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☆ Amazon forest carbon emissions skyrocketed under Bolsonaro, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian space research center INPE said on Wednesday that carbon emissions in the Amazon forest soared in 2019 and 2020 compared to the previous decade due to poor enforcement of environmental protection policies. The forest's carbon emissions amounted to 0.44 billion metric tons in 2019 and 0.52 billion metric tons in 2020, compared to an annual average of 0.24 billion metric tons from 2010-2018, according to the INPE study published in Nature magazine. The study attributed the rise in a large part to an increase in deforestation, researcher and leader of the study Luciana Gatti said. The study relied on carbon dioxide samples collected by hundreds of research flights over the region between 2010 and 2020.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, INPE, Luciana Gatti, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro, Fernando Cardoso, Carolina Pulice, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Nature, Thomson Locations: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil

☆ They were slaughtered for their blubber, and nearly wiped out in Brazil. Decades later, humpback whales are making a comeback.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In the 1980s, thousands of humpback whales were slaughtered in Brazil for their blubber. A few decades ago, a population of only 300 to 500 humpback whales survived in the country, scientist Jose Truda Palazzo, who works at the Humpback Whale Institute in the state of Bahia, told the news agency. Humpback whales have grown to about 30,000 in Brazil after being decimated in the 80s. REUTERS/Leonardo BenassattoThe population growth in humpback whales should be taken as a good sign for marine conservation not only in Brazil, but worldwide, Palazzo said. The effort to track the whale population is supported by "citizen scientists," non-professionals with a passion for science who support the work of the scientific community.

Persons: repopulating, Jose Truda Palazzo, Leonardo Benassatto, Palazzo, Julio Cardoso Organizations: Reuters, Service, Whale Institute, REUTERS Locations: Brazil, Wall, Silicon, Bahia, East

☆ Brazilian citizen scientists see humpbacks return decades after mass killings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Leonardo Benassatto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Like other citizen scientists, as they are known, Cardoso uses the photographs to collect information on the numbers of the marine mammals, helping researchers and scientists track the surging numbers of humpbacks in the area. "These animals survived whaling with a very, very small population remaining... something between 300 to 500 animals," Palazzo, of the Humpback Whale Institute in the state of Bahia, said. Palazzo says the surge of whales in Ilha Bela is great news for marine conservation, not only in Brazil, but worldwide. "It shows that if we can do effective protection for marine species, most of them will recover," he said. Reporting by Leonardo Benassatto; Additional reporting and writing by Steven Grattan; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Julio Cardoso, Cardoso, we've, Jose Truda Palazzo, Palazzo, Ilha Bela, Leonardo Benassatto, Steven Grattan, Sharon Singleton Organizations: ILHA, Whale Institute, Thomson Locations: ILHA BELA, Brazil, Bela's, Bahia, Antarctica, Patagonia, Australia, Ilha

Instead, Gomez Cabrera has to juggle a part-time nannying job beside strenuous practices. Now, Santino runs girls’ soccer program La Nuestra in the Villa 31, where Gomez Cabrera has played for nearly a decade. Becoming a soccer star is a common dream for boys and girls alike where Pereira grew up. "How can we realize our dream to become top players if they don't give us a chance?" Oliveros works part-time as a girls' soccer instructor.

Persons: Carla Carniel, Camila Lujan Gomez Cabrera, Gomez Cabrera, Maradona, Pele, Monica Santino, Santino, Christiane Rozeira, Gabrielle Cardoso, Paola Genes, it's, Genes, Nicole Pereira, Pereira, Laurina Oliveros, Oliveros, Lucila Sigal, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Daniela Desantis, Lucinda Elliott, Leandro Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Christian Radnedge Organizations: REUTERS, Buenos Aires's Villa, Villa, Belgrano, SOUTH, Olimpia, National Cancer, Rocinha Soccer, Argentina women's, Argentina's Boca Juniors, Thomson Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Carla Carniel BUENOS AIRES, Buenos, South America's, Buenos Aires, Nuestra, South America, Paraguay, Rio de Janeiro, United States, Argentina, Uruguay

☆ 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.

“Many things have happened [in my career] for the better and mistakes or not, it has always been for the better. With more than 130,000 people in the stadium that day, it remains one of the biggest attendances in boxing history. “I feel very happy and I hope to be a good example for them. But if Ryder wins on Saturday, it will go down as one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport. If you’re in the US or Canada, you can watch on DAZN pay-per-view and in the UK with a DAZN subscription.

From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across the Atlantic by Portuguese vessels and sold into slavery, primarily to Brazil. But so far Portugal has rarely commented on its past and little is taught about its role in slavery in schools. Reparations and public policies to fight inequalities caused by Portugal's past were essential, Cardoso said. "We continue to suffer in Brazil the effects of a legacy of slavery," Almeida said in a statement. Europe's top human rights group previously said Portugal had do more to confront its colonial past and role in the transatlantic slave trade in order to help fight racism and discrimination today.

☆ 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.

☆ Women's NCAA roundup: No. 1 S. Carolina rolls past UCLA
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY SportsMarch 25 - Brea Beal had 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists as No. 1 South Carolina advanced to its third consecutive Elite Eight with an easy 59-43 victory over No. 4 UCLA on Saturday in the Greenville Regional 1 at Greenville, S.C.South Carolina - the tournament's top overall seed - led wire-to-wire in a game where UCLA trailed by double digits for the majority of the second half. UCLA (27-10) was powered by Charisma Osborne's 14 points and seven rebounds. Playing without injured starting guards Olivia Miles and Dara Mabrey, Sonia Citron led the Irish with 14 points, four assists and seven rebounds.

☆ Brazil police bust gang plot to attack authorities, public servants
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Brazilian senator Sergio Moro speaks during a session of the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil March 22, 2023. "A murder plot against several public officials (among them a senator and a prosecutor) was investigated and identified. Sergio Moro, a former judge and current senator, also took to Twitter to confirm he and his family were targets in the gangs' plot. A government minister told Reuters that the plan was organized by the First Capital Command (PCC) gang and was not politically motivated. The federal police said 24 search and seizure warrants, seven preventive arrest warrants and four temporary arrest warrants are being served.

☆ Brazil's Lula says judiciary should force businesses to pay equal salaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ceremony to mark the International Women's Day at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoSAO PAULO, March 8 (Reuters) - The Brazilian judiciary should work on compelling businesses to pay equal wages for men and women in the same roles, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday. In an event marking International Women's Day, Lula also presented a bill to promote wage equality between women and men, among other measures directed toward women. "Whoever works in the same post, with the same abilities, has the right to earn the same salary," Lula added. In a later Twitter post, Lula said the bill also includes measures encouraging greater wage transparency.

☆ Generative AI Helping Boost Productivity of Some Software Developers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

The technology, known as generative AI, has been pioneered by OpenAI, the lab behind the ChatGPT writing system and the Dall-E visual illustration generator. Copilot, as well as other tools from Amazon.com Inc., International Business Machines Corp. , and startups like Tabnine Inc. and Magic AI Inc., have quickly found a receptive audience among developers seeking a productivity boost. The AI model behind Copilot is trained on data from GitHub, which houses a popular open-source community where developers contribute and share code. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CIO Journal The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. And, with a tightening economy in mind, Hyland Software is holding back on spending for any new tools or technologies.

☆ Brazilian ex-senator takes over as Petrobras CEO; shares fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Marta Nogueira | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Prates was unanimously approved by the board, on which he will also hold a seat, Petrobras said in a securities filing. He has said the Lula government would not take an aggressively interventionist approach to Petrobras. Petrobras made bumper payouts in recent quarters, but Prates has said the company cannot "just keep tapping sub-salt oil and paying dividends". Prates, who was a senator for the past four years, is the first politician in several years to hold a high-ranking office at Petrobras. Earlier in the day, the Brazilian Senate's official gazette published the resignation of Prates as a lawmaker.

☆ Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, winner of 3 World Cups, dead at 82
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Scott Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Showing a natural skill for the sport, Pelé eventually joined a youth team coached by the former Brazilian national team player Waldemar de Brito. Keystone/Hulton Archive/GettyBy 16, Pelé made the Brazilian national team and was playing in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. In the 1966 World Cup, Pelé played in only two of three games, scoring one goal, as Brazil was eliminated in the first round. In 1970, Pelé got World Cup redemption, going into Mexico with a Brazilian squad some considered the best team ever. He took part in World Cup draws, inaugurations and ceremonies and was involved in various Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.

☆ Virginia McLaurin, who famously danced with the Obamas in White House visit, dies at 113
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

— Virginia McLaurin, the centenarian who danced excitedly with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during a 2016 White House visit, has died. “We know you’re up there dancing.”McLaurin visited the White House for a Black History Month reception in February 2016, when she was 106. “I thought I would never live to get in the White House,” she said. Shortly after the White House visit, Menkart suggested they contact the mayor’s office and the Washington Post, which interviewed her and published a story. According to the Obama White House archives, she was a foster grandparent and a mentor to special-needs students, helping children with reading and social skills.

☆ Afghan refugees camp out in Brazilian airport in search of new life
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Fernando Cardoso | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Brazil has approved about 6,000 humanitarian visas for Afghan refugees since late last year. But local authorities near Sao Paulo's Guarulhos airport said they had little idea there would be dozens of Afghans arriving daily this month. The refugees told Reuters they arrived without promises of a place to stay and now the local government is scuttling to find places for them outside the airport grounds. Afghan women talk near makeshift tents made out of blankets as they camp at Sao Paulo International airport in search of refuge in Guarulhos, Brazil, October 12, 2022. The Sao Paulo state government is working with municipal authorities and civil society to attend to basic needs of the arriving refugees.

☆ ‘Quietude’ by Eliane Elias Review: Beachy Bossa Nova
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

At the bossa nova’s start in the late 1950s, the music was composed largely by male Brazilian sensualists. Not surprisingly, as the bossa nova caught on, it was popularized on Brazilian albums and TV by a growing number of female vocalists. Elizete Cardoso recorded “Canção do Amor Demais ,” widely considered the first bossa nova album, in 1958. A string of Brazilian female singers followed in the early 1960s, including Sylvia Telles , Nara Leão and Elis Regina . But it was Astrud Gilberto ’s single of “The Girl From Ipanema,” released in 1964, that transformed the bossa nova into a global sensation.

Latinos are underrepresented in the media industry workforce across film, radio, television, newspapers and digital platforms, according to the report. Latinos are 19% of the nation's population, almost 1 in 5 Americans, and 18% of workers outside the media industry. The largest percentage of Hispanic media industry workers were employed in service worker positions (19%) — which include food, cleaning and personal and protective services, according to the latest available reports submitted by media companies to the U.S. In positions that can influence the content audiences consume, Latinos were far less represented: They made up only 7% of professional media industry positions such as actors, producers, directors, writers, reporters and editors. When Latinos did see themselves represented in content, they felt "it was inaccurate" in most cases, de Armas said.

El a debutat cu două victorii în categoria de greutate 73 kg, cu algerianul Fethi Nourine și mexicanul Gilberto Cardoso, dar apoi i-a cedat viitorului câștigător, italianul Fabio Basile, campion olimpic în 2016. Ajuns în recalificări, Victor a obținut alte două victorii, cu belgianul Jeroen Casse și polonezul Adam Stodolski. Victor Sterpu se află în top 20 mondial și practic este calificat la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo.

Persons: Fabio Basile, Victor, Adam Stodolski, Victor Sterpu Locations: Tokyo

☆ Victor Sterpu a cucerit bronzul la Grand Slam-ul din Antalya
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-03 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: 1 min

Victor Sterpu a cucerit bronzul la Grand Slam-ul din AntalyaJudocanul Victor Sterpu a cucerit medalia de bronz la Grand Slam-ul din Antalya, care a reunit sportivi din 93 de țări, transmite IPN. El a debutat cu două victorii în categoria de greutate 73 kg, cu algerianul Fethi Nourine și mexicanul Gilberto Cardoso, dar apoi i-a cedat viitorului câștigător, italianul Fabio Basile, campion olimpic în 2016. Ajuns în recalificări, Victor, care este practic calificat la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo, a obținut alte două victorii, cu belgianul Jeroen Casse și polonezul Adam Stodolski. La 81 kg, Dorin Goțonoagă l-a învins pe turcul Musa Simsek și i-a cedat rusului David Karapetyan, iar la 60 kg Nicolae Foca a pierdut în fața azerului Karamat Huseynov.

Persons: Victor Sterpu, Fabio Basile, Victor, Adam Stodolski, Dorin Goțonoagă, Musa Simsek, David Karapetyan Locations: Antalya, Tokyo

☆ Un politician aflat în comă indusă din cauza COVID-19, ales primar al unui oraș din Brazilia
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Maguito Vilela, un politician aflat în comă indusă din cauza Covid-19 a fost ales primar al orașului brazilian Goiânia, relatează Reuters, citată de Mediafax. Fost senator al Mișcării Democratice Braziliene, Vilela a ieșit pozitiv la testare pe 20 octombrie. O săptămână mai târziu, a ajuns la spitalul Albert Einstein din Sao Paulo și a fost intubat pe 30 octombrie. El a ieșit de pe ventilaţia mecanică în 8 noiembrie, dar pe 15 noiembrie a avut din nou nevoie de ventilator. Duminică, Vilela a fost ales primar al orașului Goiânia, un oraș cu aproximativ 1,5 milioane de locuitori în centrul Braziliei, câștigând 52,6% din voturi.

Persons: Maguito, Vilela, Albert Einstein, El, Cruz, Maguito Vilela Organizations: Reuters, Mediafax, Democratice, Partidul Social Democrat Locations: Maguito Vilela, Goiânia, Sao Paulo, Braziliei, Brazilia, Statelor Unite ale Americii

☆ Ales primar fără să știe. Un politician aflat în comă indusă din cauza COVID-19 a câștigat alegerile într-un oraș din Brazilia
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Maguito Vilela, un politician aflat în comă indusă din cauza Covid-19 a fost ales primar al orașului brazilian Goiânia, relatează Reuters, citată de Mediafax. Fost senator al Mișcării Democratice Braziliene, Vilela a ieșit pozitiv la testare pe 20 octombrie. O săptămână mai târziu a ajuns la spitalul Albert Einstein din Sao Paulo și a fost intubat pe 30 octombrie. El a ieșit de pe ventilaţia mecanică în 8 noiembrie, dar pe 15 noiembrie a avut din nou nevoie de ventilator. Duminică, Vilela a fost ales primar al orașului Goiânia, un oraș cu aproximativ 1,5 milioane de locuitori în centrul Braziliei, câștigând 52,6% din voturi.

☆ WATCH: An 86-year-old is one of the last Greek bakers who makes phyllo dough by hand. He turned his kitchen into a tourist attraction.
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Izabela Cardoso | Fernando Teixeira | Meg Teckman-Fullard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

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