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☆ Sexism, Hate, Mental Illness: Why Are Men Randomly Punching Women?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Most were punched in the face — unprovoked, at random — in Manhattan south of Midtown and during the day. “I remember thinking it sounded so absurd that it couldn’t really have been a thing,” Ms. Pires, who comes to the city often, told me recently. The beauty of an accuser all too often breeds suspicion, however prejudicially, especially if the accuser is a TikTok influencer with more than a million followers. She registered that he was “quite well dressed,” but almost nothing else made an impression. Before she knew it he struck her with his fist, hitting her on the right side of her head.

Persons: Lisa Pires, Ms, Pires, ’ ” Halley McGookin, ” Organizations: Women’s Locations: New York, Amsterdam, Manhattan, Midtown, Essex

Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for UNICEF, says his organization urgently needs access to Gaza to facilitate the movement of supplies and relief workers. In response, Israel sealed border crossings with Gaza as it began targeting Hamas positions. Pires says UNICEF currently has amassed supplies in Egypt that are ready for delivery into Gaza once the Rafah crossing – the sole border crossing with Egypt – reopens. Biden told reporters the U.S. plans to coordinate with the Egyptian government to repair the roads into Gaza. “Water supplies are reaching a life-threatening low across Gaza amidst the sustained blockade,” Slater says.

Persons: Biden, Ricardo Pires, ”, Joe Biden, –, Pires, Egypt –, ” Pires, “ They’re, Meredith Slater, ” Slater, Slater, Elis Organizations: UNICEF, West Bank, The New York Times, Palestinian Ministry of Health, ”, ActionAid USA, ActionAid International, Jewish Federations of America Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Egypt, Rafah

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women's organization to be “brave” in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church. “Not only because of these events in October in Rome, but because the church has found a different way of being church,” Zervino said in a recent interview in her Vatican offices. It's the culmination of an unprecedented two-year canvasing of rank-and-file Catholics about their hopes for the future of the institution. But the voting reform is nevertheless significant, tangible evidence of Francis’ vision of the Catholic Church as being more about its flock than its shepherds. Zervino’s group, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations, a Vatican-based umbrella organization of 100 Catholic associations, conducted a survey earlier this year of Catholics who participated in the synod consultations.

Persons: Pope Francis, Maria Lia Zervino, Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, “, ” Zervino, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Francis ’, ”, Sheila Pires, ” Pires, ” Francis, Nathalie Becquart, Becquart, ” Becquart, Kate McElwee, Zervino, they'll, Sebabatso Mosamo Organizations: VATICAN CITY, Catholic, Catholic Church, World Union of Catholic, Bishops, Associated Press Locations: Argentine, Rome, Africa, Johannesburg, Vatican, North America, Europe, “

☆ Brazil's Petrobras scraps fuel import parity policy, shares rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Companies Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras FollowRIO DE JANEIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil giant, Petrobras (PETR4.SA), has approved a new commercial strategy to set diesel and gasoline prices, it said on Tuesday, ditching its previous import parity policy without revealing a specific fresh pricing formula. "The end of pricing parity is not good, but this was already expected." "The new policy scraps the 'import parity' terminology, but in our view it has not changed materially," Credit Suisse analyst Regis Cardoso said. The import parity policy was adopted in 2016 by former President Michel Temer. People close to Lula celebrated the announcement, with his Mines and Energy minister, Alexandre Silveira, telling reporters the policy would not impose as much volatility as the import parity used to.

The new pricing system scraps a so-called fuel import parity policy that more closely aligned prices at the pump with the oil market and exchange rates. In a research note, JPMorgan (JPM.N) described the reworked pricing policy as "more friendly than investors expected." The policy shift will be tested when oil prices rise, and apply upward pressure on what consumers can expect to pay for motor fuels or LPG. Petrobras' new pricing policy also came under criticism from some as too opaque. The previous pricing policy was adopted seven years ago by conservative former President Michel Temer.

Almeida, who has five rescue dogs, travelled nearly 250 kms (155 miles) from the northern Portuguese city of Aveiro for the demonstration, which was organised by the Animal Intervention and Rescue (IRA) group. Portugal's public prosecutors had on Wednesday asked the constitutional court to declare unconstitutional a law that criminalises with a fine or jail time those who mistreat their pets. According to public prosecutors, the court has already made decisions that pointed to the alleged unconstitutionality of the legislation. On one occasion, a dog owner who threw his puppies into a rubbish bin was initially convicted but later acquitted. Holding a banner, Filipe Vicente, a 45-year-old dog and cat owner, described the current situation as a "notorious setback".

☆ Atacant brazilian, la Suruceni. FC Sfântul Gheorghe l-a transferat pe Gian Luca Pires
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni își întărește semnificativ ofensiva înaintea de a debuta în Cupele Europene. Fotbalistul are 26 de ani și este discipolul Academiei legendarului club sud-american Palmeiras. De-a lungul carierei, Pires a evoluat la echipe din ligile inferioare ale Braziliei, iar acum șapte ani a mai avut o experiență în Europa. Noua achiziție a "sfinților" va putea debuta pentru gruparea din Suruceni deja sâmbătă. Sfântul Gheorghe va lupta cu Sheriff Tiraspol pentru Supercupa Moldovei.

Persons: Suruceni, Gian Luca Silva Pires, american Palmeiras, Pires, El, Sfântul Gheorghe, Serghei Cebotari Organizations: Cupele Europene, Cupei Moldovei, Sheriff Tiraspol, Supercupa Moldovei, UEFA Conference League, Partizani Tirana Locations: Cupele, american, Braziliei, Europa, Supercupa

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