The protests took place across most of the major Brazilian cities, including the country’s capital, Brasilia, on Saturday. The largest rally took place in Sao Paulo, home to over 12.3 million people and the most populous city in the country. The activists hit the city’s downtown, condemning the government’s overall …
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Leading Danish politician Morten Messerschmidt has said out-of-touch historical agreements on migration should be torn up and renegotiated, after Denmark drew fire internationally for passing legislation paving the way for processing asylum seekers in a third-party country. The Danes are planning to send their would-be migrants more than 4,000 miles …
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“Saudi Arabia is no longer an oil country, it’s an energy-producing country,” the Energy Minister told S&P Global Platts this week. Saudi Arabia has high green ambitions that include gas production, renewables, and hydrogen. “I urge the world to accept this as a reality. We are going to be winners …
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“Kamala, mind your own business,” one sign read at the rally, visible to Harris’ motorcade as she arrived to meet with President Alejandro Giammattei. The trip was Harris’ first international one as vice president. “Kamala, Trump won,” read another sign. Other signs told the US vice president to “go home” …
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The natrium power plant, with an anticipated cost of $1 billion, will repurpose a coal plant for its operations in Wyoming, with the exact location to be announced by the end of 2021. The partners hope this will help the U.S. on its way to a carbon-zero future. The development …
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The government in Abuja announced on Friday it had “indefinitely suspended” the US-based platform, following Twitter’s censorship of Buhari. The move was made because of “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” said Information Minister Lai Mohammed. Nigeria’s TV and press …
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US President Joe Biden presented on Friday his fiscal year 2022 budget; perhaps the greatest show of exactly where the Biden administration’s priorities are in terms of policy. The budget calls for $6 trillion in spending and is being billed by some as a reimagining of how and for who …
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Twitter’s offices in the cities of Delhi and Gurgaon were visited by police on Monday, just days after the US tech company flagged tweets by Indian politicians as “manipulated media.” In a statement on Thursday, Twitter said it was “concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India and the …
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Originally built during the Soviet Union, the Tu-22M3 planes have undergone extensive modernization. Previously, the aircraft had been based in Russia and had flown to Syria just for certain missions, but will now be based in Khmeimim, on the Mediterranean coast. Russia has been a long-time ally of Syria, and …
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What followed next would lead to international news coverage and would shape the discussion surrounding policing not just in America, but across the entire world. ‘I can’t breathe’ Like many people, I first came across the video of Floyd being pinned to the ground by Chauvin on social media. I …
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