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☆ Portugal's government in hot water as TAP airline scandal deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Sergio Goncalves | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LISBON, April 21 (Reuters) - Portugal's government fired the chief executive of flag carrier TAP last month without a legal assessment of the move, Finance Minister Fernando Medina has acknowledged, deepening a high-profile scandal around the state-owned airline. His remarks in parliament late on Thursday contradicted claims by two fellow ministers a day earlier that the government had obtained a legal opinion backing the decision. This heightens chances of the state losing a potential lawsuit by the sacked executives worth millions of euros. After Ourmières-Widener called her sacking "illegal", the main opposition Social Democrats warned that unless the decision had proper legal backing, the state could lose an eventual court dispute. In a tweet, Liberal Initiative party leader Rui Rocha called the situation a "festival of incoherence and total disrespect for parliament".

☆ Dozens of dead stingrays found on Brazil beach
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A fisherman holds a dead stingray at Ilha do Fundao, on the banks of the Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Pilar OlivaresApril 11 (Reuters) - Dozens of dead stingrays appeared on a beach in Rio de Janeiro this week, sparking confusion and concern in the local community. A woman who lives in the fishing village said she noticed the incident shortly after dawn, prompting the arrival of vultures. We've never seen the death of stingrays like this here," said fisherman Renato dos Reis Oliveira. "This makes the hypothesis of trawling more evident in the cases of these stingrays," he said.

Hop on the tramTo get to Santa Teresa, a picturesque, bohemian neighborhood on a hill, catch one of the iconic yellow street trams that provide a terrific tour on the way up. The tram passes over the famed Arches of Lapa, an 18th-century aqueduct that is a symbol of Rio. The tram leaves every 30 minutes from the downtown station (tickets available there, 20 reis), with the final ride at 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The trams seat just 16 people and can sell out on the weekends, so the earlier you ride, the better. Before you hop on, duck into the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio , which is next to the downtown station.

[1/3] People shout slogans during a demonstration against the mounting costs of living, in Lisbon, Portugal, February 25, 2023. Portugal is one of Western Europe's poorest countries, with government data showing more than 50% of workers earned less than 1,000 euros ($1,054.60) per month last year. House prices in Portugal rose 18.7% in 2022, the biggest increase in three decades, and rents have also increased significantly in part due to a speculative property bubble. Low wages and high rents make Lisbon the world's third-least viable city to live in, according to a study by insurance brokers CIA Landlords. ($1 = 0.9482 euro)Reporting by Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira and Pedro Nunes; Editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

In TV, the top 10 list ranges from the indefinable second season of “The White Lotus” to laugh-out-loud comedies and smoldering fantasy shows. “Catch the Fair One” is available on Hulu and various video-on-demand platforms. “Paris, 13th District” is available on Amazon Prime Video and various video-on-demand platforms. “Peter Von Kant” is available on various video-on-demand platforms. “Tár” is available on various video-on-demand platforms.

George Washington de Oliveira Sousa was arrested on Saturday, the day after police said they foiled his plot to set off an explosive device near the Brasilia airport. A 54-year-old gas station manager from the northern state of Para, Sousa told police that Bolsonaro's sowing of election doubts inspired his Dec. 12 journey to the capital. He added that he planned to share his weapons with other CAC-holders in the Brasilia camp. After the Dec. 12 attack, he said police and firemen near the camp told him they would not arrest any protesters for vandalism, as long as they did not attack cops. That same day, Sousa saw on the news that police had found the bomb near the airport.

☆ Executives at ‘fintechs’ made hundreds of millions handing out PPP Covid cash, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Laura Strickler | Laura Strickler Is A Washington-Based Investigative Reporter With The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The report says Reis is not Black or a veteran. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis$80 billion in fraudIt’s well known that the $800 billion PPP program was plagued by fraud, with some fraud estimates as high as $80 billion. In a text message obtained by the committee, Reis commented on his company’s success, noting it made nearly $1.5 billion in less than six months processing PPP loans. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus CrisisThe report cited a text message in which Kristen Spencer described the anticipated windfall from processing PPP loans. In July 2021, two months after the last PPP loans went out the door, the Spencers bought an $8 million, 10,975-square-foot mansion, according to local property records.

November marks Native American Heritage Month, and the following 10 LGBTQ+ Indigenous trailblazers are bringing important representation to TV, challenging traditional gender expectations at powwows and elevating issues affecting Indigenous people, such as the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP fileRep. Sharice Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk nation, became the first LGBTQ Native American elected to Congress and one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress after winning her race for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District in 2018. Scott, of Aurora, Colorado, who uses she and they pronouns, leverages her platform to highlight issues affecting the queer Indigenous community. “I just want to flood the industry with Indigenous people, Indigenous models, Indigenous stories, and Indigenous designers.”Kali Reis (KO)Kali Reis, who is Seaconke Wampanaak and Cape Verdean, is a trailblazing Indigenous two-spirit athlete who wears many hats. Native American Heritage Month invites non-Native folks in joining us in recognizing our histories and celebrating our communities.

☆ Fact Check-TOGETHER Trial says involvement with FTX began after testing that found ivermectin ineffective
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Amid news surrounding failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, social media users are pointing to FTX having funded the TOGETHER Trial, a research consortium that studied ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment and found it to be ineffective. But FTX did not interact with the research group until after the ivermectin trial was over, a TOGETHER Trial spokesperson told Reuters. An Instagram user shared an image that said, “Holy crap look who funded the trial that said Ivermectin didn’t work” (here). Similar claims surrounding FTX’s involvement with the TOGETHER Trial are viewable (here) and (here). FTX is not named as a contributor to the ivermectin trial because they weren’t involved, according to Mills, who added that the same is true of hydroxychloroquine and the other medications TOGETHER Trial investigated during the pandemic.

Phoenix police said they had arrested Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, in connection to a burglary. "We are very thankful that the Phoenix Police Department acted so quickly to arrest a suspect," Hobbs' campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, said in a statement. In recent days, Hobbs' campaign and Republican opponent Kari Lake have traded barbs over the incident. Hobbs' campaign said Lake's harsh rhetoric and embrace of Trump's election falsehoods created the conditions for the burglary to take place. They added that police had recovered the items allegedly stolen by Dos Reis.

☆ Portugalia preia de la 1 ianuarie preşedinţia Consiliului UE, sub semnul consecinţelor post-Brexit
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Preşedinţia germană lasă moştenire un acord pentru planul de recuperare şi buget comunitar pentru perioada 2021-2027, însă sarcina este departe de a fi finalizată. Mii de britanici deţin o a doua reşedinţă în Portugalia şi există o importantă comunitate de imigranţi portughezi în Regatul Unit. Portugalia are relaţii puternice şi cu Brazilia, cu care, în semestrul în care Portugalia a deţinut ultima preşedinţie europeană prin rotaţie, în 2007, a organizat un summit în care s-a decis consolidarea relaţiilor economice şi comerciale. "Deşi este o ţară mică şi la periferia Europei, Portugalia este o fereastră pentru economia globală", susţine Antonio Mendoza. Portugalia nu va uita nici de alte două aspecte care au fost axele Uniunii Europene în ultimii ani, tranziţiile digitală şi ecologică.

Persons: Antonio Costa, dificultăţi, Antonio Mendoza, Mendoza, Augusto Santos Silva . Portughezii, -, Jose Reis, Reis, Pedro Siza Vieira Organizations: UE, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunii Europene, Summit Locations: Ungariei, Poloniei, Portugalia, Lisabona, Europa, Bruxelles, Londra, Regatul Unit, Portugaliei, Coimbra, reşedinţă, Africa lusofonă, Brazilia, Timorul de Est, India, Europei, Mendoza

Ankara trece peste tragedia și probleme cauzate de cutremurul puternic care a produs zeci de morți în Turcia și Grecia – și reia o acțiune care creează tensiuni internaționaleBUCUREȘTI, 1 nov – Sputnik. Astăzi, Turcia a anunțat prelungirea misiunii navei de explorare gazieră în estul Mării Mediterane, în zona pe care o disputată cu Grecia. Grecia, partener în NATO cu Turcia, a protestat vehement și a denunţat în repetate rânduri ”activitatea ilegală” a Ankarei în această zonă. Reamintim că și între Turcia și Franța sunt tensiuni, atât din cauza situației din Libia și Siria, dar și a manifestărilor președintelui Macron, considerate de Erdogan ca ”islamofobe”. Turcia este și într-un litigiu cu Cipru, unde s-a redeschis, după mulți ani, o rană veche – independența zonei turce a republicii insulare.

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