande

☆ Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/7] An aerial view shows damage and floods due to heavy rains after an extra-tropical cyclone, in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Diego VaraSAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - At least 11 people have been killed in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul after an extra-tropical cyclone struck the region on Friday, according to the state's authorities. The storm caused torrential rains and helicopter searches are underway in flooded neighborhoods to find 20 others who have gone missing, the government of Rio Grande do Sul said in a press release. As of Friday night, Maquine, a municipality on the eastern coast, had received around a foot of rain, authorities said. We are rescuing people who are stranded, locating missing people and giving all the support to the families," he said.

Persons: Diego Vara, Eduardo Leite, Leite, Steven Grattan, Franklin Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Diego, Diego Vara SAO PAULO, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Caraa, Rio Grande

☆ Replanting the Amazon could slow global warming. Here’s why it’s hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +24 min

Milton da Costa Junior nosed his pickup through a remote stretch of the western Brazilian Amazon to check on his babies. Local authorities said the September 2021 incident, which Da Costa outlined in a police report that was reviewed by Reuters, is being investigated. Out of dozens of reforestation initiatives in the country, Rioterra and The Black Jaguar Foundation, a Brazilian-European group, are among the largest. Illegal invaders destroy in hours what it takes Rioterra or Black Jaguar a year to plant. In all, Black Jaguar has signed contracts with 26 farms and planted 326 hectares (806 acres) to date.

Persons: Milton da Costa, Da Costa, Carlos Nobre, Alexis Bastos, Rioterra, ”, Nobre, “, Bastos, Jamari, Dejesus Aparecido Ramos, it’s, ” Bastos, Jair Bolsonaro, Germany –, Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Black, Ben Valks, Valks, Leandro Silveira, Silveira, São, ” Valks, aren’t, Cristina Banks, Leite, Marcos Mariani, Araguaia, Mariani, Tânia Irres, ” Irres, Regina Molke, I’ll, Clovis, Black Jaguar, Aquaverde, Renato Franklin, “ Ben, ” Franklin, L’Oreal, da Costa, ” Da Costa, da, Spring, Clare Trainor, Catherine Tai, Lais Morais, Ilan Rubens, Lucy Ha, John Emerson, Marla Dickerson Organizations: Milton da Costa Junior, Toyota, Reuters, Black Jaguar Foundation, National Institute for Space Research, Rioterra, Cultural, Environmental Studies, Petrobras, “, Amazon Fund, Environment Ministry, United, United Arab Emirates, São Paulo, Global, Farmers, Brazil’s Central Bank, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, Imperial College London, Santana, Bolsonaro, United Nations, Space Agency, Copernicus, Sentinel Locations: Machadinho, Rondônia, Brazil, Germany, Brazilian, European, Manhattan, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Bastos, Porto Velho, droves, Rio, Black, Itapuã, Oeste, Norway, United Arab, Pará, Caixa, “, Costa, Syria, Paris, Santana, Araguaia’s, Clovis, Regina, United States, South, Geneva, Rio Preto, da Costa

Carminatti led as chief geologist the discovery in 2006 of one of the world's largest offsfhore oil deposits this century, the pre-salt. The salt barrier alone was more profound than any well that Petrobras, the world's leader in deep-water exploration, had drilled before. The pre-salt area is now responsible for more than 70% of Brazil's daily production of near 4 million barrels of oil and gas. Past CEOs have failed to convince him to take a post as head of a division in the company. Petrobras experts have compared the oil deposits in the region those of nearby Guyana.

Companies Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras FollowHOUSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The new Chief Executive of Brazil's Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, has picked geologist Mario Carminatti to head the oil company's exploration and production division, people with knowledge of the information said on Friday. Petrobras said in a securities filing it had not received official statements regarding the nomination of any executive. He won praise for the pre-salt discovery, pressing on with drilling though the salt barrier that alone was deeper than any well that Petrobras, the world's leader in deep-water exploration, had drilled before. The pre-salt area is now responsible for more than 70% of Brazil's daily production of near 4 million barrels of oil and gas. Carminatti is currently involved in an almost $3 billion exploration effort in a new frontier North of Brazil, the Equatorial Margin.

Reuters exclusively accompanied raids led by environmental agency Ibama in the rainforest state of Para to stop loggers and ranchers illegally clearing the forest. The agency has also launched raids this week in the states of Roraima and Acre, Ibama environmental enforcement coordinator Tatiane Leite said. Lula on the campaign trail last year pledged to put Ibama back in charge of combating deforestation with beefed-up funding and personnel. But Ibama agents told Reuters that they already felt more empowered by Lula announcing environmental protection as a top priority. His government instituted a gag order forbidding Ibama agents from speaking to the press, which agents say has already been reversed under Lula.

☆ Echipa Sfântul Gheorghe din Suruceni a câștigat Supercupa Moldovei 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Elevii lui Serghei Cebotari au salvat meciul în prelungiri, când Artiom Litveacov a reușit golul egalizator. Artiom LITVEACOV, 9. Sidy SAGNA, 98. Au marcat: Sidy SAGNA (55), Artiom LITVEACOV (90+2), respectiv Lovro BIZJAK (53-pen. ), Alexandr BELOUSOV (84)Au înscris la loviturile de departajare: Eugeniu SLIVCA, Artiom LITVEACOV, Sidy SAGNA, Alexandr SUVOROV / Stjepan RADELJIC, Lovro BIZJAK.

Persons: Sfântul Gheorghe, Serghei Cebotari, Litveacov, Piotr STAIANOV, Vladislav LIFCIU, Vadim VICOL, Andrei COJOCARU, Denis IVLEV, Anatolie BASIUL, Gheorghe, Maxim RAILEAN, Mihail ȘTEFAN, Artiom, Nicolai SOLODOVNICOV, Mihail, Alexandru, Teodor LUNGU, Eugeniu SLIVCA, Aliyu, ADAM, Alexandr SUVOROV, Petru OJOG, Serghei SVINARENCO, Sidy, Victor STÎNĂ, Vitalie PLĂMĂDEALĂ, Marius MARIȚOI, BORȘ, Serghei CEBOTARI, Georgios ATHANASIADIS, Hurtado Danilo ARBOLEDA, Stjepan, Frank CASTANEDA, Adama, Lovro, PEIXOTO Fernando, Alexandr BELOUSOV, Silva, CRISTIANO, Nadrey, Peter, Sebastien, Charles PETRO, Gustavo DULANTO, Veceslav, Dumitru CELEADNIC, Dusan, Serghei PAȘCENCO, Keston Anthony JULIEN, Maxim COJOCARU Organizations: Sheriff Tiraspol, Sheriff, Divizia Națională, Municipal Bălți Locations: !, Bălți, Suruceni

☆ Peter Michalko: „Ziua Europei înseamnă libertatea și dreptul de a trăi o viață demnă într-un stat de drept”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdPeter Michalko: „Ziua Europei înseamnă libertatea și dreptul de a trăi o viață demnă într-un stat de drept”La Chișinău a avut loc lansarea oficială a Zilei Europei 2021. Pentru cetățenii UE și țărilor membre, Ziua Europei înseamnă în mod concret libertatea și dreptul de a trăi o viață demnă într-un stat de drept, într-o societate puternică și cu o economie în continuă dezvoltare. În opinia sa, această unificare și unitate înseamnă o libertate nouă și probabil aceasta este mai importantă pentru Germania de est. Totodată, 9 mai este Ziua Europei și această zi înseamnă o piață unică, securitate alimentară, Zona Schengen, Erasmus + și alte valori. Suedia sărbătorește valorile comune, respectarea drepturilor omului, democrația, supremația legii, dar sărbătorește și diversitatea și cooperarea și solidaritatea și deschiderea.

Persons: Peter Michalko, Angela Ganniger, Dr . Pedro Leite, Daniel Ioniță, Daniel Ioniță ., Pascal Le Deunff, Franței, Anna Lyberg Organizations: UE, Uniunea Europeană, Ambasadoarea Locations: Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Europei, UE, Republicii Moldova, Germania, Germaniei, Europa, Europe, Portugaliei, Portugalia, România, Franța, Suediei, Suedia, Moldova

☆ Ce înseamnă UE și Ziua Europei pentru ambasadorii europeni în Republica Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +6 min

Ce înseamnă UE și Ziua Europei pentru ambasadorii europeni în Republica MoldovaUniunea Europeană și Ziua Europei înseamnă, pentru statele membre ale UE, libertate, democrație, securitate, solidaritate, prosperitate și principii și valori europene. Ambasadorul Franței în Republica Moldova, Pascal Le Deunff, a menționat că pentru Franța, proiectul european înseamnă pacea și esența lui înseamnă și valorile democratice. Totodată, 9 mai este Ziua Europei și această zi înseamnă o piață unică, securitate alimentară, Zona Schengen, Erasmus + și alte valori. Suedia sărbătorește valorile comune, respectarea drepturilor omului, democrația, supremația legii, dar sărbătorește și diversitatea și cooperarea și solidaritatea și deschiderea. Ambasadoarea a scos în evidență relația puternică dintre UE și Republica Moldova, cu valori partajate cu statele membre ale UE.

Persons: Peter Michalko, Angela Ganniger, Dr . Pedro Leite, Daniel Ioniță, Daniel Ioniță ., Pascal Le Deunff, Franței, Anna Lyberg Organizations: Europei, Republica Moldova Uniunea Europeană, Uniunii Europene, Uniunea Europeană, UE, Ambasadoarea Locations: Republica Moldova, UE, Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Europei, Germania, Germaniei, Europa, Europe, Portugaliei, Portugalia, România, Franța, Suediei, Suedia

Search resuls for: "Leite"

18 mentions found