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☆ 'Extinct' holly tree in Brazil rediscovered living in big city, say scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A type of holly tree in Brazil that was believed to be extinct was rediscovered after 186 years. An organization called Re:wild said it was one of their "top 25 most wanted lost species." AdvertisementAdvertisementA species of small holly tree known as "Ilex sapiiformis," or the Pernambuco holly, has reemerged in Brazil after nearly two centuries, a conservation organization reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe identification of the Pernambuco holly was made possible by the expedition team, who recognized the tree by its distinctive tiny white flowers. Re:wild shared their excitement on Instagram, stating, "The Pernambuco Holly is one of our top 25 most wanted lost species."

Persons: —, Milton Groppo, University of São Paulo, Gustavo Martinelli, Pernambuco Holly Organizations: Service, University of São, Navia Biodiversity, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pernambuco holly's Locations: Brazil, Pernambuco, Igarassu, Navia, Atlantic Forest

☆ Brazil's Navy seizes record 3.6 tonnes of cocaine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Packages are seen inside the vessel Palmares 1, which, according to the Brazilian Navy, was seized with cocaine, at sea off Recife city, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 19, 2023. Marinha do Brasil/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBRASILIA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Brazilian Navy said on Tuesday it had seized 3.6 metric tons of cocaine on a boat off the coast of northeastern Pernambuco state, in the largest single off-shore capture of the drug by Brazil. The seizure follows a series of operations held by the Navy to fight drug transportation on the country's coast. According to the Navy, over 17 tons of cocaine, 4.3 tons of hashish, 695 tons of cigarettes, 113.34 tons of fish, 14 tons of marijuana and 3,146 cubic meters of wood have been seized since 2020. Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Anthony Boadle, Carolina Pulice, Michael Perry Organizations: Brazilian Navy, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Navy, Thomson Locations: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA, Africa

☆ Brazil's Navy Seizes Record 3.6 Tonnes of Cocaine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian Navy said on Tuesday it had seized 3.6 metric tons of cocaine on a boat off the coast of northeastern Pernambuco state, in the largest single off-shore capture of the drug by Brazil. In a statement, the Navy said it had captured a small motor boat used for transporting people and cargo along the coast with five crew members heading to Africa. The seizure follows a series of operations held by the Navy to fight drug transportation on the country's coast. According to the Navy, over 17 tons of cocaine, 4.3 tons of hashish, 695 tons of cigarettes, 113.34 tons of fish, 14 tons of marijuana and 3,146 cubic meters of wood have been seized since 2020. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Michael Perry)

Persons: Anthony Boadle, Carolina Pulice, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Brazilian Navy, Navy Locations: BRASILIA, Pernambuco, Brazil, Africa, Recife

Santos, the club where Pelé and Neymar started, also doesn't accept that the Al-Hilal striker broke the record of the man the club and Brazilians call their king. Pelé scored twice in Brazil's 2-2 draw with Inter Milan in 1960. In 1960, he claimed a hat-trick in a 3-1 triumph over against a combination of Egyptian and Syrian national team players. “I want to say this (record) doesn’t mean I am better than him (Pelé) or any national team player,” he said in a short statement. “I always wanted to write my story in the national team and today I did that.”___

Persons: Neymar, Pelé, Neymar Jr, Ednaldo Rodrigues, ” Neymar, Rodrigues, “, Santos, Al, ”, Mauro Cézar Pereira, Renato Mauricio Prado, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Organizations: SAO PAULO, —, Brazil's, FIFA, “ FIFA, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Sweden's, Pelé, Syrian national, Neymar, Brazil —, Argentina, Copa Locations: — Brazil, American, Bolivia, Hilal, Brazil, Sweden's Malmo, Northeastern, Pernambuco, London, Rio de Janeiro, Portugal, Copa America

☆ The world’s most shark-filled waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

There were just 57 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks last year, out of a global population of 8 billion, five of which were fatal. However, some places around the world have much higher rates of shark attacks than others, with the numbers rising with the passing years. Let’s take a look at the locations worldwide with the highest rates of shark attacks between 2012 and 2021 and the reasons they’ve become hot spots. South Africa (29 bites)South Africa had 29 unprovoked shark bites between 2012 and 2021, of which six were fatal. South Carolina (45 bites)None of the 45 unprovoked attacks in South Carolina in the decade-long time frame were fatal.

Persons: Let’s, ”, Gavin Naylor, Gansbaai, they’ve, ” Neil Hammerschlag, “, ” Richard Peirce, orcas, Brad Leue, Chuck Bangley, Fernando de Noronha, Katarina Zarutskie, ” Zarutskie Organizations: CNN, Discovery, Discovery Channel, Warner Bros ., ISAF, Volusia, Florida Program, Shark Research, orcas, Conservation, University of Miami Rosenstiel School, Shark Conservation Society, International, of Oceanography, Aquaculture Locations: New York, Florida, Florida’s Volusia County, ”, Smyrna Beach, Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Hawaii, Windward Oahu, South Africa, Carolina, South Carolina, Charleston, Horry, Beaufort, ” California, San Diego, California, Brunswick County, North, North Carolina, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Brazil, Pernambuco, Bahamas, Staniel Cay

☆ Apartment building collapse kills 14 in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BRASILIA, July 8 (Reuters) - A residential building collapse in northeastern Brazil killed 14 people, civil defense officials said on Saturday, as the last missing people were found lifeless. The collapse occurred on Friday in the Janga neighborhood on the outskirts of Recife, the capital of the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The apartment building collapsed during heavy rains that struck the region while many residents were still asleep. According to a statement from civil defense, three people managed to survive the collapse, whose cause remains unclear. Recife, a coastal city with around 1.5 million residents, has been grappling with heavy rainfall in recent days.

Persons: Raquel Lyra, Marcela Ayres, Alistair Bell Organizations: Twitter, Thomson Locations: BRASILIA, Brazil, Janga, Recife, Pernambuco

☆ Brazil building collapse leaves five dead, eight still missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAO PAULO, July 7 (Reuters) - A building collapsed on Friday in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco, leaving at least five dead and eight others missing, civil defense authorities said. [1/5]Rescue workers look for victims among debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anderson StevensThe Pernambuco government said on social media that eight teams had been dispatched to the site after civil defense learned of the collapse at 6:35 a.m. (0935 GMT). Recife, a coastal city of some 1.5 million people, has been grappling with heavy rains in recent days. Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Brad Haynes, Mark Porter and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Anderson Stevens, Gabriel Araujo, Brad Haynes, Mark Porter, Sandra Maler Organizations: SAO PAULO, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Brazil's, Pernambuco, Janga, Recife, Brazil

☆ Bats carry killer viruses. Scientists suggest ways to cope.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

“I have to think on a landscape scale.”Research in Australia also is deepening scientists’ understanding of bats. Flying foxes travel long distances in search of food, dispensing seeds and pollinating trees along the way. As deforestation destroyed habitats and further disrupted the food supply, the bats have increasingly formed year-round roosts near people, they noticed. Native gums flowering around Gympie lured the flying foxes away from horse paddocks and more urban areas. In fact, the most dangerous areas for spillover aren’t rare, pristine habitats absent of humans, scientists say.

SAO PAULO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A journalist covering the soccer World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday said local police hassled him outside a stadium after a regional Brazilian flag was mistaken for an LGBTQ pride flag. He told Reuters that a man wearing a traditional white dress mistook it for the LGBTQ community's rainbow flag when he was leaving the Lusail Stadium after Saudi Arabia's shock 2-1 win over Argentina. "This guy wearing a white dress grabbed the flag, threw it on the ground and started stomping on it. I took my phone to record a video but he grabbed it from my hand and said he would only give it back if I deleted the video," Pereira said. A U.S. journalist said he was briefly detained on Monday when he tried to enter a World Cup stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community, also claiming his phone was seized.

☆ China's Goldwind to manufacture wind turbines in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Companies Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd FollowSAO PAULO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - China's Goldwind (002202.SZ) is in advanced talks to install a wind turbine factory in Brazil with deliveries expected to start in 2024, an executive said on Wednesday. The plant, whose location is not yet defined, will serve the Brazilian market, but may also export equipment to other countries in South America, according to Roberto Veiga, general manager of Goldwind in Brazil. "We will start offering this turbine on the market already in mid-2023," Veiga told journalists in a wind industry event, adding that the first deliveries should start in 2024. In recent years, the Chinese company began supplying its turbines to wind projects in Brazil but has been fulfilling these contracts through imports. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Leticia Fucuchima; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Brazilia a depăşit 172.000 de decese şi se apropie de 6,3 milioane de contagieri
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Brazilia a înregistrat în ultimele 24 de ore 587 noi decese şi 51.922 de infecţii cu SARS-CoV-2, astfel încât cea mai mare ţară latino-americană a depăşit 172.000 de decese şi se apropie de 6,3 milioane de cazuri de la declanşarea pandemiei în urmă cu nouă luni, au informat sâmbătă surse oficiale citate de EFE.Potrivit ultimului buletin al Ministerului Sănătăţii, Brazilia, cu 210 milioane de locuitori, a înregistrat în total 172.562 de decese asociate bolii COVID-19 şi 6.290.272 de cazuri, confirmând astfel că este a doua ţară cu cele mai multe victime din lume, după SUA, şi a treia cu cele mai multe contagieri după Statele Unite şi India.În mijlocul avertismentelor medicilor şi experţilor că Brazilia se află deja în al doilea val al pandemiei fără să-l fi depăşit pe primul, numărul contagierilor înregistrat sâmbătă a fost cel mai mare raportat într-o singură zi, după cel din 13 august (60.090 de cazuri).În timp ce numărul deceselor înregistrat sâmbătă l-a depăşit pe cel raportat vineri (514), dar a fost totuşi inferior celui de joi (691), miercuri (654) şi marţi (630).Cifrele în general tind să scadă la sfârşit de săptămână ca urmare a numărului mai mic de angajaţi care procesează datele, mai ales în micile oraşe.Potrivit datelor publicate de Minister, din totalul persoanelor contagiate, 5.562.539 de pacienţi s-au recuperat şi au fost externaţi, iar alţi 555.172 se află sub îngrijire medicală.Cifrele arată astfel că rata de incidenţă a bolii în Brazilia este de 2.993 de cazuri la 100.000 de locuitori, iar cea a mortalităţii de 82 la 100.000 de locuitori, cu un procent de mortalitate de 2,7 % din totalul celor infectaţi, scrie digi24.ro. Potrivit statisticilor, Sao Paulo, cel mai populat stat din Brazilia cu 46 de milioane de locuitori, se menţine pe primul loc cu cel mai mare număr de decese, cu 42.048 de morţi, urmat de Rio de Janeiro (22.539), Minas Gerais (9.990), Ceará (9.598) şi Pernambuco (9.019).

Persons: Sao Paulo Locations: Brazilia, SUA, Statele Unite, Sao, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Ceará, Pernambuco

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