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☆ The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million years. Now it’s heading for collapse, a study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Our findings revealed how the Amazon forest system could enter a phase of self-reinforced collapse sooner than previously thought.”Previous studies had not predicted a collapse of this scale could happen in the 21st century. “The Amazon forest is a major pump of moisture into the atmosphere, contributing to circulation processes that transfer moisture across the globe,” Flores said. Douglas Magno/AFP/Getty ImagesThe authors of the study noted that water stress was a common factor in the disturbances to the Amazon. Water stress occurs when there is not enough water to meet human or ecological needs. Global warming is intensifying the effects of water stress by causing the Amazonian climate to become drier and warmer.

Persons: “, ” Bernardo Flores, ”, ” Flores, Douglas Magno, Richard Allan, Flores Organizations: CNN, Federal University of Santa, Paraguay —, South, Getty, Science, University of Reading Locations: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America, Bolivia, Paraguay, Plata, Labrea, Amazonas, AFP

☆ Mars Perseverance rover loses its trusty scout
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And it’s time to bid farewell to one of the most delightfully plucky robots ever to explore Mars. Other worldsThe Ingenuity helicopter, seen here on Mars in an image taken by the Perseverance rover on August 2, 2023, has flown for the last time. Ingenuity served as the Perseverance rover’s faithful companion and aerial scout for nearly three years since its maiden flight on April 19, 2021. A long time agoAiming to trace syphilis' origins, researchers used paleopathology techniques to study ancient human bones at the site Jabuticabeira II in Brazil's Santa Catarina state. They find wonder in planets beyond our solar system and discoveries from the ancient world.

Persons: ”, Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Tzanetos, Thomas Jefferson, it’s, Jose Filippini, Samson Acoca, Pierre, Olivier Cheptou, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, European Space Agency, NASA, JPL, Caltech, University of Montpellier, Hubble, —, CNN Space, Science Locations: Pasadena , California, United States, Brazil's Santa Catarina, Brazil, France, British

☆ Did syphilis originate in the Americas? Ancient DNA offers some insight
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In France, it was named the “Neapolitan disease” after the French army got infected during its invasion of Naples, Italy, in the first documented syphilis epidemic. A complex disease caused by a complex bacteriumWithout treatment, syphilis can cause physical disfigurement, blindness and mental impairment. Others believe T. pallidum bacteria always had a global distribution but perhaps grew in virulence after initially manifesting as a mild disease. Some bones had marks characteristic of infection with T. pallidum — the bacteria effectively eat away at bones, leaving concave lesions. “The modern tools available for extracting DNA from ancient samples, for enriching the treponemal DNA, and obtaining deep sequencing from samples has rapidly increased our understanding of the Treponema.”

Persons: Christopher Columbus, Treponema pallidum, ”, Brenda J, Baker, Jose Filippini It’s, Molly Zuckerman, wasn’t, ” Zuckerman, “, it’s, Columbus, Europe ’, Sheila A, pallidum, Verena Schünemann, Schünemann, Mathew Beale, Beale, ” Lukehart Organizations: CNN, Research, Arizona State University, Bioarchaeology Laboratories, Mississippi State University, University of Washington, University of Zurich’s Institute of Evolutionary, Wellcome Sanger, Columbus Locations: France, Naples, Italy, Europe, Americas, Brazil, New, Laguna, Santa Catarina, Africa, Columbus, Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Asia, Cambridge, England

☆ Brazil Cracks Down on Surprising New Threat: Neo-Nazis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Julia Vargas Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In southern Brazil in July, Laureano Toscani and João Guilherme Correa were smoking cigarettes along a busy road in their prison-issued garb, shorts and sandals, waiting for a ride after seven months in jail. Mr. Toscani was once convicted of stabbing a group of Jewish men, and Mr. Correa has been accused of murdering a couple leaving a party. But this time, they were behind bars for attending what they said was a harmless barbecue. The Brazilian authorities, however, say it was something far more sinister: a meeting of the Hammerskins, a neo-Nazi group founded in Dallas in 1988 that they say has recently found its way thousands of miles south, to Brazil’s most starkly conservative region, reflecting a surge in far-right extremists in Latin America’s largest nation. In September 2022, the state police in Santa Catarina began trailing the Hammerskins as members strategized on how to attract new recruits.

Persons: Laureano, João Guilherme Correa, Toscani, Correa, strategized Organizations: Nazi, Santa Catarina Locations: Brazil, Dallas, Santa

☆ Mexico says Tesla factory still coming, vows infrastructure spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A view shows the urban area of the municipality of Santa Catarina near the land where Tesla has indicated it could build a new gigafactory, in Santa Catarina, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico February 28, 2023. Tesla announced the planned factory in the northern Mexican state in March, without providing a timeline for construction. After a fraught process for Tesla to confirm its Mexico plans, investors are closely watching the automaker's next steps in the country. Santa Catarina's Mayor, Jesus Nava, said local officials were beginning to improve infrastructure in the area where Tesla is set to build the factory. Musk on Wednesday said the company was "laying the groundwork to begin construction" in Mexico but did not yet have more definite plans.

Persons: Tesla, Daniel Becerril, Elon Musk, Musk, Jesus Nava, Jay Truesdale, Samuel Garcia, Daina Beth Solomon, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Mexico's, Santa Catarina's Mayor, Tesla, Nuevo Leon, Shanghai, Thomson Locations: Santa Catarina, Monterrey, Mexico, MEXICO, Leon, Mexican, Asia, United States, Santa

☆ Tesla factory permits almost ready in Mexico, as state launches infrastructure work
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Final permits for Tesla to build an electric-vehicle (EV) factory in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon could be ready in weeks and the local government is beginning infrastructure work requested by the company, a senior official said on Thursday. Tesla (TSLA.O) in March announced plans to open a major plant in Nuevo Leon, its first in Mexico, which has also attracted EV investments from other automakers seeking to meet ambitious production targets. "We are very appreciative of their efforts to enable the permits and sustainable infrastructure necessary," he said. The so-called "Gigafactory" is set to bring in an estimated $15 billion over the next two years through Tesla and its suppliers, Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia said last month. The state has called for more investment in health, education, roads and basic services to accommodate the expected growth.

Persons: Tesla, Daniel Becerril, Ivan Rivas, Elon Musk, I'm, " Rivas, Rivas, Nuevo Leon, Rohan Patel, Tesla's, Samuel Garcia, Daina Beth Solomon, Kylie Madry, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Tesla, Nuevo Leon's, Reforma, Nuevo, Twitter, Reuters, Nuevo Leon, Thomson Locations: Monterrey, Saltillo, Santa Catarina, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Nuevo Leon, Nuevo

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top court opened a session Friday that will decide whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide. He then said he opposes abortion although he believes women should be allowed the choice as a matter of public health. The girl, who was 10 when she was raped, was in her 29th week when the abortion was finally carried out. The survey of 2,002 Brazilian women found higher rates of abortion among those with less education and income. Wealthier Brazilian women for many years travelled to the United States or Europe to get abortions without facing risks and legal obstacles they find at home.

Persons: —, Rosa Weber, Weber, ” Weber, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Debora Organizations: SAO PAULO, Brown University Locations: Santa Catarina, Brazil, United States, Europe, Argentina

☆ 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

☆ Flooding From Cyclone in Southern Brazil Kills at Least 22
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( John Yoon | More About John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A cyclone battered southern Brazil early this week, killing at least 22 people, displacing 3,000 others and prompting the federal government to dispatch helicopters for rescues, the authorities said late Tuesday. Since Sunday, the storm has brought strong winds and floods to the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, submerging dozens of towns, according to the Ministry of Social Development. More rainfall was on the way, and some areas could get more than 11 inches of rain this week, Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology said. Authorities also warned of further flooding near three rivers in the region. The storm, which forecasters described as an extratropical cyclone, also spawned a tornado and winds exceeding 62 miles per hour in Santa Catarina, the state’s Civil Defense said on Tuesday.

Organizations: Ministry of Social, Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology, Authorities, state’s Civil Defense Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina

Brazilian indigenous peoples gather as the Supreme Court on weighing the constitutionality of laws to limit the ability of Indigenous peoples to win protected status for ancestral lands, in Brasilia, Brazil August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRASILIA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court is expected to rule next week against attempts by the country's powerful farm lobby to limit land claims by Indigenous peoples to areas they occupied before 1988. Lawyers and Indigenous rights advocates believe a majority of the nine-member court will vote by Wednesday to reject the date restriction on the grounds it is unconstitutional. Congress has pushed ahead with bills allowing Indigenous reservations only on land that was occupied by native communities when Brazil passed its Constitution in 1988. Indigenous leaders say the Supreme Court decision is vital for the resolution of some 300 pending land recognition claims that would protect their communities from land-grabbers and invasions by illegal loggers and wildcat gold miners.

Persons: Adriano Machado, Juliana de Paula, Cristiano Zanin, Zanin, Anthony Boadle, Cynthia Osterman, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Environmental, ISA, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA, Santa Catarina

☆ Focus: In Mexico, private cash races to plug nearshoring energy crunch
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Isabel Woodford | Thomson Reuters | Isabel Is A British-Spanish Journalist Based In Mexico City. She Joined Reuters In As Part Of The Latin America News Hub | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Sergio Arguelles, president of the Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks (AMPIP), said parks' investment in state energy assets today is unprecedented. "Mexico would be very well positioned to take advantage of nearshoring if it didn't have such an energy problem," he said. THE SHRINKING STATEMexico's approach to its groaning electricity grid is in contrast to its fast-growing peers, which tend to either incentivize private energy contractors or have state utility companies with deep pockets. Still, there is some hope for the new wave of 47 planned industrial parks. Yet critics say Mexico's push for state control over energy distribution while also neglecting it is self-sabotage.

Persons: Daniel Becerril, Sergio Bermudez, Barbie, Mattel, Bermudez, …, Eduardo Martinez, Sergio Arguelles, Aaron Gallo, Gallo, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, David Gantz, Electrobras, AMPIP's Arguelles, Lopez Obrador, Ramses Pech, Hans Joachim Kohlsdorf, Zonia Torres, Alfredo Nolasco, Isabel Woodford, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Federal Electricity Commission, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Unilever, Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks, American Industries, Industries, CFE, U.S, Baker Institute, Thomson Locations: Mexico's, Santa Catarina, Monterrey, Mexico, MEXICO, Nuevo Leon, Brazil, Guanajuato

☆ Neo-Nazi groups multiply in a more conservative Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] Items seized from a neo-Nazi group who call themselves Crew 38 are displayed in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil April 24, 2023. "Santa Catarina is a land of WHITE PEOPLE, FOR WHITE PEOPLE," the anonymous sender wrote, signing off with the Nazi salute "SIEG HEIL." Researchers at Sao Paulo state's Unicamp university have tracked a more than 10-fold rise in the number of neo-Nazi cells in Brazil since 2015. SOUTHERN HATEThe problem of neo-Nazism is particularly acute in Santa Catarina, a state where many have German and Italian ancestry. The state has the largest proportion of white residents in Brazil, with 84% declaring as white in the last census.

Persons: Cristiano Estrela, Andrea Muller, Jair Bolsonaro's, Adolf Hitler, Bolsonaro, Flavio Dino, CONIB, Guilherme Franco de Andrade, Bolsonaro's, Arthur Lopes, Lopes, Luis Eduardo de Quadros, de Almeida, Steven Grattan, Gabriel Stargardter, Deepa Babington Organizations: Nazi, REUTERS, Reuters, Reuters Graphics, Federal Police, Nazism, Santa, Brazil's, Sao Paulo state's Unicamp, Federal University of Mato, Blacks, Haitian, Thomson Locations: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Itajai, Santa Catarina, Haiti, Nazi, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sul, U.S, United States, Europe

[1/6] Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire takes part in a session of the Brazilian Supreme Court to debate the so-called legal thesis of 'Marco Temporal' (Temporal Milestone) in Brasilia, Brazil June 7, 2023. If it passes Congress, all eyes would turn to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has the power of veto. Indigenous groups, including members of the Xokleng community, protested outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Wednesday. Brazil's farm sector is also backing a bill in Congress that would set into law a cut-off date for land claims in 1988, the year Brazil's current Constitution was enacted. The hearing follows a setback for Indigenous people last week in Congress when the lower chamber passed the bill that limited the recognition of new Indigenous reservations.

Persons: Raoni Metuktire, Marco, Ueslei Marcelino BRASILIA, Justice Andre Mendonca, Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Anthony Boadle, Gabriel Stargardter, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Brazilian, REUTERS, Ueslei, Big Agriculture, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Brazil's

☆ Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Annie Roth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thousands of colossal southern right whales travel to the calm waters of Península Valdés off the coast of Argentina each year to breed and give birth. The cetaceans, which can reach 56 feet in length, are a sight to behold, especially with their calves in tow. For the past 50 years, the kelp gulls of Peninsula Valdés have been mercilessly pecking at any southern right whale that dares to swim to the surface to breathe. The birds gorge on skin and blubber ripped from the whales’ backs. Over the past few decades the problem has escalated, and is now so severe that it’s causing young southern right whale calves to die prematurely, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters.

Persons: Península Valdés, “, ”, Macarena Agrelo Organizations: Federal University of Santa Locations: Península, Argentina, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

☆ Young victim of Brazil daycare center attack is buried
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Parents stands alongside the coffin, that contains the remains of their 5-year-old, Bernardo Cunha Machado, who was killed by a man inside a daycare center, during a wake at the Sao Jose cemetery, in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Vinicius BretzkeBLUMENAU, April 6 (Reuters) - Residents of Blumenau, a city in Southern Brazil, gathered on Thursday at a cemetery to attend the burial of one of the four children killed by a man armed with a small axe in a local daycare center. On Wednesday, a 25-year-old man scaled the wall of the daycare center, killed four children and wounded five others, before turning himself in. Police said three boys - two aged 4 and one aged 5 - and one girl aged 7 were killed. The attack came nearly a week after a 13-year-old student stabbed a teacher to death and wounded five others in a Sao Paulo school.

☆ At least four children killed in pre-school axe attack in southern Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A view shows forensic technicians, ambulances and policemen outside a pre-school after a 25-year-old man attacked children, killing several and injuring others, according to local police and hospital, in Blumenau, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, Brazil April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Denner OvidioApril 5 (Reuters) - At least four children were killed and four other injured when a 25-year-old man armed with a small axe attacked a pre-school in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina on Wednesday, local police and a hospital said. Police said the man responsible for the attack in the city of Blumenau has been arrested. The attack, dubbed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a "monstrosity," happened nearly a week after a 13-year-old student stabbed a teacher to death and wounded five others in a Sao Paulo school. Reporting by Fernando Cardoso in Sao Paulo, Rodrigo Viga Gaier in Rio de Janeiro; Editing by Steven GrattanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tesla could begin producing autos in Mexico next year -Mexican official
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Companies Tesla Inc FollowMEXICO CITY, March 6 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) could begin producing its first cars in Mexico next year, with the electric vehicle maker close to receiving its final permits allowing factory construction to begin in Nuevo Leon near the U.S.-Mexico border, the state's governor said on Monday. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk announced the investment last week, saying the Austin, Texas-based company had selected Mexico for its next "gigafactory" with plans to produce a "next gen vehicle." Mexican officials have said the factory will be the world's biggest to produce electric vehicles, with investment worth $5 billion. "The president, by authorizing and backing Tesla, sent a message to the world that they should come to Mexico." Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Site of Tesla Mexico factory near double size of Texas plant, local official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jesus Nava, the mayor of Santa Catarina in the state of Nuevo Leon, said in an interview that Tesla is purchasing the site from private owners. He said the land spans nearly 4,200 acres in an industrial zone, more than double the size of Mexico City's international airport. Tesla's factory in Austin, Texas - one of three existing Tesla vehicle plants - sits on 2,500 acres, according to Tesla's website. Nava said Tesla will reveal what vehicles it will produce at the Nuevo Leon factory when it breaks ground, which it plans to do in three months. Tesla uses recycled water, and such companies typically use minimal liters of water per second, he added.

☆ The road to Tesla's first Mexico factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Brendan O'Boyle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

2022June 13: News outlet Electrek reports that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk told workers the company is considering sites in Canada and Mexico for a new factory. Feb. 8: Lopez Obrador says Nuevo Leon and Hidalgo states could be home to a new Tesla plant. Feb. 17: Ebrard says Tesla will soon confirm it has chosen Mexico as a location for a new plant. Feb. 24 and 27: Musk and Lopez Obrador speak in calls as Mexico and Tesla near investment deal. Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

SAO SEBASTIAO, Brazil, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The death toll from devastating rainfall in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Monday, official figures showed, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the region and said homes should no longer be built in areas at risk of landslides and major floods. Lula flew over the coastal town of Sao Sebastiao alongside Cabinet ministers and pledged to help rebuild the town of some 91,000 people by constructing new houses in safer places. "Sometimes nature takes us by surprise, but sometimes we also tempt nature," Lula said in a speech after meeting with Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas and Sao Sebastiao Mayor Felipe Augusto to coordinate their response to the disaster. "I express my solidarity with the people of Sao Sebastiao and I hope this never happens again." [1/4] Landslides are seen after severe rainfall in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, February 20, 2023.

☆ Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop 'war' on poultry
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Argentina found the virus in wild birds, while dead swans in Uruguay tested positive. The United States, Britain, France and Japan are among countries that have suffered record losses of poultry over the past year, leaving some farmers feeling helpless. Poultry in the Northern Hemisphere were previously considered to be most at risk when wild birds are active during spring migration. Some experts suspect climate change may be contributing to the global spread by altering wild birds' habitats and migratory paths. Farmers are trying unusual tactics to protect poultry, with some using machines that make loud noises to scare off wild birds, experts said.

☆ Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The United States, Britain, France and Japan are among countries that have suffered record losses of poultry over the past year, leaving some farmers feeling helpless. Poultry in the Northern Hemisphere were previously considered to be most at risk when wild birds are active during spring migration. Some experts suspect climate change may be contributing to the global spread by altering wild birds' habitats and migratory paths. Farmers are trying unusual tactics to protect poultry, with some using machines that make loud noises to scare off wild birds, experts said. Berkowitz said he is bracing for March and April when migration season will pose an even greater risk to poultry.

☆ Tesla plans to announce Mexico EV plant as soon as next week -Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is finalizing plans to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in an industrial area of northeastern Mexico and may announce the factory as early as next week, Bloomberg News reported late Friday. The plant will be located in Santa Catarina in Monterrey city, the capital of Nuevo Leon state in Mexico, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. It is unclear what models Tesla would produce in the Mexican factory or when it would begin production, Bloomberg said. Two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters in October that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk was considering investing in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, which borders Texas. Musk held a meeting in the state with Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia along with other local officials, and Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, one of the sources said.

☆ Families rescued from rooftops as heavy flooding hits Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

In the Santa Catarina area of Brazil heavy flooding has resulted in more than 880 people being evacuated, according to Reuters. Source: CNN

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